Hey guys! I was boothing at Kigacon at CNU on Saturday and Sunday! Here's a picture of my table:
SO TINY... I was trying something new with the setup where I put some prints on the inside of the wire cages, but tbh I wasn't really a fan of it. I'm gonna do some more experimenting with setup before Otakon... BUT YEAH, KIGACON! This was my first college convention, so here's my thoughts on the con:
Pros: I payed off my table! Quite a bit, actually. The table was $20 and I made around $300 off of commissions and random other stuff. *-*/ So I've already been able to cover the cost of the new charms that I ordered, which is good. There was this group of dudes who kept coming back for commissions, which was suuuuper nice of them. ;u;/ They were fun, haha. I think I drew like 13 sketches over the past two days;;;; I was also able to sell around 30 stickers, which was good!! Even the TWEWY ones did okay.
My mom was nice enough to cover the cost of the hotel and gas (THANK U MOMMA), so... overall not a bad job for 2 days and a tiny con.
Cons: I didn't sell any prints again... :T Idk if I've mentioned, but from all 3 of the cons I've done so far, I've only sold about 10 prints total... which is pretty bad, especially since I have a TON of extras of my first batch of prints due to misprint mixups. SO... ALAS. I didn't really sell a lot of merch in general tbh... I think I only sold like 3-5 charms, ahah.
I think I've realized one of the problems with my prints is that I mostly have 8.5" x 11" prints, whereas a lot of other tables have 11" x 17" as their main size. Larger prints definitely are easier to see from a distance, and I think people may be more inclined to buy bigger poster-sized prints rather than smaller ones... so for Otakon I'm gonna try to make more large-sized prints. I'm aiming for about 5 new prints...? It'll be two Yuri!!! on Ice prints, one Zelda print, and two original prints (I'm thinking 1920s Laf for one and maybe seifuku Laf for the other). I'm worried because larger prints are a little more confusing for me since I don't draw on large canvases as often;;; but I'll do my best!!! ;n; I just wish I could sell prints better somehow;;;
SO YEAH... that's where I'm at right now. My next con is in a couple weeks, it's a 1-day con at UMD. There's also a 1-day con April 22nd that I'm thinking of doing too. *-*/ Hopefully I can get a bit of extra cash from these!!
Anyway, I have more stuff I can talk about in terms of jobs and ~future prospects~, but for now I'll just end here! Talk to you guys soon! *3*/ ♥
