No E3 for me.

Hey! Ask me how E3 was!

“Uh… Randy, how was E3?

I don’t know I never made it.

“What?”

Yup, my daughter got very ill the night before I was supposed to leave for LA. Came down with a fever of 105! We (me, my wife and daughter) spent the night in the hospital seeing if she would take fluids so she wouldn’t get dehydrated. No such luck as she would only throw up anything she took in. The next day we went to her pediatrician and she said that even though her temperature has come down a bit (102) we should still go to Sick Kids Hospital in down town Montreal. So after a nap at home we packed up and went to sick kids. She was perked up by that point but it took a bit for her to start taking fluids as I’m sure she was scared she was going to throw up. Poor thing. It really sucks seeing your kid sick. She eventually decided that drinking was okay again but she still had a low grade fever and continued to have it for a few days. So as a result I decided to stay home. E3 will happen again next year and Ali needed me home more then I needed to be at E3. I stayed home and help take care of her and such. It was the right thing to do and I have no regrets on my decision. What kind of Dad would I have been to take of to LA when my daughter was really, really sick. Stace felt really bad and even tried to get me on another plane to LA the next day but I said “no” and that I’ll just go next year.

So instead of going to E3 I later went to Massive Black’s Art Workshop that was being held in Montreal this year. It was very cool, but not what I expected. It wasn’t so much a work shop as it was a watch the artists work. But I did come away with a better understanding of myself as an artist and saw how I was limiting my skills in Photoshop. By watching them paint I was able to see ticks that they use and take in the whole process of making a great piece of concept art. Very cool.

I also got a chance to take pictures of old Montreal down by the ports and factories. It was very nice and very different from the new Montreal areas. Even the Massive Black people said to go and take pictures of the city and get inspiration from the buildings and art because (assuming you don’t live in Montreal) when are ever going to be back. Each city is different, no two are the same so take pictures and take in the locations that you are in because you may never return. I can go back any time I wish but it’s good way of thinking. And with that, here are some pictures from that weekend.