Art Show Aftermath

**EDIT**: BTW Went to an Awesome Burlesque show May 9th themed after Video Game Girls!! Next one p June 3rd at the Bordello in LA. I have the pics up Here Some not for a younger market, therefore I linked it instead =P It was the Video Game Girls Burlesque Show
Video up at G4 **

Sure its been a week, but I've been busy God Dammit!! =P Anyway, here are some snaps of the show, it went really well, maybe not by "art show" standards but I had a load of fun and it was exciting and I met a lot of great artist! I only sold one piece, and to my Dad... I was very happy but I told him "DAD!! I already get money from you ><" I think he liked it because it reminded him of Hellboy, which hes a huge fan of.

Having my family and my Diego there was one of the reasons it was fun, the art was exciting. Here is string of photos from the show, with descriptions underneath.


They are the wonderful couple who helped me frame my works the same day as the show!! I'm extremely grateful to them and their wonderful framing perfection!! I recommend them Highly! More info about them in Valencia, CA here


My display area, better pics taken by my sister, but she has those =P


The Artist next to me, Tom Cruz, he was a very intellectual guy.


She had great works, very beautiful detail. Here's her site/


Dolce was my favorite! She also had a great personality, Gamer and Comic lover as well!


Gaia had amazing precision in her works, all traditional and great humor. The right ones my fav.


Cheryl(One to the right) was a incredible Travel Photographer, something I deathly would love to be!

Some of the cool bands who played:
I wish I could link to them but I didn't get there card... maybe on the LBE Website.

There was another artist there but we failed to take a photo... She had some awesome gothic/adoreble works! http://www.linkedin.com/in/aryart

For more photos, not much but more: LBE Album

Art Show Wednesday!

So I'm obviously back home from Germany, almost 3 weeks now, but I've been quite busy with getting ready for an Art Show and redecorate my room.

Germany was awesome, beautiful and clean. I've pretty much wrote about it in the last journal, but yeah. I took lots of Photos, so when I get the chance I'll upload those and the Japan trip ones as well.

As for the Art Show, its this coming Wednesday May 20th at 8pm at The Blue Cafe, 210 The Promenade N, Long Beach, CA 90802. It's an 21 and over event and will have plenty of various artist and art styles to take a gander at =P Here's the website: http://theecurator.tripod.com/lbe.html

Here's the main flyer:



Entry is $7 at the door. What's cool is each time someone comes and mentions my name while they arrive will be tallied. For each paying guest that gets tallied under my name, I get $2 at the end of the night. So the more the merrier =P But do come because there will be great live music, drinks and ART! =D

And here's a tease of a print I'll be selling there as part of a 3 Demoness set. Only printing one of each, and a group print. Never before seen because its as new as Monday.

In Germany

Deutschland... Quite a clean and lush green environment, every site looks as if it jumped off a postcard.

Ok, so, last blog I stated I was going to Germany and having an art show, but only one happened =P I decided to reschedule my art show to May 20th because setting up for Germany took a lot of my free time. Besides I was still unsure if my work was worthy of an art show, so I'd rather have time to maybe makes some new pieces for it.

Obviously Germany went along as scheduled and I'm here now. I'm here with my sister, Angelica, to help our older sister, Suzette, and her boys, Bruce and Marcos, to move back to the states. Shes lived there for the last 3 years because her Husband, and my Brother-in-Law, Oscar, is in the Army. He'll be finishing his 9.5 yr enlistment with the US Army and coming home to California this fall. My sister is moving back now so that everything will be set and ready for Him when he's home.

Germany is a nice view, very humble, and clear air. So far I've took some nice photos, and because my Camera is Fixed!!! To an extent, and not really, I just reset the overall settings, and whatever happened before, it works now, way better than before.

The airport was a great "fun". The 11 hr plane ride was just about bearable, but then, our luggage was an hour late, just my sister's and mine's. Then we had to find our taxi, which was easy finding a guy with a sign "Palacio". We were sure he was already given directions to Suzette's, so I just sat back and enjoyed the 2 hour drive to her house. Beautiful landscapes. I mainly slept the ride over, but woke frequently due to is erratic driving on the Autobahn... every car drove faster than 100mph and with no care in the world for the other drivers. I basically awoke to every harsh break he hit on the Autobahn. But we got there at around 2pm, as it poured, and then waited to get signed in.

This all may seem like complaints, but I felt it was a fun experience, and not to bothersome to rant about, but enough to write about =P What was interesting was that our neighbor's on the plane ride had asked us where we were going and we slowly stumbled across the fact my brother-in-law is in Iraq, and they said "Oh the US Army" we answered yes then he said "Tell him Thank you, (he paused) for giving us rights/freedom" Couldn't quite remember the word he used, but it was along those lines.

Great seeing my sister and my nephews, I love them to Death!! I also miss my Babay, Diego, something fierce! Love you bo!

Well, I'll post pics up soon, till then, thanks for reading and hope everyone's doing fine!

Back from Japan

And even more pooppy than before... I can't believe I was there again and left again. I don't regret any moment of it though, even though it all now feels like an awesome dream. Its so boring being back home, the streets are dull and shady, the people are dull and shady, and the shops are... dull and shady. At least Japan was fun and shady =P

Hmmm I guess I can say, when you leave Japan, everything feels like time has slowed down, people are careless and rude, and life is overall just plain boring. Well enough of my emo rant, now about why Japan is a hellava place!

So going back to Tokyo was as exciting and adventurous as the last trip. Even though we visited much of the places from the Tokyo Game Show Tour, it had a little more added, or was experienced differently (like more walking), and it was a little more peaceful and less stressful, because I wasn't desperately trying to get stuff or pictures.

Tokyo, with its Akihabara, Shibuya, Harajuku, and other prefectures, it sure is a wonderful storm of culture and views, if ya know what I mean. The Two new things during our stay in Tokyo were the Tokyo Anime Fair, and the Samurai Experience. Tokyo Anime Fair was like Anime Expo, and I love Anime Expo, but since this was in Japan, it got more points in my book! The Samurai Experience was basically short samurai lessons, and yes it ROCKED. Would've been more energetic, but this was our last stop in the day, and we had a FULL active day... "You're Breaking my Balls Mimi!" Of course, with my lack of rhythm, I was the one a little disoriented and screwing up, but I still had A LOT of fun and recommend it to all. Oh, and don't wear a skirt and semi-transparent nylons to a Samurai lesson, I thought we'd change to outfits...

So I know, pictures would be GREAT, so at the moment, I'm weeding through my images to better organize and such, but don't expect any Amazing quality photos, my camera decided to be shitty during the trip. A few good shots, but not a great as the last trips: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sashaart/sets/72157608073053563/

The one thing I regret was not going to an Onsen/Bath House. Maybe next time, but definitely still a dream of mine, but to go to one that's really traditional and a visual overload and in the mountains.

Now on to OSAKA, yes, it is so wonderful, it needed all caps. Osaka is like Tokyo, but more humble, happier and the people are way HOTTER! Great looking crowds, happy faces, jitensha(bikes) galore, lots of shops and great food all within walking distance. If there was one place or event that made me want a bike so bad, it be Osaka.

The nightlife was just as active and beautiful. Though I didn't get to adventure as much as I'd like, but I was also so exhausted from the previous fun days. The most beautiful event would have to be getting to Osaka on the Shinkansen, also known as the Bullet Train. I video taped the trip to and from Osaka and will post soon, but it was beautiful. It was like a Hayao Miyazaki film moment by moment. I was also listening to great music matching the view and making me cry.

During our stay in Osaka, we visited Kyoto. I wish to explore Kyoto more one day, because I LOVE the traditional aspect of Kyoto. The Temple on the Mountain, I believe Kiyomisu Temple, was amazing, the Nijo Castle was gorgeous, and all so surreal. The bus guided tour was fun overall, really liked Kyoto.

The only thing I hated was... The plane ride >< but I'll endure if it means Japan =P I'd like to Thank Intermixi tours for the yet again, wonderful experience, and I'll miss the friends met and laughs we shared. Oh and meeting up with a pal from that last tour, Will Tam, was awesome! My sister Angelica said "He's right where we left him" when we saw him at the airport immigration when we arrived lol =D Saying bye was tough this round too, usually happens when we say goodbye to friends that are going home to states far away. Hope to meet you all again, and see some of you at AX09!

Well onto the rest of my life...

I have an Art Show!! I know my work isn't really art show material, but I was excepted and I want to try it at least once. So here's the info: http://theecurator.tripod.com/lbe.html

I'll be selling high quality and framed prints, $50-$100, depends. I'll have more info up soon.

I'm also heading to cold ass Germany >< Why you say? Well cause my Sis is there and me and my younger sis are going to help her move back here with her kids. We've been missing her crazy, so now that shes coming to stay, we had to be part, also because she'll be coming with our nephews, and we wanted to help her with the kids and luggage.

Still job searching, and working on lots of side art projects for friends and such mainly for portfolio since there's no money involved.

Hey! Listen! Vol. 1

Hey hey all, recently I answered an ad to design an Album Cover for "Game Music 4 All"
They're a website dedicated to the promotion of all video game inspired music today. They have an amazing range of GREAT music. Volume 1 is part of a series of 5 song "mixtapes".

The series is called Hey! Listen! The goal of these mixtapes is to introduce you to bands, musicians, and artists who you may have never discovered otherwise.

Here's the Album Art I did:



It features my character Haiku. The downloads are free and here's how to get them:

Hey!Listen! Vol 1

My favorite songs are "Take my Heart, Take my Hand" and "Gelano" And if ya really like my pic, they'll have a wallpaper version of the album up soon!

Also, I finished the Pirate Vixen character, now I'm working on the BG... though I'm no good at environments ><



And a quick WIP of the BG...



I've updated my website: http://www.sashapalacio.com

Also, thinking of going back to Japan, for the Springtime Cherry Blossoms, hopefully I can.

Hope ya'll like!

Japan was Amazing

Japan.... WOW! I didn't want to leave, I feel home sick, can you believe that, I feel I belong so much in Japan that I feel Home Sick ><

Its where I believe I should be... That's my ultimate goal now, to live in Japan, with an awesome Art job and great Home with my boyfriend.

Anyway, I took pictures with my new professional Nikon D300 Digital Camera. Here's my Flickr account with my Photography: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sashaart/sets/72157608073053563/

Areas visited:
Ikebukero
Tokyo Tower
Asakusa Kannon Buddhist Temple
Nakamise Shopping Arcade
Harajuku
Meiji Shinto Shrine
Shibuya
Studio Ghibli Museum
Mitaka
Inokashira Koen Park
Nakano Broadway Shopping Mall
Odaiba
Manga University
Akihabara
Tokyo Game Show
Square Enix Show Case/Store
Shinjuku

And revisited various other places

I have more snapshot type photos and ones taken by friends and family, I'll have to post them another time, look for an edit.

Halloween, my favorite holiday, is coming up, but my trip sidetrack me, so I wasn't really able to prepare. But I'm looking into some events and parties, so hopefully.

The Halloween Shoot was canceled... so he asked if I wanted a refund or other, I asked for a personalized photoshoot, Burlesque style =P Supposed to be this Sunday, but may have to reschedule, got lots to do.

As for my art, lots have gotten in the way of me finishing the Piratess picture and I started my Concept Design Academy classes, so... yeah, but had time to sketch my original character Haiku and her sister. Here's a WIP of the Pirate Vixen:

Tribute to a Tigress

I was eating breakfast this morning, watching Animal Cops Houston, when I heard about a devastating story, as all on that show usually are. Turns out, its legal to own Tigers in Texas. As cool as that sounds, a lot of unworthy pet owners buy them, but don't take care of them and they die.

In this story, the Animal Cops were called in by neighbors of this guy who drove around with a makeshift trailer holding two Siberian Tigers, one female and one male. When they had arrived, both animals were in horrible conditions, but in particular was the Tigress.

The tigress, which has extreme physical evidence of malnutrition and abuse, had 5 fully formed cubs inside her, DEAD. They've been in there a while, that means shes been unhealthy for a while and not even well enough to birth her cubs. When both tigers got to the animal hospital, the doctors had no possible way of saving the Tigress, she was too unhealthy to get the cubs out with surgery, and leaving the dead cubs in there would kill her slowly and painfully, so they euthanized(mercy killed) her. She went peacefully, but her life wasn't much to remember, poor girl. The Tiger male pushed through the misfortune and now lives at a great animal reserve for exotic animals.

I just died hearing how such a rare and fascinating animal was so easily given to people who could destroy them, and that someone would do that. Now I know there are amazing pet owners who take great care of their pets, but those guys who misused those Tigers are downright EVIL.

So in Tribute, I drew the Tigress a picture, took me about 2 hours, but I had to be quick because I have a lot of work to do.



The halloween shoot I spoke of in my last journal was postpone to this Saturday, just for those who wanted to see the pics. I will be linked to them when available. I'm still losing weight and toning, now I'm 115 again!!! Unless my weighting machine is broken... Gonna go check again, but I can definately say I'm around 123lbs!!

And...
OMG I'm still going to Japan!!!! Yippy!! Look at my last journal for the details.
I'm still working on The Pirate Vixen, here's a WIP: