I was taking a look at Pierre's long list of projects for his meet and thinking back on Jill's meet at Mars. There was and will be so much going on at one time it made me think where do you start?
Three days sounds like a lot but it goes too fast. Do most people try to spread thin and catch a little of each if possible? Or would it be best to zero in on one or two things and really hone a few skills?
I'm pretty sure of my plan of designing a project for Panel Jam that would consist of 2 or 3 "new" proccess. A kind of "To do list". Do I focus on skills that I can quickly turn into profit when back home or is it a time to work on that piece of "art" that wouldn't normally get touched while under a full work load?
What types of skills are you lookin to learn?
Posted by Dave Draper (Member # 102) on :
Alan,
I had to laugh, because of the post on attention span disorders and sign guys, you had better plan on a great variety of things as attendees may lose interest quickly in some things.
Posted by Troy Haas (Member # 472) on :
Alan,
My first priority at ANY meet is see old friends, catch up with them and of course, meet some new friends and get to know them.
Second is I always want to learn one new thing.
For instance, at Don Hulsey's meet last October, as it turned out I got to see an old friend in Jimmy Chatham (among others). I got to meet several new people like Steve Estes(among others).
AND, Don himself taught me a new way to hold a striping brush that has made a BIG difference in my work.
All this well worth the price of admission, so to speak.
Posted by Alan Ackerson (Member # 3224) on :
lol Dave, No kidding! Those sticky notes are worth their weight in gold. It'll be like one of those Family Circus cartoons where they show Billy's hour long walk home from next door.
Troy, the little things do go a looong way. Foundation skills.
I guess what I really was asking was what are others, as individules getting excited to learn. Pinstriping, hand lettering and guilding as examples. How many are there to focus on carving etc...just curious.
Posted by Terry Whynott (Member # 1622) on :
In Mars, I wanted to focus on carving and spent almost the whole time down in the carving pavillion. There were other seminars that I wanted to attend but decided to focus on carving.
At FKAB, I'll be doing some more carving and asking lots of questions to Joe C. but I also want to get my brushes out and do some painting. I've always had a hard time with some aspects and would like to take advantage of having experienced people aroung to give me some pointers.
I think Pierre's meet, being smaller than Mars will make it easier to sort of see everything that is going on.
Posted by George Perkins (Member # 156) on :
Every meet I've ever been to has it's own personality and flow. I tend to go with the flow. With all the great people AND talent coming to FKAB it has the makings of being one of the best. Boredom will not be a factor Posted by Alan Ackerson (Member # 3224) on :
Yeah, Mars was a big event and a bit over whelming at first especially being my first meet and not knowing anyone, plenty of familiar faces mostly from SignCraft articles. It was like that 1st trip to Yankee Stadium as a little kid. After you get your jaw off the floor it took another half a day just to figure out what brushes I wanted/needed. After that no time to be bored when sensory overload id kicking in.
Now that a year has passed it's amazing to see how much progress was made compared to the previous 4! Including a bout with foot in the mouth disease There are always an exceptional few that will make everything worth the while.
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There are always an exceptional few that will make everything worth the while.