So this year Pigtail Studio launched a new project which is con-exclusive. They’re called Chibi Dollz based on little chibis that one of our artists (Kevin R.) started to draw last year for Ponzi. For more information on them go to our new page [...]]]> Once again another con, another detailed post. Don’t worry, it’ll be worth it.

So this year Pigtail Studio launched a new project which is con-exclusive. They’re called Chibi Dollz based on little chibis that one of our artists (Kevin R.) started to draw last year for Ponzi. For more information on them go to our new page dedicated to them at the top right corner! We worked very hard on them 2 months before NYAF and surprisingly we got more done than we even planned for. Anyhow we worked long and hard up to the very day of the con. Unfortunately we had a plague by the name of, let’s call her the studio’s red headed sister, hit us and we all fell sick whilst working on the final hours of our little creations. Thankfully we recovered before/during the convention so we didn’t collapse.

After no sleep for most and much rushing, we finally got to the convention and started to set up. Well, we would have had 3 hours to set up and recuperate but unfortunately the con (see nyaf itself) was somewhat….disorganized that Kate and I (Lilimon here by the way) had to go around the con for about 2 hours trying to get information on why we apparently didn’t have a table on the list in front of the entrance doors to the artist alley. In the end they gave us one of the blank tables in the back and we set up camp. As fate would have it we ended up near the women’s bathroom. If any of you remember from last year’s nyaf, we were near the women’s bathroom as well, just on the opposite side.

The next 3 days of the con went by in a bit of a blur. We did very well with our chibi dollz, but our original work also sold as well. We’re working on having more prints and such for sale at our other cons; most of the prints up were by our lovely Kate Rhodes, because her work is amazing and she had a lot available to put up. Many people loved our chibis and we were very happy that they were taken very well. What we were selling were essentially bookmark/key chains. I had compiled a small catalogue of all our chibis in the form of what someone would do with a TCG collection with a binder, which worked out very well. Good thing I could use my obsessive TCG days for something useful now.

Ah before I forget to mention, I was cosplaying the 11th Doctor from Doctor Who (The Matt Smith version). I whipped up the outfit in about 2 days so it wasn’t really all that great, but I felt really happy wearing it. Just so you guys know, it might become a thing with me for cons. What does that have to do with anything you might ask? Well, one of our biggest chibi dollz sellers were actually the doctor who chibis that we created. Kevin had done the lineart and I colored them myself with lots of love and detail. Other chibis that sold out a lot were from Naruto, Bleach, and Zelda.

Side note: Don’t forget to leave us chibi suggestions in our shoutbox or email! We’ll love to get your feedback and will consider adding what you guys want to our collection.

Now where was I, oh yes! The chibis. Well ti wasn’t all about the chibis. We were very happy to find a large number of people interested in our original work as well. Hopefully they will grow in numbers because that’s what our con-going is all about. To promote ourselves and the studio using our talents. At some cons we’ll actually be showing our animation as well, probably the cons that give us free electricity because we can’t afford to pay for it. As for the convention itself, we made out very well and were able to cover all the money we spent on supplies and such. Lots more people know about Pigtail Studio so I think we pretty much achieved what we set out for. Once we got back we all had a nice dinner together and promptly passed out at our studio base.

Be on the lookout for our upcoming projects now guys! Not only are we going to try to make it to more conventions now (Keep your fingers crossed, we need those tables!) but we’re also working on bigger and better projects for you guys to enjoy. First on the list is Ponzi. We’re going to be working on publishing our first volume of Ponzi very soon and it’s going to look, mind my language, kickass! We’re going to start a Kickstarter sometime in the near future for it, we can’t do it without you guys! So watch out for that. Also Pigtail Studio is working on a new, very high quality anthology full of self-contained stories and artwork in the future. This is a very new project and we just started on it, so wish us luck and ask any questions you like. We’ll keep you posted. There’s also a secret project the studio has been working on for a bit now, it’s very under wraps, but between you guys and myself…. *looks around* we’ll call it project AW (for awesome? Maybe.) Project AW is a new animation the studio is going to work very hard on, we’re going to put a lot of love into it and when we’re done with it, it’s sure to be a very high quality piece of film. Keep your eyes peeled, we’ll slowly be leaking more info about it, but for now…hush hush.

So that about much covers it. We hope you guys enjoyed us at the con, for those who visited. Keep checking back here to see what conventions we’ll be going to. So far the only confirmed table we have so far is for Mocca fest at the end of April 2012 in NY. In the meantime keep using our shoutbox or email us, we love having contact with our fans! Now to end this post, for your enjoyment, some pictures having to do with NYAF 2011.

Here we are burning the midnight oil. LOOKIT THOSE CHIBI-DOLLZ!

Seriously. LOOK AT ALL OF THEM.

Fast Forward. We’re at the con! (Kevin is holding the camera.) (Jennifer Xu is in Canada and is missed greatly. :’( )

Chibis on our stand just hanging out.

The Colossi seemed to be trapped.

Overhead shot! Lookit all those perdy prints.

This message has been brought to you by The Doctor Lili (Lilimon) of Pigtail Studio. I’m out!

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IT’S US! Pigtail Studio is back in action for Con season. We have lots of new things to update all you fans on.

Comics, comics, more comics, animation, and some fanart on the side. It’s been confirmed that we have tables for both NewYorkAnimeFest/ComicCon and MoCCA! Both are in our hometown of New York [...]]]> LOOK HERE!

Look away.

LOOK BACK!

IT’S US! Pigtail Studio is back in action for Con season. We have lots of new things to update all you fans on.

Comics, comics, more comics, animation, and some fanart on the side. It’s been confirmed that we have tables for both NewYorkAnimeFest/ComicCon and MoCCA! Both are in our hometown of New York so if anyone of our fans are going to either, we encourage them to stop by and chat! It’ll help motivate us while we work hard to complete all the commissions we’ll be doing.

We’ll have lots to offer this year! Not only will we have StoryArk available for anyone to buy, which has many of our comics including Ponzi and the comic adaptation of M.B’s Reila, but we’ll also be doing commission portraits! We’ll have both chibi doll styles or regular portraits available and both styles look amazing. We’ll also have a nice catalogue of fan art chibi dolls of things ranging from Slayers to K-On to Doctor Who to Zelda! We’ll have a great selection to choose from if anyone wants a little chibi doll for themselves. We’ll also be looping animation that the studio has made around along with a cool demo reel. All the soundtracks are done by our very own Kate Rhodes.

So make sure to come by and see us! We’ll be very happy to see our fans. More info on exactly which table we will be at will be updated later, so keep watching!

Congratulations!

Thank you all so much for your patience! And we’ll be sending the original files to the winners within [...]]]>

Congratulations!

Thank you all so much for your patience! And we’ll be sending the original files to the winners within this week.

First Place goes to:

Zaide Malis

By dairykwing

He was a instant fav among the studio. His [...]]]> Alright guys! It was a tough decision but the studio has finally decided on the winners for the NEOsinner contest!  We loved all your entries and all your unique characters but alas we had to boil it down to just a few entries.

First Place goes to:

Zaide Malis

By dairykwing

He was a instant fav among the studio. His back story fit perfectly with the Ponzi storyline. We could easily see this character appearing in the comic.

First Place will receive a drawing of their character by the artist and a background cameo in the upcoming chapter of Ponzi.

Runners Up:

Entry

By Eli Rios

Alex “Princess” Sinner

By Jenny

Both characters has quirky personalities that we thought would fit into the Ponzi universe.

Runners Up will receive a chibi drawing of their characters.

Congratulations to the winners!

We’ll contact you shortly with information on your prizes

And thank you all for all your support and your amazing entires! We enjoyed viewing them! They are all really great characters.

All entries will be judged on their compatibility with the Ponzi world, not artistic skill.

Artwork

Sonja Greent

By loveSabkusan

Tommy Alres

By what-the-box

Zaide Malis

By dairykwing

Natasha Anaskaia

By dairykwing

Johnathan Yelhasa

By CollidingWorlds

Heth

By CollidingWorlds

Entry

By Eli Rios

Entry

By Dragonestea

Entry 2

By Dragonestea

Summer Day

By Jenny

Alex “Princess” Sinner

By Jenny

Sevestra ‘Eve’ Ravensdale

By Lynnea J.

Devon

By Angelica Carlstedt

Antonio

By Rane

Ka’iron

By Dooomba

Written

Michael Wings

By VisuallyBrokenKei

Ponzi character

by *VisuallyBrokenKei

1. [...]]]> Disclaimer: All entries are copyrighted to their respective owners.

All entries will be judged on their compatibility with the Ponzi world, not artistic skill.

Artwork

Sonja Greent

By loveSabkusan

Tommy Alres

By what-the-box

Zaide Malis

By dairykwing

Natasha Anaskaia

By dairykwing

Johnathan Yelhasa

By CollidingWorlds

Heth

By CollidingWorlds

Entry

By Eli Rios

Entry

By Dragonestea

Entry 2

By Dragonestea

Summer Day

By Jenny

Alex “Princess” Sinner

By Jenny

Sevestra ‘Eve’ Ravensdale

By Lynnea J.

Devon

By Angelica Carlstedt

Antonio

By Rane

Ka’iron

By Dooomba

Written

Michael Wings

By VisuallyBrokenKei

Ponzi character

by *VisuallyBrokenKei

1. The Basics

Name: Michael Wings

Title: Mr.

Nickname/Alias: SiX

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Race: British

Occupation: Sound Technician

Body type: Tall, medium build

Height: 5’11

Weight: 11stone

Blood Type: Possibly Type B

Skin colour: White/Pink

Eyes: Pale Blue

Hair: Black [Link to style given]

Other: Tongue piercing

2. Personality

Michael likes to state the obvious to any situation, yet will only talk when needed. Usually being seen as a reserved,

shy man, he lurks behind others, just listening to the busy streets, or the soft chatter of the people around him.

Always collecting information as he goes along.

3. Backstory

Michael was born in a small seaside town, only a few minutes away from the larger town center. He was the 6th child born,

in a family of 6. His Dad worked as a bouncer, his Mum a part time teacher, as well as a full time mum.

His oldest sister Cary took up teaching also.

The second born, Andrew became a construction worker and all around handy man.

Daniel, the 3rd born stayed in education for as long as he could, and is still looking for work.

Sophia was the 4th child and was Daddies little girl, becoming a party animal.

Michael’s brother, who was only a few months older than him was Cray, he was still in Uni.

4. Fighting Style

He is a stratigist

5. Friends and Family

[Seen in Backstory]

6. Romance and Sex Life

He has had many highschool loves, but nothing too serious.

7. Clothes

Michael will wear practically anything, though his prefered style is large, baggy jeans, a tight t-shirt,

fingerless gloves and a scarf.

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Jonas Bähr

By Peter Hammann

Name: Jonas Bähr

Comes From Germany. Only calls himself “Jagdschatten” and few know his real name.

There is nothing more he hates than hackers and cheaters but does everything that is allowed an neccesary to win.

He has a deadpan humor and a somewhat misantrophic character. He has affinities with a machine since he almost never shows emotion (excluding short phases of humor)

Jonas is about 1.90 m tall, he has black spiked hear wears a jacket with some buttons on it and wide old-school hip hop trousers as well as sneakers.

His eyes (which you mostly can´t see behind his sunshades) are blue and his skin is almost as white as snow.

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JJ

By Melvin2898

Name:J.J

Race:White

Hair Color is Blonde (I don’t really know that name but it’s longer than a buzzcut)

Glasses: Black Sun glasses

Clothes: Dark Green Hoodie with huge Silver Dollar Sign on the back

Teeth: One Gold on the top left and right Silver tooth on the bottom left

Shoes: Black Shoes

Mecha/Robot: I don’t know how the the machines work for this manga but if they are custom my character has a war machine small machine.It’s right or is a gun which can be used as a snipe.

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Darren Maltria

By C@m3r0n

Name: Darren Maltria

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Description: Around 6′ 2″ with shoulder length hair that is spiked in the front, a more athletic build and slightly amber/red colored eyes. he has a scar going down over his right eye where he was clawed by a bear while out with parents camping. his family is pretty much gone except his little brother who he protects like a hawk.

Hair color: Black with red streaks running from the back of the spikes to the bottom of his hair.

Personality: He tends to be a loner unless otherwise necessary, and can be nasty with people he finds annoying. he enjoys games, reading books, camping with his family, and eating pizza. he was always a straight A student through school. he was not very popular due to his wanting to be alone most of the time.

Outfit: His outfit consists of a white Polo, jeans, a red jacket(with hood off) he always wears, and skateboarding shoes. he wears a bracelet that his sister made him before she was killed in a bank robbery.

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That’s all the entries, thank you everyone!

Feel free to contact us if we posted any incorrect information.

Right now we are compiling all the entries and organizing them for posting here in the news section.

We’ll announce the winners this [...]]]> Thank you everyone for your wonderful entries!
We’ll be looking over them and deciding on a winner.
There will also be 2 runner ups who will receive a chibi of their character.

Right now we are compiling all the entries and organizing them for posting here in the news section.

We’ll announce the winners this Sunday!

Stay Tuned!

Also, Pigtail Studio is going to Long Island NY’s I-con for it’s Artist Alley. So if anyone is heading that way, make sure to stop by at our table if you want to [...]]]> Hey guys! I just want to remind you all that our Neosinner contest is going to end today 4/8/11 at midnight!

Also, Pigtail Studio is going to Long Island NY’s I-con for it’s Artist Alley. So if anyone is heading that way, make sure to stop by at our table if you want to chat and/or get any of our merchandise!

It’s been a long time coming but after a long tug-o-war via email we have StoryArk Issue 2 available in our shop so you guys can purchase it online! Also we’re going to re-release issue 1 with lots of needed fixes thanks to our wonderful editors.  Please [...]]]> EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!

It’s been a long time coming but after a long tug-o-war via email we have StoryArk Issue 2 available in our shop so you guys can purchase it online! Also we’re going to re-release issue 1 with lots of needed fixes thanks to our wonderful editors.  Please help support us and go buy an issue or two, it’ll put smiles on our faces and give us that extra motivation to keep on creating the stuff we love for all of you. On another note Ponzi has been updating on a twice a week schedule, our Ponzi staff is hard at work to make this happen and the story is escalating. Just you wait! Don’t forget to submit your entries for our N.E.O.Sinner Contest! News on that can be found on the last post directly below. Remember you don’t need to be an artist, you can also submit written entries as well! All rules will be stated on the contest poster. Until then, Ta~ta!