And thus concludes my first Artist Alley experience. It was awesome! I got to sell some stuff, meet cool people, buy awesome shit, and take a lot of pics of cosplays! I was so happy to see so many people I knew from DA and/or various sites, including those who don’t even live in Toronto.
I saw Alex who shared the table with me, Boram, Niku, DigiAvalon, Nikufei, Studio Qube, Holly, Udon Crew (omg), and many more that I don’t recall the DAs of. Boram and Niku were sooooo cool and sweet and I was so happy to meet them. Niku has the best haircut in the world, I wish I was awesome enough to look cool in stuff like that )=. The Udon guys just made me thought WHY ARE THE UDONS HERE LOL THEY SHOULD BE SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS AND BE IN THE DEALERS’ ROOM.
I was also so happy that people who knew me came to say hi and some of them signed the guestbook too (that I couldn’t have out 80% of the time cus of the lack of space). Some people came up to ask for autographs on their program books LOL ”’orz and I kind of signed differently on some of them cus my hands slipped.
I’ve never paid attention to artist alley setup last year so i didn’t know we could hang up stuff. The first day made me realize how small the tables really are. I saw ppl put up poles and stuff to hang their pieces and all I have is what I have on the table. I don’t have table clamps either so I didn’t know what to do. On saturday, my mom gave me these bamboo sticks that she just happens to have (she has so much crap LOL) and Chris, Jenny and another friend of mine helped me create my ghetto setup: taping the sticks to the table, keeping them in place with bricks that Chris took from outside, connecting them with a piece of yarn and hanging my art with clothing clips LOLOL.
It kept threatening to fall over but it didn’t. I should’ve like cut out shapes of panties and shirts and hung them along with my prints. Next year I’ll know!
I didn’t buy much stuff cus I didn’t take much money with me whenever my shift is done, and things are sexpensive ]= I DID BUY A PANDA(mouse) HAT AND A DEVIRUCHI HAT THO O: (this is like RO shopping) the devi hat is so comfy and I wanna wear it outside even when I go to school and stuff LOL. except i’ll get laughed at like a stupid loser rofl
My Basilica pic did really well and I sold like 50 copies of it; I was so glad that they accidentally gave me like 40 extra copies of the print at the print store LOL. (and not extra copies of the unpopular pieces) The generic pretty girls lil prints sold a lot too; the ones that sold the least sold about 15-20 copies each as well so I am really really happy. The bookmarks went nuts and I am also happy that I accidentally printed too many copies of them, because I would’ve ran out. They beat the pieces that I spend a lot of time on! Popular series ftw ”’orz Strangely, the recent bloody pic of Blackbird and Veloce were one of the better selling ones, though it creeped some parents out LOL. quote: “mom look at that!” “oh my god she’s BLEEEEEDING!” The Auction pieces also all got sold, and Basilica’s bids went up to $63. I was like bowing to the people who bought them and came to ask for signatures on them ;___; I was thinking I’d take them to Otakon to display if they don’t go too. Mentally, I was in tears.
Albeit exhausting, it was a fun 3 days. I was actually hyper and super awake during my shifts despite only getting a few hours of sleep each night. My legs are yelling at me cus I usually like walk less than 50 meters everyday around my house. Mayshing, Chris/Insoo, Starry and I just confirmed our tables at Otakon recently. With such a fun experience behind, I really look forward to going to Otakon! =D
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{ joon }
lol most of em were final fantasy kingdom hearts, naruto and bleah xD
{ Chiyo }
wow, amazing cosplay! everyone looks so cool! I like that Agito and simca, everyone looks amazing ^-^
{ Joichi }
That looked like soo much fun! LOL i had problems pinning my prints up too, my friend placed them on this little board held by paperclips on strings of yarn too. Wow! And i thought originals couldn’t sell as much as the fanart, but i was prove WRONG! Hope to see you at Anime Evolution, and hey next year i’m going to Toronto! Woohoo, and i get to see the AnimeNorth con!
{ Hasame }
hello! I SAW YOU! I did NOT know who you were, thought of buying art, but didnt as I had no money! LOL! I cant believe I didnt recognize the art! I was…i believe the only female Gaara with a black coat…Yeah I was. okay, that done, this is cool…yeah. ok im done! NICE JOB ON THE ART! YOU ARE AWESOME! O.O!
{ Attyca }
I saw you at AN =D gorgeous prints, I must not have seen that Raito one though, causeee, I would have bought it in an instant. Good job on selling so much, you’re art is wonderful. You definitly deserve it.
And hah, you have a picture of me and my friend as agito and simca >=D too bad you didn’t snap one of my kadajplay instead, it was my favourite ^^