Well, it's post-con for me. I know some folks will be hanging out until Monday or whenever their lube supply dries up but I'm planning on having a nice relaxing stay-at-home day.

The new space is pretty good, though it felt like having the den and hangout area in the middle and the panel/specialty rooms at either ends in the hotels wasn't super. It made the con feel a lot smaller since folks ended up strung out between the different spaces. Also putting a "creator's lounge" way at the far end of one of the hotels was pretty much useless, I think most folks didn't even know it was there. Luckily the tables around the main lounge area had decent lighting and people seemed pretty happy to meet up there.

I heard from a lot of artists that sales were down, and particularly that the merch sales vs commissions ratio wasn't ideal (too many commissions, too few merch sales). The art show looked really sad and half-empty. I don't buy or sell at cons (though I apparently make a pretty good booth babe) so it didn't really affect me directly.

It was great seeing all the usual folks and finally saying hello to some folks I hadn't before. The highlight, if I could even pick one, would probably be when I finally met the legend himself: Max Blackrabbit (I kid about the 'legend' part. Mostly). It was also great meeting folks who knew and admired my characters and liked seeing my commissions; given that it's pretty much the one thing I contribute to this fandom it's nice to know that other people get some enjoyment out of it too.

The panels were a bit of a mixed bag. It felt like a lot of them didn't have the same energy as I usually expect, but that could be because Mitti wasn't presenting any of them. Kyell Gold and his crew were a treat as usual. I didn't present a panel this year, as I didn't really have a good feel for a subject I wanted to share. I'd post a poll or something maybe to gauge interest on some subjects I could present on but, let's face it, there ain't nobody reading this journal.

I'll see you all at BLFC!