Acen this year!
So Acen 09! I would have to say it was a good con, but not awesome. Mostly my favorite thing about it was hanging out with friends I don't get to see often! Also I think the Bleach shoot was fun and the folks their were friendly and seemed to have a good time. :3
Funny things! We had a neat view of the front of the hotel, so we had a balcony and could see right into other rooms. First we saw a room with Nazi flags and strobe lights all over....then Nazi cat boys were in it. ^^" Then Saturday Rei spotted 2 dudes naked in bed spooning....which ended up being 2 girls, lol! Another came in so drunk she fell and hit her head on the window! Everyone who hung out in our room started taking pictures, lol!
Saturday night I got a little buzzed and Jer drank a whole flask of Jack Daniels, so he fell asleep hard. Eric totally slammed him with those long 'penis pillows' that the Hyatt always has.....Jer just snored. After hitting him a few times, I drew a huge tramp stamp on Jer's lower back. He didn't know it was there.....until like late the next day! I texted Rei to look at Jer's back since her AA table was next to ours. Even after she lifted the back of his shirt, he didn't know what was going on! Finally I told him, he was so mad and amused at the same time, it was a good burn! XD
After being to other cons outside IL, I can safely say Illinois cons have a kinda 'off' vibe to them. Its alot harder to talk to new people there. Like in Ohio and Iowa, I don't think I could stop people from talking, and so many seem so happy and excited about the con. At Acen, I feel like I only find small pockets of enthused con-goers and the rest seem so out of it. This Acen people seemed more out of it than before, but I can't really blame them. It's not exactly the greatest time for extra money for having fun.
Artist Alley went well, despite all the set-backs. We made about $1100, which isn't too bad, but not as much as we usually make. I usually only have 1 table and half the amount of stuff I usually have, then make $1500 or more. It was unexpected we made less with twice the amount of stuff. It wasn't just us though, we watched customers walk all over AA and it seemed so many folks weren't buying. All the other artists we talked to said the same things, also all sales were kinda bad. They had great stuff too! Oh well, just bad economy I guess.
At least since we have tons of left over stuff from Acen, I won't have to bust my ass for Anime Iowa! I can focus on my Halibel costume and trying some new ideas. Damn, I'm still tired!
Funny things! We had a neat view of the front of the hotel, so we had a balcony and could see right into other rooms. First we saw a room with Nazi flags and strobe lights all over....then Nazi cat boys were in it. ^^" Then Saturday Rei spotted 2 dudes naked in bed spooning....which ended up being 2 girls, lol! Another came in so drunk she fell and hit her head on the window! Everyone who hung out in our room started taking pictures, lol!
Saturday night I got a little buzzed and Jer drank a whole flask of Jack Daniels, so he fell asleep hard. Eric totally slammed him with those long 'penis pillows' that the Hyatt always has.....Jer just snored. After hitting him a few times, I drew a huge tramp stamp on Jer's lower back. He didn't know it was there.....until like late the next day! I texted Rei to look at Jer's back since her AA table was next to ours. Even after she lifted the back of his shirt, he didn't know what was going on! Finally I told him, he was so mad and amused at the same time, it was a good burn! XD
After being to other cons outside IL, I can safely say Illinois cons have a kinda 'off' vibe to them. Its alot harder to talk to new people there. Like in Ohio and Iowa, I don't think I could stop people from talking, and so many seem so happy and excited about the con. At Acen, I feel like I only find small pockets of enthused con-goers and the rest seem so out of it. This Acen people seemed more out of it than before, but I can't really blame them. It's not exactly the greatest time for extra money for having fun.
Artist Alley went well, despite all the set-backs. We made about $1100, which isn't too bad, but not as much as we usually make. I usually only have 1 table and half the amount of stuff I usually have, then make $1500 or more. It was unexpected we made less with twice the amount of stuff. It wasn't just us though, we watched customers walk all over AA and it seemed so many folks weren't buying. All the other artists we talked to said the same things, also all sales were kinda bad. They had great stuff too! Oh well, just bad economy I guess.
At least since we have tons of left over stuff from Acen, I won't have to bust my ass for Anime Iowa! I can focus on my Halibel costume and trying some new ideas. Damn, I'm still tired!