Anime Boston 2014, looking back

Mar26
by on March 26, 2014 at 10:35 am
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Weird title, but yeah, Anime Boston came and went already. I think this year was good to Teacup Ninja as a whole. I had a good time, saw JAM Project, had fun with cosplaying and taking pics of other cosplayers, the usual. It just always seems to go by so fast.

I was hoping to have something from our visual novel to show off, but I’m still super happy that the writing and the bulk of the programming is done.

Anime Boston is my favorite, and most local convention. The con staff is always super kind, and the Artist Alley staff is the best I have ever worked with. They all go above and beyond the call of duty to make sure everyone is having a good time. Thanks, AB staff!

We had a lot of people visit our table in the Artist Alley, thanks everyone! The attendees are also a huge part of what makes the AB AA the best Artist Alley I have ever been a part of. I feel like every year just gets better and better.

Great con once again. Can’t wait until Anime Boston 2015!

I’m really hoping that next year we’ll be able to start showing everyone our video games. We have a lot of great ideas, and I can’t wait to share. Now that Anime Boston is done, I can go back to focusing on the art for the visual novel.

Of course, we still plan to do some cons in 2014. In April, Teacup Ninja will be selling at Famicon, a new con in Londonderry, NH. There will be other con announcements, so stay tuned!

You can follow me on Twitter, @phoebejtweets, and check out my Deviant Art page at http://phoebej.deviantart.com/. Thanks for reading!

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Staying Alive

Nov26
by on November 26, 2013 at 2:48 pm
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Cons are done, and I’ve been busy with concept sketches. I’m getting a pretty good handle on the characters for the visual novel (which still needs a good title). I started plotting out some of the CGs as well. Slow, but steadily the project is moving along.

I’ll probably be scanning my latest sketches in next week, and posting them to my Deviant Art page.

I’m also thinking of making some teaser art for the game soon, so I can start showing more than sketches.

As always, I will post more about this as the process moves along. You can also follow me on Twitter, @phoebejtweets. Thanks for reading!

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Con prep Insanity

Oct15
by on October 15, 2013 at 11:25 am
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Angie here, taking over again. As Dave is the one who crochets, Phoebe is the artist/animator/cosplay designer and Joe is the 3d artist/webcomic guy, I am the one behind the scenes before every con with the proverbial whip. I’m the one you see running around in costume talking to anyone and everyone telling you to check out our table.

While during the con I’m more of the social face/business mind, before the con Im the one with the calendar as soon as dates go live and set up the system for who is doing what and when.

And with 2 cons coming up fast, it was/is my job to make sure that we have everything ready for not one but TWO cons. Because lets face it, a week and a half really isnt enough time to prep for anything but last minute “crap we ran out of button parts” type stuff that involves making an order.

For AAC and DrawnCon 2013 while the crew has been getting art ready, working on the game which SHOULD be debuted at Anime Boston 2014, cosplay (ok so thats just us ladies, but hey) and dealing with our lives outside of the con scene (wait that exists?) I have been keeping all of them in line via phone, email and facebook while editing the game story. (It’s an awesome story, but I’m not spoiling), working my office job, getting my cosplay stuff all located and cleaned as best as I can, running gaming events and simply keeping everything Teacup Ninja related organized so that two conventions close together will be no stress. Stress free cons are the best 🙂

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