Dragon*Con 2002 is a good year for the art show so far. Approximately 3 months ahead of schedule, the art show was sold out. Seems that more bays and panels are available for show this year. Professional artists mingled with amateur artists to discuss tips and opinions with each other. It allowed the artists to tour the art show and… Read more →
Ghoultown gave a high energy, choreographed show. Their set included about 10 songs covered off their new and old album. Energy ripped through the crowd and created a mosh pit even during the slow song “Night of the Living Dead” and the occasional bad microphone work. Seems the plague of technical skill at sound boarding is persistent, but this didn’t… Read more →
Looking much like his sexy/sophisticated smooth-voiced character, Ethan Rayne, on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series, Robin Sachs entered the packed Montreal/Vancouver room dressed in a white t-shirt and slim-fitting jeans to do an hour long “Meet Ethan Rayne” Q & A. Sachs struck quite the muscle-bound figure as he good-naturedly flexed and posed for the shutterbug contingent. It… Read more →
Renderosity is a company dedicated to furthering the graphic technology, and the artists that use it. Their website gets 91 million hits and transfers 30 gigabytes of information a day. They have an active user base of one hundred thousand artists and professionals and the group grows by approximately 200 users a day. Not bad for having roughly 45 employees. … Read more →
Plagued by technical difficulties—a persistent and annoying electronic hum that could not be eliminated and a scratchy burr in the microphone—The Changelings went on an hour after their scheduled 11:30 PM starting time in the Centennial ballroom on Friday. But despite the various equipment shortcomings, they still managed to put on a first-rate show. The Changelings are mesmerizing, haunting, and… Read more →
So you want to be a Profiler? Well, Ralph Stone has some suggestions for you. In a very animated discussion for the X track, Mr. Stone (special agent of the GBI Crime Analysis Unit) painted a seductively gruesome picture of what a Profiler does. Contrary to TV shows, profiling is much more art than science. Profilers deal less with the… Read more →
It’s such a good idea, such an obvious one, that it’s hard to believe that somebody hasn’t done it already. A television program covering science fiction and science fact, SFN (Science Fiction News) is the brainchild of Don Black, who started the video news magazine on basic cable in 1990. Since then, he has conducted hundreds of celebrity interviews with… Read more →
Marti Robinson gave a harried workshop on the Design of Precious Metal Clay jewelry creation. Materials needed are very similar to the creation of ceramic sculpture, except the actual ingredient clay. PMC3 (precious metal clay) comes in syringe, slip, and clay. They clay can be ordered online and is available through precious metal magazines. There are two brands but PMC3… Read more →
