AnimeFest 2008

[telophase]

-- Am coming down with con crud. Naturally. Seems to be a cold or something of that ilk, although my mother would claim it's allergies, because she claims everything is allergies, even when it's obviously a cold, with cold-like duration and symptoms.

-- Was fun. But not profitable. Made back my expenses, nothin' more.

-- I was on the upper floor of the artist alley and at first wasn't happy about that, going off reports from last year that it was extremely slow. But that turned out not to be the case, as last year, only gaming was nearby, and this year most of the panels were on the same floor, so most of the congoers came through. Yay. Although nobody was buying much this year. :/

-- Making all the keychains, even the big rectangular ones, $3 was a good idea.

-- I need to get a setup to get my table to go vertical. The big setup behind me kept distracting people walking by, so they weren't looking down and seeing my table. I'd prefer something behind me, so that when people pointed at a picture I could actually see it. Weight is also a consideration: theoretically this would need to be carried and shipped elsewhere for other artist alleys - the wire baskety things that others were using are cheap and effective but, I also know, heavy (plus not too good at creating a setup *behind*). Must think on this.

-- Signed up (and paid for) three other cons in the state in the coming year, plus heard good things about the Tulsa con's attendance - plus, the art show directors of that came by and told me about their plan for a competition next year to name a Con Artist (yeah, yeah, I see the pun) who would get 3 tables in the artist alley plus free hotel room. MUST ENTER.

-- I need to buy sooper-speshul-nice paper for the Art Show pieces, so I no longer feel guilty about pieces in the art show going for higher than I'm selling them at the table.

-- Gin and Rukia keychains outsold the others. Chibi L would probably have outsold all of them, but I ran out of him. Need to order more keychain blanks. Was asked for Matt and Misa from Death Note several times.

-- Will post cosplay pics soon.

Comments

[kintail.livejournal.com]

At Anime North this year, I noticed a lot of people in Artist's Alley were using bamboo sticks either tied together (girl guide/boy scout lashing skillz!) or attached with zip ties into a grid pattern, from which art could be hung. I'm not quite sure how they stood it up, though. Some were attached to the back of the table as an overhead thing instead.

I hope you feel better soon!

[chomiji]

There are online shops selling display stuff like that, but it's not cheap - that item with the most cheapo options was about $400. I searched budget portable trade show display rack. Still, looking at the commercial ones might give you ideas that a handy techie friend could help you make.

People like decorative thingies that let them give the shout-out to their favorite characters, don't they? Keychains are good because you can clip a dozen on your backpack, and no one blinks ... .

(Feel better!)

[chomiji]

(Heh, now something like this is actually worth considering, if you want a backdrop. And because prints are lightweight, maybe you could fasten them to it somehow ... .)

[puppleball.livejournal.com]

Marco is sick too. It started yesterday for him, he's slept all day and is running a low grade fever. He's bundled under my blanket from Germany, and he never gets cold. Boo con crud.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I slept for 11 hours last night - 7PM to 7 AM except for about an hour around 3 when I woke up and read a book.

And I'm still tired. Blargh. At work, though, as my other symptoms are still minor.