I bought a 5-day pass to IlluXCon (and updated my con list). For those who don't know, IlluXCon is a convention by artists, for artists. The whole con is art-themed and the attendees are all aspiring artists, art directors, or serious art collectors (i.e. the people who pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for an artist's personal paintings, not the people who spend $15 on sketches xD). It's a con where professional fantasy and sci-fi artists meet and give portfolio reviews to up-and-comers. All the panels are about art, art as a business, and the industry as a whole.

So I'm gonna try to get some real illustrations together to throw into a portfolio for that and...wish me luck I guess lol.

Also, I spent the entire day going through my DA account. I moved everything to storage, changed my username (I won't be using it for the SpartaDog name, if/when I do start using it again), reorganized my favs, and trimmed down my watch list. I basically plan on using it like my inspo/ref blog. For now it's just building a collection of art I like. Someday I may use it for more professional work, I'm not sure yet.