Hi all,
happy new week!
So, con season is upon us. It's time for all us art folk to travel around, sleepless and hungry, as we peddle our wares to the fandom masses.
These days the hardest part of con season is actually GETTING a table. We are starting off the year a bit mopey, as we missed out on a table for a con we really wanted to go to: San Japan. They sold out their alley on Jan 1st or so. The con isnt until July, but apparently every 12 yr old at Ikkicon went and registered for a table at SJ. -sigh Anyways, very sad about that, as it was supposed to be a good replacement for AnimeFest, which we won't be going to again. What it looks like we may end up doing is attending two small cons in the fall to replace the bigger ones.
We are super happy to be attending Akon this year though! Wooooh! Getting into Akon now is like a gladiator battle. It's getting harder each year. My personal opinion is that cons are going to have to start better monitoring who gets into the alley. There's TOO MANY people, and not enough of them who are serious about the matter. That's a whole other can of worms though
...Another thing I'm personally struggling with is what to do for the cons this year. I had mentioned in a previous journal that I don't know what to draw. I sat down last night to do some new chibis, and I literally had to grill my brain. There's nothing new out that I like enough to draw. : I dont want to do original charas, because it's like trying to sell dynamite, i.e. very hard... So, I'm just doing some more art of charas I like and hoping others still like them too. Also just doing some random cute stuff that may appeal to non-fan type
.Lastly, our display is being a pain. I stood back at the last show we went to, Anime Matsuri, and was just unhappy about the way stuff looked. So I'm racking the head on how to make our table a bit more professional looking. Hopefully I can do something effective that wont cost an arm and a leg, or weigh a metric ass-ton. I've already spent a bootyload on prints and supply stuff, gaaahhh. Cons are expensive, man.
Anyways, that's all for me today! I'm hoping to have a bunch of new items that I can actually put up for sale online soon.
I need to give my poor empty Etsy store some love, or perhaps follow in the footsteps of the great 
and give BigCartel a try. . Off to work!
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