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Uglycon turned out to be a fun event. But with all things positive comes some Ugly. Here it is in short, family comes early. 23 hours early. It's cold. I believe it gets down to the 40s. We don't think anyone will come any time soon, much less 23 hours early, which is nuts. David Horvath generously gives up his hotel to the first and only family there at the time. This is still an at risk move....
Uglycon turned out to be a fun event. But with all things positive comes some Ugly. Here it is in short, family comes early. 23 hours early. It’s cold. I believe it gets down to the 40s. We don’t think anyone will come any time soon, much less 23 hours early, which is nuts. David Horvath generously gives up his hotel to the first and only family there at the time. This is still an at risk move. What does this mean for the line? It’s at your own risk right? They post that they are first on a message board which most likely then brings out a lot of others who decide to line up at night. The family leaves and then comes back in the morning expecting their spot back. I wasn’t there so I don’t know what really happened. Did the family sleep in their car which was parked in front of the shop? Did they all go to the hotel to crash out? I’m not sure, but it led to a ruckus. Sorry about that, we solved it the best way possible. It’s now done, and the costume contest was ridiculously great. The event altogether was great. We learned a lot from last year which was much more crowded, and there’s more to learn from this years event. Uglycon is a cool event for sure. I’m very proud of it. Not to be outdone, the GR2 show is amazing. Maybe the best of the year. GRNY. Adrian Tomine, the author of perhaps the graphic novel of the year! See the pics.
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[nggallery id=92] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Art show opening Jill Bliss and Saelee Oh at GR2 December 8 – January 9 Reception: Saturday, December 8, 6:30 -10:00 GR2 2062 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025 gr2.net (310) 445-9276 Giant Robot is proud to present Hidden Habitats, an art show featuring the work of Jill Bliss and Salee Oh. Jill Bliss grew up on a family farm in Northern California where everything was hand-built or cultivated-the food, the house, the farm machinery, and even the family computers. Since graduating from the Parsons School of Design the California College of the Arts, her professional background has included fashion design, illustration, and design theory. Whether designing limited-edition paper goods or fine art pieces, all of her work reveals a fondness for combining fabric, paper, and other found materials. Since graduating from Art Center in 2003, Saelee Oh has manifested her modern take on storybooks and traditional women’s crafts through painting, illustration, and paper cutting. Weaving a compelling mix of fantasy, femininity, and whimsy, her work has earned support from the indie art world as well as mainstream publications such as Time Magazine and American Illustration. For this show, the artists will make individual and collaborative drawings, paper cut-outs, sewn soft sculptures, and other pieces that expand on the theme of their third collaborative calendar, Hidden Habitats. The artwork depicts houses, shelters, buildings, and dwellings incorporating and blending into nature. These dwellings are sometimes human-sized, but more often than not sized for real and imagined animals, reptiles, or bugs. In this body of work, both artists explore the underlying structures of nature, the inherent beauty and interdependence of these structures, and human nature’s interpretation of and dependence upon them. The original drawings, many of which have been altered or expanded upon since the making of the calendar, will also provide insight into the artists’ digital and hand-drawn collaborative process. A reception for Bliss and Oh will take place from 6:30 – 10:00 on Saturday, December 8.
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Did some promo to some masses at hypebeast.
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Did some promo to some masses at hypebeast.
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