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Small delay + What do you like to buy at cons?
8 years ago
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Hey y'all, I'm already off my self-enacted "new commission slots every two weeks" rule, but for good reason! I picked up a few shifts next week doing some consulting work in a local café, and I've got a few commissions from this last batch to finish up! Hopefully I'll find a little time to squeeze in a personal piece or two! <3
Overall though, that was about 15 commissions in the month of April, and I'm so excited I was able to even pull that off! I think my self-employment has a bright future ahead of it, which brings me to my next question! I'm considering grabbing, at the very least, an artist's alley table at this coming MFF (bless spiralstaircase for nabbing a room too!) and I'd love to have some merch available as well as commissions. There's a ton of stuff I've been considering, like enamel pins, keychains, stickers, postcard prints, and I've even got a few shirt ideas swimming around! Commissions aside, what sort of stuff do y'all like to grab at conventions like MFF? Because as much as I'd love to enact every idea I've conjured up, I'm afraid time may not permit me. :T
Today's tune:
Overall though, that was about 15 commissions in the month of April, and I'm so excited I was able to even pull that off! I think my self-employment has a bright future ahead of it, which brings me to my next question! I'm considering grabbing, at the very least, an artist's alley table at this coming MFF (bless spiralstaircase for nabbing a room too!) and I'd love to have some merch available as well as commissions. There's a ton of stuff I've been considering, like enamel pins, keychains, stickers, postcard prints, and I've even got a few shirt ideas swimming around! Commissions aside, what sort of stuff do y'all like to grab at conventions like MFF? Because as much as I'd love to enact every idea I've conjured up, I'm afraid time may not permit me. :T
Today's tune:
Sketches are definitely my main go to, but for peripherals, I quite like pins, they're small, easy to conceal/store and they're usually a few bucks so you don't have to think too much about it, if its cool, nab it. Prints are also a go to, though expect them to not go en masse til the end of the con when everyone has finished filling their sketchbooks and want to nab last minute art.
You might also consider maybe a CD, not everyone is on FA so you'll meet a good swath of folks that haven't seen your work, or may want hi-res versions. Worth considering!
but ya, small goods aren't a bad idea, they're relatively cheap to make and anything in the 20$ or under category tends to be impulse buys
A compilation CD sounds like a great idea too, as something that people can either buy physically or as an online art pack! Maybe I could make one now thats "Everything until now" and then yearly from there?
Pins definitely though because they're a nice way to get more of the art I like and I have SO many places I can put them I can justify a hell of a lot of them over my lifetime, lol.