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| Con Photography
Workshop: (left to right) Kevin Lillard (FansView.com),
David Andrews, Dennis Carr, and Lionel Lum (taking the photo for Usagichan.com)
discussed personal procedures and techniques that may aid aspiring fan
photographers to get better quality pictures from their convention
experiences. Driven by shear years of experience, topics delved
into the use of using traditional 35mm SLR cameras versus high-end and
low-end digital cameras as well as simple off-the-shelf disposable
cameras, friendliness and respect towards all cosplayers, post-con
developing and digital imaging for website use, how different cameras
require different lenses, and becoming comfortable with learning from
mistakes. |
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| Infinite
Ryvius: It's the story about
students in an astronaut training school Liebe Delta, sabotage and
renewed spirit of survival and strength in a strange new world.
With a growing fan base on this particular show, the panel showed clips
of the popular series and discussed the possible dramatic scenarios in
future episodes. |
Studio
Ironcat: Surrounded by ardent
Ironcat fans, Doug Smith (left) and Steve Bennett (right) gave a healthy
pep talk about not giving up, learning from constructive criticism,
being optimistic and realistic about writing stories or developing
characters, and having confidence in themselves when drawing manga art. |
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| Web Design Workshop: Moderated
by numerous HTML gurus of the expanding Internet anime fan universe
(Janelle Jimenez, Mara Karapetian, Nilah Magruder, Priya Monrad, Brandon
Bannerman, and Kate Peterson),
this workshop drove right into topics that concerned everyone on the
web. Topics discussed the horrors of spelling and grammar
mistakes, research quality, keeping on track towards a target audience
with highly informative pages, uses of web and regular text content
editors (DreamWeaver, NotePad, FrontPage, HomeSite), static HTML and
images versus dynamic HTML and javascript-heavy pages, keeping loads
times to a minimum for modem users, Flash splash pages and menus, uses
of various graphic formats (gif, jpeg), and finally designing a page
around an 800x600 pixel screen for average users. |
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| Harmony Gold /
Robotech.com: Dedicated
Robotech fans rejoiced as the Robotech saga lived on in the release of
more box sets, DVDs with selected cut scenes from the original Japanese
series, special collectors editions, and more discussion on wide
releases of this fabulous show. |
Hooked on Drawing
Manga: Moderated by
Bruce Lewis, this workshop kept attendees focused and excited about
being creative, keeping scrapbooks and doodle files to collect and
preserve valuable ideas, and disciplining through practice towards
developing untapped inner talents. |
