first con of the year!
00:00 – 08:19 vlog
08:20-23:14 income report + con review
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first con of the year!
00:00 – 08:19 vlog
08:20-23:14 income report + con review
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I hope DC was at least a nice time/stay for you bc I think you would kill it at Otakon
Thinking of doing a con table in August but super nervous, what inspired you to do your first time?
The cat cafe was a good treat for you after that weekend! I love artists alleys, even though I live in a busy city (Toronto), there's only 3 major cons which gets too busy for anyone to even walk through. I wish there were a lot more smaller cons in my area.
Your art is amazing & I hope your future cons have a better turnout 😭❤
Fascinating aka terrifying breakdown of the economic reality of the artist, event management, client/visitor mindset etc…
Plus the mechanics of travel & set up… & running video production at the same time.
This video is an excellent essay & reflection on the entire issue of competition & market forces. Being successful is such a roulette wheel, even if you're talented.
The brutal changing zeitgeist of customer sentiment, the popularity contest of franchises, what's hot or not.
Is an event for entertainment? Or are visitors actually ready to spend money? Are they primed by the organisers? Are the events marketed well?
And now the spectre of AI… What is art? What is talent? What is 'worth' effort & reward (i.e. $$$).
If I was an artist I wouldn't be able to sleep from this existential uncertainty…
I have had similar painful experiences as an anime-styled artist with comic cons in TX, so you’re not alone 😅 it’s a learning opportunity for sure. The artists really do feel like they’re passing a $20 bill around to each other. Traveling out-of-state is a risk I’m unwilling to take yet though, so kudos to you for doing this all solo! Wishing you greater success at your next events!
I like the deadline idea. I have been just practicing art for the most part and realized I didn't have too many finished pieces. I registered for Fanexpo in Canada to try and give me a deadline to have things done and ready. This would be my first con (if I get accepted into it). What was the discord channel you mentioned about cons?
Sorry to hear u had a rough time, best of luck with future cons
Hi there! I was one of the people who bought prints from you at AnimeNYC (Your spiderverse one and the Caelus/March ones come to mind). I only realized this after seeing those prints in this video 😩. Anyways, happy to see you spreading out of your comfort zone. Looking forward to what you do next (and hoping you come back for this year's AnimeNYC)!
Super interesting, thank you!
You sound like grimes, awesome
The convention had WIFI????!??!?!?!?!? I have NEVER been on a convention with a working connection 😢 (germany tho)
Unfortunate that the con was so slow but it was great to hear your thoughts about it! I'd love to have a table at a con one day but it all sounds super intimidating and don't really know where to start 😓 do you have any tips for getting over the social anxiety/nerves that come with it?
the guy screaming was manifesting sales and stealing everyone's life force at the same time
bad shows arer really rough because they just get boringggg it feels like loosing time and money at once lol
I feel your pain. Many years ago, I ran a photography booth with backdrops and offering digital editing for the cosplayers at a con a with similarly dead artist's alley room. A dragging, awful, expensive weekend.
DC area local here and I've been to a bunch of Awesome Con. Really, this show is all about the celebrity culture around comics and movies and wrestling. It's a real bummer your stuff didn't do better. Otakon or Katsucon which are also in this area are more suited to anime/manga style art. I haven't done Baltimore Comic Con but that show is specifically aimed at comic artists and doesn't invite a lot of celebs so that might be an option, but I feel like BCC is best if you're a local.
It's so nice to see artists talk about money and the way they make it, as someone who hopes to sell my own art one day! I'm glad you made at least a little profit and got to learn something!
I went to a one day convention in Delaware on Saturday, it was dead. and I thought the whole time – I should have been at Awesome con, why didnt i try to get into awesome con…thats probably where the customers are" I guess not. so yeah… idk. where were the people?
the kamehameha dude is a real one, especially in the light of the tragic news.
YT recommended me your video and it did not disappoint! I really enjoyed this vlog because you definitely showed a different perspective about cons that most people choose to not disclose. Funny how I had a similar problem with the photostand during a convention but ended up being okay! Haha. Also I’m still 1:42 min in the video but I wanna make sure to comment my initial thoughts now. I hope we can meet each other at a convention in the future! I love meeting fellow artists! Also looking forward for more of your videos.
Honestly, I had a similar situation happen with the guy screaming in the artist alley, i was at youmacon, and every 5 minutes, you'd just hear some random guy do that. I dont know if it was the voice actor for like idk goku or just some rando, but jeez, either way, it was really annoying.
OOF yeah I was another artist in the AA (I got ur infp stickers!) and yeah everyone said it was mid but…shit STILL managed to be disappointing as someone that lives local to the con 8,D
Hope you have fun at Anime Boston tho!!!
As someone who used to live near Washington Dc, I always thought the city was empty and just filled with crime, but this really opened my eyes to the cool stuff in it I just never saw.
TIL I LEARNED THERES A CAPSLE HOTEL IN DC WTF I GREW UP HERE HOW DID I NOT KNOW???
Oh my gosh we were in the same row! D30 here! And…this was my xp too. I'm local and I barely made my table fee back alone.
the breakdown at the end will be i inputed into my brain memory for use later
Tbf I miss con's just for weird con stuff, aka that one guy anime screaming LMAO it's the best
Awesomecon isn’t so awesome huh😭😭😭 I’m so sorry
the Kamehameha edit had me dying 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for the vlog! I was at table D-29 and sold shitty as well (non-anime indie IP). I felt like artist alley got put off to the side, and definitely not 70k attendees…
I went to the con no way there was 70,000 people. They did have way more people than last year, but it was not as crowded as Otakon. Their exhibit hall is huge though. I was annoyed with the crowds down there.