PacSet Tours : The Travels
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Congratulations to Rhiannon for her winning entry in our Starving Artist Postcard contest! We loved her use of colors, woodblock style, and the story told in one image. Sign-ups are still open for the Starving Artist Tour until the 9th! Other cool artists are also going, so don’t miss hanging out with other like-minded people in Japan :D
I’m finally all said and done moving into my new place. Thank you for the support. However, I found out my mother is going to undergo surgery next month for thyroid cancer. Most of you know I live in Los Angeles, but my parents are in Pennsylvania. I intend to fly back to care for my mom before and after the operation.
However, last-minute plane tickets are expensive. Since last months’ emergency move ate my bank account, I am selling my work online. I take Paypal, check, and money order. FREE SHIPPING! Drop your payment method and address in my Ask if you are interested.
- $20 US, $25 international - The Undine Prince is a 48-page, soft-cover, illustrated, story book that re-envisions Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid” with a gender-bend twist. Each edition is signed and numbered with a limited run of 70. There are around 30 issues left. It includes the above drawings and three never-published pieces!
- $80 US, $85 international - The Undine Prince, Art Edition. These come with an original drawing of a character from the book (you can pick!). There are only 3 left.
- Buy 2, get 1 free! - I have prints of anything in this gallery, HERE: [link]
8”x10” - $10 US, $15 international.
11”x17” - $20 US, $25 international.I don’t have much to give, but re-blogs are also appreciated. :) Thank you!
Grace is a very, very close friend of PacSet - from running our art tutorial to helping tell people about our tours. This reblog is the least we can do as a thank you. We’ll be making a few purchases, and we hope you guys can help support her as well!
As tour guides - and as huge fans of Japanese Pop Culture - every once in a while we like to share the stories of obscure figures or phenomena in Japan. Today’s figure: The Road of the Retort-pouched Curry King.
Hellooooooooooo ladies.
So: who the hell is this guy? Why does he look like what would happen if your chubby cousin from the country decided to become a chauffeur for a seedy Vegas casino? And where the hell did he get a disco ball? (Seriously, I want to know that. The PacSet office could use a little sparkle.)
The short answer: This is the Road of the Retort-pouched Curry King. The longer answer: He’s a guy who decided to purchase hundreds of single serve curry packets from across Japan, eat them on YouTube, and review them - all while acting like he’s a lost member of the Village People who gave up on fame in order to become the world’s best Karaoke Bar MC.
Just a reminder to y’all, the Postcard Contest ends TONIGHT at 11:59PM PDT!! Get those entries in, you got nothing to lose except a chance to win $200 off any tour of your choice and your art sold in Japan with profits. You can even put that $200 discount towards the Starving Artist Tour! One entry per person please, and a huge thank you again to Finni for all of her help!! <3
PacSet Tours presents: STARVING ARTIST TOUR!
What’s better than going to Japan with the most awesome tour guide ever? Visiting awesome places like Shinjuku, Akiba, Nakano Broadway, Ikegami’s Honmonji Temple, going to attractions like Ghibli Museum, attending international sketchjam, selling YOUR work at Comic City in Tokyo?? For an unbelievable $1850?
Now in their new “Starving Artist Postcard Contest”, you can win $200 off your tour of choice AND have your work sold for you at Comic City!! More info on the contest can be found here!
If you want to check out the tour itinerary itself or look at other tours that PacSet is offering, please visit their website at pacsettours.com~
Please reblog and spread the word about the new contest! Winner can choose to go to Japan for a mere $1650!!
Presenting the 2013 Animated Spring Tour! Sign ups open TONIGHT; prices start at just $230 a month!
Yup - our final vlog for the 2012 Tour is an announcement for the 2013 Tour. If you have any questions about the tour, visit us at http://www.pacsettours.com/
It’s our ninth video blog from the Animated Spring Tour! We reflect on the tour that has passed, explore Kobe and Takarazuka, and let Evan’s tour skeleton out of the closet (hint: involves dancing and a maid cafe).
Video Blog 10 launches tomorrow with a SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! Check back here at 12 Noon tomorrow for more!
ONLINE NOW! http://www.livestream.com/fongmingyun
(Here is a time zone converter. Our city is “Los Angeles”).
Here’s the schedule for the tutorial:—-
- WELCOME: ( 30 min - 2 PM )
- PERSPECTIVE: ( 90 min - 2:30 PM )
- Basic Shapes ( 5 min )
- The Horizon Line( 5 min )
- 1-Point ( 15 min )
- 2-Point ( 15 min )
- 3-Point ( 15 min )
- DEMO: 2-Point Perspective ( 30 min )
- FREE DRAW/Q&A
ANATOMY: ( 120 min - 4:00 PM )
- Gesture( 5 min )
- Shape and Volume ( 10 min )
- Torso ( 15 min )
- Pelvis ( 15 min )
- Head ( 15 min )
- Legs ( 10 min )
- Arms( 10 min )
- Hands, Feet ( 10 min )
- DEMO: Full Figure ( 30 min )
- FREE DRAW/Q&A
- LIGHTING: ( 90 min - 6:00 PM )
- Diffuse, Core Shadow ( 10 min )
- Core Light, Highlight ( 10 min )
- Reflected Light ( 10 min )
- Texture, Glancing Angle ( 10 min )
- Transparency ( 10 min )
- Reflection ( 10 min )
- Translucency ( 10 min )
- DEMO: Lighting the Figure ( 30 min )
- FREE DRAW/Q&A
FREE DRAW/Q&A ( 90 min - 7:30 PM )
See you there!
Our Kyoto video blog is up! On tap: Temples, shrines, and endless expanses of beauty. Oh, and some random fun moments. Because we like those. ^_^
Food. Games. Radio personalities. Hot dates with characters from the Vitamin X series. Yes friends, today’s video blog has it ALL. Just press play, sit back, and enjoy a quick look at our time in Japan’s most wonderfully laid back metropolis: Osaka.
We’ve already announced a contest for the Starving Artist Tour, but guess what - we aren’t done. In fact, we’ve got a special event lined up as well!
PacSet Tours proudly presents: Digital Art Livestream Tutorial
When: Sunday, April 22 - 2PM Pacific Standard Time (5PM Eastern)
Where: Right here! Link will go live on PacSet Tours Twitter/Facebook/Tumblr before the event.
What: We welcome awesome artist, friend, and DreamWorks Animation Staff Grace Fong as she takes guests through tutorials on Perspective, Anatomy, and Lighting in Photoshop.
Seasoned pros, aspiring artists and spectators are all welcome! If you have any questions about the event, leave a comment below, tweet us @PacSetTours, or e-mail info at pacsettours dot com. See you Sunday!
