Every so often i take a post or two on this page and devote it to one my favorite models or muses. Today is one of those days.
A Happy Birthday goes out to one of the sexiest, smartest, coolest, amazing, beautiful women i have ever had the pleasure of meeting. Scarlette VaVoom. Today I show my appreciation of your body of work with some small pieces of artwork. Her support and interest in my artwork has undoubtably kept me going since meeting her last year in Vegas. If ever you are in Southern Cali please check her and all the lovely ladies of Voluptuous Entertainment out. They put on wicked sexy shows and always know how to entertain.
Scarlette, these are for you. I've always had a hard time trying to capture your likeness but I hope these are to your liking.
So this is where I rant and rave about fucking awesome it was to be out at BBW Fanfest. First trip ina long time, first trip out west, first time in Vegas. All that good stuff. If you follow along though you know that I did an epic recap of the trip here . So we don't need to rehash it. I will be posting some of the art that was done throughout the year up until Fanfest in finished forms. Some of these were created from January until July but since they looked the best i moved them to the Fanfest portfolio. Enjoy.
The ladies of Fanfest.
ms Britney Black.
Scarlett *swoon* VaVoom
Ms Monster.
this is one of the better coloring jobs i did this year.
So that is a huge selection of the work i featured and had for sale at Fanfest.
Today is my niece's 5th birthday. I can't believe that its been 5 years that she has come into this family and essentially changed everything. I may resent them and get pissed at them and this whole situation at times. I can't help but think that some of the stuff that I have been through because of her and my nephews arrival has not lead me to better things. I don't really know if you would all be getting the thick and sexy versions of the Disney Princesses if it werent for all the shit around this house. If I could think of a way to have plumped versions of the "Cars" characters I would but its the Disney stuff my niece has that got me thinking. I really do love them, and my mother and father as well. I did not attend the birthday party today because its the rest of the family I cannot stand.
I went and saw "The Dark Knight Rises" in full Imax today. I heard that the birthday party went well. Except for a few small hiccups. A couple were to be expected however one stole the show and made me wish I was home for it.
I may have mentioned that I asked my aunt, on my dad's side, for money to help support me on my trip out to Vegas for Fanfest. Well she turned me down. She is of the artistic nature as well. I have seen here studio set up at her *cough* million dollar house *cough* and am slightly jealous of what I have seen. IF i was there it would be put to much better use than simple water color landscapes and dog portraits. I'm a cat person anyway, but I digress. So my Aunt came to this party today, a though I had not even considered. From what my Mom tells me she was a right awful bitch the second she showed up and made some snide comments about my dads friends tattoos. Well the kicker was the exchange she had with my mother about my art. It went something like this:
Auntie Carol (AC): Does he read the emails I send him about getting his art out there?
Mom (M): Yeah he does, He gets his art out there. If you bothered to look at it..
Ac:(all snippy like) Ohh, I've seen it.
M: Then drop it.
:)
I love my mother. HA!!
I had a feeling that the reason she didn't lend me some money or give me support was because of the kind of art that I am best at and promote. You guys love it. I love it. I love that you love it. Makes me very happy that it does not go unnoticed. The response I get on the BBW sites i'm on, on twitter and the over 7,000 views on DeviantArt certainly make it all worthwhile and makes me feel like I'm doing some good. Like a great man once said, 'If you're good at something never do it for free." Granted that man wears a purple suit, has green hair and dresses like a clown BUT he's fucking right.
Its time like these that help get through the rough spots and make me smile. I love those close to me and those that support me. You fuckers rule.
So to celebrate what I do best and really just a big Fuck Off to Auntie Carol, here are some of my recent faves.
Thank you all again.
Had to include this one again. *swoon*
I really do think she needs more attention.
Lovely Sillk. Expect big things from her soon.
50 years ago we lost the inspiration to this and many other gorgeous pieces of work.
RIP Marilyn.
I look dumfounded stupid but hey....That's me in my element.
Saturday. Got up early again and hit the fitness center. Felt good having a whole place like that to myself for the most part. I had to do my best to look good right?
Got setup around 10:30am again and prepared for another day at the booth. Everyone was filling in a little slower than the day before. The two models on either side of me were pretty busy all weekend. making new deals and meeting fans. I got some overflow from them which was very good. I got some more notice and more business cards taken. Lots of connections being made.
I want to give a special shoutout and recognize another member of the crew who was putting on this show. @JessikaVegas was so great to everyone going around and checking on us all and seeing if we needed anything more. She was very sweet and helped me feel a little more relaxed and prouder to be showing off my work. I think I owe her a dance.
Another highlight that I was looking forward to was the chance to meet one of my favorite women @jezebeljolie . However she was extremely busy. I did get my hug and the chance for her to check out my work too so that was great. Maybe next time I'll get to see her gorgeous eyes even more.
The other bonus to that was meeting new friends. @CurvyScarlette was kinda posted near me. Being that I was promoting myself as well as checking other's actions through twitter for the whole event we ended up striking up a conversation and connection through twitter. She is incredibly cool and sexy. Really can a hot redhead curvy woman be any other way?? She helped shop me around a bit and got my name thrown around a bit.
Not long after that, like i said the afternoons really picked up. I was approached by one of the ladies from @SinCityBounty the internet radio show out of Las Vegas that deals with dating bigger women, relationships and helping to promote all aspects of the BBW world and industry. If you think I was tongue tied when I met Scarlette VaVoom then you know the dribble that just came out of my mouth when answering my first question. Once again all the ladies there were fun as hell, so sweet and just the right amount of naughty to get me through it. i even managed to slip on the "Don Draper Facade" and came up with a new tag line and hashtag. Want proof? Here's the video.
Yup. That really happened.
Not long after was the next big event for the weekend. My first sale.
I was seeing green for sure.
To top it all off the ladies asked me to join them at their table for the Awards Banquet. If ever there was a place that i felt I snuck into it was there. The award show was great and it was so good to see and hear all the girls show their love and support for each other. Like Desiree said "Its not a fetish its a preference." I could not agree more and this whole event really showed that off. Aside from sitting with the Sin City Bounty girls i got to see the solo performance from Scarlette Vavoom. Yup. ;)
So after the award show as the after party. However being a little worn out and not sure when everyone would be coming back I did make it an early night. Too early from what I hear but still what a great day.
Sunday morning was a rough one for everyone. Turns out that after party really did go late into the night/early morning. Did I miss out on some fun? Yes i probably did but i was hoping for one last big push. Everyone was a little slow getting into the show but i held on and ended up getting some work sold.
I was tired myself but it was great. The beautiful @LexxxiLuxe and @MaggieDubonet asked if I would draw them as a couple super heroes. I was more than happy to oblige and did a fairly good job as well.
Lexxxi Luxe as "Captain Cleavage" i mean "Captain America".
So it was kind of a chill day there at the tradeshow. Lots of everyone walking around. i got the chance to scope out the rest of the floor and see what other fun was going on. Wow. Some of the sights. Damn what a great time. After hanging around a bit, getting to film the girls from Voluptuous Entertainment do their thing the day got better and better.
Adding to that was another sale of some art.
Like i said on twitter, "The 'D' is silent, but the cash register isnt".
So how do you close out an epic event like this? I had dinner with the Voluptuous Entertainment girls at the House of Blues. The food was alright, the company was even better but the best part was the ride there. I was in the back with Daisi and Coco with Kitty riding shotgun and Scarlette driving. At one point Kitty turned around to see me crammed in the back and said "Ohhh poor Mike." To which i responded "Oh yeah, it sucks being me right now." I assure you it did not.
Hello all. Made it back a successful and adventurous stay out in Vegas for Fanfest. if you thought me going out there was the end of me talking about it you are wrong. Lots to catch up on.
