Studio B

I was looking through a pile of old CDs and I came across a documentary that I did back in 1998 called Studio B.



Studio B documented the TV show and Movies that my friends and I did starting in 1990. It's narrated by yours truly and includes a bunch of small samples from the show and two full movies that we did. Of course because I was limited in what I could reproduce on cd back then the movies are about 2 x 2" wide.

















Actually now that I think back on it Studio B is a big reason I got hired at the job where I learned most of the skills I use to produce Alpha Shade. I showed it to my future bosses sort of as a side note, and they got all excited about it because it was similar to what they were doing in courseware at the time.

A lot has happened in my life since I made that Documentary, at that point I was at the beginning of my career looking forward, now I own my own business and am doing what I had set out to do all those years ago. Working in Multimedia.

Thaw Damn You!

Delicious yes.. but waiting for it to thaw? Some cats can't wait.




ugh Crunchy Peanut butter!

WonderCon Pics

I finally got Chris to send me some of the pictures from WonderCon so here they are!

Our Very First Alpha Shade CosPlay! Thanks Chris!


It's like she walked off the page ;)


Chris and Chris at our booth


A dedicated Fourm Fan!


Our Booth after one of the Banners Failed (boo)



JQ playing while we worked! O_o

Convention Season! I'm huntin' Baggage

Alpha Shade's first convention of the year is fast approaching And I've been busy getting things ready. I redesigned the Display for 06'. Last years was a pain to transport so for this year I bought pop up banner displays and made the tabletop in two pieces that I'll just hinge together. It will all fit in a "bat bag" ( for baseball bats ) that comes in below the 62 linear inch restriction that all the airlines have for Check-in baggage. I should be getting the printed pieces back tomorrow.

One of the challenges of going to any convention is getting your stuff there. Because we don't have a truckload of merchandise to take I've opted to pack it all up in suitcases. We did this last season as well and for the most part it went great, but there were some busted suitcases, rifling through the books by luggage inspectors, awkward bags that were hard to transport etc. There isn't too much I can do about the inspectors, but I forked out for a couple baggage dollies and I bought some more small wheeled guys. That coupled with the consolidation of the Display elements should make it much easier to handle all the stuff I need to bring to the cons. My hope is to make it so that two people can handle it by themselves. Last year I needed three. Since I may not be able to have three people at every convention I'm going to this year (10 to 12!) it would be nice if the new two person plan works!

Nutty!