2024 Spring Convention Appearances

The winter convention roll went well, with February packed with plenty of shows! Some shows are tapering off due to rejections from larger ones I’ve applied to.

But, I do my best with what I have, and I’m meeting up with fans who’ve seen me around the block enough times to know my name! Spring Conventions are rolling out, so here’s the shows and events I’ll be tabling at for the coming months!!

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Mastafran February Weekly Sketchbook Week 1

This week’s sketchbook has stuff I drew at conventions I went to over the past few weeks. I’ll talk more about the convention times later.

Here’s sketches in a new sketchbook. These toon proportions are rubbish but I am looking back at drawng humans again. I tilt to a realistic style when I draw humans so I wanted to take my approach my animal designs to human characters.

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January Pixel Art

In the effort to push myself to make more pixel art, I tried out a weekly pixel art challenge to motivate myself with a deadline.

jPBravart 1-bit Pixel Art

The first one I finished was a quick Draw This in Your Own Style Challenge for Jpbravart on Twitter. I was keen on the design and I wanted to be more selfless with my art output. It’s a better way to draw fan art without dealing with the disappointment by general nerd media.

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Mastafran Weekly Sketchbook Debut

This week and the future, I’m starting a new task where I scan and show art that I’ve been working on for the past few days.

These are the daily sketches I post on my social accounts as fuzzy phone pictures. When I get the time, I scan them and edit the pictures for clarity or future coloring. Being honest with myself, these end up just being in my computer files and then abandoned as it’s hard to finish art when I hate the coloring process.

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2024 Winter Convention Appearances

To start off the 2024 new year, here’s the list of all the conventions and art events that I will appear at! Many of these shows are subject to change and cancellation, so follow me on my social media links for live mentions or check my Convention Schedule page!

Starting the convention train off at PopFest Chicago on January 28th this Sunday! Along with my stickers and prints, I’m selling off the last of my print comics to make room for new upcoming books! Come by Countryside,IL this weekend!

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2023: A Year In Review

It’s been a long year, I’d say! 2023 had plenty of ups and downs, but overall, I’m alright with this year.

Besides all my art stuff, going to conventions, and I losing my iPad, I’ve been living a simple enough life. Back in August to went on a trip to Arizona to met up with my friends and visit SabotenCon. The previous time I went to Arizona, we did more hiking and exploring the state. Most of my 2023 trip was wandering the convention, but I’d love to comeback again and visit the Grand Canyon or Las Vegas.

As of wring this, I’m doing laundry and not feeling that my day is any special. I still waste my time wondering what I did wrong in the year and hoping that I can fix what’s wrong with me in the future. For now, I’ll look back on what I’ve been doing for the past month and the past year.

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Pocket Con 2023

In a surprising twist of events, I shall be tabling at Pocket Con 2023 on December 9th at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago! As another treat, I’ll also be performing a live Draw in Demand panel at 11 am, where the audience can make art requests!

This caught me on the backfoot after WindyCon but I’m still ready to take on my first convention in the proper city of Chicago with all the parking issues it entails! I’ll see you there with my comics, stickers and playmats as usual!