Convention stuff.
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secondlinaOkay!
I'm participating to a convention called "Geekfest" here in Montréal on March 5-6. It's not Namesake related. Actually, it's for an activity that got planned way before namesake was born. It's for a character draw-a-thon. Basically, poeple come to see me, describe characters and can leave with the sketches or leave them to be posted. BUT I still want to use the event to indirectly advertize Namesake because... well, because!
At first, it was suggested to me that I should print postcards as Namesake ads and draw on the other side, so that the requester doesn't loose the Namesake URL, since he won't want to loose his drawing. However, I learned that printing postcards was expensive, and the cardboard wasn't quite good for inking. So, instead, I think i'll print some business cards, and I got a stamp made. I'll give out cards and stamp the back of the drawing. So, they won't loose Namesake :D
So to resume, there's a few things I need to get ready for the con...
- Business cards
- Stamp
- Poster for booth
- Buy lots and lots of pencils and pens
- Get reimbursed by con staff for pens
- Get lots and lots of sketch cards (4X6 minimum and at least 200 of them)
- Get a tip jar
- Get something to attract people on desk (A giant pikachu? I have one! Or something?)
- Fix online portfolio prior to con
I know there's a lot of people on my con list that have attended cons either as goers or artists, so to you have any tips on how to make a booth look really snazzy? What attracts you to a booth? I'm usually attracted to the drawings themselves, so i'm doing some posters. :D
Here are my card and stamp designs... Yup, the cards are double-sided.
SKULLLLLSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
With all this con preparation buzzing, I can't seem to get much more then sketches done. I really like these. Most of these characters aren't actual characters. Born to exist for a sketch. Why is that girl making the "dat ass" face? I don't know...
At least it's proof that I can draw that face. Oh no, the world is in for it now. I have the power of the bitey lip in my grasp.
- Isa
ps. EEEEEE I GET TO DRAW FOR A WHOLE WEEKEND OMG
I'm participating to a convention called "Geekfest" here in Montréal on March 5-6. It's not Namesake related. Actually, it's for an activity that got planned way before namesake was born. It's for a character draw-a-thon. Basically, poeple come to see me, describe characters and can leave with the sketches or leave them to be posted. BUT I still want to use the event to indirectly advertize Namesake because... well, because!
At first, it was suggested to me that I should print postcards as Namesake ads and draw on the other side, so that the requester doesn't loose the Namesake URL, since he won't want to loose his drawing. However, I learned that printing postcards was expensive, and the cardboard wasn't quite good for inking. So, instead, I think i'll print some business cards, and I got a stamp made. I'll give out cards and stamp the back of the drawing. So, they won't loose Namesake :D
So to resume, there's a few things I need to get ready for the con...
- Business cards
- Stamp
- Poster for booth
- Buy lots and lots of pencils and pens
- Get reimbursed by con staff for pens
- Get lots and lots of sketch cards (4X6 minimum and at least 200 of them)
- Get a tip jar
- Get something to attract people on desk (A giant pikachu? I have one! Or something?)
- Fix online portfolio prior to con
I know there's a lot of people on my con list that have attended cons either as goers or artists, so to you have any tips on how to make a booth look really snazzy? What attracts you to a booth? I'm usually attracted to the drawings themselves, so i'm doing some posters. :D
Here are my card and stamp designs... Yup, the cards are double-sided.
SKULLLLLSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
With all this con preparation buzzing, I can't seem to get much more then sketches done. I really like these. Most of these characters aren't actual characters. Born to exist for a sketch. Why is that girl making the "dat ass" face? I don't know...
At least it's proof that I can draw that face. Oh no, the world is in for it now. I have the power of the bitey lip in my grasp.
- Isa
ps. EEEEEE I GET TO DRAW FOR A WHOLE WEEKEND OMG
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Date: 2011-02-12 05:04 am (UTC)Good luck and have fun there! Let us know how it goes! And if you can sneak some pics from the event in, that'd be sweet... ~_^