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anthrocon recap~
9 years ago
General
The weekend kind of did a bell curve in terms of enjoyment, but overall it was good.
As we were leaving town, our ride's car blew a head gasket before we even got to the highway. We had to get a rental car for the weekend, but thankfully the price per day was pretty cheap. We got into Pittsburgh pretty late, but met up with Cajunfox and his girlfriend (wife??), Cassie, and went to Sienna Mercato for dinner (which was EXCELLENT) with a friend of theirs (who's name i didn't get), and then crashed in our friend Lolo's suite for the night, since our hotel reservation was for Friday.
Friday I forgot to grab food when I went down to sign up for Artist's Alley and, after waiting to be texted for a spot, then acquiring a spot, I was HANGRY by 5PM and had to eat and take a bath and a nap to get back to normal. That night, we went to friend Lolo's speakeasy party and had a good time being able to dress up and socialize and drink. I downed a whole pint of high proof boozy rootbeer, threw my kigu on afterwards, and Tony and I went down to wander the convention center and the waterfront. I then slept VERY well.
My other annoyance Friday was that I felt the callbacks for the waitlisters for Artist's Alley weren't handled really well. I signed up when sign ups open (i only had a lottery seat for saturday, so i had to do the waitlist for friday) and expected that, if there were any empty seats (according to the list of artists on the site, friday already had empty spots) I probably would hear from staff in about an hour or so to come down and claim a seat.
Passing through the alley at one point, I could see there were empty spots and I figured staff was just busy. Around 2PM I drug my box of art stuff back up to the room, assuming I wouldn't be called at all today and that was fine.
At 3PM I got a text that a seat was free.
The AA closes at 5PM on Fridays.
Couple that with having ten minutes to come down and claim your spot, I couldn't rush back to my room and make it back down to actually have all my stuff to set up my table. So I ended up with what was in my bag (my sketchbook and pencil pouch) while I asked Tony to run up and get my art box.
It was more than a little frustrating and having people selling well next to me was a little discouraging, as well.
BUT, Saturday made up for it, as I made about $100 for the couple hours I was there (minus the time i took to walk the parade, but a friend sat at my table for me during that time so i wouldn't have to pack everything up). A lot of people took business cards and, while I missed out on making some money because I couldn't guarantee at-con delivery, I'm happy people were interested! I didn't encounter any hovering folks or any weirdos telling me about their dog wives or detailing out the genitalia of their characters, so that's a bonus!
The parade was nice, but there was definitely a bottleneck somewhere along the line that made filing out of the photo hall take FOR. EV. ER. I know there were 2,100 suiters and a portion of the parade had been lengthened a bit. I think it was mainly people getting photos on the outside portion and stuff like that. It wasn't awful, as I could wiggle out of my hands and head relatively well (i was wearing tony's tauntaun, jokull), but I'm sure some other people were pretty warm standing in the photo hall for so long.
Saturday evening we made a point to socialize with people after Tony took his old man nap and we met up with silivermoonwolf in the Zoo and bullshat, then went down to the waterfront and ran into more people (local folk, cajun again, etc., etc.). Someone through wet socks in our direction that we then realized were the socks of the same dude Cajun and Cassie saw earlier trying to piss into the river and, instead, peeing on his feet. He was wearing converses. They were dubbed 'PEE SOCKS' and Tony fucking lost it.
Sunday I could spend some money, since I made some money, and Tony and I went around the dealer's room and bought stuff. Now that I wasn't hangry and annoyed by the AA, like I had been earlier, I said hello/introduced myself to people who I'd passed the day before (specifically, onnanoko and lovewin), bought lots of stickers and pins and trinkets and Tony and I got a couple wyrms from hopefulmonsterstudios/Cruinndrac Farms (tony got a wyrm with the pitch black trait and one of the girls was encouraging him to register it so it could be bred to create nightmares, if i recall).
I sold four things in the art show, which was nice, but I had been hoping having some traditional media pieces up would get them to sell better. But oh well! I'm always happy with something sells.
The art show seemed a little sparse this year, especially the mature section. Not sure why, maybe folks are committed to other cons.
We stayed really late on Sunday and socialized a bit more with folks before heading out around 10PM. I crashed at some point in the car and my neck didn't like that.
Upon arriving home, I discovered that Deancat had slipped into the bedroom at some point before we left and, with all the mayhem with the car troubles, I didn't get to say goodbye to the kitties before we left (so that i could ensure they were all where they should be all all in the house safe). I felt absolutely AWFUL because he'd been in there all weekend. Thankfully it hadn't gotten too hot, but there was no food or water in the bedroom. Once he was out of there, he immediately ate and drank and has been acting normally since then, but I felt like a terrible pet parent. :////
BUT, overall, the con was good, even if a little stressful at times. I was glad to have made some money and hear people be interested in art stuff, too. I've added a list of Anthrocon commissions to my profile above (and also moved my iron artist sketch list up there for easier viewing, as well). I'll be working on those simultaneously. Hopefully I can get stuff done before the end of the month, though I do have a potential big job change that may be happening near the end of July, so I'll see how it goes!
I'll probably post up the remainder of my art show stuff up for sale later this week - I'd like to get it out of my hands and see it go to good homes!
I'll also be tweaking my price sheet (visually, not price-wise) and posting that later, too.
As we were leaving town, our ride's car blew a head gasket before we even got to the highway. We had to get a rental car for the weekend, but thankfully the price per day was pretty cheap. We got into Pittsburgh pretty late, but met up with Cajunfox and his girlfriend (wife??), Cassie, and went to Sienna Mercato for dinner (which was EXCELLENT) with a friend of theirs (who's name i didn't get), and then crashed in our friend Lolo's suite for the night, since our hotel reservation was for Friday.
Friday I forgot to grab food when I went down to sign up for Artist's Alley and, after waiting to be texted for a spot, then acquiring a spot, I was HANGRY by 5PM and had to eat and take a bath and a nap to get back to normal. That night, we went to friend Lolo's speakeasy party and had a good time being able to dress up and socialize and drink. I downed a whole pint of high proof boozy rootbeer, threw my kigu on afterwards, and Tony and I went down to wander the convention center and the waterfront. I then slept VERY well.
My other annoyance Friday was that I felt the callbacks for the waitlisters for Artist's Alley weren't handled really well. I signed up when sign ups open (i only had a lottery seat for saturday, so i had to do the waitlist for friday) and expected that, if there were any empty seats (according to the list of artists on the site, friday already had empty spots) I probably would hear from staff in about an hour or so to come down and claim a seat.
Passing through the alley at one point, I could see there were empty spots and I figured staff was just busy. Around 2PM I drug my box of art stuff back up to the room, assuming I wouldn't be called at all today and that was fine.
At 3PM I got a text that a seat was free.
The AA closes at 5PM on Fridays.
Couple that with having ten minutes to come down and claim your spot, I couldn't rush back to my room and make it back down to actually have all my stuff to set up my table. So I ended up with what was in my bag (my sketchbook and pencil pouch) while I asked Tony to run up and get my art box.
It was more than a little frustrating and having people selling well next to me was a little discouraging, as well.
BUT, Saturday made up for it, as I made about $100 for the couple hours I was there (minus the time i took to walk the parade, but a friend sat at my table for me during that time so i wouldn't have to pack everything up). A lot of people took business cards and, while I missed out on making some money because I couldn't guarantee at-con delivery, I'm happy people were interested! I didn't encounter any hovering folks or any weirdos telling me about their dog wives or detailing out the genitalia of their characters, so that's a bonus!
The parade was nice, but there was definitely a bottleneck somewhere along the line that made filing out of the photo hall take FOR. EV. ER. I know there were 2,100 suiters and a portion of the parade had been lengthened a bit. I think it was mainly people getting photos on the outside portion and stuff like that. It wasn't awful, as I could wiggle out of my hands and head relatively well (i was wearing tony's tauntaun, jokull), but I'm sure some other people were pretty warm standing in the photo hall for so long.
Saturday evening we made a point to socialize with people after Tony took his old man nap and we met up with silivermoonwolf in the Zoo and bullshat, then went down to the waterfront and ran into more people (local folk, cajun again, etc., etc.). Someone through wet socks in our direction that we then realized were the socks of the same dude Cajun and Cassie saw earlier trying to piss into the river and, instead, peeing on his feet. He was wearing converses. They were dubbed 'PEE SOCKS' and Tony fucking lost it.
Sunday I could spend some money, since I made some money, and Tony and I went around the dealer's room and bought stuff. Now that I wasn't hangry and annoyed by the AA, like I had been earlier, I said hello/introduced myself to people who I'd passed the day before (specifically, onnanoko and lovewin), bought lots of stickers and pins and trinkets and Tony and I got a couple wyrms from hopefulmonsterstudios/Cruinndrac Farms (tony got a wyrm with the pitch black trait and one of the girls was encouraging him to register it so it could be bred to create nightmares, if i recall).
I sold four things in the art show, which was nice, but I had been hoping having some traditional media pieces up would get them to sell better. But oh well! I'm always happy with something sells.
The art show seemed a little sparse this year, especially the mature section. Not sure why, maybe folks are committed to other cons.
We stayed really late on Sunday and socialized a bit more with folks before heading out around 10PM. I crashed at some point in the car and my neck didn't like that.
Upon arriving home, I discovered that Deancat had slipped into the bedroom at some point before we left and, with all the mayhem with the car troubles, I didn't get to say goodbye to the kitties before we left (so that i could ensure they were all where they should be all all in the house safe). I felt absolutely AWFUL because he'd been in there all weekend. Thankfully it hadn't gotten too hot, but there was no food or water in the bedroom. Once he was out of there, he immediately ate and drank and has been acting normally since then, but I felt like a terrible pet parent. :////
BUT, overall, the con was good, even if a little stressful at times. I was glad to have made some money and hear people be interested in art stuff, too. I've added a list of Anthrocon commissions to my profile above (and also moved my iron artist sketch list up there for easier viewing, as well). I'll be working on those simultaneously. Hopefully I can get stuff done before the end of the month, though I do have a potential big job change that may be happening near the end of July, so I'll see how it goes!
I'll probably post up the remainder of my art show stuff up for sale later this week - I'd like to get it out of my hands and see it go to good homes!
I'll also be tweaking my price sheet (visually, not price-wise) and posting that later, too.
