Holy wow, you guys! This was the best furcon!

The new venue was really amazing; the main lobby was so huge, and so were the panel rooms. I had lots of fun in the art panels, notably the Artist Ambush, and overall had a great time.
Obviously, I got to meet old friends again, which was as awesome as they are (and they all are very awesome), and as any good convention would have it, I made some new friends too (who were also very awesome)! To all the people I met, for the first time or otherwise, you were the ones to make this convention memorable and... familiar. You made me feel completely at home, something I think only furries know how to do this well. I hope to see everyone again next year!

Something new this year: I was taking commissions for the first time! Thank you, all who gave feedback on my prices; it helped me improve my prices. I got a spot on the Artist's Alley and got to do a few for a bunch of very nice people, which will appear in my gallery in the next few days. The commission pieces, that is; not the people. Although, their names will show up. :P
So far, everyone who commissioned me liked my work very much. I guess that's a good sign, eh? I'll certainly ask for an Artist's Alley spot again next year; it was great and stimulating to draw for others within a limited time frame, and to have such a close contact with all of them, to give them progress reports and get direct feedback.

There were a few inconveniences during the 'con, such as tables being unavailable to provide in panel rooms when the panel required them, and me missing part of the panels I wanted to go to because I was sleeping... but those don't really matter, the whole experience was hardly affected by them.

Stats time!
WTFur this year had an attendance just shy of 300 people, which is great; that's a lot of people, yet little enough to have a very friendly and personal convention. There were 58 fursuiters in the fursuit parade. These fine folks went out and looked awesome walking on St-Catherine Street (really busy street in downtown Montréal). Unfortunately, I wasn't there to see the people's reactions to the "real-life" furries, because I decided to stay in the Dealers' Room. There was a charity auction going on Saturday, and the total profits went above 2100$! All of it went directly to the Ecomuseum, a Montréal zoo.

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I've also been asked to prepare a skit for the Masquerade with a few other people (by one of those other people). I'll admit that I'm rather excited for that, and I most certainly hope it wasn't just words thrown out without thought. I'm flattered, and actually honoured to have been considered to participate, and would be disappointed if it were to not happen. It'll just take some keeping in contact.

TL;DR: I went to WTFur, a furcon in Montréal, and it was the best convention I had to date. I did commissions, and may participate in the making of a skit for next year's Masquerade.

Even if they're highly unlikely to read this, I would like to give my personal thanks to all the organizers, staff and volunteers at the convention. You work in the background, and probably seldom receive recognition for your hard work, but you truly are the pillars of the convention, the people without whom these times could not be had. If I work up the willpower and courage for next year, I would love to be part of the effort.

Okay, I'm done now. You may go about your daily lives, and/or complain about how long this journal was.
/activate "I don't care, this is my journal" mode