Arisia '04

[joflasher]

- didn't sell a damn thing. Nope, not even one. Then again, noone really seemed to be selling well. Even the big names didn't sell out and most of us no-names didn't get a single bid. The only thing getting constistanly bid on was the very cheap little acrylic originals. I don't know if it was because of the economy or if people just didn't want to try to take the bigger stuff home during the snow. Either way, not a good con for me. I think I'm done pouting now. Here's hoping Boskone goes better.

- bought a sympathy corset. Like sympathy sex, sympathy corsets happen for the sole purpose of making the receiver feel better. Its been a long time since I've felt as outright sexy as I did walking around the con this afternoon. Now I need to figure out other reasons to wear my corset.

That's all folks. I can't help but feel this weekend was a bust. I'm $300 lighter (corset + other stuff) and I didn't make up any of it with the art. Okay, I lied. I'm not done pouting yet.

Comments

[eustaciavye.livejournal.com]

ACK! I forgot to look for your stuff! I was going to buy something!

[starherd.livejournal.com]

bugger all. Does sound like it didn't go well for anyone in the art show, though.
*hopes that things go better next time*

[wandelrust.livejournal.com]

Now I need to figure out other reasons to wear my corset.

D&D! It will, uh, help set the mood.

[flasher.livejournal.com]

I don't think my um...well built ranger is really running around in a corset. Especially not a corset like this. Talk to me again when I'm playing a sorceress.

[dgr.livejournal.com]

i don't think in-character verisimilitude was the mood to which he was referring.

[jnanacandra.livejournal.com]

Con sales have been sucking a lot for everyone, as far as I can tell... this summer at Comicon there were some big names who didn't sell *anything*, and, as you said, the only people who did sell were the ones with small really cheap prints like Theresa Mather...

I'm also hoping it'll pick up soon. I keep seeing reports that the art world and the economy in general are picking up steam.

The Boskone show seems to have a different feel from Arisia, though I'm not sure I can put my finger on what it is... last year I sold decently at Arisia, and nothing at Boskone. Maybe that means you will do better :)

[flasher.livejournal.com]

Well, we have very different styles so the inverse effect might take place. Really, though, I saw lots of very nice art at VERY reasonable prices and not a single bid on them. It was quite disappointing. When I left saturday night, there was less than half a dozen bids in the ENTIRE SHOW. It perked up on Sunday right at the end but even still, only maybe 10 pieces went to auction and they were all small acrylic originals, half of them by Theresa and the other half by MaryAnne Cambell.

MaryAnne is a friend of mine from the 'net and still an ameture but she's doing the $25 4x6 acrylic route right now. All her paintings looked extremely similar to the point where I think she has a dragon stamp and just paints a background. Not something I'm interested in doing quite yet. Wait until I get far enough into the hole, then I'll break out the acrylics and do a painting a night for 2 weeks.