First batch of photos uploaded

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Paul Burrow

San Diego Comic-Con 2009 – I had the opportunity to look around the convention centre before the Preview night began so I took a few photos of the various companies setting their stands up. It was nice to look around freely and get my bearings before the mad crush of people arrived. Thanks to Stephen Robson for getting me into the convention centre early.

Convention Centre

Darth Vader - Sideshow Collectibles

Terminator - Sideshow Collectibles

Buffy - Dark Horse

Star Wars Clone Wars

Star Wars Costumes

Gentle Giant

Bumblebee

Iron Man

Star Wars Clone Wars

Dark Horse

Bubble Wrapped Bart Simpson

Pikachu

Lego Buzz Lightyear

Lego Clone Trooper

He-Man

Mecha

Star Wars Replicas

Movie Props

Lilo & Stitch

Future Publishing

Playstation Area

C-3P0

Concept art books 2

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Paul Burrow

Art Books

I purchased several books over the weekend. The art of Mass Effect, Halo 3 and Revenge of the Sith (Good sales pitch Troy ;))

The best bargain was the Art of Mass Effect from Gamestation – RRP £14.99. It was old stock reduced to £7.49 but when I took it to the counter it scanned in at 1p and that’s the price I was asked to pay! Bargain of the year so far!!

I’m back

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Paul Burrow

Down the escalator after registration

I’m back from San Diego and my first trip to Comic-Con. I met a lot of generous and talented people and received a lot of good advice. Still trying to catch up and get my sleep pattern sorted out.

I’ll post some of the many photos I took this week. There was so much to take in it was impossible to see and do everything but I did the majority of things I set out to do.

I imagine many people took the same photo as I did above. This is coming down the escalator after registering and picking up my pass.

Business cards arrived

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Paul Burrow

Business Cards

My business cards arrived a couple of days ago. 250 of each design. I prefer the robot ones. These are a basic matt card with a white background. They do the job nicely.

Scifiartist.com business cards

Posted on July 5, 2009 by Paul Burrow

Below are 3 versions of business cards I’ve created. I’m not sure which, if any I will get printed yet to take to Comic-Con. I’ll post any others I create. If anyone has any suggestions for improvements or which one to use then feel free to speak out!

Spaceship

Spacestation

Robot

Everything on plan!

Posted on July 4, 2009 by Paul Burrow

comic-con 2009

My new passport has arrived at last and my flight is now booked for San Diego! It seems there are no direct flights so I have a couple of stops to make on the way. Not long to wait now!

New blog is live!

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Paul Burrow

Finally, I’ve managed to switch my server hosting and create this new integrated WordPress blog rather that streaming from a different site.

There’s bound to be some niggles so let me know if you see anything that doesn’t look right or work properly.

I’ve made it as presentable as I can for now but I’ll be tweaking it until I’m totally happy with it.

Every journey has a beginning

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Paul Burrow

comic-con 2009

I have wanted to go to San Diego Comic-con for many years now, but every year there’s been some excuse not to go. This time there should be no excuse! Or so I thought…

I’m still waiting for my new passport to be delivered before I can book a flight. Should be here this week though. I’ve been working many hours of overtime to pay for the trip. I just need to sort out my portfolio and some business cards now and hope that everything goes to plan.
Link to Comic-Con site

R2D2 sketch

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Paul Burrow

R2-D2 Sketch

From the sketchbook. Here’s an R2-D2 sketch drawn in pencil.

Junkyard concept painting