A panel that will be sure to please aspiring anime artists, costume designers, cosplayers, and Visual Kei fans! Cartoons to Cosplay is an exciting lecture hosted by Stephanie Chateau, who explains how she designed her character "The Captain" for both her comics and the real life cosplay counterpart for special events for professional entertainment companies... and how you can too! Who says the things you love have to be just a hobby?
"Cartoons to Cosplay" (Part Two)
(Apx. 30-45 min)
Upon request Stephanie has an expansion on the lecture she can provide, that will allow the lecture participants to get a taste of designing there own Cartoons to Cosplay first hand. Stephanie will help them learn how to use the 8-head proportion scale and fashion figuire proportion, drawing the fashion face and make up reference sheets, drawing folds and making clothing fall properly, and how to make character costume sheets the same way the professionals do!
Requirements for presentation:
Laptop with slideshow capibilities and sound/CD Drive, Overhead Projector, and chairs for convention attendees. Tables are only required for PART 2 of the presentation.
"Inspire Yourself"
(Apx. 30-45 min.)
There are lots of "How to" drawing and art panels out there, but who can help you learn how to get rid of an artists block? How do you stay motivated and keep practicing like you need to when you just don't FEEL like it? Never Fear! The answer to your artists blues are here! Head on over to Steph's "Inspire Yourself" panel and be amazed. This isn't your average run of the mill self-esteem lecture either.. by the end of the class Steph guarantees you'll be... humming a different tune... and itching to draw again! The techniques she teaches aren't just a quick fixer upper either.. They will help motivate you and help you keep your muse close by time and time again.
Requirements for Presentation:
CD Player, Speakers, or Lap Top with CD Player/sound. Whatever is playing the CD needs to be loud enough so that everyone in the room can hear it. One singular table in the center of the room, and chairs for the panel attendees.
"Face It! - Drawing is Fun"
(Apx. 1 hour)
A great panel for beginners, "Face It" focuses in on how to use the basic egg proportion to create the animated head and face, how to create different facial features to fit the kind of character you want to draw, and includes a fun audience interactive mini game for the lecture participants Steph likes to call "Express Yourself".
Requirements for Presentation:
Tables and chairs for panel attendees, and a healthy stack of 8 1/2 by 11 (standard size) printer paper (non glossy). Also a certain amount of art supplies will have to be purchased prior to presentation. The amount will depend on appx. how many people can and will be seated for the lecture. Please
for details.
"Captain's Coloring Tutorial"
(Apx. 1 hour)
If there's anything Stephanie has bragging rights to, it'd be her ability to capture light, shadow, and to create dazzling color effects with traditional tools in ways that astound and amaze. By popular demand (via the internet on Deviant ART and Elfwood time and time again) this panel has been specially created to go over the tips, tricks, pointers, and special secrets that will help aspiring artists coloring skills go from ordinary to extraordinary!
Requirements for Presentation:
Tables and chairs for panel attendees, and a healthy stack of 8 1/2 by 11 (standard size) printer paper (non glossy). Also a certain amount of art supplies will have to be purchased prior to presentation. The amount will depend on appx. how many people can and will be seated for the lecture. Please
for details.
"Frighteningly Fun Facts"
(Apx. 30-45 min.)
Anime and manga is a niche market... but not for long! There is no denying (Though the nay-Sayers keep trying with all there might) that the popularity of Eastern pop culture just keeps on rising over here. States that only a year or two ago never even had conventions are seeing two or three a year... More and more shows are being translated and run on T.V. The petitions are being made and signed and the fans rallied for a 24/7 anime channel.... and the big boys in the Entertainment Biz are starting to notice. Join Stephanie as she predicts and exciting future for Eastern culture fans of all sorts, based on overwhelming evidence as to where times are a headed thanks to the internet, the differences between western and eastern horror, graphic novel formats, and video games that may be the catalysts that will push anime, manga, and cosplay to go mainstream and stay mainstream for quite some time.
Requirements for Presentation:
Chairs for panel attendees, mircophone, and water pitcher.
"Cartoons to Cosplay" (Part One)
(Apx. 30-45 min)
Upon request Stephanie has an expansion on the lecture she can provide, that will allow the lecture participants to get a taste of designing there own Cartoons to Cosplay first hand. Stephanie will help them learn how to use the 8-head proportion scale and fashion figuire proportion, drawing the fashion face and make up reference sheets, drawing folds and making clothing fall properly, and how to make character costume sheets the same way the professionals do!