Last Weekend...

I went to the opening of "Deva Loka" by Yoshitaka Amano at LaBasse Projects, with Yoskay Yamamato's work, "Tell me a Story" in the little gallery. Both shows were wonderful, but I have to say that I favored Yamamoto's work a little more, I just prefered the style of his sculptures.


]\Amano's work yes was amazing and both nostalgic for me, but I just felt a little bit like I had grown out of being an anime nerd. Well, not ALL THE WAY, of course, I can't forget what inspired me, DUH, but seeing all of those kids cosplaying at the event, (the costumes were quite inventive and cute I must say) just made me think, "eeeh, this is cool, I'm just not that excited about it anymore...". Plus, I like Amano's past work A LOT better, all the concept art he's done for Vampire Hunter D and Final Fantasy campared to his newest work, was less...campy I wanna say. Maybe that was the point, I'm not sure, but it was still lovely.

Favorite costume that night

Yamamoto's work was quite adorable and very well made, though, I actually met him and I could tell he cared about his work. Especially when I complimented him on his pin, and then kind of shouted at me about where to buy one, I think he was just nervous. I actually thought he was an intern due to his young age, which we both laughed at, then he told me that Nate Fizzel was his roomie (I was holding Fizzel postcard in my hand). But I did get an Amano pin, yay me.

Best picture I got all night, lol

Cuute!

I have to start going to other galleries, like the ones at the Bergamont, at least monthly like I've been doing with LaBasse. The Corpo gallery for example was especially great, there next show in March seems especially amazing. I hope I get to intern at any of these galleries over the summer.