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Huh. This. This explained quite a bit.
5 months ago
A friend of Nynaeve's pointed out to him something amazing. The prohibitions on pre-made stuff in Anthrocon's Artist Alley. And...that is currently what is wrong with so many other conventions.
See, to me, Artist Alley has always been about the artist and their talent. Their works and projects already completed are secondary. As an artist, if you wanted to sell pre-made stuff, get a vending table. The alley was a place to showcase your talent, not your goods, as it were.
And at most if not all conventions still having an artist alley, gaming, anime, furry cons alike, this difference ... No longer exists. The artist alleys are just more vendors selling pre-made goods. AFC, Anime LA and Riverside, Anime Pasadena, even the big cons, They are all doing this.
As I said before, traditional artists and artist alleys, are a dying breed.
Just too damn bad we can't make it to Anthrocon...
See, to me, Artist Alley has always been about the artist and their talent. Their works and projects already completed are secondary. As an artist, if you wanted to sell pre-made stuff, get a vending table. The alley was a place to showcase your talent, not your goods, as it were.
And at most if not all conventions still having an artist alley, gaming, anime, furry cons alike, this difference ... No longer exists. The artist alleys are just more vendors selling pre-made goods. AFC, Anime LA and Riverside, Anime Pasadena, even the big cons, They are all doing this.
As I said before, traditional artists and artist alleys, are a dying breed.
Just too damn bad we can't make it to Anthrocon...
...I'm beginning to think that MFF is still dealing with growing pains, in the way Alice was when she outgrew the cottage she was in.