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c2e2 awful update, bday this weekend, and livestream info
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C2E2 was a complete and utter failure this year. We are now in the hole and I can't pay my bills. To start off the weekend, we had someone we were training to be a permanent shottsy arts assistant (will get back to that later).
To start off we arrived, and I had been in contact for at least a week or so, after they 100% confirmed, with this other artist couple that had committed to be our room shares. I even got a 50.00 deposit from them to know they are serious. It is not usually my practice to call people out but please if you ever have bought art from an artist named "Magister" who is an anime couple that mainly just draws huge boobs, don't support them. They are awful people.
So after we drove seven hours from ohio with our new trainee I had spoken to the girl and informed her we would have to go straight to the convention for setup and it may take a while. She tried to tell me we wouldn't be able to unload, and I informed her she was mistaken and that we were fine, but thank you. (I should have realized she was lying in hopes that I'd do what SHE wanted. Again more about that in a moment.) So we told them to maybe meet us at the convention, and we can all meetup and we will do our best to setup and then all head to the hotel together. She gets there and informs us that she is tired and just wants to go to the hotel. The hotel was not in walking distance and we'd have to take an uber to get there. I told her that we needed to get set up and then we'd be happy to go. She asks us if we could use any help. We thought this was very kind, so my fiance' Malvir tells her sure! That can help us get done faster, and proceeds to give her a simple task. She cuts him off and goes, " I think my boyfriend and i are going to go look around first and then we will be back." Malvir gives me a look of confusion, but we shrug and keep setting up. She comes back and asks me if I can stop what I'm doing and go with them to the hotel now. I tell her, "I'm sorry but no, if I go I can't get back and will not pay for an uber twice and they need me. We are training and have to set up. I offered to transfer the hotel in her name, and then we'd meet them so they could at least get in since the hotel wouldn't let them get in without me there, even though I called them.
Magister says no and that she can't afford the whole hotel in her name even just for a hold.
She then says if we won't go with her she is thinking of booking something else. We ask if she can please just wait we are all vendors and we are doing our best to hurry we understand she is tired. She doesn't look convinced but her boyfriend tries to reason with her. He comes back to us saying she doesn't want to wait and is impatient. So I say, ok well can one of you find out if the union will still collect palettes tomorrow morning? If so we can just finish early tomorrow. We found out that the union would NOT be collecting them the next morning so we needed to empty all our bins we wanted out of the booth now. We ask if she can just give us a half hour more since we need to get our bins taken that night. She shrugs, and SO we began quickly emptying bins throwing around things that we had had organized, not setting it up just trying to empty things to be taken. She gets up and tells us she booked something else. I inform her that she is also a vendor and committed to the room and can't she see how hard we are busting our asses for HER so we can all go even though we need to finish setting up correctly? She didn't care and began to walk away. I informed her that we can't afford the hotel and I turned down three other people because she said she was rooming with us and we would get charged for the first night because it was less than 24 hours notice AND we would now somehow have to sleep in the van all weekend when we weren't prepared to do so. (No pillows, no blankets, the van seats were taken out, so it would have literally been a hard floor.) She didn't care.
SO we were at a loss I had never in my life experienced someone so awful and selfish. Thank god a couple fellow vendors heard our plight and for 200 more dollars we had some floor space.
Next morning our "Trainee" left us a note at the front desk of the hotel telling us that the job was "too intense" and she bailed before the weekend even got started. So it was once again just me and Malvir against the world. The crowd was busy, got lots of pictures and feedback about my art, but hardly anyone bought anything. Our hottest item which is our bags, only sold one all weekend. ONE. What mainly sold was our vintage toys, and we actually lost money. We had taken a loan from a friend for the booth so after we paid that back we literally have lost money and now have no money for rent or other bills, when we were expecting at least a 2k profit which would have covered this months bills.
My bday is also this weekend, and for ONCE I just wanted to have a good bday with no drama or disappointment. Supposed to be having a party. My father is going to be on vacation during my bday but he at least gave me a little money so I can provide a cake and some things for guests. Feeling sort of defeated, and I can't understand how there are some seriously horrible people out there. However, there are also some amazing and good people that came to our aid and at least helped us not suffer too badly.
We are going ot be doing a lot less shows this and next year. I just can't afford to keep going at the moment. I am going to be focusing on my new online store that is coming soon, and trying to get more art done. But this also comes with its own risks as our shows have been for the most part what has been paying our bills. Malvir is still trying to find another job since his real estate is slow to take off.
There are a few shows no matter what we can't lose or we won't be able to get back in for years to come such as dragoncon so I'm glad we have that locked down.
I will be playing catch up, and also livestreaming starting after my bday this weekend. Please keep your eyes out for times, and if you want to just donate anything (totally not expected or required) you can send anything to my paypal at shottsy85[at]gmail.com
Thank you all for anyone that has read all of this, and for just all being genuinely caring good people that help keep me drawing and keep me going.
I WILL be at Anthrocon at a small table this year and will be taking a couple live commissions as well.
-Shottsy
C2E2 was a complete and utter failure this year. We are now in the hole and I can't pay my bills. To start off the weekend, we had someone we were training to be a permanent shottsy arts assistant (will get back to that later).
To start off we arrived, and I had been in contact for at least a week or so, after they 100% confirmed, with this other artist couple that had committed to be our room shares. I even got a 50.00 deposit from them to know they are serious. It is not usually my practice to call people out but please if you ever have bought art from an artist named "Magister" who is an anime couple that mainly just draws huge boobs, don't support them. They are awful people.
So after we drove seven hours from ohio with our new trainee I had spoken to the girl and informed her we would have to go straight to the convention for setup and it may take a while. She tried to tell me we wouldn't be able to unload, and I informed her she was mistaken and that we were fine, but thank you. (I should have realized she was lying in hopes that I'd do what SHE wanted. Again more about that in a moment.) So we told them to maybe meet us at the convention, and we can all meetup and we will do our best to setup and then all head to the hotel together. She gets there and informs us that she is tired and just wants to go to the hotel. The hotel was not in walking distance and we'd have to take an uber to get there. I told her that we needed to get set up and then we'd be happy to go. She asks us if we could use any help. We thought this was very kind, so my fiance' Malvir tells her sure! That can help us get done faster, and proceeds to give her a simple task. She cuts him off and goes, " I think my boyfriend and i are going to go look around first and then we will be back." Malvir gives me a look of confusion, but we shrug and keep setting up. She comes back and asks me if I can stop what I'm doing and go with them to the hotel now. I tell her, "I'm sorry but no, if I go I can't get back and will not pay for an uber twice and they need me. We are training and have to set up. I offered to transfer the hotel in her name, and then we'd meet them so they could at least get in since the hotel wouldn't let them get in without me there, even though I called them.
Magister says no and that she can't afford the whole hotel in her name even just for a hold.
She then says if we won't go with her she is thinking of booking something else. We ask if she can please just wait we are all vendors and we are doing our best to hurry we understand she is tired. She doesn't look convinced but her boyfriend tries to reason with her. He comes back to us saying she doesn't want to wait and is impatient. So I say, ok well can one of you find out if the union will still collect palettes tomorrow morning? If so we can just finish early tomorrow. We found out that the union would NOT be collecting them the next morning so we needed to empty all our bins we wanted out of the booth now. We ask if she can just give us a half hour more since we need to get our bins taken that night. She shrugs, and SO we began quickly emptying bins throwing around things that we had had organized, not setting it up just trying to empty things to be taken. She gets up and tells us she booked something else. I inform her that she is also a vendor and committed to the room and can't she see how hard we are busting our asses for HER so we can all go even though we need to finish setting up correctly? She didn't care and began to walk away. I informed her that we can't afford the hotel and I turned down three other people because she said she was rooming with us and we would get charged for the first night because it was less than 24 hours notice AND we would now somehow have to sleep in the van all weekend when we weren't prepared to do so. (No pillows, no blankets, the van seats were taken out, so it would have literally been a hard floor.) She didn't care.
SO we were at a loss I had never in my life experienced someone so awful and selfish. Thank god a couple fellow vendors heard our plight and for 200 more dollars we had some floor space.
Next morning our "Trainee" left us a note at the front desk of the hotel telling us that the job was "too intense" and she bailed before the weekend even got started. So it was once again just me and Malvir against the world. The crowd was busy, got lots of pictures and feedback about my art, but hardly anyone bought anything. Our hottest item which is our bags, only sold one all weekend. ONE. What mainly sold was our vintage toys, and we actually lost money. We had taken a loan from a friend for the booth so after we paid that back we literally have lost money and now have no money for rent or other bills, when we were expecting at least a 2k profit which would have covered this months bills.
My bday is also this weekend, and for ONCE I just wanted to have a good bday with no drama or disappointment. Supposed to be having a party. My father is going to be on vacation during my bday but he at least gave me a little money so I can provide a cake and some things for guests. Feeling sort of defeated, and I can't understand how there are some seriously horrible people out there. However, there are also some amazing and good people that came to our aid and at least helped us not suffer too badly.
We are going ot be doing a lot less shows this and next year. I just can't afford to keep going at the moment. I am going to be focusing on my new online store that is coming soon, and trying to get more art done. But this also comes with its own risks as our shows have been for the most part what has been paying our bills. Malvir is still trying to find another job since his real estate is slow to take off.
There are a few shows no matter what we can't lose or we won't be able to get back in for years to come such as dragoncon so I'm glad we have that locked down.
I will be playing catch up, and also livestreaming starting after my bday this weekend. Please keep your eyes out for times, and if you want to just donate anything (totally not expected or required) you can send anything to my paypal at shottsy85[at]gmail.com
Thank you all for anyone that has read all of this, and for just all being genuinely caring good people that help keep me drawing and keep me going.
I WILL be at Anthrocon at a small table this year and will be taking a couple live commissions as well.
-Shottsy
Tempest DeWolfe
~tempistdewolfe
I will never fathom how people can see others busting their god damned asses just to be nice people and do what they want, even to their detriment, and STILL be a giant asshole. That sucks mate, and I honestly hope things get better for ya in the future! Good luck in your endevors!
Waffles85
~waffles85
OP
Thank you! It was seriously awful and I couldn't believe the entitlement. I think this person believes that their 700k DeviantArt views because they draw boobs makes them a rockstar or some shit. I've met famous people with more class and caring. I am just hoping karma does its thing. We at least had some kind fellow vendor friends that came to our aid but we lost more money because of them.
