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10 years ago
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Had a TON of fun this con, despite not being very prepared. I learned a lot about what to do for next year as well. I had a great time with my group of friends and I got to meet a whole bunch of new people as well! I got a lot of commissions which I am excited to start on after I take a few days to recover my lost sleep and just de-stress.
- Have an assistant. It will help a LOT. They can talk to people about prints while you get some of your work done. They also help shoo people away who have been there for 45 minutes. Either pay them or if they are doing it out of kindness, draw them some stuff. Seriously, get an assistant. I’ve already got one lined up for next year (thank you ruru) but make sure to get someone who’s your friend and who you can trust 100%
- DRINK WATER. GET FOOD. GET SLEEP. I was running on 45 minutes of sleep on Sunday and it was not great. Drink lots of water. Even if you have to pee every 10-15 minutes, it’s still better than being dehydrated. If you have an assistant or you have a friend at the con who is getting food, give them money to get you some food. Take five minutes to run to the hotel cafe or something. Food is incredibly important. Take a few minutes break to eat your meal. your customers will understand.
- Make prints. Make at least 5 to 7 of each thing you are bringing if it is a smaller con. 10+ of each if you are at a smaller con. I will probably sell more prints next year, but this year being my first and because I had people hovering in front of my table, I did not sell many. Matte prints are nice, but glossy are good too. I prefer matte myself.
- Commissions will be your main earnings. Do special commissions that are convention only. This will be a bulk of your sales.
- Have a cash box. Do all of your pricing in increments of $5. Have at least $150 in your cash box for change. (20 $1′s, 15 $5′s, 10 $10′s, etc.) Cash is much easier to deal with than cards. I personally only did cash because the new SWIPE things aren’t out yet for the new cards. Take your cash box back to your room or wherever you are sleeping at the end of the day. Do not leave your cash box in the dealers room.
- Take inventory of your cash box every night. This is very important to make sure no one has stolen any money.
- If you think you might not have time to do the commission at the con, let the commissioner know. All of mine were incredibly understanding and super nice about take home commissions.
- Limit your con commission slots. Just do it. You’ll be happier.
- Slash your prices on prints/material goods on Sundays. I slashed mine by almost 50% and got rid of some stuff. Sure it’s not the money you want to be paid for, but it’s still money and less stuff you have to keep track of at home.
- Take a few minutes to get out from behind your table to stretch and walk around. This is very important. Your back and legs will thank you. Talk to friends, view the dealers area. Go have a little fun. Buy some cute shit. You deserve it.
- If someone is bothering you, go straight to con ops. Don't even give them a warning. Just go right to the con staff. They will make sure to talk to that person and deal with them properly.
Advice to con-goers.
- Do not hover around an artists table for an hour talking to them. They have shit they need to get done. I am honestly too nice of a person to tell people I need to get working so I ended up with a lot of talk and not much to show for it. Please do not crowd an artists table. Commission them, say hi, or buy something, and then let them continue. You block people from viewing their work and buying things.
- DO NOT. PUT YOUR SHIT. ON AN ARTISTS. TABLE. JUST DON’T FUCKING DO THIS. I Had a few people do this and it was incredibly irritating. If you need to set something down for a second to get your wallet or a reference, ask them first. Ask “may I set my stuff here for a second?” and then do your best to get your shit off asap. You are messing up their table layout or bending prints. You are keeping people from viewing their work. ARTISTS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STUFF YOU SET DOWN ON THEIR TABLE. IF IT GETS STOLEN, WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE. IF YOU NEED SOMEWHERE TO STORE YOUR SHIT, GO TO CON OPERATIONS AND ASK. DO NOT ASK SOMEONE WITH A TABLE TO DO THIS. WE’VE GOT ENOUGH SHIT TO KEEP TRACK OF. Even if they are a friend, do not do this.
- Did I say don't put shit on an artists or neighboring artists table? Don't do this. It is disrespectful.
- Have an assistant. It will help a LOT. They can talk to people about prints while you get some of your work done. They also help shoo people away who have been there for 45 minutes. Either pay them or if they are doing it out of kindness, draw them some stuff. Seriously, get an assistant. I’ve already got one lined up for next year (thank you ruru) but make sure to get someone who’s your friend and who you can trust 100%
- DRINK WATER. GET FOOD. GET SLEEP. I was running on 45 minutes of sleep on Sunday and it was not great. Drink lots of water. Even if you have to pee every 10-15 minutes, it’s still better than being dehydrated. If you have an assistant or you have a friend at the con who is getting food, give them money to get you some food. Take five minutes to run to the hotel cafe or something. Food is incredibly important. Take a few minutes break to eat your meal. your customers will understand.
- Make prints. Make at least 5 to 7 of each thing you are bringing if it is a smaller con. 10+ of each if you are at a smaller con. I will probably sell more prints next year, but this year being my first and because I had people hovering in front of my table, I did not sell many. Matte prints are nice, but glossy are good too. I prefer matte myself.
- Commissions will be your main earnings. Do special commissions that are convention only. This will be a bulk of your sales.
- Have a cash box. Do all of your pricing in increments of $5. Have at least $150 in your cash box for change. (20 $1′s, 15 $5′s, 10 $10′s, etc.) Cash is much easier to deal with than cards. I personally only did cash because the new SWIPE things aren’t out yet for the new cards. Take your cash box back to your room or wherever you are sleeping at the end of the day. Do not leave your cash box in the dealers room.
- Take inventory of your cash box every night. This is very important to make sure no one has stolen any money.
- If you think you might not have time to do the commission at the con, let the commissioner know. All of mine were incredibly understanding and super nice about take home commissions.
- Limit your con commission slots. Just do it. You’ll be happier.
- Slash your prices on prints/material goods on Sundays. I slashed mine by almost 50% and got rid of some stuff. Sure it’s not the money you want to be paid for, but it’s still money and less stuff you have to keep track of at home.
- Take a few minutes to get out from behind your table to stretch and walk around. This is very important. Your back and legs will thank you. Talk to friends, view the dealers area. Go have a little fun. Buy some cute shit. You deserve it.
- If someone is bothering you, go straight to con ops. Don't even give them a warning. Just go right to the con staff. They will make sure to talk to that person and deal with them properly.
Advice to con-goers.
- Do not hover around an artists table for an hour talking to them. They have shit they need to get done. I am honestly too nice of a person to tell people I need to get working so I ended up with a lot of talk and not much to show for it. Please do not crowd an artists table. Commission them, say hi, or buy something, and then let them continue. You block people from viewing their work and buying things.
- DO NOT. PUT YOUR SHIT. ON AN ARTISTS. TABLE. JUST DON’T FUCKING DO THIS. I Had a few people do this and it was incredibly irritating. If you need to set something down for a second to get your wallet or a reference, ask them first. Ask “may I set my stuff here for a second?” and then do your best to get your shit off asap. You are messing up their table layout or bending prints. You are keeping people from viewing their work. ARTISTS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STUFF YOU SET DOWN ON THEIR TABLE. IF IT GETS STOLEN, WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE. IF YOU NEED SOMEWHERE TO STORE YOUR SHIT, GO TO CON OPERATIONS AND ASK. DO NOT ASK SOMEONE WITH A TABLE TO DO THIS. WE’VE GOT ENOUGH SHIT TO KEEP TRACK OF. Even if they are a friend, do not do this.
- Did I say don't put shit on an artists or neighboring artists table? Don't do this. It is disrespectful.
Also, it was so so good to finally meet you! Sorry that we were hovering around a lot on Sunday; we were a little anxious to get our coffee commission. xDD Which came out great, Geoff was super happy with Loch the Vaporeon. We gotta hang out sometimes! :3c Until then, get some rest, you definitely looked like you could use it xD;
Really am sorry, but don't ever feel bad to ask someone to move on. Bottom line is you're there to make money too.
Either way though it was wonderful to meet you again and I will be working on that reference to my commission afterwork today. Hope yyou're destressing and getting plenty of rest! And hope post con depression isn't hitting you and yours too hard. I know my group is...