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Alamo City Comic Con 2014 Report!
11 years ago
General
ACCC was a ton of fun. I got to hang out with Prismatic Llama and talk to a LOT of very nice people. Plus, now when my artist friends ask me if I know John Picacio I can finally say “Yes, I have met him.” I now know another San Antonio artist and we can all pretend there’s some sort of local art scene ^_~
ACCC is claiming an attendance of 100K, which is a stretch even if they’re counting turnstile for all 3 days plus the Thursday VIP preview. An estimate of 30K feels reasonable, which is still a healthy head count. My sales were not quite as strong as last year, which I attribute to the major jump in vendors. There were easily 3 times the artists and dealers as last year without a 3 times increase in attendance. The layout was fantastic. The show went from a single event hall last year to taking 4 halls, 2 ballrooms, and upstairs panel rooms. While often crowded, there were very few places where traffic felt bottled up or congested. It was the coldest I have ever been, though. Friday I was wearing my tablecloth.
My canvases drew a lot of attention. It’s always fun to watch the boomerang effect on people who had no intention of stopping but had to turn around and get a closer look at something that caught the eye. Having a unique look also got me some interest from industry contacts that may pan out into some entertaining projects in the future. I ended up selling out of everything but the canvases of “Polluted Skies” and “Saadet Hunting”. I also got more requests for tattoo designs than I have ever gotten in one place. I’m hoping people send me pictures if they actually get ink because it sounds like there’s going to be 50 people out there with the fish from “Blue Gold 1” tattooed somewhere.
I’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback from my regulars since switching to the thinner backing boards instead of the foam core because it’s easier to fit into the more affordable frames, but at this show I noticed that the more flexible boards ended up tearing the hinging tape on a couple of my 18X24 chroma prints. I’m switching over to cloth backed hinging tape for the larger prints so they can stand up to a bit more handling.
There were so many fantastic people to talk to! I met a couple who know Nambroth and also play old WoD. I saw several return customers from last year that I actually managed to recognize (A skill I am sorely lacking in). There were at least 2 furs that chatted with me, and a couple others that I suspect were furs rolling incognito. Several people came back to tell me that I was the most unique artist in the show. A couple even thanked me for sharing my art. It was very good for my self esteem.
Thank you to everyone who came to chat with me! I’m sorry if I was spacey with anyone on Sunday… I was pretty far out of it at that point ^_~
This weekend I have Wizard World Austin, which will be my last show for the year. Then I can get back to a commission I've had to put on the back burner for way too long >_<
ACCC is claiming an attendance of 100K, which is a stretch even if they’re counting turnstile for all 3 days plus the Thursday VIP preview. An estimate of 30K feels reasonable, which is still a healthy head count. My sales were not quite as strong as last year, which I attribute to the major jump in vendors. There were easily 3 times the artists and dealers as last year without a 3 times increase in attendance. The layout was fantastic. The show went from a single event hall last year to taking 4 halls, 2 ballrooms, and upstairs panel rooms. While often crowded, there were very few places where traffic felt bottled up or congested. It was the coldest I have ever been, though. Friday I was wearing my tablecloth.
My canvases drew a lot of attention. It’s always fun to watch the boomerang effect on people who had no intention of stopping but had to turn around and get a closer look at something that caught the eye. Having a unique look also got me some interest from industry contacts that may pan out into some entertaining projects in the future. I ended up selling out of everything but the canvases of “Polluted Skies” and “Saadet Hunting”. I also got more requests for tattoo designs than I have ever gotten in one place. I’m hoping people send me pictures if they actually get ink because it sounds like there’s going to be 50 people out there with the fish from “Blue Gold 1” tattooed somewhere.
I’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback from my regulars since switching to the thinner backing boards instead of the foam core because it’s easier to fit into the more affordable frames, but at this show I noticed that the more flexible boards ended up tearing the hinging tape on a couple of my 18X24 chroma prints. I’m switching over to cloth backed hinging tape for the larger prints so they can stand up to a bit more handling.
There were so many fantastic people to talk to! I met a couple who know Nambroth and also play old WoD. I saw several return customers from last year that I actually managed to recognize (A skill I am sorely lacking in). There were at least 2 furs that chatted with me, and a couple others that I suspect were furs rolling incognito. Several people came back to tell me that I was the most unique artist in the show. A couple even thanked me for sharing my art. It was very good for my self esteem.
Thank you to everyone who came to chat with me! I’m sorry if I was spacey with anyone on Sunday… I was pretty far out of it at that point ^_~
This weekend I have Wizard World Austin, which will be my last show for the year. Then I can get back to a commission I've had to put on the back burner for way too long >_<
