Of Helsinki Comic Festival

So, I was at the Helsinki Comic Festival last weekend. Jeff Smith was one of the guests of honour, so of course I went to listen. He didn't look anything like I had pictured him - I'd imagined him to be older, balder and with glasses. I learned that he was a friend of Neil Gaiman and Bryan Talbot, and began to wonder what Talbot looked like, since, as my sister pointed out, at least these two belong to a hair mafia. I searched the net, and saw that Bryan didn't sport the exact same hairdo as these two gentlemen. A pity.

I also bought two Copic markers. Woohoo, now I have a wide array of colours: grey and red. I would've also liked a light blue and a darker gray one. These cost 3,50 euros, the refillable ones were 5 euros. And I just read my friend's Japan diary (you can get to her "Kyoto Nikki"-blog from that Labelled Angel link I have), who wrote that Copics are 2,90 euros in Japan. Now I'm just waiting for her to answer my question if they really are the refillable ones, these cheap copics.

I saw a few fellow Deviantart artists and leafed through their portfolios. They have some really nice pics. I also bought two postcard sized prints of Korone's.

Nothing much more to say - I haven't yet really tried my copics, since I haven't found a nice enough picture to try (and one that would still be expendable, if I happened to do everything wrong).

Now I'm off to my optician appointment. I'm going to get five pairs of disposable contact lenses - now that I know that I actually can get contacts. There was a time when my eyesight was too bad for me to get contacts, but things progress and stuff. I'm not going to get rid of my glasses, since I quite happen to like how I look with glasses, but in some occasions contacts could be nice (that's why I'm getting the disposable ones).