Frankly, I did find it to be a little of an overwhelming and a little bit exhausting. I did a nice job starting off at one of the bigger anime conventions on the East Coast, lol. There were TONS of people to deal with, talk with, try and socialize with (which I'm not very good at, remember). Not to mention the sudden appearance of.....mood cramps (so to speak) that decided to show up during the con. Meh. Motrin makes EVERYTHING hurt less though.
I did learn a lot about where I perhaps stand in regards to my art. It's not as harsh as where Ringling thinks I am ("You can't draw- be an illustrator without drawing"), but I certainly aint hot cakes like I WISH I was one of these days. I sold a few prints, some Shrinki Dink (shrinkable plastic) knick nacks, and hey, even got my first commission! I wasn't in it for the money though- and thusly I PROBABLY broke even from what I had printed...and then I spent it on Dragonball Japanese manga (to replace some that I had lost in the mail?), A Megaman print (which will be mailed after the con to my house in WA), and an artist's sketchbook who apparently works for Archie on Sonic. Like I said, not really in it for the money. =)
Its a start. I'm fairly pleased considering I just showed up at the con to get the experience and have fun.
Anyways, aside from the art that I showed off in my last post, I made the following printable piece for the last day (it sold a couple of prints- I only printed about 5 anyways)- it was a cartoon of Solid Snake that ORIGINALLY was a Shrinki-Dink with it's own cardboard box and CalorieMate....but I had scanned it prior to selling it and then I put it on 4x6 glossy prints.
The commission that I got during the con was a custom Shrinky Dink piece.....TONS of characters in a montage. That, and I did this in one night because the person wanted it for the end of the con (which I had gotten the commission on Saturday, and Sunday is the last day, duh). It was exhausting, but fun, and I learned a lot from it. And I got to draw the Ninja Turtles, Street Fighter, Mario/Yoshi, and Smoke from MK. Don't get to do THAT everyday. I SHOULD THOUGH! =D
This is the piece in its pre-shrunk form.....which is more useful for showing it off...it's hard when it gets reduced and what not to tell details....
Thanks for the commish!
That's it from Anime Boston. LIke I said, a start. I kinda wish I had a table at Spokane Comicon now, as that was a blast...but I kinda also want more time to just BLAST through my sketchbook and things and draw my arse off to improve my ideas.....
I also did work on one more WIP piece for my own amusement during the con- but that gets it own blog post later.
The next con I'm going to (although NOT Artist's Alley, sorry) is Spokane Comicon on the 30th of May. Gonna go romp around the Alley, maybe see some folk I saw last year....w00t!
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