Success!

[unicornempire]

Hey guys! I've sort of become addicted to Tumblr, you can follow me here and see more of what I'm doing- It's just so much easier to upload pictures and stuff than LJ, even though I love LJ and still haunt all the coms and read way too much fanfiction.

After a LOT of hard work and messing up I have finally, just now, made some successful t-shirts!

Comments

[mamishka]

I think the thing to remember is that there are all different kinds of conventions and depending on what they are about, they're going to have different styles. Comic Cons, being about the art and the books, is naturally going to focus on having lots of tables and spaces for artists to display their books and display their talents. It's really a very micro-focused kind of convention. Cons like Norwescon cover a huge range of topics and subjects - there's a music track, art track, comics track, literature track, media track, costuming track, alt-lifestyle track etc, etc etc. As a result, the space is divided in accordance. We have a large art show room (displayed art only - not artist tables) and a separate large dealers room. Most of the convention, however is going to be panels and events on all these different topics and ideas. It's also more like a giant fannish sleep-over, since most people stay in the hotel and programming goes late into the night. ;) But we have a giant hotel space in which to do this, so that helps a lot. ;) The Artist's Alley is a bit on the small side, but I'm not sure if that's due to space constraints, an insufficient numbers of artists wanting to participate, or a desire to keep it a "cosy" sort of experience.

To be fair to Geek Girl, this was the convention's first year, so it might take a bit for them to build up a following and get a better space. ;) The best conventions for your art will probably be more like Emerald City ComicCon, which is running March 30-31 + April 1st, 2012. No foolin'! ;)

I think in the end every con experience is fun and has its own pros and cons (ba-dum-dum), it's just a question of what you find suits your ideas of fun and what suits your needs as an artist.

I'm really glad that you're coming to Norwescon though. :) I'm thinking of seeing if I can throw a low-key Sherlock party there or something. :)