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Oh man, I have been really neglecting my blog lately. I launched my Enliighten site a month ago so my extra time has been going to that instead of this blog. I better post my MtG Worlds San Fran pics soon before it is old news. I guess it is already kind of old news, but this is the first time I have had a chance to put it all together. Right after I got back from Worlds I ended up getting ridiculously sick. I was sick for about 2 weeks straight…actually I still have a cough. I got to the point where I actually had to go to the doctor. I haven’t had to go to the doctor since I was in middle school. Ends up I had swine flu, yay. So yeah, that was fun. It was even more fun because about 2 weeks before I got swine flu I had just a normal flu for a week. So out of 4 weeks I was sick for 3 of them, which is crazy because I normally go 2-3 years without being sick.
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Anyway, Worlds San Fran was awesome. I have never been to a worlds event before and it was amazing being in one place where there were so many people from different countries. There were also 3 other great artists there, none of which I had met before. It is even funnier because two of them, Jason Chan and Chris Rahn, both graduated from my school. In fact, Chris Rahn was there when I was there…and we had classes in the same building but I don’t remember ever seeing him. Matt Cavotta was there too, but who cares about that guy! I kid. Matt is awesome, even though he didn’t have computers back when he was in school. Hanging out with the artists is always one of my favorite parts about going to MtG events. We had some pretty tasty food…too bad Jason missed out!
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It was good to be back in San Francisco. Both my wife and I went to school there, so it was awesome to visit all our old stomping grounds and hang out with old friends. It is always sad when you find out some of your favorite places are gone, like Borders in Union Square and The Crepe House on Post. Luckily I was still able to get my okonomiyaki in Japantown. If that place ever went out of business I would probably cry. Actually, I think almost all of the places we went back to eat at were Japanese places and Thai places…well we actually went to the same Thai place twice. Osha ftw.
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Japantown is probably my favorite place in San Fran. It is always so nice and quiet there, plus they have awesome food and the Kinokuniya bookstore! The last time we went to San Fran we stayed in Japantown, which was good and bad because the shopping mall was just right outside the hotel. This time we were out by the Warf. It was funny because when we used to live there, walking from Pier 39 to Japantown was cake, but now I wonder how I ever did it. I am so out of shape now.
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I ended up scoring a bunch of really cool books from Kinokuniya. The Hyper Angle books are awesome for reference. I also decided that maybe I should get back into drawing with pens and pencils. I’ve been wanting to go to some figure drawing workshops, so maybe this will give me a push in the right direction. There are actually some right by my house too….
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Like I said before, we stayed at the Argonaut Hotel by Pier 39. I’ve never been there before, but it was a really cool hotel. I liked it a lot. All of the staff there were super nice and helpful. There is a museum in the hotel too, but unfortunately the new wing is still under construction. As you might expect, everything in the hotel was ship-themed. I took this picture of some lounge chairs in the lobby, but for some reason they look like little miniature toys.
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I guess there isn’t really any point of reference and the depth of field filter made it look super tiny. During the entire trip the lobby was always full of Magic players. Not just any Magic players, but hall of fame Magic players. Pretty crazy.
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Apparently my Dad has his own brand of water. He never told me about this new venture!
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The best thing about Pier 39…mini donuts. That’s what I’m talking about. I probably should have ordered the big bag. I think these were consumed in a few seconds. Oh you tasty rings of evil. My belly curses you.
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We went to Urban Outfitters on Powell and apparently Mimobots now come in blind boxes. I had to get a few. My Mimobot army has now grown to 5. In case you were ever wondering, you are not supposed to eat USB flash drives. You never know…I guess some electronics do look tasty.
Now for some alterations! This was the show for doing alterations on other artist’s cards. What was funnier is that several times I did alterations on Jason’s cards, even though he was sitting right next to me. Don’t hate me Jason! The fans demanded it! Just recently I started doing alterations with DecoColor paint pens. I really like using them because they are extremely opaque and dry fairly quickly. One reason I always hated doing alters in the past was because it is hard to make something look decent with only a black Sharpie and maybe a gold or silver pen. At least with these I can get a little more detailed and produce something that doesn’t look like total crap. The only problem is that they take a little longer to do.
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So in conclusion, Worlds was great and I want to thank everyone for coming out to the show and standing in line. I had a great time and I’ll see you in Austin!