The first day of FanX came and went. It was a solid day, though. First thing, there was a panel on resin casting for cosplay. Unfortunately the panelists never showed up and it was cancelled but less unfortunately there were seasoned artists in the room who took the opportunity to share their individual experiences working with resin and crafting their cosplays. They had some good tips. All in all, a good panel. Especially with the impromptu organization.
Then, per usual, I go to all the voice acting panels I can. There was a panel with more famous performers like, Jess Harnell and Phil Lamar which is primarily fun Q&A conversations. Which are indeed fun and I enjoy. However, I tend to prefer more the technical and getting-into-it myself type panels. To that point, Voice Acting Year One is a regularly occurring panel, this being my second time going to it. The performers regularly hosting this panel, Stephan Watson, Jenna Caine, and Zack Cipriano are working to expand the reach of this panel and getting it into more conventions. So, if you see anything about this panel showing up in your local conventions, you can only benefit from these folks coming by and showing you which ropes are worthwhile.
As I finally write this, I’m about halfway through day two. I sat through a panel about Twitch streaming, I asked and while the more experienced Twitch streamers had some good tips, we couldn’t figure out conclusively the issue we’ve been having with all that in the Quiet Treats Studio. Rest assured, I’ll solve this shit…eventually.
I’m getting ready to head over to the Thelma and Louise panel and I’ll probably stick around there for the Jason Isaacs panel. I’ve seen his panels once or twice over the years and he’s solidly fun to watch in his spotlight panels. And looking at my schedule I just realized that Andy Serkis’ panel is later this afternoon. I’ll most likely wind up going to that one too. After that just a couple more panels I’m interested in but today has been considerable fun so far and is looking to get even better going forward.
I guess the last thing to talk about today is that I tried again to make #whereisitpyramid a thing. I made a new pyramid and wrote the hashtag on the bottom of it, and then last night on my way out of the convention for the night, I stashed it in the edge of a planter just outside the doors. I haven’t looked yet to see if anyone has caught on yet. I’m distracting myself until a little later to see if it’s moved. But knowing how things tend to work out for me, I’ll just end up moving it myself in a little while. Eh, we’ll see what happens. EXCELSIOR!
