This was my first time at San Diego Comic Con and I was totally blown away! So much to see, so much to do, so many people to meet! I attended the con all 5 days and I felt like I had JUST enough time to get everything done. And I still missed out on some panels and meeting/talking with some people. Good times were had. San Diego is a beautiful city with some of the best food I’ve ever had. I got to catch up with old friends and make new ones. I will be doing everything in my power to be attending again next year.

I had the honor of meeting so many people including the Shiflett brothers, who are two of the most awesome people I’ve ever met! I had the honor of having my portfolio critiques by the very talented Clayburn Moore. I chatted with one of my sculpting heroes, Damon Bard, which was amazing. I met a bunch of other awesome artists too such as Paul Komoda, Rachel Young, Justin Ton, Jordu Schell, and many others. I got to see Miss Monster too, but not nearly as much as I would have liked to. I spoke with people at Mezco, Gentle Giant, Hasbro, Sota Toys, Kotobukiya, Shocker Toys, and Symbiote Studios. I dropped off portfolios, business cards, postcards, and Wolvie busts. Networking was a lot of fun and I feel like I learned a lot.

I also met someone from a local studio Joy and Tom Studios just 30 minutes from my house. Small world! I dropped by their place yesterday to look at the studio and I am going to be doing some work with them soon helping with castings and such.

I am a lifelong nerd. What I am nerdy over has been ever changing throughout my life. But I ALWAYS appreciate a well made action figure. The Wonder Twins by Mattel are one of the coolest sets I’ve seen in a while. The packaging makes lights and sounds!

I also picked up one of these awesome models from anatomytools.com! I’ve been wanting something like this for a while, what great reference material!

My Yokaiden sculpture on display at the Del Ray booth. Nina and her publisher Dallas were kind enough to do this. Next to my sculpt is a custom Lumi made by one of Nina’s friends. The sculpture looked so great in this case, the lighting was perfect.

The book signing went great with 90 signed copies of Yokaiden given out to con goers. Each book had one of the postcards I made stuck inside. Another nice thing Dallas did! What great people!

This was probably the most amazing sculpt I saw at the show. This is The Godfather done by Toynami. The likeness and attention to detail are just amazing!

Downtown San Diego is full of large sculptures. This one was super reflective. My husband, Nina, and myself are reflected here.

If you want to see more photos from Comic Con, check out my husband’s Flickr stream.

Comic Con has been very inspiring for me but very overwhelming too. Since I’ve gotten back from California, I’ve been stuck at a big fork in the road. There’s so many paths I can take, so many things I can do. I am trying to hone in and figure out where I want to go next. Since so many companies told me they do almost all their work digital or are headed that way, I want to dive into 3D now that Comic Con is over. I am also planning on attending Siggraph next year so I would like to have some work to show there.

Thanks for being patient with my blog and art updates. I am starting to get back into life here. You will hear from me again in the hopefully not too distant future.

I am off to San Diego Comic Con tomorrow, woo hoo! I will be there throughout the length of the convention.

While I do not have a table this year, be sure to stop by the Del Ray/Randomhouse booth (1128) on Saturday the 25th from 3-3:30pm to get your own FREE copy of Yokaiden. Artist Nina Matsumoto will be there signing books and displaying my Yokaiden sculpture. We’ll have postcards there as well, while supplies last. I am going to do my best to be around there at that time, so long as I am not getting in Nina’s way

I will also be at the Shifletts’ sculpting panel on Friday evening. Let me know if you will be there as well. I really want to meet as many people as possible.

See you when I get back, I already have plenty of projects lined up, including getting back to the production of my book.

EmilySculpts.com is now officially up and running! Take a look and let me know if you have any technical difficulties. The main design has remained the same. However, I have a new layout for my gallery. I also added an archive that includes the best of my older works for those of you that are curious. Many many thanks to my wonderful and patient husband for setting the whole thing up for me.

I’ve been working a lot on this Yokaiden sculpture. It’s very tricky to work in someone else’s style, especially one so different from my own. I am slowly making it more angular and true to the original design. It’s slow going, but getting there! The hands still need work especially, feet too. It’s been VERY hot in Florida here the past few days so it’s been hard for me to get good work done on this at home. I am mostly working on it in the studio at work where it is an icebox.

These guys have taken over my house, help!! I have slashed prices in half on my older pieces. Prices are in US dollars and do not include shipping. I take payment through Paypal only. Please contact me through my website if you are interested in buying any of these pieces.

Iorek…$100

Abe Sapien…$75

Hellboy Bust…$50

In the Marsh…$200 for both

Megaman and Rush…$50

Roger the Undead…$60

Urahara Kisuke…$50 SOLD

The Pangoliin Rider…$75 SOLD

Long time no update! Here are a few photos from the Scott Laurent show I did earlier this month. The first picture is of the entire wall where my work was located. The framed photograph’s are my husband Joe’s. The sculpted faces were done by my Coworker, Jessica Dunbar. In the next two photos, you can see a few of my pieces in close up. These shelves were really well lit, my sculptures looked so alive! The forth photo shows a few of my small paintings on the wall. And the last photo is me(right) with the woman who won my pieces in the raffle. It was good times!

I am slowly getting art done. I should have a finished piece in the next few weeks, and another shortly after. I will post some progress photos later on today.

Check out my current sculptures up for sale. Cleaning out my studio!

Send me a message if you are interested in any of these.

A few months ago, I was approached by a freelance write for the UK gaming magazine, Games Master.  He had seen my winning entry in the Okami contest and asked me a few question about it.  The interview is published in this month’s issue, along with several photos.  I’ve scanned the article for those of you that can’t find the magazine (it’s British!)