Tuesday, November 18, 2008

ncn convention 08 and new york trip

just got back from the Ncn convention in North Carolina in Reliegh....which was very boring, sept for the fact that the convention was great....meeting all the people i wanted to meet and enjoying the company of new faces ( to Draw). each day was great, just flying through ideas....which payed off, i got to bring home some awards ( 1st for both Outstanding Cartoon style and Party Style, 2nd in Abstract/ Design style), the rest of the beastheads also recieved awards. it was great.
go beast heads!!!
Afterwards i went to new york where i stayed with Tomokazu and Yuko tabata and Kunikazu and Kimicho where we meet up up later with Dan Springer, Paul Moyse, Elgin "Subway Surfer", Jeramy Stock, Kayla, Alician, Joe Bluhm and other artist and walked around with or either drew with in bars or on the subways or sight seeing and taking lots of photos. all in all was one of the greater adventures i have ever been on. thanx to everyone for your support on everything, and i'm glad i got to hang out and get to know all of of you out there, you know who you are....it was a pleasure drawing with you and sharing ideas and philosophy. I hope i can meet up with everyone again. thanx






























14 comments:

Aaronphilby said...

Bout time u updated. Man...Let me just say this...I'm not sure how I want to put this. Your wall, man...Hm. I'm very very impressed, and it must feel amazing to have done that. It must be like a woman who loves children having a million babies all at once.

Emily Byrne said...

Congratulations! YOur awards are well deserved.
Love the pics, especially the one with Elgin!

Unknown said...

OMG what amazing work andy. looks like an epic fun time. i wish i coulda been there! repeat next year???

Mr. Urzua said...

aaron: hahaha, thanks aaron. no one could have said it better, how i felt those days, thanx


emily: thank you very much, it was a surprise coming out of that with what i recieved, so i thank you.
yes new york was great, i will try to move there next year, elgin is such a great friend.


sam: whats up sammy? hmmmm? where were you?!? i had practiced for months on how i was to draw you, but no show ...oh well. but hey i'll see yah in vegas...oh also i might be headed to new york after the ohio convention next year, so keep an opening in your schedule for some crazy Cloverfield shit. glad u dug my wall

Bat said...

Andy, your the coolest guy I know from the left coast man! It was a pleasure meeting you and thanks for an entertaining time in Rally Wood and congrats on the honors bestowed upon ya, you knocked 'em dead dude. Hope to meet up again soon!

bert5693 said...

dude it was such a highlight meeting you, like bat said you were definetly the coolest dude from the left coast, i cant wait to hang out again, mayb cripple con or ncn con, but we got to do it all over with a few more shots of tequila. congrats on your awards, you so deserved them dude. and thank you so much for the sketch you did of me, my favorite i got the con by far.
oh and u got to see my zombie sketch sean just finished of me, holy shit dude you are gonna flip, and yes he is still drawing you.

Aaronphilby said...

Yeah. I love that one of Bert. That's definately one of my faves. Also, Jert and Marlo is hilarious!

justfrancesca said...

FINALLY, ANDY!!!! These are great pictures--it looked like you had a great time. I'm glad you already told me all the stories behind the pics, 'cuz otherwise, I wouldn't know what was going on half the time!:) You NUT!

chris chUa! said...

yo Andy! it was awesome hanging with you at the con and getting to witness first hand the awesomeness that you do. your wall was easiest one of my favs. you totally deserved those awards and more, if I had more say, hah. you're a cool dude, keep up the stellar work and silliness!

I'll draw a better one of ya one of these days!

Mr. Urzua said...

Bat: hey man, it was great meeting yah, you and your korean buds were cool...im glad u guys dig my work, thanx for the insperation. i'll diffently see you guys again at the next con. keep in touch


Bert: whats up monster? dude it was cool getting to meet you in person, you got a cool acsent...ha, but hey i'm glad u dug my work, i didnt relise how many people had recognised my work and enjoyed it til i got to the con. thanx again beast. oh and yeah dude we'll totaly share a couple more drinks.

Aaron: thanx dude, now go park my car. wait, i dont have one. *sigh*

franchessca: i told you

chua: dude you are one cool dude, i would love to work with you at any park....you style is crazy, it seems to me though that your style would better fit if it were done at a larger scale....that would be awesome...you could hide lots more crazy shit inside them, but hey thats just me. lol
it cool meeting you finally, ill see yah soon sometime. thanx again

Aaronphilby said...

That cowboy one is really clever

Derek Edwards said...

Great stuff as always. Only one month until you'll be here in the land of the rising sun? I'm sure you'll have a great time. Not sure how good your Japanese is, but if you need any help, let me know. Hopefully I'll see you and Tabata at the Tokyo mini-con.

A.M.Bush said...

Hi Andy,

I just wanted to say hi as I do my monthly blog-o-rounds. I love your New York pics, they really tell a story.

Everybody's gotta be in a Gang said...

Great to hang with you and our friends from Japan in the big city, Andy. Your work from the con was great.