shatterstripes

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When we got to the gallery, one of the first things I did was to take a panorama of the whole thing, before there was really anyone there. At the far right you can see ff00ff, postrodent, and koogrr - sorry you guys got kinda cut off, I didn't want to get lost in playing with the panorama stitcher I used!

Then I handed the camera off to Rik, because I knew I'd be too busy talking with visitors to actually use it.


At first, it was pretty empty.


But it started to fill up.


It really started to fill up.


There were a lot of people there!


And I stalked around talking to a lot of them.


There were a hell of a lot of people there. All to look at my art. I didn't really process that until after the show, but when I did, it felt pretty awesome.


Okay, maybe they were also there for the free munches and the free booze.


Either way, there were a ton of people there! Nobody bought the sketchbook (which I really wasn't expecting to move) but the hand-made prototype got sold, along with a decent sampling of the rest of the show.


Afterwards, we went out to a place called Christopher's for dinner with all our friends who came in for the show. And one guy who just kinda trailed along with the group.

Left side (L-R): my mom, Rik, Cube, Kevin, ff00ff, Bill's girlfriend Kaz (well, the back of her head), Bill (hidden by his girlfriend), the waitress.
Right side (R-L): Nick's hand, Rachael, Frostbyte, Cassandra, the tag-along, Koogrr (not visible), Chris. I think there was someone else between Koogrr and Chris but I can not remember who it was; I was just a little bit dazed by this point!
Front and center: the raspberry cheesecake martini I had. It was exactly as bad an idea as it sounded.