Ground Up Studios @ NY Con

Ground Up Studios @ NY Con
(the diet short and sweet so you can draw, write, color, ink, 3D, paint, photograph, cook, best art you ever create with a cold summary)

No sleep for Ground Up. Woke up at 4a.m. Septa bus then blue line to Greyhound. Greyhound bus departed at 7a.m. 2 hours sleep on bus. Arrived at Port Authority NY bus station. We ventured to hotel in extreme cold. Got lost. NY roads are weird. Spent 1 hour or so looking for hotel. Checked in hotel, extremely late for con.

Walked to Javis Center. Hotel was few blocks away and cheap! Extremely crowded in convention. Long line to wait for badges. Got to our booth. Shared with Xion Group. Booth table was tiny. Booth NEVER again. Too pricey for only a piece of cloth. Had to pay extra for another table. Very frustrating. Our prints from Terry didn't come in first day. Only Tess and Sean had prints to sell. Made Henry walk on his solo mission.Very frustrating, did I say that? Henry and Jerald ventured out. They saw what con had to offer. They came back. Elisa made a surprise visit. She brought her friends. The overall day was slow.

Special presentation of DC's new Wonder Woman movie. Sean and Jerald went to see it with Elisa and friends. Bruce Timm was there. He and panel of creators spoke to fans. Sean and Jerald got back to hotel late. Tess and Henry were knocked out. Tess woke. Henry was dead. Henry's socks stink. Hotel was nice and clean and cheap!

Next day. Tess and Sean departed for convention. Henry and Jerald arrived a little later. Ground Up received prints from Terry. Jerald darted off to accompany Elisa get Bruce Timm autograph. Elisa showed her Harley Quinn drawing to BT. Bruce gave two thumbs up. Ground Up Studios had a podcast interview to go to. Shawn Alleyne held down fort. Interview went really well. Black Chun Li and black Robin were there. Later Ground Up had another interview with C TV. Tess wasn't able to participate in that one. Great to see a surprise visit from Leilani. She's been quite busy creating an art revolution!

Ground Up Studios was like celebrities. The FF7 girls, Aeris and Tifa, wanted picture with Sean. Sean can't disappoint fans especially ones with cake. Speaking of treats, forgot to mention Ground Up Studios and Xion Group had a healthy does of Ko-Kane. Ko-Kane was right in front of the booth. Sean bought Robotech toys. Transformable. He kept losing pieces to it. The power was too much for him. After party after con. Henry could not go. Tess, Sean, and Jerald darted off for it. Hard to find place, even for locals. After party was no party, so Tess, Sean, and Jerald went after food. Yoshinoya good eats, cheap price.

Final day. Was hectic. Sales went well. Lots of costumes out. Last day for artbook purchasing,etc. Capcom Tribute book whackkk! Don't buy. Sorry Shawn. Sanford Greene and Keron artbook amazing. Shawn and Jerald saw Kelly's sketchbook. Kelly is a closet sketch monster. Don't be fooled by her presence. She is amazing. She has show coming up in April. She and Elisa are partner duo a project. Anticipating that. Day ended. Pack up. A pain. Ground Up Studios with Camal and Rufus went to bus station. Headed back to Philly where the cabs DON'T have tvs buit in.