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!
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!
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!
As of writing this, I’m now 31 years old and introspective about my art journey so far! I continue to tackle new conventions as I keep my head on a swivel! I’ve been sketching small bits of art on my social sites over the month, but I’ve kept myself busy going to cons, taking other art commissions and recording livestreams!
I’ll be honest and say that we haven’t made that much progress on Blackmask from last January to now. My programmer took time off for a vacation, so he’s been away from his computer. I myself have been taking other art commissions and streams, but we’ll be in touch with majors changes as soon as possible. I’ve been sketching small bits of art on my social sites over the month, I’ve been sloppy about posting my art here in a way that is an easy to find.
After a packed year of conventions and art events, I’m reflecting on my 2022 year and planning my next one! I feel like I spent more time learning to write than learning to draw. I wrote more blog posts, more promotional stuff and more story things that I’ve been sticking with instead of burying it away in my files.
Despite my feelings that I didn’t get as much artwork as I wanted to be completed, looking back, I had a good run for my convention stuff, doing a convention almost every month and figure out myself as an artist and what I really want to do with my work.
Continue readingI’m announcing the launch of the new website for Blackmask and news of its development! There, you can follow my new of Blackmask specifically without needing to wait for me to even mention if I’m actually working on the game or not.
Articles on development, story tidbits, and other related info will begin on this website, then span out to the other social sites. Mailing List features will also be available as soon as I can arrange it, so you can keep up with updates!
This month has wrapped up my convention stuff, so I’m hoping to get more work on art for the rest of the year.
I’ve felt like my schedule has been out of control and my work output has suffered for it. Not only that, but I feel like I do clerical crap more than I draw and while it’s necessary, I hate doing it and I feel like it’s punishment for not doing art.
I have a new sketchbook on my Ko-Fi Shop for September and October!
Likewise, I skipped a month as I didn’t draw enough in my mini sketchbook that month and I got self-conscious about it.
Now I have a 56-page PDF Collection of my raw scanned sketches! Enjoy!
Continue readingI made new stickers and restocked on old faves such as the sticker packs, Muffin and Cupcake cats! Along with this, I’m having a Flash Sale of my 2019 Sketchbook! Only a dollar on Etsy with Free Shipping! Stop by my Etsy Store to get them yourself!
