2009 conventions & cosplay events: [link]

Photo status

Here's the photo status for the past cons and photoshoots:
Last update 2009-11-20

ANIME NORTH:
- in action as photog: Unsent

OTAKUTHON:
- (RO): Unsent
- (Masq): Received!
- (Hall): Unsent

WORLDCON:
- (Masq): Uploading
- Calico [CosCom]: Unsent
- StrangeDays [CosCom]: Received!

Vampire Knight shoot:
- : Unsent
- : Received!

Wasabi Mangas August 09 shoot:
- : Unsent

FANEXPO:
- (P4): Received?
- Calico [CosCom] (Masq): Unsent
- (KH): Unsent
- (Masq): Unsent
- (Masq): Unsent
- (Masq): Unsent
- (Steampunk): Unsent

Tales games shoot:
- : Unsent
- : Unsent
- : Unsent
- : Unsent

Wasabi Mangas September 09 shoot:
- : Unsent
- : Unsent
- : Unsent
- : Unsent

Isoya's Sep 09 GT:
- : Unsent
- : Unsent
- : Unsent

MTL C-C 09:
- : Received!

Naruto shoot:
- : Unsent
- : Unsent
- : Unsent
- : Unsent
- : Received!

MCP8:
- : Unsent
- : Unsent
- : Unsent
- : Unsent
- : Unsent

KH shoot:
- : Unsent
- : Unsent
- : Unsent
- : Unsent

Otakuthon Halloween Party:
- Deidara-san [OT.com]: Unsent
- Tiecue [OT.com]: Unsent
- : Unsent

If I owe you pics and you're not on the list, please tell me!


Journal

Fri, Nov 20, 2009 - MCP9 on November 29th

Montreal Cosplay Photoshoot 9 will be held on Sunday, November 29, 2009 at Jean-Drapeau Park.

Tue, Nov 3, 2009 - To do for November

I have a few things to do for November:

- Plan out and prepare for the December 6th Montreal Comic-Con (DMCC). Yes, I accepted an offer from the Comic-Con staff to be their... Official Masquerade Photographer. Since I don't have a dSLR, they will help me pay part or all of the camera rental fee. I'll rent the usual Canon Rebel XSi & 18-200mm lens. My main task will be to take official photos of the contestants in the Green Room prior to going on Stage. Where and how the Green Room, Stage and Auditorium will be set up will be discussed at meetings in the upcoming weekends.
- Create a thread for MCP9 on the Otakuthon.com forums. Since the cold season is already here, we'll hold the photoshoot somewhere inside. We're currently collecting suggestions for interior locations. We'll include past locations as vote choices.
- Attend 's November House Dinner. I'll bring two 2L bottles of Coke and Sprite. should drive me to her place with and another person (incumbent at the moment; will probably someone who lives near her, or the seat left unoccupied). The Dinner is on Nov 14th.
- Attend 's Birthday GT. We'll play pool or bowling, though she's currently leaning towards bowling. Should be in the weekend of Nov 21-22.
- Prepare for 's Annual Christmas Dinner. Last year was fun, and this year should be the same! ^_^
- Send out pictures to people I owe pictures. Yes, I have a long backlog... Please bear with me. I should be giving out pics every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and use the other days to upload pics to my dA Gallery.

In other news:

- My 3D Modeling & Animation courses are going well, apart a recent happening: My Maya files get sometimes corrupted when I save them. Perhaps I should always set my "Project" folder properly when working on a new Scene?
- The Oct 24 Kingdom Hearts photoshoot was held at Chateau St-Ambroise due to the rain. I met a lot of people, including and their cosplay group! They also attended our MCP, and it's always great to see new people join our shoots.
- The Oct 30 2009 Otakuthon Halloween Party was held at the Holiday Inn Select in Chinatown. This year, they had over 300 attendees, compared to about 50 last year. The organizers suffered many difficulties in making this party, and as a result was scored overall less good than last year's party by those who attended both, but was deemed great by first-timers, who enjoyed the warmth, sympathy and friendliness of the party people. The important was to have fun, and I did have fun myself. I took over 800 pictures, and will post them on Friday and over the weekend.
- Also, due to the busy October month (as you can read from 's journal [link] ), my picture backlog has grown to an astronomical size. According to my calculations, if I don't attend any shoot, GT or meeting for the next 5 weeks, I should be able to process 50% of my pictures by working/uploading about 30 pics a day. I'll need an extra 5 weeks to process the other 50%, but by then my backlog would have grown again from attending the events that I listed above.

Wed, Oct 7, 2009 - Back to school

Yes folks, I no longer work as a QA Tester at EA Mobile Montreal! I'm now back to school.

I was accepted into the program Modélisation et Animation 3D (3D Modeling and Animation) at CÉGEP Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne, in their Adult Education program set. We'll learn to model, rig, texture, animate and render on Autodesk Maya 2009 and Photoshop CS4 (which I already know how to use). We'll also learn some traditional drawing with pencil and paper.

So please expect to see some 3D artworks from me in the near future, as I learn and do stuff in Maya! The program is 16 months long, over 4 semesters, ending in February 2011.

Since the 3D industry is pretty much English, but the college is French, we have these particularities in my courses:

- Maya 2009 software: ENGLISH
- Photoshop CS4 software: FRENCH
- Windows OS, other software: FRENCH
- Computer keyboard: FRENCH
- Other computer hardware: ENGLISH
- Language of teaching: FRENCH
- Student-Teacher communications: ENGLISH and FRENCH
- Teachers' origins: ENGLISH and FRENCH
- Books: ENGLISH and FRENCH
- Examples, demos: ENGLISH and FRENCH
- Exercises, exams: FRENCH

Most teachers were ex-teachers from Le Centre NAD, one of the best and well-known French private colleges for 3D Animation. I chose to study at Bois-de-Boulogne for 3 reasons:

- It's close to my house. Only 15 mins of walking, max.
- The college is known for its high quality of teaching.
- My program is entirely subsidized by the provincial government.

Sure, the college has more girls than guys and most girls are pretty, but the determining point is the 3rd one: My program is entirely financed by Emploi Québec, which means that the students don't need to pay a single cent to study it, not even the $30 New Student Registration fee! Other than costing nothing to me, the college is near my house, the girls are pretty (I say it again ) and the program itself is fun!

In other news:
I attended a few cosplay photoshoots in the past weekends, as well as the 2009 Montreal Comic-Con, where I wore again my Guan Ping closet cosplay. I hosted the first MCP of the 2008-2009 season last weekend, and will attend a few more cosplay photoshoots/events in the days to come.


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