Sinister Creature Con was a blast. I was there most of the
day. Even though it catered more to the cinematic special effects and make-up
crowd, I found a lot of great inspiration and motivation for my own art, the
art of words particularly. I want to share with you that inspiration and the tips
that came from it but it’s been a long day, so tonight’s not the best time. I
would do it next week but that’s when I want to give you a chance at winning a
giveaway through a Halloween contest and I’m not sure if I’ll be able to fit
both in that weekend, especially since I have a family gathering to go to that
evening. So it will probably be either Halloween weekend or the weekend after. But
I would like to share some photos* with you that I took at the con which you’ll
find below. Most are of attendees who came in costume which theirs and many
others’ were really out’a sight!
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| Two furries (or hairries?) |
Three cousins in costume, from left to right: Michael
Jackson’s “Thriller” Werewolf, Old Man in a Cloak (but my cousin underneath is
nowhere near an old man; in fact, he just turned 21 this past summer!); and Pimp.
People were really impressed with the Werewolf. Other attendees kept asking if
they could take his photo. He even danced in a spontaneous act with his Michael
Jackson “Thriller” zombie double! Sadly, I wasn’t with them at the time to snap
a photo.
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| Magenta the Maid, from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. |
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| Magenta with Columbia, from Rocky Horror. |
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| A couple of friendly ghoul girls I asked if I could snap a photo of. |
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And for those of you who were not able to make it, here’s
the Hidden promo bookmark I distributed copies of at the swag table in
the dealers’ room. As I said last week, I had to get it together fast using stock photos because I couldn’t make the
book cover’s illustration that I wanted to base it off of in time. I wasn’t
even sure if I would get this one done in time for the con, but I did. So
Canva, the online photo-editing
software I used to design the bookmark, worked out pretty good.
I did, however, have to leave a tiny flaw in the bookmark because
I didn’t have time to fix it. Can you find it? If you do, point it out by
telling me in the box below. For that matter, if you find any other flaws in it
that I may have overlooked, please also point them out. It will help me do
better on the next one.
Until next time . . .
* Photo credits: Steven Rose, Jr.
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