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Back from MCFC
10 years ago
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So MCFC 2015 is now over and I'm back home for a few hours getting ready to take my daughter out to Myrtle Beach, SC for her Spring Break. No rest for the weary! Rather than trying to make the five and a half hour drive back home from Michigan last night after the dealer's room closed I opted to spend an extra night and drive home today. This also gave me the opportunity to finish up another art delivery in the morning, which was nice.
Overall MCFC was fun and I'm very glad to have made it. Financially I did alright, -neither gangbusters nor disappointing, and I accomplished my goal of keeping busy for most of the convention and have some art results that I'm pretty happy with. I had brought with me some new stickers that I'd had printed out which were about 3x3 inches in size and featured two variations of a WWII nose art pinup character that got some nice feedback from people although the sales reaction wasn't quite as strong as I'd hoped for. These are a bit of a test for me to see whether people would be interested in buying more but I think despite the sales response I'm going to press forward and continue making some more designs in this theme and will hopefully have them ready for Anthrocon in July. I also had brought a folder of Scotty Arsenault's original art and got some nice comments about how folks were glad to hear that his work is still out there and CommanderKitty.com is still being updated. I'll be bringing his art with me to Furry Weekend Atlanta in two weeks so be on the look out for it there! Print sales were non-existant... I wonder how many people out there still buy that stuff at all? Happily my vehicle stickers still have an audience... that fox sticker I did ages ago continues to make people happy, -now I just need to come up with some other design that is equally attractive. The three non-fox designs (weasel, cougar, and rabbit) continue to attract attention but not sales.
As for people I met, I had dinner with Lunden and Cmdr. Kitsune and I ended up eating The Lobster That Ate Chicago.... and it was HEAVENLY. Oh my god it was awesome. I also got to ride in Cmdr. Kitsune's deathtrap, which I hear has yet to claim his life, but perhaps it's having it's innards removed as we speak, so maybe it won't turn into Christine. Met up for dinner on Saturday with Thabo and Titash, and for the first time I regretted not getting further in my efforts to learn the French language since it would have made communicating with Titash better. I'm very jealous of folks who are bi-lingual, and happily we were able to talk for awhile, -he also drew an awesome inked picture for my sketchbook. Thabo also shared his thoughts about the experience of seeing the USA through the eyes of a European. Good conversation. Other folks I met and visited with: Tom, Stick, Shamus (sorry about your glasses!), McClaw, Andy, Donny (wish I could have visited more!), and Mary. I know there were plenty of other people who stopped by my table and I apologize if I've forgotten individuals as the days tend to blur by.
I did a bunch of art which I'll be posting eventually. I actually brought my scanner with me since I was driving and had a dealer's table with power, so that was awesome. Maybe I'll have time to edit post the pictures this week even while I'm out of town?
Urgh... I was going to write out some other thoughts about the convention but it started looking a little sour and I don't want to cloud my otherwise enjoyable experience with a couple problems. I'll see if there's a feedback form for the convention so that hopefully those issues can be considered for improvement next year.
To everyone who attended and made my experience better, -thank you so much! I look forward to doing this again next year!
Overall MCFC was fun and I'm very glad to have made it. Financially I did alright, -neither gangbusters nor disappointing, and I accomplished my goal of keeping busy for most of the convention and have some art results that I'm pretty happy with. I had brought with me some new stickers that I'd had printed out which were about 3x3 inches in size and featured two variations of a WWII nose art pinup character that got some nice feedback from people although the sales reaction wasn't quite as strong as I'd hoped for. These are a bit of a test for me to see whether people would be interested in buying more but I think despite the sales response I'm going to press forward and continue making some more designs in this theme and will hopefully have them ready for Anthrocon in July. I also had brought a folder of Scotty Arsenault's original art and got some nice comments about how folks were glad to hear that his work is still out there and CommanderKitty.com is still being updated. I'll be bringing his art with me to Furry Weekend Atlanta in two weeks so be on the look out for it there! Print sales were non-existant... I wonder how many people out there still buy that stuff at all? Happily my vehicle stickers still have an audience... that fox sticker I did ages ago continues to make people happy, -now I just need to come up with some other design that is equally attractive. The three non-fox designs (weasel, cougar, and rabbit) continue to attract attention but not sales.
As for people I met, I had dinner with Lunden and Cmdr. Kitsune and I ended up eating The Lobster That Ate Chicago.... and it was HEAVENLY. Oh my god it was awesome. I also got to ride in Cmdr. Kitsune's deathtrap, which I hear has yet to claim his life, but perhaps it's having it's innards removed as we speak, so maybe it won't turn into Christine. Met up for dinner on Saturday with Thabo and Titash, and for the first time I regretted not getting further in my efforts to learn the French language since it would have made communicating with Titash better. I'm very jealous of folks who are bi-lingual, and happily we were able to talk for awhile, -he also drew an awesome inked picture for my sketchbook. Thabo also shared his thoughts about the experience of seeing the USA through the eyes of a European. Good conversation. Other folks I met and visited with: Tom, Stick, Shamus (sorry about your glasses!), McClaw, Andy, Donny (wish I could have visited more!), and Mary. I know there were plenty of other people who stopped by my table and I apologize if I've forgotten individuals as the days tend to blur by.
I did a bunch of art which I'll be posting eventually. I actually brought my scanner with me since I was driving and had a dealer's table with power, so that was awesome. Maybe I'll have time to edit post the pictures this week even while I'm out of town?
Urgh... I was going to write out some other thoughts about the convention but it started looking a little sour and I don't want to cloud my otherwise enjoyable experience with a couple problems. I'll see if there's a feedback form for the convention so that hopefully those issues can be considered for improvement next year.
To everyone who attended and made my experience better, -thank you so much! I look forward to doing this again next year!
I think print sales are pretty dead for just about everyone. Some people do manage to still sell them, but my impression is that it's a trickle. A far cry from the heyday of a decade ago.
I hope to see you at AC and to perhaps pick up some of Scotty's artwork there. :)
I suppose my biggest issue with the con was their table arrangements. When setting up presentation tables, you really should plan to accommodate four people across the aisle: one facing each table and two walking past each other in the middle. I don't think that room was set up for more than two people aisles.
I posted it, btw, and a commenter actually expressed interest in a print. So, maybe those aren't completely dead after all?
I wish to hear more about this lobster. I don't know why. I imagine it must have put up a good fight. And died well. To be food for the BEAST.
And I'm glad you loved the lobster!