That whole AC thing
13 years ago
So, yeah, I did the whole AC bit this year, my first time going. Was definitely an interesting experience, packed with all sorts of people I'd either only briefly talked with online, had only seen art and stuff of, or didn't even know at all. I also got to meet a few folks that I'd been looking forward to, but mostly only at the end of the con, things started out pretty slowly for me.
There were some cool things to see and experience in general, though. The dancing scene was pretty serious this year, and I saw a few different interesting events, from prelims for the fursuit dance, to
last-fur-one and their Floor Wars Dance Battle. Highlight from that side of things was seeing the finals for the Fursuit Dance Competition on the main stage.
Art wise, and yeah, I know I had to get bit by the commission bug, so I got a new badge, and some various sketches here and there. I lack a scanner at the moment, so I don't have anything available for reference, but I'll put 'em up when I get around to it. Props to some of the artists I spoke to, though, as a lot of them were really super nice and friendly, and more than happy to talk about technique and stuff like that. Hopefully that's good motivation for me to actually get back into drawing some, but if you take a look at the stuff I'm uploading into scraps, you'll see how very, very far I have to go to be even decent.
For other stuffs, well, if I go back, I need to make sure I plan things a bit better, and do a more careful job making sure I know where folks are, and to keep in contact with 'em. I'd rather avoid getting stuck with dead days and such, just because I'm good at missing running into folks. Still, some awesome times, and for everyone met there, was great. Instead of a bunch of shoutouts to everything I hung out with, though, I'll probably stick with noting the people in questions, just so I don't feel awful if I accidentally forget anyone.
There were some cool things to see and experience in general, though. The dancing scene was pretty serious this year, and I saw a few different interesting events, from prelims for the fursuit dance, to

Art wise, and yeah, I know I had to get bit by the commission bug, so I got a new badge, and some various sketches here and there. I lack a scanner at the moment, so I don't have anything available for reference, but I'll put 'em up when I get around to it. Props to some of the artists I spoke to, though, as a lot of them were really super nice and friendly, and more than happy to talk about technique and stuff like that. Hopefully that's good motivation for me to actually get back into drawing some, but if you take a look at the stuff I'm uploading into scraps, you'll see how very, very far I have to go to be even decent.
For other stuffs, well, if I go back, I need to make sure I plan things a bit better, and do a more careful job making sure I know where folks are, and to keep in contact with 'em. I'd rather avoid getting stuck with dead days and such, just because I'm good at missing running into folks. Still, some awesome times, and for everyone met there, was great. Instead of a bunch of shoutouts to everything I hung out with, though, I'll probably stick with noting the people in questions, just so I don't feel awful if I accidentally forget anyone.