This Saturday weekend in Downtown Aurora,IL, I’ll be tabling at Alley Art Fest on August 26th!
It’s an outdoor show so make sure you prep for the elements.While you’re enjoying the sun and smiles, stop by my table to grab a sticker or two!
Summer wasn’t as eventful as I’d wanted but I was working on a large illustration to fill the time. I’ll elaborate on this at a later date, but for now here’s a fast time lapse of the process.
Between that and my dayjob, I tabled at a decent amount of conventions and shows during he last weeks of July!
Continue readingAs prolific as I am with this conventions, most of my knowledge is from the school of hard knocks. If you want a break-down of the arduous task of tabling at these conventions, take some time to listen to Alice the Author as she goes through her hour-to-hour break down of selling books at CODCon!
Most of this stuff I learned in the School of hard knocks myself, so Alice’s vid has fantastic insights on selling work at conventions.
A current new thing I’m doing with my setups for smaller conventions is to take a smaller amount of inventory with me. I don’t go more than a dozen of each of my large stickers, and I don’t bring every print or book I have with me on my trips. Library shows are a smaller one day showing, so even if I sell out, It’s not a big problem.
This system has also been a good way to not just manage my sale but analyze the rate my items sell. If demand is low for an item, I stop printing more and keep my table setups lean.
As I go around Artist Alley’s at conventions and hear about them, I write them down in a Spreadsheet on Google Docs. The majority of this list consist of events in my home state of Illinois. It’s not perfect, but it’s a start for any other artists seeking to do more conventions.
I have a full year packed with cool conventions and events! Take a look through my Convention Schedule to see where I’ll be next!
I’m on and off with my streaming on my Twitch Channel! From tech issues, scheduling conflicts, and that eternal feeling of being behind, streaming art videos is tough. Sometimes, I’m lucky enough to catch interesting stream clips to make as short tutorials for all who are interested.
This video tutorial talks about the common problem of how to reset your non-functional Wacom Driver without resetting the machine.
Your Wacom Tablet should be good to go! There are several ways to tackle this, but this was one of the few that I’ve learned. I keep falling off my regular streaming schedule, but when I do, I archive them on my second YouTube Channel for anyone to catch up!
For the next month I’ll be at a good variety of small events! There, I’m selling my artwork and meeting cool folks! If you miss out, I still have my online store on Etsy!
On July 7th and 8th, The Sticker Snobs 2nd Year Anniversary Show will be happening at McCarty Mills Taproom in Aurora, IL!
This is a smaller local event where me and many great local Illinois artists will be showing off our framed sticker art and having sticker packs for sale! If you know me, you know I’m all about my stickers, so come on by this July and check out our stickers!
On July 22nd I’m vending at the Matteson Area Public Library Fan Fest!
You want my stickers! You want my books! You want my art! You can get it at Matteson Library!
And finally on July 29th I’ll have a table at Comicopolis in Lockport, IL! It’s always a good event with Artists, Panels, and activities both indoors and outdoors for this Summer event!
This time I have both my stickers and Playmats for Sale, so come on by! I’m also still open for commissions, so hit me up on that too!
I have a full year packed with cool conventions and events! Take a look through my Convention Schedule to see where I’ll be next!
It’s the start of a new summer and my schedule is open enough to take on new character commissions! I have five slots open to who want them, so first come, First served!
You can read more about my options and specific rules on my Commissions Page!
When you’re done, you can fill out my Google Forms Sheet to send in your ideas!
Tiny Icons drawn by me to rep yourself online!
A Single Character Drawing in a cool pose in a simple background.
A Single Character Drawing in a cool pose in a blank background. I can also offer a 2 View Turnaround for a bulk price of $140!
A Colorless Character Drawing in a cool pose with no background. I can also offer a 2 View Turnaround for a bulk price of $100! If you get this commission from me and come back to me to color it for you, you’ll get a mighty discount!
Howdy ho all! Taking a break from my Tears of the Kingdom addiction to bring you news of conventions, streaming, and drawing! I haven’t had much to say for the past few months as I’ve been keeping my nose to the ground.
This weekend, I’ll be at Anime Central once more! And as a treat, I’m offering Early Bird Traditional Art Commissions before the 19th of May!
With this exclusive ACEN only offer, You’ll get 20% off a 9×12 traditional art commission of your choice! Once you get to Artist Alley at my Table G38, You get your commission from me personally!
At last, I have new PlayMats for sale on my Etsy Store!
Sweeten your game with my colorful new Pastry Cat PlayMats! Fantastic for Trading Card Games like Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh Pokémon any other card game you bring to the table!
With this 11 inch by 14 inch Smooth Polyester mat, backed on Non-Skid Natural Open Cell Rubber, you’ll be sure this mat will stay in place during an intense duel or comfortable browsing with your computer mouse!
This is the newest item I’ve printed with my artwork on it, so I started with a small run! If I sell out, you might need to wait for more, so hop in if you can!
Even if you miss the conventions I go to, I have Stickers, Art Prints and Comic Books for sale on my Etsy store! You can also drop a dollar my way on my Ko-Fi Page!
Mia Copperbelle is a singer and dancer of a traveling cat band, spreading joy all over the land through their music.
Mia and the rest her merry bards are frequently harassed by the despotic Lion Kingdom. The Lions take no pleasure in the peace and love themes of the small cat band, and disperse any of their gatherings by lethal force. Despite the present danger posed by her father, Mia presses forward on her passion to be the greatest dancer of them all!
I had this Cat Dancer piece on the back burner for three years. Drawn traditionally in Brush, Ink and Paper and Later Digitally colored in Procreate and Clip Studio Paint. You can get a 9×12 Print for sale on my Etsy Store!
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