Anime Impulse OC 2022

We set up a booth in the Artist Alley at Anime Impulse OC this year, featuring a meowinverse t-shirt, stickers, and some anime/game prints. The Meowinverse website is under test launch here as well: meowinverse.com, with a Shopify service.

The Donut cat design is representative of a cat leaping through a hole connecting  universes together.  The hole carries a deeper purpose in the full perspective of the world, as a tunnel, path, and focusing point of an oculus.  Without the donut, there would be no sweetness to life.

Of the prints my most popular were the ones of Miku and Orange Girl.  The highlight of this year's trip was getting to meet Suzie Yeung!  I loved the genshin cosplayers as well, was able to snap a few pics, but missed a memorable Hu Tao and Eula.

I've highlighted a few of my favourite booths below as well.

PS5

 

This is me for the rest of the month.  Gaming it out to Final Fantasy XV and the rest of the PS Plus Collection.

2020 Harvest Moon

 Harvest Moon this year.  It's a warm orange hue that can't quite be captured by my old cameras.

60 Years

Sixty years is an impressive milestone!  I hope that my work can also celebrate a 60th birthday!

2020 Orange Skies

 

Jam City

Started today with the awesome Panda Pop team at Jam City!

 

My Bookshelf additions

I added the first set of new books to my bookshelf last week.  I'll be learning about Disney, Pixar, and Daoism!

 

Ghost House - Global Game Jam 2019

Hi all!  

The game I worked on this year is Ghost House.  Check it out here!
https://globalgamejam.org/2019/games/ghost-house

For this year's global game jam I traveled back home to San Jose to the Cogswell location.  The event this year was more chill and I got to work with a team of hardworking developers.

Cogswell's location was a bit of a surprise.  It was a few blocks from where I used to work, in North San Jose.  If I'd known I would definitely have tried out a few classes there to learn some music or 3d skills.  During the jam I toured around their facilities.  Most interesting place was the historical archives, showing the founding of the school a hundred years ago.  It really puts things into perspective seeing the old technical measurement tools in contrast with the modern game development studios.  

Paths around UC Davis

Since beginning my MBA studies at UC Davis, I've found and been shown a few places that are great for the occasional stroll away from work.  The first two here are just near Gallagher Hall, where all the graduate business classes are held.  

(above) A crossing looking away from the greenhouses.  It's a great shortcut off the Arboretum that leads to the school's patio and backdoor.  (below) A winding path behind the Alumni Center surrounded by greenery on all four sides.  It overlooks the greenhouses and costs only a bit of extra time for a quiet scene.

I'm glad that I got the chance to put my bike (picked up used for 25$) to good use!  This is my bike before parking at the library.  There's a ton of bikes on the Davis campus and sometimes it's tough to find parking.  When I do bike from home to campus, it's a good workout at about 20+ minutes.

This last photo is from the student farm on the west side of campus.  They're doing some amazing work here breeding everything from tomatoes to peppers.  My guide showed me around the field and let me pick a whole bag of green and red peppers, of every variety!