So far so good =)

So both the Bitter/Sweet Valentine Show and Pizza and Chips 2: Chiptune Show have past, and both were AWESOME! Sadly... no pics from either were even taken, by me, but plenty from others =P

Girls Drawin' Girls has posted up a blog specifically for the show, found here: http://gdgbittersweet.blogspot.com/ that way you can see all the wonderful works and possibly buy it! The list of artist can be seen on the right side panel. Here are my two pieces, wish I could've finished it more, but I liked them either way!

"Sweet Red"
"Bitter Blue"

GameMusic4All held an awesome event, I sadly got there too late for most the preformers, but the night was recorded! I met a lot of great people, especially the winners of the Custom Art on NES and SNES. No pics or Video's up yet, but keep checking the GM4A site.

Winners:
Athena (NES) asked for Samus Aran in full body Armour without her helmet on, in a pinup style.
Rodrigo (SNES) asked for the Mario, Luigi, Bowser, and Petey Piranha.

Performances by:
EvilWezil ( http://myspace.com/evilwezil )
Wizwars ( http://myspace.com/wizwars )
Nameless ( http://myspace.com/namelesstheemcee )
IllGill ( http://myspace.com/illgill )

More art to come soon, keep checking the Girls Drawin' Girls blog for updates on the 100 girls in 100 days... even though I'm horribly behind =P

Well that's all for now, Thank you for reading and have a great weekend All!

~Sasha Palacio

Upcoming Shows and Art

Wow! It's been a while, but I've also been deathly but happily busy =) With my new job at Sunken Media LLC, Art show with Girls Drawing Girls "Bitter/Sweet, A Valentine's Show", Personalized Art on an NES and an SNES for "Pizza and Chips 2: Chiptune Show", and 100 Girls in 100 days with Girls Drawing Girls. So yea, busy...

We're hitting crunch-time at Sunken Media, but what better time to push your creative self then now, especially with all this beautiful rain!

Girls Drawing Girls presents "Bitter/Sweet, A Valentine's Show"
Game Music 4 All presents "Pizza and Chips 2: Chiptune Show"

And to see my current 100 Girls, check out http://girlsdrawingirls.blogspot.com/search?q=Sasha+Palacio+100 and don't hesitate to go check out the other ladies' great drawings! Here are three of my personal favorites:

The Hive Tarot Themed Art Show

Okidoke, so A LOT has happen since my last blog, but the biggest news is I got a JOB! I now work at Sunken Media LLC and at the moment I wear many hats(various jobs) but I make general art assets. The company is new but growing fast and strong! I really excited and will be busy for a while, as I have been for the last two weeks.

So being quite busy lately has pushed back some personal projects, but I had some time to finish my Tarot piece... very last minute =P I actually finished, printed, framed and delivered my "Two of Swords" piece Friday the night before the show The Hive Tarot Themed Show. I was also to busy to attend the show, but I wish I could've because it sounded like it was going to be great! Will attend before it's over Oct 31st!

Here's my finished "Two of Swords" piece:


Before I started this piece, I thought about the swords. I told myself I wanted to make them look beautiful, but claymores(to me) are so boring and ugly. The straightness of the claymores ruins the composition, shooting the eye flow out the piece. So I thought to use the sword I loved the most, which were Arabian swords(Also Pirate swords), otherwise, Scimitars. From there I followed down theme with a Arabian Nights storybook look. I always wanted to make a Persian/Arabian themed piece so I was very excited. I chose a belly dancer mainly for the detail in their jewelry and their gorgeous figure. I ended up finding out that belly dancers actually have a dance which they move with the scimitars, one balanced on their head and one which they swung around lovely. I could've made this piece more dynamic, like in pose and background, but I always make pieces like that so I mimicked the classic tarot card look were they seem a bit rigid and strong. While designing the piece I noticed she would have to be blindfolded, but I don't like removing eyes off my pieces because I feel the eyes connect people to the artwork. So I made her blind, with a sheer blindfold to continue the effect. The Two of Swords was about decision making, and I felt this was a true test of my ability to choose what was right.

Sorry for the long description, hope you all like! Oh and I have another show coming up, a Halloween Themed show with GirlsDrawinGirls, but will update later!!

~Sasha Palacio

Sexichu T-Shirts and Prints are HERE!!

A lot of you don't know but, Jessica Nigri "Sexy Pikachu Girl" and
Intermixi.com had commissioned me to make a Anime-Themed Piece of
Jessica Nigri in her Sexy Pikachu outfit. Eventually we decided to also
make it a T-shirt for all her f...ans to love and wear. Me and my sister came up with the name "Sexichu" for her outfit, to simplify her title =).

Entire product was designed by me, Sasha Palacio. For the Muse, Jessica Nigri.

Please check the link if you would like to buy a shirt or prints!

http://www.intermixi.com/w/?page_id=601(Scroll all the way down)

Intermixi - intermixi.com
Jessica Nigri - jessienigri.com
Sasha Palacio - sashapalacio.com

Girls of Summer Art Show

So this coming Saturday my art(same as last shows, for now) will be displaying at a new Art Show at Meltdown Comics with the Girls Drawin Girls community. Great art, comics, drinks, and creative people! Come on by More info here:



Girls of Summer: Meltdown Gallery presents “Girls Drawin Girls”

Opening reception: Saturday, August 15th 8pm- 11pm

Closing reception: Sunday, August 30th 7pm- 9pm

On View August 15th through August 30th 2009
Mon-Sun 11am-10pm

Meltdown Comics
7522 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90046

Meltdown Gallery announces the first group show featuring the all girls group “Girls Drawin’ Girls,” a collective of women animators and industry professionals specializing in pin-up art.

Refreshments compliments of Asahi Beer and Tibetan Tea.
More Info Here: http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/2009/07/31/meltdown-and-gdg-present-girls-of-summer-art-show/ http://girlsdrawingirls.blogspot.com/2009/08/meltdown-gallery-presents-girls-drawin.html

Various Artworks by: Melody Severns, Anne Walker, Daisy Church, Nicole Filiatrault, Natalie Repp-Zigal, Danni Shinya Luo, Jamaica Dyer, Mary Bellamy, Brittney Lee, Karen Carnegie Johnson, Kelly Matten, Lissa Treiman, Arica Houy, Liz Climo, Lena Podesta, Fitzy J. Fitzmaurice, Sherry De Lorme, Sasha Palacio, Karen Krajenbrink, Alina Chau and much more!!

Also I've been working on a bunch of side projects, one in particular is for Jessica Nigri, more commonly known as the Sexy Pikachu from Comic-Con 09. Not sure if I can post it up yet, so gonna put up a sorta thumbnail


And the Lanaca Gallery Show went wonderfully, I didn't sale anything, but it was loads of fun and I met lots of new friends/fellow artist. Hope to see you at The Meltdown "Girls of Summer" Gallery Opening this Saturday!!

My 2nd Art Show Fri July 17th

So a lot has happened since my last blog, but let me tell you about the upcoming group art show I'll be attending. It'll have plenty of other artist expressing various styles of art.

The show last from July 17th - 29th(Thu-Sat 10am-9pm), but the Opening reception is July 17th from 6pm-9pm. It'll be at the:

Lanaca Gallery
1827 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

The Opening Reception will be the first debut of all the artwork and you'll be able to meet some of the artist while you freely drink and snack away. The Lanaca Gallery located on the ground floor of a beautifully restored 1930s Art Deco building that is just South of the Staples Center and next to the LA Mart. Its a great location and not as far as my last show.

Parking is metered until 6pm on which it is then free, but please do keep an eye out for signs. No fee to enter, so come at your free will and as I said earlier, enjoy the free snacks and wine.

Here are the new flyers for the show, I'll have them printed and out on Monday.


As for Anime Expo, I'll update later when I get the photos up and such. AX was a little sucky this year, less anime-goers(More curious locals) and not so many interesting activities/events to do and watch. I really wish they'd set back up in Anaheim, it was the perfect location.

I've been job hunting, desiging Manga logos and T-Shirts for the past month. Here is something I've been working on, her name is Haiku, she's been around awhile, but this pic was done for a t-shirt for Intermixi.com, they're selling a version of her there, blue and red.



Well, that's all for now, will update as it come s to me. Thank you for reading!

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:

A bit of a life update for my blog viewers

**UPDATE!!: OMG I can't believe I forgot to state that I'm going to JAPAN!!!!! OMG Yes this October 6th I'm heading to Japan on a 9 day tour during the Japanese Game Show!!! OMG OMG *dies* I don't know how I forgot all about this but yea, I can't stress how more excited I am about this! If you'd like to join me, I believe theirs still open spots till Sept 20th i believe. And all this fun for a wonderful low price of ~$2,500 per person and comes with:

Hotel and Airfare
Breakfast Everyday
Paided Lunch in Harajuku
Tokyo Game Show
The Ultimate Akiba Experience
Unlimited Game Night in Odaiba
“How to Draw Manga” by Manga University
See Maximum the Hormone live in Japan!


Intermixi Tokyo Japan Tour

I've been exercising the Pilates way for the last week because I have a photoshoot coming up this Saturday and I wanted to look my best... And I'm getting there!!

I lost 6lbs (129lb now, aiming for 115lb) in the last week from a combination of good diet and pilates!! I'm sooooo excited because I feel more confident and sexy that I KNOW I'll bring it to the shoot!

The Photoshoot this Saturday will be in Placentia, CA at 1pm with a theme I've been dying to do... A HALLOWEEN SHOOT! They'll have everything for me, from makeup and hair to sets of outfits as well as the a great photographer. All I have to do is model, and I get to bring my own outfit as well!!

I'm soooooo excited that I can't possibly express it enough in one journal entry!

As far as my career life goes, its still at a standstill... no job, no response from applications, and I'm beginning to loose confidence in my works. But fear not! I'm not giving up!! I want to move out! I want to become a famous and well-respected artist! I want to travel the world with the money I make!! I will become a Character Designer because I'm a greatly talented artist and strong gal!

I'm working on side pieces at the moment, and, as some friends have seen, I've had my art published in local newspapers to promote Mt. Sierra College, Thanx to my school. Here's a WIP of the piece I'm currently working on:



She will be colorful and bold because she is a Sky Pirate. The BG will be large and elaborate with airships and an amazing sky. A dynamic upshot(worms-eye) view to emphasize her power. It'll have a noticeable comedic feel in it as well.

I don't have any photos of the publications, but maybe soon, and I'll update accordingly... Hope everyone is doing great and so so sorry about the lack of responses back to comments, mail and such, I'll try to get to those as soon as possible.

A Whole Month Full

1) Anime Expo
2) LA Zoo
3) Comic-Con
4) Earthquake
5) Working on an a art job
6) Stumped

1) So Anime Expo and come and gone, and doing Artist Alley this year has completely taken up my time for my all time favorite place... the Exhibit Hall. Even though I shifted in and out with family watching the table and I skipped a day of working for my Graduation, I still manage to miss out on 95% of the Hall...

I redid the Fran piece I was working on way back because my Boyfriend, Diego, finished the background for me since he had the chance and I was so happy with it that when I got around to my drawing, It felt inferior, so I retouched it. Here it is:



I tole myself at least I have Comic-Con coming, up, there may not be a lot of Anime stuff but still some good buys. Next year for AX and Comic-Con I plan on getting a table and possibly with a group of friends where we'd have shifts so that we can all experience the cons and sell our work. Were also planning on making an artbook together.

2) I went to the LA Zoo with some friends and Diego all to go draw the animals, we were there for a while but had to go early. This was my first time here since I was 5 years old. Kinda run down, but still full of interesting animals.

Finished a current commission for a guy whos been waiting for a year now because I had told him I was busy with school, so the day I graduated, I get an email and hes like "Hey you graduated, you have time for the commission now =)" (not actual quote) Anyway, here it is:



3) Comic-Con and San Diego were AWESOME!! I've been to San Diego last year for Siggraph, but San Diego with Comic-Con was Incredible. So lively and fun, the people were inviting and shared the common love for comics, art, anime and more (both local and visitors). The day before Comic-con I remember thinking, "OMG Anime Expo is Huge and Amazing", after attending Comic-Con, AX looks feeble. I still Love AX and will still attend, but I realized how much more Comic-con is professional and gives more opportunities to artist alike. AX is more for the fan sells, Comic-con is good for that and business/networking.

It was quite a wild experience, but not as much as the big earthquake!! Been a while so this was a shock. I was on the 8th floor with Diego and my friend Alan when the entire room swayed back and forth. Kinda crazy how moving it was. Turns out it was larger back in the LA area, shacking up stores and buildings.

5) I've been trying to get back to work on an art job, but one thing after the other just continues to get in the way. I hope to get back on it as soon as possible.

6) Other than that, I'm completely stumped... Ive never had no project, homework, grade that I had to strive for, so now with graduation... I'm stumped, I feel like I have to DO something. Im trying to relax and take a real vacation for myself for once, but its hard. Now days just fly by and I don't know what to do.

Since I tend to procrastinate a lot, I need a deadline to actually get things going. I want to finish things to my quickest ability, which is pretty fast, but I leave it off for another time...

I have to also get back on my website and finish that. I've applied for jobs, but no reply. The house I was planning on getting has increased the price so we hesitate to buy. I want to start back modeling, but since I never got any attention before, I don't think I will now.

The only thing I look forward to now is the major trip I'm taking to Japan. Hopefully this will re-inspire me and I may even find better opportunities there. I sure hope Japan is all what I dreamed it to be, I've hoped it to be.

A Lot Has Happened

Update!! BTW My Artist Alley Booth is D41! That way you can find me on the map provided at the expo!

So I may miss a lot, but here's it all for the most part:

-Got my Website going: http://sashapalacio.com but still under construction, also, only email me at that email for business related messages.
-Graduated and Have my Bachelor's in Arts degree in Game Arts and Design
-Graduation Ceremony(Cap and Gown event) is this coming Thursday
-I'm attending Anime Expo and will be selling Art, Charms and Stickers!! Come by and buy something! Guaranteed you'll like it!!
-Haven't applied for any Jobs yet, but still unsure if I want to do Freelance or not...
-Had a Root Canal done and need another redone...
-Went to Raging Waters, that was FUN!!!
-And... uhh can't quite recall anything else but if so I'll edit this entry =P

Well I hope everyone is having a good summer so far, will update as frequent as possible =)

Seattle was Awesome

So I came back to LA at about 9:30pm and not only was it a lot hotter, but the air was noticeably thicker ><

Seattle was a gorgeous place, really cold place, but amazing none the less. I have plenty of pictures to show and stories to tell =P.



The environment was gorgeous! So lush in color and the air was soooooo clean. Not to mention the beautiful rain and sudden snow. It was freezing like hell, but worth it. I sure do wish I could've stayed longer. If a job is offered there by Valve, I'll probably more than happily take it, maybe =P



Valve was an awesome building. It lies in a large skyscraper with various other companies, but it holds the three high up floors to itself. The interior is all Half-Life themed, and I heard the hotel in the building holds Valve themed rooms!



We got a tour of the great workplace and got to see some upcoming Meet the TF2 Cast videos as well as test the talked about Gold Rush map with other Valve employees!! OMG it was an amazing trip and all of us had to restrain ourselves and keep professional the whole time. Diego even got his Half-Life art book signed by the creator/founder: Gabe Newell. We even got some free stuff:



The food at every restaurant we went to was really good. We visited a comic store named Zanadau and took some alley shots along the way, then we went to the Pike Place Market. We wanted to visit The Space Needle, but ran out of time, and it got too cold, seeing as it was now snowing ><. Our plans to go to Digipen were cut too, they had an event going on and we couldn't go... Also, Sakura-Con was there at the convention center... but no time ><



All the things we got to do is what made this trip sooooo fun. Now I have to go finish that DomWar character and finish my portfolio =P

All images can be found here: Valve/Seattle Trip

To the Valve mobile!

Going to Seattle Washington for a tour of Valve, the awesome game studio that created the amazing Half-Life series and many other incredible games.

I'm so excited!! This will be my first trip out of California(Farthest from Pasadena was two hours out!) and I just can't wait. The trip is from tomorrow to this Saturday, gonna be raining all that time >< But I love rain anyway =P just not the cold. I'll be trying to finish a lot of artwork on the trip as well, especially the Dominance War entry which will end soon.

I also just finished my 11th Term and am now on my Spring Break for two weeks. Next term is not only my 12th term, but my last term!!! I'm gonna be graduating =D I'm excited, stressed and nervous all at the same time! Gotta get a job and find a new house.

Oh btw, the guys selling us the previous house backed out without telling us and the way we found out was that there were people moving in...

Awaiting on the internship opportunity with Blizzard, also trying to get in those fanworks. Also waiting to see if my Pepper piece gets into Stanley Lau's Pepper Project artbook.

Will be trying to get my works into ImagineFX magazine, its a great digital art magazine from England.

Blizzard Entertainment

So Blizzard Entertainment came to my school Thursday and gave a presentation on the game industry and Blizzard itself. They also informed us that they are open for internships and the deadline to apply was Friday(Yesterday). So I, and some of my other classmates, applied before 5pm yesterday for an internship in our desired field. I went for the 2D Illustration Internship.

I'm sooooooo excited, I do hope I get the internship, and if so, I'll be updating my portfolio with plenty of Warcraft inspired/themed pieces. I'll be asking my siblings for their WOW characters and draw them out in the Warcraft style. It would be such a great opportunity for me if I make it.

Aside from that, I've entered the Dominance War III in the 2D Character Design competition. It's a widely known contest and will give alot of great prizes aside from fame. Heres my entry so far: DWIII-SashaP-Lilith



For the term so far, I've been making character designs, based on classmates ideas, for my portfolio.

Heres my first two, I'm working on the 4th one now. The 3rd design was the Dominance War entry.



Well thats all for now, I'll be moving in shortly and will update then! Hope everyone is doing well!!