Steven K Smith (SKS Props)
MisCon 40 Featured Professional
Steven K. Smith, also known online as SKS Props, is an award-winning artist, fabricator, and owner of SKS Prop and Costume Supply. While he makes and sells professional-grade cosplay props and replica costumes, his goal is to teach people the techniques and fundamentals they need to create their own props and costumes.
Steve has uploaded over 200 instructional cosplay and prop videos to his Youtube channel, SKS Props, and is active in various Facebook cosplay communities.
Web site: https://www.sksprops.com/costumes
Scheduled Panels and Games:
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Thu 7:00 - 7:50 PM, Meet the Artists, Dragon Pavilion
Moderator: Justin Barba; Panelists: John Barba, Justin Barba, Bruce Brenneise, Michael Brugger, Echo Chernik, Jayel Draco, Dragon Dronet, Brian Grinnell (Belsac), Cheyenna Krone, Tess Langston, Todd Lockwood, Randy Pepprock, Nikki Rossignol McCoy, Steven K Smith (SKS Props), Jeff Sturgeon, Jim Wright (Stonekettle), Lacy Zee (Vox Moxxi)Here's your first opportunity to meet and hang out with MisCon 39's artists. You can talk art, ask questions, have a cup of coffee (or something stronger), get things signed, whatever you want. Just come hang out.
- Break Thu 7:50 - Fri 2:00
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Fri 2:00 - 3:50 PM, Steven K Smith Mini Painting Demo, Artist's Corner
Panelists: Steven K Smith (SKS Props)Steve will demo how to paint miniatures.
- Break Fri 3:50 - Fri 5:00
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Fri 5:00 - 5:50 PM, Cosplay/Costume Figure Drawing, Fairy Pavilion
Panelists: Jayel Draco, Cheyenna Krone, Todd Lockwood, Nikki Rossignol McCoy, Steven K Smith (SKS Props)Attendees are invited to take turns posing in costume while we capture them in timed figure drawings (3-10 minutes each.) Model your costume, draw, or do both! Fun for artists and for costumers who want to be sketched.
- Break Fri 5:50 - Sat 2:00
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Sat 2:00 - 2:50 PM, Artificial Intelligence in Fiction vs Reality, Dragon Pavilion
Moderator: GS Jennsen; Panelists: James Glass, GS Jennsen, Steven K Smith (SKS Props), Jim Wright (Stonekettle)Let's discuss the current versions of artificial intelligence and how it compares what we've dreamed up across fiction, from short stories to novels, to comics, and films.
- Break Sat 2:50 - Sun Noon
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Sun Noon - 12:50 PM, An Artist's Life, Dragon Pavilion
Panelists: Bruce Brenneise, Echo Chernik, Jayel Draco, Todd Lockwood, Steven K Smith (SKS Props)Is the "artist's life" a romantic ideal? A relentless grind? Let's examine the journey of becoming and being an artist. We'll explore the diverse paths into creative careers, the daily realities (both exhilarating and exhausting) and will share the triumphs, challenges, and experiences that define a life dedicated to art.
