Kickstarter Signal Boost
General | Posted 9 years agoThe Kickstarter for Common Ground is live! Who can resist anthro bison?
https://www.kickstarter.com/project.....-fantasy-story
Ryan Pancoast is a Magic: the Gathering artist who does some really sweet mainstream anthro illustrations ^_^ And he's generally a decent person.
https://www.kickstarter.com/project.....-fantasy-story
Ryan Pancoast is a Magic: the Gathering artist who does some really sweet mainstream anthro illustrations ^_^ And he's generally a decent person.
Caravan Palace
General | Posted 9 years ago"The Tablet Driver Was Not Found"
General | Posted 10 years agoFound it!
Had to roll back to a very specific driver. Jacob Probelski pointed me to 6.2.0w5 on Wacom's hidden legacy driver page.
Thanks for the suggestion guys ^_^
To any of my artist friends who actually read my random babbling, Help!
"The Tablet Driver Was Not Found"
All week I have been fighting with my Wacom. It has power, it registers the pen, but it does not move the cursor on screen. I have gone all over google and youtube and found this to be a common problem for Intuos tablets arguing with Windows updates, but none of the solutions have worked.
I have re installed the driver a dozen times or so.
I have removed all user preferences from preference file utility.
I have restarted Wacom Professional Services from the Start menu.
My system will not let me set the driver to startup type Startup (Delayed Start), giving the error 87: the parameter is incorrect.
The only solution I've found online that I haven't tried is resetting the tablet to factory settings because I can't even access Wacom Tablet Properties to do so.
I'm working on an Intuos2 in Windows 7. I'm planning to flush Monday down the drain and just spend all day on the phone with customer support, but I'd love to get this fixed sooner :(
Had to roll back to a very specific driver. Jacob Probelski pointed me to 6.2.0w5 on Wacom's hidden legacy driver page.
Thanks for the suggestion guys ^_^
To any of my artist friends who actually read my random babbling, Help!
"The Tablet Driver Was Not Found"
All week I have been fighting with my Wacom. It has power, it registers the pen, but it does not move the cursor on screen. I have gone all over google and youtube and found this to be a common problem for Intuos tablets arguing with Windows updates, but none of the solutions have worked.
I have re installed the driver a dozen times or so.
I have removed all user preferences from preference file utility.
I have restarted Wacom Professional Services from the Start menu.
My system will not let me set the driver to startup type Startup (Delayed Start), giving the error 87: the parameter is incorrect.
The only solution I've found online that I haven't tried is resetting the tablet to factory settings because I can't even access Wacom Tablet Properties to do so.
I'm working on an Intuos2 in Windows 7. I'm planning to flush Monday down the drain and just spend all day on the phone with customer support, but I'd love to get this fixed sooner :(
Yes Please
General | Posted 11 years agoTexas Furry Fiesta!
General | Posted 11 years agoSorry for the long silence guys! I'm still alive ^_^
2014 was a crazy, strange year (both good and bad). I just found out the first of my various nondisclosure protected pictures is scheduled to be released on the 27th! Sadly, this is riiiiight after TFF >_<
I am looking forward to seeing people at Furry Fiesta! My table is against a wall right next to Radio Comix. Come by and say hi! I'm going to be limiting sketch commissions to a small number since I'm working this one solo. I'll also be debuting a limited edition set of prints! I plan to put the original up in the Art Show.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15751944/
2014 was a crazy, strange year (both good and bad). I just found out the first of my various nondisclosure protected pictures is scheduled to be released on the 27th! Sadly, this is riiiiight after TFF >_<
I am looking forward to seeing people at Furry Fiesta! My table is against a wall right next to Radio Comix. Come by and say hi! I'm going to be limiting sketch commissions to a small number since I'm working this one solo. I'll also be debuting a limited edition set of prints! I plan to put the original up in the Art Show.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15751944/
Alamo City Comic Con 2014 Report!
General | Posted 11 years agoACCC was a ton of fun. I got to hang out with Prismatic Llama and talk to a LOT of very nice people. Plus, now when my artist friends ask me if I know John Picacio I can finally say “Yes, I have met him.” I now know another San Antonio artist and we can all pretend there’s some sort of local art scene ^_~
ACCC is claiming an attendance of 100K, which is a stretch even if they’re counting turnstile for all 3 days plus the Thursday VIP preview. An estimate of 30K feels reasonable, which is still a healthy head count. My sales were not quite as strong as last year, which I attribute to the major jump in vendors. There were easily 3 times the artists and dealers as last year without a 3 times increase in attendance. The layout was fantastic. The show went from a single event hall last year to taking 4 halls, 2 ballrooms, and upstairs panel rooms. While often crowded, there were very few places where traffic felt bottled up or congested. It was the coldest I have ever been, though. Friday I was wearing my tablecloth.
My canvases drew a lot of attention. It’s always fun to watch the boomerang effect on people who had no intention of stopping but had to turn around and get a closer look at something that caught the eye. Having a unique look also got me some interest from industry contacts that may pan out into some entertaining projects in the future. I ended up selling out of everything but the canvases of “Polluted Skies” and “Saadet Hunting”. I also got more requests for tattoo designs than I have ever gotten in one place. I’m hoping people send me pictures if they actually get ink because it sounds like there’s going to be 50 people out there with the fish from “Blue Gold 1” tattooed somewhere.
I’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback from my regulars since switching to the thinner backing boards instead of the foam core because it’s easier to fit into the more affordable frames, but at this show I noticed that the more flexible boards ended up tearing the hinging tape on a couple of my 18X24 chroma prints. I’m switching over to cloth backed hinging tape for the larger prints so they can stand up to a bit more handling.
There were so many fantastic people to talk to! I met a couple who know Nambroth and also play old WoD. I saw several return customers from last year that I actually managed to recognize (A skill I am sorely lacking in). There were at least 2 furs that chatted with me, and a couple others that I suspect were furs rolling incognito. Several people came back to tell me that I was the most unique artist in the show. A couple even thanked me for sharing my art. It was very good for my self esteem.
Thank you to everyone who came to chat with me! I’m sorry if I was spacey with anyone on Sunday… I was pretty far out of it at that point ^_~
This weekend I have Wizard World Austin, which will be my last show for the year. Then I can get back to a commission I've had to put on the back burner for way too long >_<
ACCC is claiming an attendance of 100K, which is a stretch even if they’re counting turnstile for all 3 days plus the Thursday VIP preview. An estimate of 30K feels reasonable, which is still a healthy head count. My sales were not quite as strong as last year, which I attribute to the major jump in vendors. There were easily 3 times the artists and dealers as last year without a 3 times increase in attendance. The layout was fantastic. The show went from a single event hall last year to taking 4 halls, 2 ballrooms, and upstairs panel rooms. While often crowded, there were very few places where traffic felt bottled up or congested. It was the coldest I have ever been, though. Friday I was wearing my tablecloth.
My canvases drew a lot of attention. It’s always fun to watch the boomerang effect on people who had no intention of stopping but had to turn around and get a closer look at something that caught the eye. Having a unique look also got me some interest from industry contacts that may pan out into some entertaining projects in the future. I ended up selling out of everything but the canvases of “Polluted Skies” and “Saadet Hunting”. I also got more requests for tattoo designs than I have ever gotten in one place. I’m hoping people send me pictures if they actually get ink because it sounds like there’s going to be 50 people out there with the fish from “Blue Gold 1” tattooed somewhere.
I’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback from my regulars since switching to the thinner backing boards instead of the foam core because it’s easier to fit into the more affordable frames, but at this show I noticed that the more flexible boards ended up tearing the hinging tape on a couple of my 18X24 chroma prints. I’m switching over to cloth backed hinging tape for the larger prints so they can stand up to a bit more handling.
There were so many fantastic people to talk to! I met a couple who know Nambroth and also play old WoD. I saw several return customers from last year that I actually managed to recognize (A skill I am sorely lacking in). There were at least 2 furs that chatted with me, and a couple others that I suspect were furs rolling incognito. Several people came back to tell me that I was the most unique artist in the show. A couple even thanked me for sharing my art. It was very good for my self esteem.
Thank you to everyone who came to chat with me! I’m sorry if I was spacey with anyone on Sunday… I was pretty far out of it at that point ^_~
This weekend I have Wizard World Austin, which will be my last show for the year. Then I can get back to a commission I've had to put on the back burner for way too long >_<
No Subject
General | Posted 11 years agoI have backed this kickstarter because holy shit badass rodents everywhere! Sweet art and angry squirrels.
https://www.kickstarter.com/project.....eeth-and-nails
My huge block of cons has finally passed >_<, and I feel the kind of relief that implies some kind of toilet joke. I plan to be comatose for a couple more days then get back to actually making art instead of just pushing it. I sold a couple of fantasy originals at a comic con, which was a nice surprise. That's not really a venue I expect to sell originals of any kind. I loved talking to all the people who came to see me, and it was a huge ego boost to hear people complimenting my work. Brian pointed out that every conversation that ended with no sale was a failure, because I am a terrible salesman. I already knew this ^_~
https://www.kickstarter.com/project.....eeth-and-nails
My huge block of cons has finally passed >_<, and I feel the kind of relief that implies some kind of toilet joke. I plan to be comatose for a couple more days then get back to actually making art instead of just pushing it. I sold a couple of fantasy originals at a comic con, which was a nice surprise. That's not really a venue I expect to sell originals of any kind. I loved talking to all the people who came to see me, and it was a huge ego boost to hear people complimenting my work. Brian pointed out that every conversation that ended with no sale was a failure, because I am a terrible salesman. I already knew this ^_~
More Great News From PACT!!
General | Posted 11 years agoQuoted from PACT https://www.artpact.com
On top of the recent changes made to AEG's payment structure, even more amazing news!
Last week, in conjunction with PACT, Wizards of the Coast set new payment and contract terms for their Magic: The Gathering freelance artists.
Below is the official statement drafted by Wizards of the Coast and PACT, along with a personal note from art director Jeremy Jarvis.
Official Statement
Last week, Magic: The Gathering Art Director Jeremy Jarvis confirmed that the game would be raising its pay rates for card art across the board, and would be amending its contract to dramatically loosen restrictions on using art created for Wizards of the Coast in personal art books! Magic will also be sending their artists additional, premium artist proofs of the cards that their art appears on, which they can sell online and at conventions.
Magic is the most successful tabletop game in the world which affords them a huge pool of the world's top talent to pull from. This increase is not something that they HAD to do. We find it refreshingly forward looking that Wizards has chosen to further invest in the freelance illustration community. PACT would sincerely like to thank Jeremy, Magic leadership and Wizards of the Coast for their hard work in getting these new terms instated.
This is a tremendous example of how artists, as a community, communicating openly and cordially with the companies they work for can improve their short term and long term financial situation. This is a great sign of things to come for the artists in this industry.
A note from Jeremy Jarvis
"A huge part of Magic: the Gathering, both as part of the game and as a hallmark of the brand as a whole, is the incredible quality of the artwork. We realize what an enormous contribution the artwork makes. We also realize that we are dependent on a healthy, happy group of professional illustrators to create this amazing work. I literally can not do my job with out the strong drawing arms of men and women more talented than myself bracing me up. Magic strives to be a great client for these artists, and it is very exciting to be able to add a dollar value to that sentiment. JJ"
A note from Jim Pavelec
I couldn't be more proud of what PACT has been able to accomplish for the freelance art community in our brief existence. Our most valuable contribution is helping artists understand that their time and efforts are worth considerably more than they had thought previously.
Change is happening quickly, and we would like to keep the ball rolling. If you haven't signed up for PACT, please consider joining. The more members we have, the stronger our voice will be as we continue our efforts, and reach out into the comic book and editorial illustration markets.
Thanks to everyone for their support. This is a really big day for all of us.
Jim Pavelec
On top of the recent changes made to AEG's payment structure, even more amazing news!
Last week, in conjunction with PACT, Wizards of the Coast set new payment and contract terms for their Magic: The Gathering freelance artists.
Below is the official statement drafted by Wizards of the Coast and PACT, along with a personal note from art director Jeremy Jarvis.
Official Statement
Last week, Magic: The Gathering Art Director Jeremy Jarvis confirmed that the game would be raising its pay rates for card art across the board, and would be amending its contract to dramatically loosen restrictions on using art created for Wizards of the Coast in personal art books! Magic will also be sending their artists additional, premium artist proofs of the cards that their art appears on, which they can sell online and at conventions.
Magic is the most successful tabletop game in the world which affords them a huge pool of the world's top talent to pull from. This increase is not something that they HAD to do. We find it refreshingly forward looking that Wizards has chosen to further invest in the freelance illustration community. PACT would sincerely like to thank Jeremy, Magic leadership and Wizards of the Coast for their hard work in getting these new terms instated.
This is a tremendous example of how artists, as a community, communicating openly and cordially with the companies they work for can improve their short term and long term financial situation. This is a great sign of things to come for the artists in this industry.
A note from Jeremy Jarvis
"A huge part of Magic: the Gathering, both as part of the game and as a hallmark of the brand as a whole, is the incredible quality of the artwork. We realize what an enormous contribution the artwork makes. We also realize that we are dependent on a healthy, happy group of professional illustrators to create this amazing work. I literally can not do my job with out the strong drawing arms of men and women more talented than myself bracing me up. Magic strives to be a great client for these artists, and it is very exciting to be able to add a dollar value to that sentiment. JJ"
A note from Jim Pavelec
I couldn't be more proud of what PACT has been able to accomplish for the freelance art community in our brief existence. Our most valuable contribution is helping artists understand that their time and efforts are worth considerably more than they had thought previously.
Change is happening quickly, and we would like to keep the ball rolling. If you haven't signed up for PACT, please consider joining. The more members we have, the stronger our voice will be as we continue our efforts, and reach out into the comic book and editorial illustration markets.
Thanks to everyone for their support. This is a really big day for all of us.
Jim Pavelec
Animazement Con Report!
General | Posted 11 years agoThis was the farthest East I’ve done a show and it was like being in an alternate dimension. East coast is certainly a big difference from Central and West coast cons. I will leave the culture shock stories for another time ^_~
It’s hit or miss any time I do an anime show because I do almost no fan art (and then usually really obscure fan art), but this crowd was very supportive of my original work. I had very strong sales for an anime crowd. This is even with me being a terrible salesman and having crud placement in the corner across from a no-show table. A lot of people walked down, saw the empty table, and turned around without looking my way. I had planned to advertise my location in the Art Show, but their pricing made that a less appealing option (more on AS later).
I sold out of my small fan art prints very quickly, but the 11 by 17′s barely moved. On the other hand, people definitely preferred my original images in the larger sizes. I also managed to sell all of the damaged prints that I was able to save. On the second leg of my flight out, the lady seated in front of me spilled her drink and didn’t say anything. I found out an hour later when we were deplaning and I pulled my sopping bag out from under the seat -_- I lost roughly half my small binder. I swapped out some of the lesser damaged ones into my display book and ended up with 11 lightly water-stained prints. Thursday I was a grumpy bear.
Artist check-in desperately needs to be separated from regular pre-reg. They’re already using blank badges and a check list of names. It shouldn’t be any more work to hand the AA staff a stack of badges and let them handle artist check-in entirely.
There were definite problems with flow in this new location that I think can be easily fixed. The entrance had a staircase that funneled people to the opposite side of what it looks like this layout was intended to handle. Traffic tended to start in a middle row and end up branching off randomly as things caught the eye instead of traveling the rows. You can offer a person choices, but you can’t offer people choices because herds are never systematic. I think stretching the islands into rows and moving Art Show to the center instead of corner would do a lot to improve things. I would also love to see a vendor map in the con book for both Dealer’s and Artist’s Alley. It was difficult to help people find what they were looking for when they had no reference for where W20 etc actually was. Also, signage for the hallways. The banners for each venue were awesome, but there was no ‘sign post’ style popup to help direct traffic near the stairways. Without a map, arrow signs giving people directions become pretty important.
I enjoyed meeting the other artists from AANI when I got the chance to sneak away from my table. Brian had to stay home and run graduation so I was without my table help :( My roommate, Kate Faehling, was great company and made the trip infinitely better. Much love for my table neighbors! I may have to beg the Grave Impressions team to write me a sales pitch because they were rocking!
I heard a lot of compliments about the overall quality of the Alley from people who stopped by my table to chat. I know some of the other artists heard us as being referred to as the “Fake Dealer’s Room” but I choose to take that as a compliment. It means we’re all producing competitive quality!
Art Show had a first-time staff without much experience with how shows are generally run at other conventions. Instead of selling space by the panel, they were selling it for $8 per foot. They also had hard-side cubicle walls that required gallery style hanging hardware instead of the standard peg board or grid wall. It looked very nice, but raised the costs for AS considerably while limiting how much could be hung. I only ended up hanging 2 of my canvases and not posting my location map because of the up front price. The staff was very friendly and interested when I brought up my concerns about the cost. They’re apparently required by the convention to make a certain quota to pay for the floor space AS takes up in that hall, so the pricing is entirely understandable. I suggested they switch to less expensive display methods and gave them a price breakdown for panels at several conventions with the possibility of adding a small commission percentage on sold work to make the cost a little less of a risk for the artists. They did have excellent records and gave us a thorough paper trail, which was very nice. The auction was also very lively. ^_^
I would definitely consider doing this con again in the future when travel budget permits. It was a ton of fun and Raleigh is a very chill place. Almost surreal in its laid-backness ^_~
It’s hit or miss any time I do an anime show because I do almost no fan art (and then usually really obscure fan art), but this crowd was very supportive of my original work. I had very strong sales for an anime crowd. This is even with me being a terrible salesman and having crud placement in the corner across from a no-show table. A lot of people walked down, saw the empty table, and turned around without looking my way. I had planned to advertise my location in the Art Show, but their pricing made that a less appealing option (more on AS later).
I sold out of my small fan art prints very quickly, but the 11 by 17′s barely moved. On the other hand, people definitely preferred my original images in the larger sizes. I also managed to sell all of the damaged prints that I was able to save. On the second leg of my flight out, the lady seated in front of me spilled her drink and didn’t say anything. I found out an hour later when we were deplaning and I pulled my sopping bag out from under the seat -_- I lost roughly half my small binder. I swapped out some of the lesser damaged ones into my display book and ended up with 11 lightly water-stained prints. Thursday I was a grumpy bear.
Artist check-in desperately needs to be separated from regular pre-reg. They’re already using blank badges and a check list of names. It shouldn’t be any more work to hand the AA staff a stack of badges and let them handle artist check-in entirely.
There were definite problems with flow in this new location that I think can be easily fixed. The entrance had a staircase that funneled people to the opposite side of what it looks like this layout was intended to handle. Traffic tended to start in a middle row and end up branching off randomly as things caught the eye instead of traveling the rows. You can offer a person choices, but you can’t offer people choices because herds are never systematic. I think stretching the islands into rows and moving Art Show to the center instead of corner would do a lot to improve things. I would also love to see a vendor map in the con book for both Dealer’s and Artist’s Alley. It was difficult to help people find what they were looking for when they had no reference for where W20 etc actually was. Also, signage for the hallways. The banners for each venue were awesome, but there was no ‘sign post’ style popup to help direct traffic near the stairways. Without a map, arrow signs giving people directions become pretty important.
I enjoyed meeting the other artists from AANI when I got the chance to sneak away from my table. Brian had to stay home and run graduation so I was without my table help :( My roommate, Kate Faehling, was great company and made the trip infinitely better. Much love for my table neighbors! I may have to beg the Grave Impressions team to write me a sales pitch because they were rocking!
I heard a lot of compliments about the overall quality of the Alley from people who stopped by my table to chat. I know some of the other artists heard us as being referred to as the “Fake Dealer’s Room” but I choose to take that as a compliment. It means we’re all producing competitive quality!
Art Show had a first-time staff without much experience with how shows are generally run at other conventions. Instead of selling space by the panel, they were selling it for $8 per foot. They also had hard-side cubicle walls that required gallery style hanging hardware instead of the standard peg board or grid wall. It looked very nice, but raised the costs for AS considerably while limiting how much could be hung. I only ended up hanging 2 of my canvases and not posting my location map because of the up front price. The staff was very friendly and interested when I brought up my concerns about the cost. They’re apparently required by the convention to make a certain quota to pay for the floor space AS takes up in that hall, so the pricing is entirely understandable. I suggested they switch to less expensive display methods and gave them a price breakdown for panels at several conventions with the possibility of adding a small commission percentage on sold work to make the cost a little less of a risk for the artists. They did have excellent records and gave us a thorough paper trail, which was very nice. The auction was also very lively. ^_^
I would definitely consider doing this con again in the future when travel budget permits. It was a ton of fun and Raleigh is a very chill place. Almost surreal in its laid-backness ^_~
MES National Con Report!
General | Posted 11 years agoMind's Eye Society National Convention
I wasn't sure what to expect going into this convention since I hadn't LARPed since high school and know next to nothing about new world of darkness, but it was a lot of fun. I believe attendance was around 300 people, most of whom seemed to run several characters. Print sales were ok considering the population. I got healthy interest in commissions and had several long conversations about picking up some projects in the coming months. One of my favorite parts of doing a smaller con is actually getting to talk to people. The smaller room even made it possible to actually hear people most of the time ^_~
There were definitely some flow issues in the room that I think could have been solved fairly easily. Charities had a table right at the entrance that protruded into the room so there was often a wall of humans physically blocking access. I think moving Charities to the back of the room where the raffle table could be next to them instead of across would have removed that congestion and made it a little easier on Charities staff when they had to explain the raffle system. I had a couple of people come in Saturday that hadn't realized there was anything else in the room.
Staff was awesome in every respect. Even the hotel staff was thrilled to work with them.
I think my favorite part of the weekend was listening to games in the public areas. The hotel is right across the freeway from Sea World, so there were several vacationing families in the hotel as well. There was a mother who was visibly concerned when the Brujah clan meeting next to the pool devolved to its inevitable in character violent argument. She really wanted to say something, but wasn't sure she wanted to say it to the 20+ goth-punk looking people. I think she finally realized it wasn't a real fight when they stopped role play and made a path to let some hotel staff through, then picked up the argument again without missing a beat. Her kids were oblivious to the whole thing because there was a pool and that pool had fountains ^_~
I'm not sure I would travel to MES events that weren't local, but I'd gladly do this one again if it came back to San Antonio or Austin.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13214898/
I wasn't sure what to expect going into this convention since I hadn't LARPed since high school and know next to nothing about new world of darkness, but it was a lot of fun. I believe attendance was around 300 people, most of whom seemed to run several characters. Print sales were ok considering the population. I got healthy interest in commissions and had several long conversations about picking up some projects in the coming months. One of my favorite parts of doing a smaller con is actually getting to talk to people. The smaller room even made it possible to actually hear people most of the time ^_~
There were definitely some flow issues in the room that I think could have been solved fairly easily. Charities had a table right at the entrance that protruded into the room so there was often a wall of humans physically blocking access. I think moving Charities to the back of the room where the raffle table could be next to them instead of across would have removed that congestion and made it a little easier on Charities staff when they had to explain the raffle system. I had a couple of people come in Saturday that hadn't realized there was anything else in the room.
Staff was awesome in every respect. Even the hotel staff was thrilled to work with them.
I think my favorite part of the weekend was listening to games in the public areas. The hotel is right across the freeway from Sea World, so there were several vacationing families in the hotel as well. There was a mother who was visibly concerned when the Brujah clan meeting next to the pool devolved to its inevitable in character violent argument. She really wanted to say something, but wasn't sure she wanted to say it to the 20+ goth-punk looking people. I think she finally realized it wasn't a real fight when they stopped role play and made a path to let some hotel staff through, then picked up the argument again without missing a beat. Her kids were oblivious to the whole thing because there was a pool and that pool had fountains ^_~
I'm not sure I would travel to MES events that weren't local, but I'd gladly do this one again if it came back to San Antonio or Austin.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13214898/
Furry Fiesta
General | Posted 12 years agoGot my stuff from Texas Furry Fiesta, and it was a really good show for me! Neither of my originals sold (sad face) BUT I did sell all of my prints, most for more than minimum bid ^_^ I ended out about $50 over my average for a 2 panel mail-in show. So yay!
Thanks Kit for running the show. And thanks to anyone who purchased my art! ^_^
Also, convention schedule has been updated... again. And I am going to be so tired in August o_0
Thanks Kit for running the show. And thanks to anyone who purchased my art! ^_^
SHOP
Prints on Storenvy! http://nezumi.storenvy.com/
Phone cases and more on Society6! http://society6.com/Nezumi
Also, convention schedule has been updated... again. And I am going to be so tired in August o_0
Quick Poll!
General | Posted 12 years agoWould you be more likely to buy a matted print or pay a little more for gallery-wrapped canvas print?
Also, how do you feel about custom play mats?
I'm a little hesitant to get canvas prints because people seem determined to mistake them for originals and then get all angry when they realize it's a print :( I've seen people argue that transparently vector images were not prints because they're on canvas. There's an obvious willingness to pay more for a canvas wrap so it's kinda tempting to try, but it's also a larger cost for me to order which means a lot more money it tied up in inventory.
I've considered getting play mats to sell at GenCon and such (gaming cons), but I'm not all that sure if I should print any with a furry theme. Mats just don't sell at anime cons at all and are pretty hit or miss at scifi cons. I'm not sure if there would be any interest at furry cons.
Thanks in advance! ^_^
Convention Schedule Update!
General | Posted 12 years agoLook down there, updated!
Always happy to talk to people at a convention. Please be patient with me in a crowded room because it's really hard for me to hear in most convention halls ^_~
Painting theater stuffs again. I'll try to get decent pictures of the finished set, but I'll probably end up showing off my crappy cell phone shots ^_~
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12686294/
Always happy to talk to people at a convention. Please be patient with me in a crowded room because it's really hard for me to hear in most convention halls ^_~
Painting theater stuffs again. I'll try to get decent pictures of the finished set, but I'll probably end up showing off my crappy cell phone shots ^_~
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12686294/
Just wondering...
General | Posted 12 years agoHow the younger generation of furs would have handled the Yerf era of the fandom ^_~
/crankyoldlady!
/crankyoldlady!
Ikkicon Report!
General | Posted 12 years agoBack from holiday travels ^_^ I have spent the past couple of days apologizing to my cats for leaving them with (in their opinion) the worst babysitter of all time!! Now they love me again and I can get some work done ^_^
Ikkicon!
This year I ran the Art Show with Alfred from Prismatic Llama. Our room was right next to the escalators so we actually had quite a bit of walk in traffic, including a fair number of normal people from outside the convention. It was a very good show with a lively group of bidders. 3 of our mail-in artists got pretty checks in an envelope because we had no art to mail back to them ^_^ I had 2 noshow winning bidders (fist shake) but still ended up with strong sales. Any con where I walk away with more than the total value of my buy it now prices is a good one!
Not surprising, the hardest pictures to sell to this crowd were large originals. Anime conventions in general have a younger audience that have to borrow someone else's disposable income, so large ticket items are less likely to move. Small prints and chibis were also slow to sell at Ikkicon. People went for the 11 by 14 matted prints, Stephanie Kao's medium-sized canvas prints, and Julia Lichty's poster-sized 18 by 24 prints.
Prismatic Llama is all perler bead art, which also went over well. I had a lot of fun playing with Alfred's supplies ^_^ I'd trade off making something for him from his pattern index for every random thing I made myself. He gave me a bunch of bead boards. ... and then I came home and bought a bunch of perler stuff for myself. I think this is my new project for when I need to not stare at the computer screen for an hour or two and don't want to set up my painting workstation.
I also got to have a couple of people treat moments (those times when talking to people made me feel really good). Both of my parents came to embarrass me, since this was a con in their home town. Dad had never seen any of my conventions, and I think this was a the first time he realized that I work at these things, not just go to play around. Utunu's coworker tracked me down for a chat ^_^ I'm flattered that people outside of the fandom see the work he commissions! There was also a girl I overheard talking about Skaven while she was looking at my ratty pictures, so I started a conversation with her. She was thrilled to find someone who was familiar with Warhammer, let alone another girl. When I explained that my rats are from L5R she was even happier because she'd just started a tabletop campaign with her own ratling character. All and all, a lot of fun!
Ikkicon!
This year I ran the Art Show with Alfred from Prismatic Llama. Our room was right next to the escalators so we actually had quite a bit of walk in traffic, including a fair number of normal people from outside the convention. It was a very good show with a lively group of bidders. 3 of our mail-in artists got pretty checks in an envelope because we had no art to mail back to them ^_^ I had 2 noshow winning bidders (fist shake) but still ended up with strong sales. Any con where I walk away with more than the total value of my buy it now prices is a good one!
Not surprising, the hardest pictures to sell to this crowd were large originals. Anime conventions in general have a younger audience that have to borrow someone else's disposable income, so large ticket items are less likely to move. Small prints and chibis were also slow to sell at Ikkicon. People went for the 11 by 14 matted prints, Stephanie Kao's medium-sized canvas prints, and Julia Lichty's poster-sized 18 by 24 prints.
Prismatic Llama is all perler bead art, which also went over well. I had a lot of fun playing with Alfred's supplies ^_^ I'd trade off making something for him from his pattern index for every random thing I made myself. He gave me a bunch of bead boards. ... and then I came home and bought a bunch of perler stuff for myself. I think this is my new project for when I need to not stare at the computer screen for an hour or two and don't want to set up my painting workstation.
I also got to have a couple of people treat moments (those times when talking to people made me feel really good). Both of my parents came to embarrass me, since this was a con in their home town. Dad had never seen any of my conventions, and I think this was a the first time he realized that I work at these things, not just go to play around. Utunu's coworker tracked me down for a chat ^_^ I'm flattered that people outside of the fandom see the work he commissions! There was also a girl I overheard talking about Skaven while she was looking at my ratty pictures, so I started a conversation with her. She was thrilled to find someone who was familiar with Warhammer, let alone another girl. When I explained that my rats are from L5R she was even happier because she'd just started a tabletop campaign with her own ratling character. All and all, a lot of fun!
Gone for the holidays!
General | Posted 12 years agoI'm outta here to visit family.
Anyone in Austin, I'm going to be at Ikkicon the 27-29 running Art Show ^_^ Come on in and talk! Art Show is always either a complete crowded zoo or entirely boring. I could use friends in the boring parts ^_~
Anyone in Austin, I'm going to be at Ikkicon the 27-29 running Art Show ^_^ Come on in and talk! Art Show is always either a complete crowded zoo or entirely boring. I could use friends in the boring parts ^_~
Thank you!
General | Posted 12 years agoThank you to all my new watchers! ^_^
I hate spamming people's walls.
I hate spamming people's walls.
AWA
General | Posted 12 years agoGot my box back from Anime Weekend Atlanta ^_^ Only 3 unsold prints and awards! I had forgotten this was a judged show ^_^
1st Place 2D "Serpent God"
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10716429/
1st Place Original Illustration "Angel of the Oasis"
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11184417/
1st Place 2D "Serpent God"
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10716429/
1st Place Original Illustration "Angel of the Oasis"
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11184417/
Commission Sale - 2 Slots! (Full)
General | Posted 12 years agoI have found the PERFECT PRESENTS for some of my family, but I'd have to dip into my emergency funds to buy them >_< So I'm offering 2 commissions at my sale flat rate of $150 USD.
This is for a single character color digital painting with a full background. An additional character can be added for $50.
Examples:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10716429
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10098882
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10217571
Noncommercial commission TOS http://corenewerhane.com/wordpress/?page_id=232
Slots:
1. Utunu
2. Murashu
This is for a single character color digital painting with a full background. An additional character can be added for $50.
Examples:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10716429
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10098882
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10217571
Noncommercial commission TOS http://corenewerhane.com/wordpress/?page_id=232
Slots:
1. Utunu
2. Murashu
Alamo City Comic Con Report!!
General | Posted 12 years agoAlamo City was great! The attendance was amazing for a first year convention. The fire marshal actually closed registration for a time on Saturday because the convention center was at capacity and there was still a line looping back on itself along the entire Market St. side of the building. I think AC3 should consider taking up an additional floor of the convention center.
I was lucky enough to have strong sales all weekend ^_^ Sunday sales were almost as good as Saturday, which is very unusual for me. I met a lot of great people. And I experienced the odd phenomenon of people wanting to take pictures with me o_0 I have never had that happen before.
There were definitely some first year bumps to overcome. Staff was posted on certain cross aisles on Sunday to keep the traffic moving once they realized what spots attracted photo-op cosplay clogs. The San Antonio Zombie Walk scheduled to coincide with AC3, which I think was a good idea. Having the walk at 7pm on Sunday after the convention closed was a terrible idea. Vendors trying to load out had to deal with road closures that blocked access to the loading dock of the convention center. Hopefully next year they’ll hold the walk on Saturday instead.
Dirk Benedict was at a table very close to my booth ^_^ I never got up the nerve to go ask him for a hug. “Face” was one of my first crushes when I was a little girl. I wanted to be a face hugger ^_^ I saw 3 Spurs over the weekend. I like watching the out of town people flip out and try to take pictures of them. SA natives are more casual because we see the guys grocery shopping. They’re chill.
I saw a grand total of 3 fursuit partials all weekend. Apparently the furs were elsewhere.
I’m definitely planning on this convention again next year!
I was lucky enough to have strong sales all weekend ^_^ Sunday sales were almost as good as Saturday, which is very unusual for me. I met a lot of great people. And I experienced the odd phenomenon of people wanting to take pictures with me o_0 I have never had that happen before.
There were definitely some first year bumps to overcome. Staff was posted on certain cross aisles on Sunday to keep the traffic moving once they realized what spots attracted photo-op cosplay clogs. The San Antonio Zombie Walk scheduled to coincide with AC3, which I think was a good idea. Having the walk at 7pm on Sunday after the convention closed was a terrible idea. Vendors trying to load out had to deal with road closures that blocked access to the loading dock of the convention center. Hopefully next year they’ll hold the walk on Saturday instead.
Dirk Benedict was at a table very close to my booth ^_^ I never got up the nerve to go ask him for a hug. “Face” was one of my first crushes when I was a little girl. I wanted to be a face hugger ^_^ I saw 3 Spurs over the weekend. I like watching the out of town people flip out and try to take pictures of them. SA natives are more casual because we see the guys grocery shopping. They’re chill.
I saw a grand total of 3 fursuit partials all weekend. Apparently the furs were elsewhere.
I’m definitely planning on this convention again next year!
ZOMG SCAMZ!
General | Posted 12 years agoBe wary of customers over-paying for art.
If you ever work a soul-sucking retail job, you go through register training and loss prevention. They teach you about a cute little scam pulled when people give you cash and then try and hand you money while you're making change to confuse you. You end up giving them change for a $20 when they only handed you a $10 during all the money swapping (or something similar). Something to watch out for when you're working a table at a convention where a larger than usual number of people are paying in cash.
But there's also an internet scam going around to rob you of arts. Basically the person claims that the check from some 3rd party was a mistake, so please go ahead and deposit it and send a check for the difference along with the art. Then they cancel the check and you're out the art AND the cash if you don't catch the bad check in time to cancel your own (or you're just screwed if you were actually talked into sending a more reliable form of payment like a money order). You can always google your customer. This is the future!
http://jeannewilliamson.blogspot.co.....w-artists.html
Places I will be!
Alamo City Comic Con (attending, dealer) October 25-27 https://www.alamocitycomiccon.com/
Ikkicon (art Show, attending, staff) December 27-29 http://ikkicon.com/
If you ever work a soul-sucking retail job, you go through register training and loss prevention. They teach you about a cute little scam pulled when people give you cash and then try and hand you money while you're making change to confuse you. You end up giving them change for a $20 when they only handed you a $10 during all the money swapping (or something similar). Something to watch out for when you're working a table at a convention where a larger than usual number of people are paying in cash.
But there's also an internet scam going around to rob you of arts. Basically the person claims that the check from some 3rd party was a mistake, so please go ahead and deposit it and send a check for the difference along with the art. Then they cancel the check and you're out the art AND the cash if you don't catch the bad check in time to cancel your own (or you're just screwed if you were actually talked into sending a more reliable form of payment like a money order). You can always google your customer. This is the future!
http://jeannewilliamson.blogspot.co.....w-artists.html
Places I will be!
Alamo City Comic Con (attending, dealer) October 25-27 https://www.alamocitycomiccon.com/
Ikkicon (art Show, attending, staff) December 27-29 http://ikkicon.com/
Dragon*Con Report!
General | Posted 12 years agoDragon*Con Report
D*C is stupid huge and if you want to go anywhere on Saturday, you are out of luck ^_~
There was a ton of great art in the Art Show. Bidding was slow in general and mostly reserved for originals. There was a cluster of Buy It Nows on Saturday from the 1 day pass people. Sunday was a zoo; a very busy trade of after auction prices. I did not attend the auction, so I'm unsure what the trend was with the audience there.
My print sales were dead on my average for a 2 panel art Show. I did sell the originals of the Insect Cat Series, which boosted my overall sales. Some inconsiderate person took my business card holder (with its glued on business card) when I ran out instead of writing down the information or checking back for a refill :( Apparently this happens often, since Anne had a stack of acrylic card holders that she let me borrow to replace mine. Lesson learned: plain card holder and a panel top banner for when it's empty.
As usual I attempted to speak to the other artists, and also as usual failed miserably. I pretty much whimpered "You're cool" to Todd Lockwood and Brenda Lyons (Windfalcon) before slinking away into continued obscurity ^_~ I did succeed at talking to Drew Baker! Our shared experience of working on L5R cards gave me something actually useful to say... and Brian holding my shoulders so I couldn't run away helped. I tried several times to say hi to Christy Nickolas (Greendragon) but I always managed to come by when she was eating or in a panel.
My personal highlight was of course seeing Bill Corbet (voice actor of Crow T. Robot, Brain Guy, and himself on Rifftraxx). My raging MSTie was barely contained. He did a podcast called Bill Corbet: Unlisceneced Life Coach in which he basically helped nerds with mild problems by making fun of them. It was very tongue in cheek. He is almost done with Super Powered Revenge Christmas which I am really looking forward to. I may have to do fanart for an unyet published comic ^_~
I did not make it to the fur meet, because the Sheraton was in no way accessible to my aching feets.
On Sunday we went to the Georgia Aquarium because Brian doesn't understand my obsurd obsession with David Warner. That is a gorgeous aquarium. FOUR WHALE SHARKS! FOUR! I was ocean nerding all over the place. By the time we'd gone all the way around to the Amazon wing, all the breeders had shown up. The crowd was too dense for me to enjoy that last bit, and I was tempted to slap every PARENT who was banging on the glass. The kids were better behaved.
Overall we had a great time. I really like the Peach Tree area of Atlanta. The MARTA is stuck in the 70s, but it ran efficiently and got us to and from the airport with no problems.
Places I will Be!
Alamo City Comic Con (attending, dealer) October 25-27 https://www.alamocitycomiccon.com/
Ikkicon (art Show) December 27-29 http://ikkicon.com/
D*C is stupid huge and if you want to go anywhere on Saturday, you are out of luck ^_~
There was a ton of great art in the Art Show. Bidding was slow in general and mostly reserved for originals. There was a cluster of Buy It Nows on Saturday from the 1 day pass people. Sunday was a zoo; a very busy trade of after auction prices. I did not attend the auction, so I'm unsure what the trend was with the audience there.
My print sales were dead on my average for a 2 panel art Show. I did sell the originals of the Insect Cat Series, which boosted my overall sales. Some inconsiderate person took my business card holder (with its glued on business card) when I ran out instead of writing down the information or checking back for a refill :( Apparently this happens often, since Anne had a stack of acrylic card holders that she let me borrow to replace mine. Lesson learned: plain card holder and a panel top banner for when it's empty.
As usual I attempted to speak to the other artists, and also as usual failed miserably. I pretty much whimpered "You're cool" to Todd Lockwood and Brenda Lyons (Windfalcon) before slinking away into continued obscurity ^_~ I did succeed at talking to Drew Baker! Our shared experience of working on L5R cards gave me something actually useful to say... and Brian holding my shoulders so I couldn't run away helped. I tried several times to say hi to Christy Nickolas (Greendragon) but I always managed to come by when she was eating or in a panel.
My personal highlight was of course seeing Bill Corbet (voice actor of Crow T. Robot, Brain Guy, and himself on Rifftraxx). My raging MSTie was barely contained. He did a podcast called Bill Corbet: Unlisceneced Life Coach in which he basically helped nerds with mild problems by making fun of them. It was very tongue in cheek. He is almost done with Super Powered Revenge Christmas which I am really looking forward to. I may have to do fanart for an unyet published comic ^_~
I did not make it to the fur meet, because the Sheraton was in no way accessible to my aching feets.
On Sunday we went to the Georgia Aquarium because Brian doesn't understand my obsurd obsession with David Warner. That is a gorgeous aquarium. FOUR WHALE SHARKS! FOUR! I was ocean nerding all over the place. By the time we'd gone all the way around to the Amazon wing, all the breeders had shown up. The crowd was too dense for me to enjoy that last bit, and I was tempted to slap every PARENT who was banging on the glass. The kids were better behaved.
Overall we had a great time. I really like the Peach Tree area of Atlanta. The MARTA is stuck in the 70s, but it ran efficiently and got us to and from the airport with no problems.
Places I will Be!
Alamo City Comic Con (attending, dealer) October 25-27 https://www.alamocitycomiccon.com/
Ikkicon (art Show) December 27-29 http://ikkicon.com/
San Japan con report!
General | Posted 12 years agoSan Japan is over ^_^ As usual, I stayed in the Art Show pretty much the entire weekend. And let me tell you... that room is COLD! The amount of AC needed to keep a large ballroom full of thousands of people comfortable is waaay excessive for a 20 by 30 room ^_~
I did well, getting almost twice what I usually do for a single panel show. Stephanie Kao also did well, selling everything on her panel ^_^ Which is awesome because I'm playing agent for her and not having to ship anything makes me happy. Panel fees were ridiculously low this year too! The construction of the panels was finally all paid off so we just collected money to replace damaged hardware (binder clips and those damned S hooks). $5 for a full panel or $1 per individual piece is just fantastic. Almost everyone sold something.
Fanart was not that big a seller this year. People were definitely drawn to the fanart, but the ravening superfan who just HAS to have anything with X/Y/Z character did not exist. I think there was so much fanart available in the Artist's Alley that everyone could find their nerd fix pretty early on.
The past few years I've seen a trend towards con goers wanting Buy it Now. This year they went nuts for it. Pretty much any BiN price under $50 was taken. It did not matter to this crowd if it was original or print. If the picture was under $50 and they could take it home today, they'd go for it.
Art Show is not the place for jewelry any more. We had 1 panel with some nice beadwork jewelry on it front and center to the room entrance that nobody looked at and even actively avoided. Apparently that's just not something our attendees look for outside of Dealer's Room any more.
Of course, I'll be there again next year. I was almost roped into taking over, but luckily comicon is the week after San Japan's new July dates. It's looking possible that I'm going to be in charge of Art Show for Ikkicon and Ushicon, though. We'll see how that works out.
Worldcon - Lonsetar Con 3 (art show) August 29 – September 2 http://www.lonestarcon3.org/
Dragon*Con (attending, art show) August 30- September 2 http://www.dragoncon.org/
Alamo City Comic Con (attending, dealer) October 25-27 http://www.alamocitycomiccon.com/
I did well, getting almost twice what I usually do for a single panel show. Stephanie Kao also did well, selling everything on her panel ^_^ Which is awesome because I'm playing agent for her and not having to ship anything makes me happy. Panel fees were ridiculously low this year too! The construction of the panels was finally all paid off so we just collected money to replace damaged hardware (binder clips and those damned S hooks). $5 for a full panel or $1 per individual piece is just fantastic. Almost everyone sold something.
Fanart was not that big a seller this year. People were definitely drawn to the fanart, but the ravening superfan who just HAS to have anything with X/Y/Z character did not exist. I think there was so much fanart available in the Artist's Alley that everyone could find their nerd fix pretty early on.
The past few years I've seen a trend towards con goers wanting Buy it Now. This year they went nuts for it. Pretty much any BiN price under $50 was taken. It did not matter to this crowd if it was original or print. If the picture was under $50 and they could take it home today, they'd go for it.
Art Show is not the place for jewelry any more. We had 1 panel with some nice beadwork jewelry on it front and center to the room entrance that nobody looked at and even actively avoided. Apparently that's just not something our attendees look for outside of Dealer's Room any more.
Of course, I'll be there again next year. I was almost roped into taking over, but luckily comicon is the week after San Japan's new July dates. It's looking possible that I'm going to be in charge of Art Show for Ikkicon and Ushicon, though. We'll see how that works out.
Worldcon - Lonsetar Con 3 (art show) August 29 – September 2 http://www.lonestarcon3.org/
Dragon*Con (attending, art show) August 30- September 2 http://www.dragoncon.org/
Alamo City Comic Con (attending, dealer) October 25-27 http://www.alamocitycomiccon.com/
No Subject
General | Posted 12 years agoAnyone going to San Japan? ^_^
I pretty much never leave Art Show, but I'd love to talk!
I pretty much never leave Art Show, but I'd love to talk!
Perks!
General | Posted 12 years agoThere's just about 1 week left to fund PACT. Look at some of the AMAZING shit these guys are handing out as perks!
Noah Bradley
Steve Argyle
Jim Pavelec
Mike Sass
Aaron Miller
Randy Gallegos
Todd Lockwood
"A one hour Skype session with one of the PACT founding members. Ask anything you want, get a portfolio review, or a paint over on a piece you are working on. Please specify which artist you would like to Skype with. There are 10 sessions available from each artist. Make sure you check the main section to see if any have sold out before you pledge. "
Yeah, you see that? Do you want input on your dragons from TODD LOCKWOOD? You can get that shit! You into demons? Have a chat with Jim Pavelec! Hell, you can commission Jim to draw your demon as one of the perks! Want to have a guaranteed 1 hour portfolio review with the Art Director for AEG? yeah, Steve Argyle's on that list!
There are original Magic:TG paintings up!
Commission a custom OIL painting from Aaron Miller!! (Gorgeous in person, and the paintings are pretty sweet too)
Signed prints from Boris Vallejo and Jullie Bell!
You can help make something amazing happen and get kickass swag for a hell of a lot cheaper than these guys will sell at any other time. PACT is a great tool for everyone who does art, but it will be especially helpful for those people just starting out who don't have a network of totally pro artists to ask questions of.
http://igg.me/p/428059
http://igg.me/p/428059
http://igg.me/p/428059
Noah Bradley
Steve Argyle
Jim Pavelec
Mike Sass
Aaron Miller
Randy Gallegos
Todd Lockwood
"A one hour Skype session with one of the PACT founding members. Ask anything you want, get a portfolio review, or a paint over on a piece you are working on. Please specify which artist you would like to Skype with. There are 10 sessions available from each artist. Make sure you check the main section to see if any have sold out before you pledge. "
Yeah, you see that? Do you want input on your dragons from TODD LOCKWOOD? You can get that shit! You into demons? Have a chat with Jim Pavelec! Hell, you can commission Jim to draw your demon as one of the perks! Want to have a guaranteed 1 hour portfolio review with the Art Director for AEG? yeah, Steve Argyle's on that list!
There are original Magic:TG paintings up!
Commission a custom OIL painting from Aaron Miller!! (Gorgeous in person, and the paintings are pretty sweet too)
Signed prints from Boris Vallejo and Jullie Bell!
You can help make something amazing happen and get kickass swag for a hell of a lot cheaper than these guys will sell at any other time. PACT is a great tool for everyone who does art, but it will be especially helpful for those people just starting out who don't have a network of totally pro artists to ask questions of.
http://igg.me/p/428059
http://igg.me/p/428059
http://igg.me/p/428059
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