Artists Alley Thread

[Anonymous No.7958735]

New artists alley thread.

Previous one: >>7914752

[Anonymous No.7958786]

Reposting my question from the last thread:

Anyone got any pictures of table displays that don't use PVC pipes or grid cubes?

[Anonymous No.7959139]

>>7958786

[Anonymous No.7959152]

>>7958786

[Anonymous No.7959170]

I was thinking about making pillows to sell at my next AA. Do you think that original art would be ok, or should I stick to known characters? I wanted to do maybe some cute animals or something like that.

[Anonymous No.7959179]

I have never had an AA table, but I really want to break into the whole thing. I make cute waist aprons that are video game inspired and such, but that really doesn't seem like it's enough for a table. Are there any things else I should consider?

[Anonymous No.7959188]

>>7959179

If you specialise in sewing merch, maybe you can consider smaller items like pencil pouches, cell phone bags, charms, small plushies, etc.

I had a bit of a hard time at AA this year, and I think one of the reasons why is because I only sold jewelry. Last year, when I sold bows as well, I had a better outcome because it appealed to more groups and had cheaper pricing.

[Anonymous No.7959209]

>>7959188
Thanks. I always blank on ideas when it comes to trying to make something to sell. I make a few polymer clay earrings too. Mostly tentacles, but I wasn't sure of how they'd sell.

[Anonymous No.7959217]

>>7959209

I think the earrings would sell really well! Just make sure to price accordingly - people for instance won't shell out $20 for a ring usually. You're usually dealing with cheap teenagers on a measly budget who may or may have not spent all their money on posters already and are looking for a way to burn their last dollars.

[Anonymous No.7959224]

How can I avoid thefts of items like jewellery and clothing that I make?

[Anonymous No.7959229]

>>7959217
I think I price my earring fairly cheap. I usually charge about $15 for regular earrings then about $25 for fake sizers. I really hope I can get a nice list made up so I know exactly what I want to do. I've also been toying with the idea of making kigurumis.

[Anonymous No.7959234]

>>7959224
I'd keep the jewelry pretty close to you at all times. As for clothing, if it's just like a shirt design, I'd say to have a book of your designs and then just keep boxes of the shirts under the table.

[Anonymous No.7959240]

>>7959224

Put one of that item out instead of all of the item (for instance, one of a pink donut ring instead of five), and get clear jewelry stands so you can clearly see what's going on from behind.

[Anonymous No.7959448]

How well do dakimakura sell? Is it worth it to try my hand at it? Pic sort-of related but if would be of a popular character and not shit-tier..

[Anonymous No.7959567]

>>7959448
Someone should make fugly sonic recolor dakimakuras, in MSPaint or crayon like that, print them for cheap and sell them for cheap. I'd buy one.

[Corky-Lunn !CorkyloMxc No.7959695]

>>7959170
>I was thinking about making pillows to sell at my next AA. Do you think that original art would be ok, or should I stick to known characters?

Cute should sell. There's a girl in the AA FB group that makes merpug pillows (pug/mermaid fusion) that are super cute and she does extremely well at cons.

[Anonymous No.7959750]

>>7959448

You should ask Soltian at tumblr? She used to take commissions for dakimakuras and sell the spares at cons at around $80 for each, so she'd be able to give you some pointers

[Anonymous No.7961240]

Where's the anon who was going to review her silhouette cutting machine? I'm dying to know her full thoughts on it.

[Anonymous No.7961455]

>>7959793
I'm not sure how many people apply, but there's only like 80 tables at AnimeNEXT. I assume they get a lot of applications because it's one of the only anime cons in the NYC area, so yeah you really have to go into it expecting not to get in.
I had a great experience selling there and meeting other artists, but had a lot of headaches with the preliminary stuff and watched a bunch of artists get into internet fights with the artist alley heads on more than one occasion. It's a poorly managed artist alley, but the artists I met and the money I made more than made up for it. I like the convention a lot, but I always warn people about that stuff because I wish someone had told me.

[Anonymous No.7961664]

>>7961455
I've had an awful experience with the AnimeNEXT AA. So much lack of communication.

[Anonymous No.7961835]

>>7961664
Was your bad experience with the staff or the con in general? I've heard mixed things.

[Anonymous No.7961945]

>>7961664
Are they the same organizers as mangaNEXT when it was running? I remember applying to mangaNEXT and being told 2 weeks before convention start that I got a table via wait list. Had to turn it down since I'm from CA and it would've been prohibitively expensive to get airline tickets and hotel with that little notice.

[Anonymous No.7962069]

>>7961945
I think so!
The first time I applied for animeNEXT I got wait listed, then they told me I had a table 36 hours before the convention. Like, I got the email the wednesday night before the con! I'm not as far away as you are, but I still would have needed a hotel room or I'd be driving an hour and a half home every night plus there was no way I could get off of work for the whole weekend/restock my prints. I wonder if they got someone to fill the spot or if there was just an empty table in the aa that year.

[Anonymous No.7962086]

>>7959695
that sounds really cute do you have a link to her stuff

[Anonymous No.7962399]

>>7959224
I'd invest in a glass case for the jewelry. Only let one person take something out to examine it at a time.

[Anonymous No.7962620]

Are there a lot of good/popular plush artists that sell at cons? I feel that every con I go to, it's usually a bunch of mediocre plushies and maybe 1 that's really good...

[Anonymous No.7962693]

>>7962069
Damn, that's super short notice! I mean, I know that some cons have walk-in opportunities when the con starts but there has to be a better process when it comes to wait listing. Even AX acknowledges wait list at least two or three months before con.

[Corky-Lunn !CorkyloMxc No.7962824]

>>7962086
sure! Look for "Shlii" on FB.

>>7962620
the person I mentioned above, Lucky Squid Studios, Janelle's Plushies on etsy, Kimchi Kawaii, to name a few

[Anonymous No.7962895]

Does anyone know a good place to get custom lapel pins? Or the best place for custom lanyards, too? I've been seeing a lot of those pop up in AA and Dealership hall lately.

[Anonymous No.7962994]

>>7962895
swagrobot does that kind of thing iirc!

[Anonymous No.7963066]

>>7962994
I'll check them out, thank you!

[Anonymous No.7963068]

>>7961835
The con itself was fine. I had a pretty pleasant experience because the artists around me were fine. I sold a pretty decent amount too.
The staff was the problem. I feel like some of them had no idea what they were doing. One refused to let me in because he said I didn't have an artist badge (when I did, obviously), and just general communication with the AA staff was slow and unhelpful.

[Anonymous No.7963077]

>>7959224
I did the method of having one of each thing out at a time and it's twice now that I've had no theft. I also make sure to have the items near the edge of the table in view. Though, so far I've shared my table with a friend so I didn't have more than four feet to watch.

[Anonymous No.7963320]

>>7961240
Silhouette anon here. After a week's worth of use I'm still pretty happy with it! I've experimented with different cuts and different papers (sticker, cardstock, watercolor) and handles all of them really well. It's a really good investment.

The software is easy, but needs major rehauling. The fact that undos include zooming is unheard of. If you have inkscape, corel draw, or illustrator, it's better you do your main layouts there and import it to designer. If you only own raster programs like photoshop or sai, the autotrace for outlines works really well. I did have one design that autotrace glitched on so I had to use a vector program to redraw my cut, but most of the time I just used the autotrace.

If you're using this for stickers your cut area is roughly 10 x 7.5 inches based on a 8.5 x 11 sheet. You can make two 5 x 7 sticker sheets per page and yes kisscutting comes out great. I stick mainly to diecuts. I can fit 15-20 1 1/2 inch stickers on a page or 4-8 medium/large stickers. I use LD glossy sticker paper which I can get 100 sheets for 20 bucks and it's goes a long way. Next year I'll add vinyl to the mix for more popular stickers, but I'm okay with the stuff I'm using.

If you're planning to get a silhouette do not get the latest one that just came out. The features for it are pretty useless and are more for scapbookers.

[Anonymous No.7963330]

Any AA anons planning for Acen? I'm interested in what shops/commissions/things you are going t o do.

[Anonymous No.7963362]

i'm so happy more booths at artists alley are accepting AMEX cards because i get really anxious when i carry around cash at cons!

[Corky-Lunn !CorkyloMxc No.7963629]

>>7963320
which one is the new one? Is that the cameo?

[Anonymous No.7963827]

>>7963629
I've seen it online as the cameo 2/or the new cameo. It's a bit more expensive than the original.

[Anonymous No.7964320]

>>7963320
anon would you happen to know the difference between the cameo and the portrait?

[Anonymous No.7964555]

>>7964320
The portrait is just a smaller basic version of the cameo, but it's limited. It can only handle 8x10 sheets, meaning you'll have to crop sheets beforehand. You'll also won't be able to use rolls of material. It does the same basic functions as the cameo. It's just more small scale.

[Anonymous No.7964952]

Thinking of making kigurumis, but not sure on how much to charge.

[Anonymous No.7965123]

Any seagulls planning to table at Shinkoucon in NJ?

[Anonymous No.7965163]

I was given these plastic containers with compartments in them filled with plastic beads from a friend who didn't want it anymore. I made a bunch of simple kandi bracelets (no cuffs or masks) out of the beads so I could use the containers for other stuff and I'm going to sell it at my table as just a small side item to get rid of it. I never really pay attention to the prices of that stuff at other cons so I don't really have a clue aside from some of the prices that I've seen on etsy. So what prices would you all recommend?

[Anonymous No.7965174]

What advice would you give to someone going to stall at AA for the first time? Any beginner's mistakes/pricing/item suggestions?

[Anonymous No.7965279]

I'm looking to get into resin for AA, just had a few questions.

I love making shrinky dink jewelry and charms right now, but I want to upgrade to a more finished and polished look. How would I go about using a design that I have created on the computer, and incorporating it into a resin piece?

Specifically I would love for it to have the same shape as the design (picture related) instead of my design randomly shoved into a square or circle.

How would still using the shrinky dinks work but then maybe doming the front of them be?

Any help appreciated.

>inb4 shitty Holley Tea Time

[Anonymous No.7965281]

>>7965174

Depends on what you plan to sell Anon

[Anonymous No.7965300]

Quick question to AA veterans. Did any of you have to deal with overcoming that "Oh god my stuff won't sell and I'll look like a total loser in the room with no one coming to my booth?" sense of doubt your first time doing AA? If so, how the hell do you overcome it?

[Anonymous No.7965316]

I'm looking to buy a desktop laminator and have done some looking, but thought I'd ask here. I'd really like something that can handle 7 or 10 mil sheets so my chibi charms are thick (I do use 100 lb cardstock, too), but I'm not sure if there are inexpensive ones that handle that thick of laminate.

Anyone got a recommendation on a good laminator? Willing to spend up to $100. Thanks!

[Anonymous No.7965334]

Is there any place to see a list of popular cons and when their apps go up? I really want to branch out, but I keep missing cons because I'm out of the loop...

>>7965300
You don't.
I've been doing this for five years, consider myself pretty damn successful, have never failed to pull a profit, and I STILL feel that before every con.

[Anonymous No.7965337]

>>7965279
>inb4 shitty Holley Tea Time

It is shitty, why didn't you post one of the 50000 other good looking resin topped jewelry on etsy?

Anyways, for your question, you could probably make a resin safe mold out of silicone or something.

[Anonymous No.7965683]

>>7965337

It just so happened to be the first example I came upon. It did convey the message didn't it?

Anyways thanks for the tip on silicone molding I guess.

[Anonymous No.7965728]

>>7965334
At some point there were either spreadsheets or wiki pages floating around but they all stopped being updated after a point.

I recommend just stalking twitters and facebook pages for the cons you're interested in, or signing up for mailing lists. Most cons aren't consistent in their timing for AA reg, and you'll usually need to reserve things like hotels well before AA signups open.

[Anonymous No.7966082]

>I just bought 500 cell phone straps
>God Help Me
>Aka, CGL I need some pointers

Does anyone have and expert advice on cell-phone charms? I'm just starting out and as far as I know shrinky dink is my only realistic option right now. How do you personally make yours look good? I'm not apposed to 3D figures, but I'd rather do flat-surface ones that I can just reprint.

Also, none of that laminated bullshit, they always break since it's literally paper with two sheets of plastic.

[Anonymous No.7966091]

>>7966082
OOPS, this was sort of answered, sorry.

But if theres anyone with advice on how their make theirs I'm still open to it.

[Anonymous No.7966102]

>>7965163
It really depends. If they are just regular colors go for something cheap with maybe like $2 and you'll be able to sell a lot (since you got the supplies for free it shouldn't matter). If they're actually designed and have a word on it then maybe a couple bucks more. I can say for sure that if you did cuffs you'd be able to sell them for like $10 or $15, people love that shit.

OH, and if any of the beads are like pastel (or rainbow/sparkly/semi-transparent) shit you'd make gold. Seriously, I make bank off of selling products that are just pastel colors because of "aesthetic" bullshit from tumblr.

[Anonymous No.7966498]

Is there a noob guide for Tax ID stuff? I'm gonna do my first AA and all I pull up on google is stuff for businesses and not for people that do this as a once a year thing.

[Anonymous No.7966618]

>>7966498

If you know anyone else who does AA in your state, that definitely helps. I asked a friend who had been doing it for a few years and she was able to point me in the right direction. I live in TX and it was easy to register, I just have to pay sales tax every quarter, if I make any money that quarter. I register my freelance design business as my actual business, and run the AA as a side part of that, but it seemed the most ethical thing to do (even if I only do freelance projects every 2-3 months). I also wasn't sure what to call the AA business, so it seemed easier to use the name of my established design stuff.

[Anonymous No.7966786]

>>7966498
>>7966618
Do you even need licenses or tax stuff for most conventions? I'm doing my first one in the summer and I don't see anything about either of those on the website but I know some other conventions at least need a sellers license.

[Anonymous No.7966813]

Has anyone made cabochons or keychains out of hot glue molds? I saw some Modge Podge molds for hot glue of all things at Michaels this morning when I went for their Crayola 50% off sale. I know resin is the best but I thought maybe I'd try their hot glue stuff.

[Anonymous No.7966835]

>>7966813
What happens when those hot glue figures come in contact with a little heat? Resin is at least a chemical reaction, but won't hot glue just remelt all over the place?

[Anonymous No.7966838]

>>7966835
>Glue guns come in low-temperature and high-temperature (hot-melt) versions. Low-temperature glue guns operate at approximately 120 °C (248 °F) and are well suited when high temperatures are undesirable, such as gluing lace and cloth.

I wouldn't think so. Not unless whoever buys them is holding the items over an open flame or left them on the stove.

[Anonymous No.7966854]

>>7966838
In 45 degree heat (113 degrees for the Americans) I've certainly had some of the hot glue elements on my larp costume get a bit soft but not enough to deform. Most items aren't going to cook on metal in the sun for as long as my detailing did.

[Anonymous No.7966923]

The hot glue things should just take on the properties of an unmelted glue stick. Probably fine for jewelry and hair accessories but probably not things that take a beating like keychains or phone cases.

[Anonymous No.7966982]

I'm thinking of selling some home decor type stuff from taobao and Aliexpress this year. Nothing copyrighted, but lots of cute mugs, aprons, bags, etc. Would I be all right in between all the homemade stuff, stuffed animals, and drawings?

[Anonymous No.7966994]

>>7966982

artist alley if for things done by the person - or, at least, by the publishing house. You are looking for a vendor's table.

[Anonymous No.7967002]

>>7966786

Depends on the con and state. For A-kon and A-fest in Texas it's required. Check with the AA person for your con to see whether you'll need an ID or not. I mean, yeah, it's only for a con, but it's also a business, so legally, whether you need an ID or not you should still pay taxes on it. However, that's between you, the con, and Uncle Sam.

[Anonymous No.7967117]

>>7965279
You can always dome it with resin. Just mix the resin and wait until the resin gels, it's more easier to coat charms like this because it's harder to overflow.
Anybody wants some shrinking plastic inspiration? I have a lot of cute pictures on my folder.

[Anonymous No.7967119]

>>7967002
Is it just me or does it seem not that big of a deal not to pay taxes if you're only doing one or two AAs a year? It's not like you're really rolling in dough after that. You'll earn what, maybe $500 per year?

[Anonymous No.7967219]

>>7966082
>Also, none of that laminated bullshit, they always break since it's literally paper with two sheets of plastic.

I like you. I was never fond of laminated keychains, seemed pointless to me. Seems like easy money though.

[Anonymous No.7967225]

>>7967119

Well, the thing is you'll probably not make enough to actually need to pay taxes for income stuff, but you will need to pay a sales tax for your state more than likely. It's not a huge deal, but I personally had to register with the state tax office to get my sales tax ID to sign up for AA, and in doing so I knew I'd have to pay taxes on what I made. I registered my existing freelance business, so there is a web trail of my account. I could lie, but they could also theoretically check up on me. They probably won't, but my taxes were so little this year on my AA stuff I had no problem paying. I did one con, made $1600 after deducting my costs, and paid $75 in a combo of state and local taxes.

Yes, I could have lied, but I chose to accurately report what I made. I'm registered with the state so I'll fairly pay my taxes. If you're unregistered then it's just up to your conscience. But proportionally, the tax you'd pay would be very small, if any.

[Anonymous No.7967292]

>>7966813
I haven't tested the mold with resin yet, but it works well with those glue melts. I also tried the glue melts in one of my other molds... the casts came out pretty good, though they were slightly sticky for 2 days.
>>7966835
Once you paint/seal them they should be fine.

[Anonymous No.7967298]

I hate glue melts, I think they're cheap and waxy looking. Wouldn't buy them would reccomend against. 1/10 would go up to your table and passive aggressively bitch about your use of them.

[Anonymous No.7967360]

a friend of mine encouraged me to try and sell plushes at my table, despite normally being a button/print seller. I was thinking of making luma (mario galaxy) plushes but I noticed some other artists make them.

Is there some unwritten etiquette to making plushes of the same thing? Most of the lumas I've found through google seem to be cheaply made and I'd like to make something nicer (something more like a beanie baby than the felt ones I've seen). While I really don't think this will happen, I want to avoid any conflict with sellers who may be selling a plush of the same character. If there is an artist known for their plushes of a certain character or series, should I flat out avoid making the same character?

[Anonymous No.7967369]

>>7967360
No, just make them better and you'll win out.

[Anonymous No.7967371]

>>7963077
what's up kumoricon

[Anonymous No.7967574]

In NCC whats the Artist ally there i want to go next year

[Anonymous No.7967596]

For those that don't have a button machine -- if you were to get some buttons made, how much is your ideal price per button? 25 cents? Lower?

[Anonymous No.7968100]

Anyone know any services that will do fractal/broken glass/shiny printing? I know JiMi Agency is open right now, I just can't afford it right at the moment.

[Anonymous No.7968192]

>>7967117
Yes please!

>>7967219
They look so tacky to me, I would never pay money for them. Kind of puts me off to the artist when I see those on display.

[Anonymous No.7968218]

>>7963330
I'm gonna set up a kissing booth but we put a piece of paper between our lips and you are buying the paper with my lipstick mark on it.

[Anonymous No.7968436]

>>7966813
I think these would work better if there was a compatible paint you could paint in details with first before gluing. Kind of like a chocolate mold. Because I feel a lot of potential detail gets lost and flat.

[Anonymous No.7968860]

>>7968192
>I was waiting...
This is my favorite.

[Anonymous No.7968863]

>>7968860

[Anonymous No.7968867]

>>7968863

[Anonymous No.7968870]

>>7968867

[Anonymous No.7968875]

>>7968870
More from >>7968860

[Anonymous No.7968887]

Can I get a list of what's popular right now?
Besides Tokyo Ghoul, Free, and Yowamushi Pedal, I don't really know what's popular.

[Anonymous No.7968891]

>>7968875
Do you have a tutorial on how to make stuff like this? They're so cute

[Anonymous No.7968893]

>>7968875
This is really cute--feels PMMM/Inu Curry inspired.

[Anonymous No.7968902]

>>7967117

Thanks so much for the useful reply!

[Anonymous No.7968904]

>>7968860
>>7968863
>>7968867
>>7968870
>>7968875

Oh wow I just got to creep the rest of the thread. Love this! Thanks for contributing .

[Anonymous No.7969007]

>>7968875
Sorry, I got a little bit more.

[Anonymous No.7969020]

>>7968887
Haikyuu and Kuroko no Basket as well

[Anonymous No.7969023]

>>7963077
Does this person have an online store? I want to buy stuff.

[Anonymous No.7969055]

>>7969007

>>7968891
I think you just print your stuff and dome it with resin or you can try using embossing powder too(But resin gives cleaner finish). What I find that makes 100 better this pieces sometimes are the findings used.

[Anonymous No.7969059]

>>7969055

[Anonymous No.7969061]

>>7969059
And the last one, I found this one on pixiv.

[Anonymous No.7969219]

>>7969055

Resin noob here, when you say dome it with resin can you explain further? Do you just literally cover the printed paper item in resin?

[Anonymous No.7969245]

>>7969219
Well, that is shrinking plastic to begin with.
You need to shrink it before doming it with anything.
To dome with resin, you just mix equal parts of resin and hardener until it's clear. You can dome it with it immediately after that or wait half and hour or so until the resin gels a little so when you pour the resin into your piece, it won't overflow so easily. I wish I had a better tutorial, but this is the only thing I got that explains it a bit.

[Anonymous No.7969286]

Anyone know good brands or places to buy shrinky dink plastic? This domed resin stuff is really inspiring and I already have resin to play with.

[Anonymous No.7969364]

>>7969061
Are her legs on backwards or is it just me?

[Anonymous No.7969367]

>>7969364
I think it's one of those comic book poses where the spine is impossibly twisted.

[Anonymous No.7969374]

>>7969286
I got mine at Michaels. I use Grafix Shrink Film (make sure that it's for your inkjet printer).

What kind of resin do you have and where did you get it? I've been meaning to try using that stuff.

[Anonymous No.7969380]

>>7969364
The backs of her heels just look like they're the same color as the shoe, so they blend in. You can kind of see the outline of it if you squint.

[Anonymous No.7969410]

>>7969061
Is there a tag on pixiv for these types of projects and other similar ones? Navigating the original work side of pixiv is kind of daunting compared to just googling the moonrunes to your animu of choice.

[Anonymous No.7969416]

>>7968860
Thanks so much for posting these! Do you happen to know what the general price range for selling these types of charms is nowadays?

[Anonymous No.7969436]

>>7969374
How is the graphix brand shrink quality wise?

I've want to try some to see how well it cuts on the silhouette but I've heard mix reviews on it.

[Anonymous No.7969438]

>>7969436
*I've wanted

sorry phone typo

[Anonymous No.7969472]

>>7969374
I bought this epoxy resin at home depot to save some cash instead of the overpriced stuff marketed for crafting. Used it in silicone molds and it worked fine. When trying to find it in the store ask for the resin people use to coat bar tables etc. otherwise they just get confused. It was hiding among the various laquers and wood finishes. I want to get into garage kit making eventually so I'll try out some polyurethane resin for that someday.

[Anonymous No.7969702]

>>7969374

I'm also curious about the Grafix Shrink Film. I had some Shrinky Dink paper kicking around my house that was pretty old (ink jet from an old project) and I decided to use the rest of it. It was really frustrating to work with and I almost gave up hope. I had a new Shrinky Dink ink jet package that I used and was completely stunned at the changes they made. It was so much easier to work with and was perfect for me 10/10

Changes from the old to the new
Old
>8x10 sheet
>Only one side printable
>Smudged easily
>I had huge problems with a lot of my pieces shrinking crooked or not co-operating

New
>8.5x11 sheet
>Both sides printable
>Its been much more forgiving and doesnt seem to smudge
>Pieces have shrinked perfectly with no warps

Anyways how is Graffix? Pros and cons?

[Anonymous No.7969734]

>>7969410
I think there is, but I found that by searching on BOOTH instead of Pixiv itself.
You can always try "ハンドメイド" (Handmade) to see the related tags.

I'm actually very new to shrinking plastic and I saw recently a tutorial on youtube on how to make your own bracelets, so I decided to give it a try, How can you curve perfectly a shrinking plastic piece? This was like my fourth attepmt and it's still little wavy on the center.And yes, it's domed with resin, I found with this piece, that it was better when the resin gels.

[Anonymous No.7969796]

>>7969245

So I've heard on this thread before that Shrinky Dinks mess up the colors when you print on them, does anyone else have printed Shrinky Dink stories? I currently make all my charms as the laminated kind, but would love to make them more durable by doing the Shrinky Dink plastic instead. Or, does anyone know of a custom acrylic site that does low numbers? My problem is I have lots of chibis, but don't ever need 100 of them. I only do AA twice a year.

[Anonymous No.7969859]

>>7969796
I think zapcreatives let's you get up to 5 different designs when you order 100 charms. Maybe you could email them asking how much they would charge for an extra design.

[Anonymous No.7970208]

>>7969436
I've had good and bad results with my shrink film. These two were from my own toaster oven, and they came out way too orange.

[Anonymous No.7970216]

>>7969436
And then these were made using my boyfriend's toaster oven which came out color accurate. We used the same settings. You'll probably have to experiment a little to get it right.
Check kaiami's charm tutorial, she explains the settings to print them at.

[Anonymous No.7970226]

While we're on the topic of Shrinky Dinks, who here used a heat gun instead of an oven? Which method of of shrinking do you prefer?

[Anonymous No.7970242]

>>7970216
>that rolf
hnnnnnng

[Anonymous No.7970256]

>>7969472
Sweet! Thank you!

>>7969734
You need a base that you can wrap it around when you first get it out of the oven, when it's still malleable. You can also reheat it a little bit if it didn't turn out right the first time (try to avoid doing it too much, it can mess with the image).

>>7970242
I've had my storenvy up for like 4 months, and no one has bought shit. Does anyone have tips for making sales?

[Anonymous No.7970275]

>>7968887
if you would stoop as low as snk, that os popular, also fairy tale and sao

[Slutcliff !!oApGYJz0ghp No.7970278]

>>7970216
These are so precious!

[Anonymous No.7970335]

Tfw my toaster oven has gone missing since moving.

[Anonymous No.7970443]

this talk of shrink plastic is so inspiring.


i bought a pack of clear shrinky dink plastic to play with but i'm not sure how everyone colors their work. i really like how punimelt's pins look, and so far the only method i've done is with acrylic paint. however it tends to look uneven and the paint layers seem to get thick very quickly. how does everyone here color their pins?

[Anonymous No.7970444]

>>7970443
oh wrong image sorry, pic related is how i want them to look

[Anonymous No.7970533]

>>7970444
It kind of looks like pen and marker to me. I've seen people recommend colored pencil/markers if you're not printing them.

[Anonymous No.7970626]

I've never used shrinky dinks before but I'm curious about it now after seeing all the posts about them. What's a good beginners shrinky dink product?

[Anonymous No.7970678]

>>7970256
Thank you! I actually did that but the plastic didn't bend that much. I don't know if it was because I needed to heat it more but at some point the plastic went full hard and didn't bend at all. I used graphix shrinking plastic.

>>7970444
I think what >>7970533 said too. I saw people using posca markers to get white solid outlines like picture <

[Anonymous No.7970682]

>>7970678
*grafix, sorry I will use this to add another picture.

[Anonymous No.7970807]

>>7969023
Yes! http://creamyalamode.storenvy.com
I just put it up a few weeks ago and put some leftover stock up. Currently making new stock for the shop.

[Anonymous No.7971097]

I'm looking to get a heavy-duty button maker sometime soon, something to make buttons between 1 and 1.5 inches. I'm leaning toward the 1.5 because I personally like bigger buttons and how much they show off the art on them, but I typically see smaller ones in the Alleys I've been to.

What size does /cgl/ have/make? What size do you folks prefer?

[Anonymous No.7971107]

>>7971097
I prefer the 1.5", at least they usually have a more secured backing where the pin part won't fall out like a lot of the 1" sizes do. And with that size you'll get to show off more of the button details.

[Anonymous No.7971302]

I want to make a rosette like pic related, but all I get are flower tutorials when I search.

[Anonymous No.7971312]

>>7970682
People actually buy this shit?

No, wait, people actually make this shit? Eww.

[Anonymous No.7971315]

>>7970807
>http://creamyalamode.storenvy.com
Wow, what's with like, all the stolen designs?

[Anonymous No.7971440]

if a lot of you go through with them shrinkadinkas, please calm your hands before you cut out your designs. Nothing worse than all these little plastic things with unclean, jagged edges.

[Anonymous No.7971653]

>>7971312
>>7971315
Samefag gonna samefag.

[Anonymous No.7971657]

>>7971302

Someone posted up a good rosette tutorial a while ago, I'll post it again.

http://www.marthastewart.com/269394/bow-how-tos-continued

It's called a medallion bow for googlefu purposes (I had the same problem as well).

Just be warned it takes quite a bit of a learning curve. My first few bows were pretty lumpy.

[Corky-Lunn !CorkyloMxc No.7972031]

>>7971097
I did 1" for a couple years, but I've moved onto the 1.25" and prefer it for showing off more of the artwork like you mentioned.

and if you're looking for recommendations for what type of button maker, go with the Tecre. I've tried a couple and it's my favorite so far

[Anonymous No.7972439]

Is the anon who printed on eco canvas on spoonflower here? I got some funds and I want to give it a try but I'm not sure how the print comes out.

[Anonymous No.7972656]

>>7971097
I have a 1.5 inch and I love it. They can show a lot of detail without being too big. Their a good size for keychains too. I got keychain buttons in 2.25 made and they're too big for my liking.

[Anonymous No.7972831]

>>7967596
What size is this for? I personally think this is a steal for 1.25 or 1.5 inch buttons.
I don't think you should go lower.

[Anonymous No.7972863]

>>7967596
I've only got my buttons made at one local place for 100pc for $28 after taxes, so generally it costs $0.28 per button. It's okay for me since buttons isn't a big thing for me, but I think to get it done for even less would be better.

[Anonymous No.7973162]

>>7971657
Thanks anon! I knew I remembered seeing someone have the same problem somewhere...

[Anonymous No.7976282]

Does anyone have any experience with selling stationary sets? Like cute paper like this, colored envelopes, some with designs some not. Adding stickers and a pen into one package? Do you think that would sell?

Also would be best bet be kinkos to print stuff like that out?

[Anonymous No.7976384]

Would it be possible for me to ask for print pricing suggestions on my art if I were to post one of my pieces?

[Anonymous No.7976409]

>>7976384
typically prints range from $5 for smaller, standard paper sizes; to $10-20 for larger sizes. This of course also depends upon how high the quality of your print and paper are. If you're using your home inkjet printer, you're stuff is going to look like it came from a home inkjet printer and should be priced accordingly.

The biggest factor in the price though? Will simply be how popular your work is.

[Corky-Lunn !CorkyloMxc No.7976435]

>>7976282
>Adding stickers and a pen into one package? Do you think that would sell?
I think adding some cute stickers and a pen would help sell it possibly. I feel like the pen would have to be nice quality or made specifically for the memo pad (not just one from the dollarstore). The stickers could be cute characters with "OK!" or "CUTE!" speechbubbles, or even cute emoticons or flowers.

>Also would be best bet be kinkos to print stuff like that out?
I know ArtsKow (replace the K with a C, damn spam filter) does custom memo pads. My friend get a couple made and they looked great! I'd like to get some soon myself.

[Anonymous No.7976436]

>>7976409
No one really knows I exist in the art world, so what would I do in that case?

[Anonymous No.7976443]

>>7976435

Cool! Thanks for your help!

[Anonymous No.7976446]

>>7976436
>in the art world
chinese cartoons isn't the 'art world'

[Anonymous No.7976491]

I'm thinking of using cardbacks and small baggies for selling now. Right now I just put my business card in a small baggie and putting jewelry in there for shipping. I'm thinking of just ordering more business card, but with a portrai orientation and more "empty space" for the item to sit on.

[Anonymous No.7976503]

>>7976446
okay sorry the internet anime art world
better?

[Anonymous No.7976596]

>>7976503
A little. Are you good at drawing? Are you better at pandering?

[Anonymous No.7976600]

>>7976436
draw popular pairings from popular series with cult-like followings (aka pander to fujoshi and those types)
or draw really good/interesting group photos of main characters from widely popular series

[Anonymous No.7976602]

>>7976596
I'm not sure. I like to think I'm good. I'm not godsent amazing, but I feel like if I were to post anything then you guys would rip my art to pieces if I'm not godsent

[Anonymous No.7976605]

>>7976600
Thanks for the tip anon

[Anonymous No.7976611]

>>7976602
Most people at artist alleys are bad to mediocre artists. Self-promotion and hitting the right buttons with the right fandoms seems to be more important.

What kinds of prints were you thinking of making?

[Anonymous No.7976623]

>>7976611
8.5 x 11 and 11 x 17 size prints
One of my friends who's done artist alley recommended me a site, which turns out to have a location in my city. Their stuff is good quality and not that expensive, and I won't have to pay shipping costs.

I guess I'm going to bite the bullet then with this and actually ask: would this classify as mediocre? Any advice on it?

[Anonymous No.7976628]

>>7976623
oh shit that's huge. Oops sorry for such a huge photot

[Anonymous No.7976629]

>>7976623
You better learn to pander, hard.

[Anonymous No.7976632]

>>7976623
It looks unfinished and proportions are off. It's bad. Not horrible or the worst, but not something worth selling.

[Anonymous No.7976633]

>>7976623
The style of shading you are doing is kinda a huge issue for me personally. The girl looks like she has cellulite all over her body. Pay more attention to the volume of things and don't just shade so randomly. I'd also say practice hands a lot because those hands aren't drawn very well. Put down the dodge and burn tool too. You have potential but these are all things you need to work on.

[Anonymous No.7976639]

>>7976632
>>7976633
this is a slightly older piece. I don't normally do very much digital.
Really this is the most recent but it's not even a full composition

[Anonymous No.7976642]

>>7976639
Still had proportion and shading issues. You are studying surface detail without mastering the basics. If you want to be great you need to master the form and not just the surface.

[Anonymous No.7976650]

>>7976639
Original characters don't sell. Stick to popular series and focus on nailing your composition. Find references that are close to what you want and copy them, if you're okay with it and don't make it obvious then you can trace. You won't sell enough for someone to find out and if you stick to just tracing rough poses it won't matter even if you're caught.

I don't think you're at the point where you should be trying to draw things straight from your head. Even professional artists use references.

[Anonymous No.7976740]

Every time I check my storenvy, it's closed?? I click the open button and within a day, it'll just auto-close itself. Is there a reason for this? I have a paypal/email set up and items in my store, what the fuck storenvy

This is probably stupid, but Google isn't giving me any results. I'd appreciate any help

[Anonymous No.7976810]

>>7976639
It looks like old vn art to be honest.

[Anonymous No.7976933]

can artist alleys make me a millionaire?

[Anonymous No.7976950]

>>7976933

Your comment reminds me of this crusty high school chem teacher I had. She was this old lady who was rumored to have 20 cats or something.

One day, some student decided to be a little smartass.

>Hey Ms. Cat Lady, what job can you get with a chem major that makes six figures?
>Cat Lady pauses
>You can always be a crack dealer. That earns six figures.

Then she walked off cackling to herself.

[Anonymous No.7976952]

>>7976950
so, it's possible?

[Anonymous No.7976965]

>>7976950
>that story
Had me in a brief fit of laugh

And a random table pic to be topic.

[Anonymous No.7977573]

>>7972439
Bumping the question.

[Anonymous No.7977594]

>>7976950
did they also call her Heisentits?

[Anonymous No.7977654]

What do you guys use for jewelry packaging? I'm looking at a place that sells generic sets of foldovers and earring cards but should I look into getting something printed with my logo or will it just get thrown out right away?

[Anonymous No.7977711]

A heads-up for Orlando artists; It's a Trap posted on their Facebook page that they're looking for geeky art to stick in their shop on consignment. Some of you may be interested.
"CALLING ALL LOCAL GEEK ARTISTS! We are looking to sell your handmade geeky goods on consignment in our lobby! We want items (jewelry, knick knacks, prints, etc.) that are medieval fantasy, science, zombie outbreak, role playing, or puzzle-themed. We want to showcase the best that Central FL has to offer! PM us with a link to your store/portfolio if interested!"

[Anonymous No.7977713]

>>7977654
I got logos done from a shop on aliexpress and I still have a ton of them. They were cheap and pretty nice.

[Anonymous No.7977873]

Speaking of packaging, I'm having a hard time finding custom tights packaging. Anyone know any search terms for the style on the left that's just cardstock wrapped around and taped in place, cardstock insert and plastic hanger. Or even someone that does custom packaging from the left without crazy high minimums.

[Anonymous No.7977875]

>>7977873
Dropped pic

[Anonymous No.7978082]

>>7977873

Honestly anon a lot of that could probably be done yourself (the card stock insert and hanger) if you order the supplies and then just get the wrap printed and cut out from a letter or tabloid sheet (like, design the whole wrap and just get it printed and cut somewhere). Bit more work, maybe, but it wouldn't be hard to put together.

[Anonymous No.7978191]

>>7978082
Piggybacking you could probably get the wrap from Kinkos setting up a letter or legal size page with two wraps, get it printed on some decent glossy paper meant for mailer ads and slicing them with a paper cutter. Then use a bit of pretty washi tape to keep it together.

[Anonymous No.7978718]

>>7976740
Anyone? I still can't figure this out, it's been doing it for like two months now. (sorry for the self bump)

[Anonymous No.7978915]

>>7978082
>>7978191
Thanks for the specific suggestions. Figured I'd have to not be lazy on this one in the end.

[Anonymous No.7979680]

What do you HATE to see at artist alley tables? For me, it's:

>Art that's clearly bad/can use a lot more improvement
>Overdone "kawaii" things aka putting cute eyes and blush marks. That shit sells but it makes me cringe.
>Thin laminated paper charms

[Anonymous No.7979686]

>>7979680
>Overdone "kawaii" things aka putting cute eyes and blush marks. That shit sells but it makes me cringe.

I started making shit like that years ago and as much as it makes me cringe nowadays, it still sells so well.

[Anonymous No.7979696]

>>7979686

Yeah, I'm getting a table with a friend and he suggested making kawaii shit like that and part of me wants to now but put the kawaii face on a trashcan or an electrical outlet or something stupid like that so it can be ironic but still sell

[Anonymous No.7979775]

>>7979696
Given that everyone on Tumblr is doing the 'I'm trash/You're trash' thing right now, the trashcans would sell.

[Anonymous No.7979816]

>>7979680
>Art that's very good but then ruined with bright red triangle/potato noses
>Unoriginal perler bead sprites
>Pins/shirts that just have some kind of weeaboo/koreaboo phrase on it

[Anonymous No.7979886]

>>7979680
>Clay statues where the creator can't sculpt anything beyond snowman shapes
>Haven't seen it in awhile but that one artist who just makes super shiny kawaii sameface portraits of characters that sells a fuckton. Got in huge trouble for buying 6+ tables one Otakon and probably some others. Wish I could remember the name
>"Keep Calm and _________"

[Anonymous No.7979924]

>>7979886
>Haven't seen it in awhile but that one artist who just makes super shiny kawaii sameface portraits of characters that sells a fuckton. Got in huge trouble for buying 6+ tables one Otakon and probably some others. Wish I could remember the name
I looked it up because this made me really curious, here you go. https://encyclopediadramatica.se/Ramy http://ogiuemaniax.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/otakon-2008-artists-alley-ooplah/

[Anonymous No.7979937]

Would this be a bad thread to ask about selling not homemade stuff? The local cons around me mix the vendor and artist alleys together.

I was thinking of selling kawaii stuff from Taobao, like this. Good idea, bad idea?

[Anonymous No.7979953]

Do you guys sell at every con in your area, or do you focus on big cons?

[Anonymous No.7980209]

Found this in the FB AA group. Are people really this shameless to sell shit with googled images pasted into them? Goddamn.

[Anonymous No.7980219]

>>7980209
Eww. Such an ugly mess of images and styles and formats.

[Anonymous No.7980222]

>>7980209
>all your base are belong to us
... that's still a relevant thing?

[Anonymous No.7980232]

>Custom bottle caps take 3-4 days
>custom resin pendants take 7-10 days.

Bitch it aint like youre making it by hand. Why does it take 10 days. Youre just printin it out and pastin it under some motherfuckin resin. Fuck.

[Anonymous No.7980271]

so im going to start making prints to sell, but i was wondering what dimensions do you guys usually go with? and resolution? thanks!

[Anonymous No.7980446]

>>7979680
Could I get some opinions on my stuff? I wanted to start mass producing "kawaii" stickers like this but I was afraid they wouldn't be cute enough.

>>7980271
11x17 inches have been pretty standard for me but I know many do 8.5x11 and 6x4 for mini prints. It really depends on the place you choose to print from but those are all pretty standard sizes.

[Anonymous No.7980507]

>>7980446

No way! This is super cute!! And not overly kawaii. The eyes have more depth and your lines are beautiful 10/10 would buy

[Anonymous No.7980513]

>>7979680
Youtube and meme art makes me cringe. Something about going to an animu con and seeing Pewdipie and Game Grumps everywhere makes my jimettes rustle.

[Anonymous No.7980552]

>>7980209
I see those damned bottle caps everywhere now. Went to the mall last weekend and there's a bunch of local booths set up selling Christmas gifts and one had nothing but a table full of those, half of them MLP and Frozen.

[Anonymous No.7980553]

>>7980446
I think it's pretty cute. I like the flat coloring, you don't see that often lately.

[Anonymous No.7980562]

>>7980446
I'd totally buy a mismagius sticker yo.

[Anonymous No.7980617]

>>7980513

Fucking

This

It took a lot of self-control not to go full autism on some artist at AWA this year who had both. It wasn't even anything new or interesting, just the Game Dumps header image redrawn to an 11"x17" format

[Anonymous No.7980659]

>>7970807
Boring. It's all just generic sweet shit. Low quality looking ones at that.

[Anonymous No.7980662]

>>7976282
I would buy the fuck out of cute stationary sets

[Anonymous No.7980670]

>>7980209
Those look awful. This is why I hate most AAs. They're mostly first come first serve and don't quality check the people they let sell things, so you get this shit.

[Anonymous No.7980790]

>>7980513
Seconded. I really don't understand why people would buy/make prints of youtubers.

>>7980670
I wish more AAs were juried. I understand they want everyone to have a fair chance but the AA is one of my favorite things about cons and if it's constantly shit then I don't feel the need to come back.

[Anonymous No.7980813]

Anyone know about Artist Black and what anime cons h/s is going to?

[Anonymous No.7980833]

I really dislike how artists can hound you with hints and constant talk about their work & products in hopes you will buy it from them. I do plenty of artist alley events and I never try to convince potential customers to buy something to the point it makes them feel uncomfortable, all I do is smile, greet and talk with them briefly depending if they want to or not.

[Anonymous No.7980986]

>>7979680
as a plush maker (though I don't do cons with them, just visit) I get particularly buttruffled by stuff relevant to my own craft:

>plush artists that just make cube or "mochi" versions of various characters, zero effort or actual pattern-making skill required
>plush artists (or in fact any artist in general) doing that thing that's just "inanimate object, especially food, with a :3 pasted on it." while I admit I've found it cute in the past, now it's just so played out and unoriginal it kills me
>plush artists using nothing but terrible already-pilling fleece or cheapass craft store quality felt to make their stuff. Have some pride in your work and use some decent freaking materials, they may be more expensive, but guess what the end result will look much better quality and you can increase the price!!! Shocking.

[Anonymous No.7981006]

>>7980986
My heart always aches for plush makers and when I see you guys in the AA I'm always really hopeful.

A friend of mine does really good plushies and she charges a fair price for the work in to it, complexity, materials, everything. But you get those people who walk by, ask how much, get told then roll their eyes and groan that it's sooooo expensive. All while others are doing what you said.

Using cheaper materials, gluing happy :3 faces on, things are already fraying, stuffing's spilling out or they look dirty and sell them for cheap but made a ton that are selling fast so it's no real loss.

[Anonymous No.7981244]

>>7980986

the :3 face will be the end of me. I bought a decently made plush that was modeled after Pusheen, side ways fat kitty with little legs, but it had a fluffer material. I bought it cause it was really cute and I got home and realized that it had a little patch of pink material under its tail. I don't know why but that plush butthole made me happy with my purchase

[Anonymous No.7981316]

>>7981244
>plush butthole

[Anonymous No.7981422]

I missed out an ab aa table this year and was thinking about doing dealers room instead. Would anyone be interested in splitting a booth/ does anyone know when dealers room starts accepting sign ups?

[Anonymous No.7981482]

>>7981006
people like that are truly irritating, and kind of disheartening, but I hope your friend doesn't let it get to her! the high price tag for truly decent hand made plush is well worth it knowing what goes into it, so those people's comments might come every con from ignorant people but should be soundly ignored...

Actually, I've heard people do that even with art prints and such. It's like they feel art should be almost free... yet they're willing to spend 4x what it's worth on mediocre imported snacks like pocky instead, haha

>>7981244
This made me laugh really hard omg. Thank you for the lols from your unexpected butthole.

[Anonymous No.7981488]

>>7981422
You can't do dealer unless you're a dealer. It's not the same as AA, you have to be a business and stuff. Plus you don't sell art or handmade, you sell merch.

[Anonymous No.7981552]

Requesting good set up pics please!

[Anonymous No.7981557]

Just curious, has anyone ever tried to sell jpop/jrock or kpop related art? Is it worth printing/selling?

[Anonymous No.7981587]

>>7981488
I think it depends on the con and what constitutes a business. I've seen Sweet Poison Cupcake designs and a lot of other artist-y tables in the dealer's room who probably just have a decent website and can pay the fee.

As for the price of a decent plush, I gotta say I love being in norCal now because there's an older nerd crowd of people all working high-paying tech jobs and understand what goes into a good product.

[Anonymous No.7981621]

>>7981488

It depends on the con. I had to get a different tax registration, but other than that it was no big deal - I think the biggest problem would be that dealers are supposed to sell licensed merchandise.

[Anonymous No.7983753]

Sorry if this has been addressed before, but would anyone mind filling me on the situation/rules with Disney prints?Not just con scenes, but places like storenvy too or something. I've heard of crackdowns on Disney material (since they apparently trademark instead of copyright) but with the Frozen explosion, everyone was selling Frozen stuff left and right. I want to do Big Hero 6 stuff but:
>Disney
>Marvel

[Anonymous No.7984003]

>>7983753
Etsy is a no for Disney/Marvel/Funimation related properties and they've been plurging. Haven't had issues with storenvy, but I don't post anything Marvel/Disney on mine.

[Anonymous No.7984086]

>>7984003
I guess my question is also that if I wanted to do a fanbook or prints, would it look bad on my record (especially on the off chance that I receive a C&D) if I want to be a professional artist in the future as well? Or should I just steer clear and just draw it in my own privacy?

[Anonymous No.7984208]

Can I ask for opinions on the purple kecleon stuff? I know it's not incredibly relevant but I recently got to meet tvface at a con and it kind of broke my heart how they were afraid to do cons because of pk.

[Anonymous No.7984580]

>>7981244
When I first read it had pink material under its tail, I thought you meant on the tail and was like "oh no, some weird error? what?"

Then I lol'd. A lot.

[Anonymous No.7984583]

>>7984208
PK did some shitty crap to tvface. I stop watching them after she was selling an AT print they collabed on and refused to credit TV for their half.

[Anonymous No.7984990]

I'm thinking of looking into some plushie making to possibly sell at cons but do people have any idea what would actually sell?
I saw people talking about cute stuff like food and things, but do you think it would still sell if I made it without the ":3" face on it?

Also what is the biggest price you would be willing to pay for a plushie at a con? I've seen vendors sell plushies for up to 50-60$ but those aren't handmade so....

Sorry for all the questions btw, I'm fairly new to artist alley stuff

[Anonymous No.7985086]

>>7984990
Don't even know what that's from but I'd buy it. I'd love to see more plushies with pouches to hold stuff or even plushie backpacks.

>pic related

[Anonymous No.7985316]

>>7969472
Thanks for sharing this, anon! I bought some yesterday since I've been wanting to try at resin lately and I did a test run last night. I'm working on more today, but I wish I had more glitter.

[Anonymous No.7985834]

>>7984583
>>7984208

What's the story being that?

[Anonymous No.7985842]

>>7984990
Plushies depend on the seller. Usually its $30-60 depending.

I would totally buy some from you if they were handmade though.

[Anonymous No.7985847]

>>7985834

**behind

[Anonymous No.7986043]

>>7985316
Post what you make I love seeing how people use resin.
Pro tip you can color the resin with oil paint. I tried it after reading up online. It takes a while to mix into the resin and makes it more translucent than transparent but it's way cheaper than coloring agents sold specifically for resin. I just bought a cheap art kit pack with small tubes of the basic colors and the more specific colors like pink you can buy separately. You can probably color it with other things too but avoid water based like acrylic, moisture causes bubbling in resin.

[Anonymous No.7986054]

>>7981621
>>7981587
I'm talking about AB specifically.

[Anonymous No.7986237]

>>7979680
>perler bead sprites, these are always ripped from video games or stolen by some other artist (ex. AbyssWolf's SSB sprites or desktop ponies)
>gluing gears onto anything
>sewn felt
>cube plush
>gluing fabric accents to plush
>adding the "MLP tax," because if a professional can charge over $100 for a plush, so can someone whose sewing experience amounts to identifying the pointy end of the needle
>selling bootleged merchandise/putting bootlegs on things

[Anonymous No.7987229]

Do any of you guys know of a "standard" printing size for longer, skinnier posters? Like, a few inches skinnier than 11x17. I'm doing an Alphonse Mucha-style print and 11x17 is too wide for it. I'm not sure if the printing place here does weird sizes.

[Anonymous No.7987539]

>>7987229
Door poster sized maybe? Idk for certain shops anything larger than 19 inches is considered large format printing and they'll charge more. You could print on 13x19 then manually crop it too.

[Anonymous No.7987568]

>>7987229
Catprint does custom sizes.

[Anonymous No.7987582]

>>7986237
what exactly do you mean by sewn felt? Like plushies made out of felt or just anything made of felt that was...sewn? As opposed to what, glued? So confused

[Anonymous No.7987661]

>>7979680
People selling cute taobao accessories that could pass as handmade. I don't HATE this persay, but I know there's got to be a legit artist who didn't get a spot to display their hard work over someone who just knows how to buy shit from China.

[Anonymous No.7987671]

>>7979680
erasers glued to ring bases. like sushi and those single colored animals.

[Anonymous No.7987701]

>>7984990
omg a galactika plush

i'd buy that

[Anonymous No.7988556]

>>7985086
I really want a stingray plush backpack.

[Anonymous No.7989547]

Any advice on the ACEN aa registration time? Anyone know when it'll open?

[Anonymous No.7989903]

>>7989547
bumping, in the same waiting boat

[Anonymous No.7989912]

>>7988556
Are you me?

[Anonymous No.7989916]

>>7986043
Oh, dang. All I have is acrylic and watercolor paint. I've just been painting the backs with nailpolish since I don't really have any other usual resin stuff aside from some cosmetic glitter/shimmer.

Top left need to be domed again since there was spillage from doming the back. Right side needs to be glossed/domed. Middle are done. And bottom need the back domed. The eye was just some experimenting.

Aside from the roll cakes, moon, winking bunny, and purikura pic, the rest are hand drawn.

[Anonymous No.7989985]

>>7989916
these are really ugly

[Anonymous No.7989995]

>>7989985
Gee thanks. At least I didn't just dump some cake sprinkles in and call it a day.

[Anonymous No.7990006]

>>7989995
plan them out next time instead of copying some random "kawaii" pictures from tumblr and dropping them in the resin with an unrelated background/glitter, that's heart-shaped for some reason

[Anonymous No.7990012]

>>7990006
this, or at least colour the resin pastel or something, and make the cake and chocolate themed stuff brown in the background.

[Anonymous No.7990099]

>>7990006
The only thing I copied from tumblr was the eye. Is my art style too tumblr-y? At least my next convention isn't until March, so I have plenty of time to improve and acquire proper supplies.
>>7990012
Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't think brown would look nice. I thought the glitter white was safe.

[Anonymous No.7990103]

>>7990099
I think the glitter white is fine too, anon. I feel brown would look gross.

[Anonymous No.7990105]

>>7990099
no, it looks like an arts and crafts project by a 10yo girl.

[Anonymous No.7990107]

>>7990103
I said brown on the chocolatey stuff, not all of it. I clearly said dye the rest pastel.

[Anonymous No.7990110]

>>7990107
But none of it is chocolate and brown would still be weird on the cake ones.

[Anonymous No.7990130]

>>7989916
Did you just use paper for the designs? Doming is for shrinky dink type things. Try making shrinky dinks cut into relevant shapes and dome them, that has been the general consensus of a good idea in this thread.

[Anonymous No.7990185]

>>7990130
Yes? My mold isn't glossy, so I gotta dome or gloss them. The eye is just an index card though, so it's bendy.

[Anonymous No.7990216]

>>7990130
You can use paper you just need to seal/mod podge it first.
resincrafts bl*gsp*t com/2011/04/resin-doming-technique-explained.html

[Anonymous No.7990221]

>>7990216
oops linked the wrong one
http://www.bitsquareblog.com/2014/03/diy-resin-post-earrings-made-with-stickers-doming-technique.html

[Anonymous No.7990230]

>>7990185
You have no fucking clue what you are doing or talking about do you.

[Anonymous No.7990238]

>>7990185
it's just a coat of resin if it's not a flat piece. "dome" means to put a thick dome of resin on top a flat piece to give it volume and strength.

[Anonymous No.7990329]

>>7990221
Different anon, but that tutorial is awesome. You could probably make some sweet custom pins/buttons with that method of attaching findings. Thanks for posting it!

[Anonymous No.7990349]

>>7990221
Now I have a use for my sticker collection I've been hoarding forever. Thanks anon!

[Anonymous No.7990389]

How much should I charge for something like these little bunnies and cats I made? They're about 13cm tall. I used some foiled kimono-patterned cotton and the nice, soft stuffing, and they each took me about 15-20 minutes to make.

[Anonymous No.7990483]

>>7990389
oh my god they're adorable and I want lots of them

[Anonymous No.7990496]

>>7990389
id pay 3 bucks ea max

[Anonymous No.7990511]

>>7990389
You could probably be alright charging about $7 or $8 for them, with only twenty.

[Anonymous No.7990641]

>>7989547
bumping this question. I know somebody has been to acen at least once in the past 2 years you guys can give me some advice.

>>7990389
These are super cute! I think at most I would pay 8 dollars.

[Anonymous No.7990644]

>>7990389
Up to $10, maybe a little more if they were attached to keychains or something so it's functional besides being cute (though because they are so cute, I wouldn't mind them as stand alone tiny plushies). But really price yourself accordingly to your time, materials, and efforts. They are quite cute and I love the random kimono patterns.

[Anonymous No.7990647]

I'm positive this is asked all the time, but it's worth bringing it up. Where do you get your prints made?

I've heard about people using Overnight Prints- and I used them for my Business cards, but I dunno. And our local Kinkos has pretty shitty print quality.

[Anonymous No.7990740]

>>7990647

I used my local Alphagraphics store in TX and got a great deal. Did 10 tabloid prints, 10 designs each and paid less than $60. They were heavy, cover weight card stock and the colors came out perfectly fine. Will definitely be using them again for this next season.

I get my business cards through Morning Print and really like their paper options, but I've also used GotPrint for really inexpensive but good quality business cards.

[Anonymous No.7990823]

>>7990647
I've seen people recommend catprint as a good place to use.

>>7987568 said that they do custom sizes too which sounds pretty awesome

[Anonymous No.7990934]

I normally make plushies and crocheted crafts for my artist alley table but recently I've been making little dice bags for tabletop gaming. Here's my most recent one I made for my boyfriend where I heat embossed the black mana symbol into the velvet. I would love to be able to spread out into other genres though because I've found that I really like heat embossing velvet.

[Anonymous No.7991169]

Still waiting on that Acen registration to open up...

[Anonymous No.7991191]

I have a business-y question: I have been using my first and middle name on my business cards as opposed to my first and last. Is this bad? I figured it wasn't much different than just using a pen name but am I at risk of any danger?

[Anonymous No.7991197]

>>7991191
No, only now everyone knows your embarrassing middle name, Eugene.

[Corky-Lunn !CorkyloMxc No.7991229]

>>7990647
This is the list that people have printed with on the AA FB page:

http://gotprint.net/
http://www.overnightprints.com
http://www.catprint.com
http://forwardprinting.com
http://www.awesomemerchandise.com/
http://www.nativeprint.co.uk/
NYC - http://www.printmornyc.com
http://www.gicleetoday.com/
http://iprintfromhome.com
Canvas Prints - http://www.photos2canvas2u.com/
Fireball Printing - http://fireballprinting.com/
Richmond Pro Lab- http://richmondprolab.com/

I've personally printed with catprint, overnightprints, and fireball.

Catprint is amazing, definitely get a sample book if you have time as it's much easier to choose the right paper for your prints. And you can get samples of your prints too before committing to a huge order.

Overnight was what I used to use until I got a badly printed batch of posters. They can be great, but sometimes you get screwed.

Fireball was okay, but a little pricier.

[Anonymous No.7991342]

acen website is ded

[Anonymous No.7991389]

>>7991229
Thank you so much!

[Anonymous No.7991525]

>>7990221
>>7990349
Actually can't find my old stickers but realized I have a ton of random free stickers and stuff I can cut up from AX and Miku expo, plus hang tags. Excuse me while I make myself a lifetime supply of weeb jewelry.

[Anonymous No.7991554]

Does anyone knows how the tiny gold frames of my picture are called?

[Anonymous No.7991556]

>>7991554

Pendant trays?

[Anonymous No.7991561]

>>7991556
Thank you kind anon, english is not my first language :_:

[Tim No.7991805]

>>7981557
One of my AA friends specializes in Kpop stuff and that's where most of her sales come from. She's been establishing herself in various fandoms, though, and has been doing it for a while. I think you can definitely get good results if you stick with it/have more than one piece of merch for a particular group, but it's harder to pull off as a one-off thing

[Anonymous No.7992025]

Where do you guys get those grid squares?
and how much do they cost?
i've sold at AA's for a few years but have yet to update my rig. Thinking of getting some but i have no idea where people get them!

[Anonymous No.7992069]

Did anyone get into colossalcon? Me and my hypertalented friend both got rejected and we want to know what they were looking for.

[Anonymous No.7992070]

>>7992069
Sometimes people get rejected because they genuinely ran out of space. I've ran a few Artist alleys and we've had to turn away brilliant artists because we didn't have enough tables.

[Anonymous No.7992075]

>>7992025

I ordered mine from Walmart.com and just the one box was enough. Couldn't build up TOO high but it was high enough to make a nice setup. I'll probably get another set for next year so I can build it more sturdy and have built-in shelving on the back to keep supplies and items.

[Anonymous No.7992085]

>>7992070
That's unfortunate but not unfeasible. They had their registration open for a while and a ton of people I know applied. But in that case wouldn't making it juried be a very time consuming process? They should have made registration one say long and juried it from there.
I don't know maybe I'm just upset that I can't afford to go to collosalcon without doing artist alley because I life far and my minimum wage retail job barely buys me gas.

[Anonymous No.7992088]

>>7992085
Meant to write "day" and "live" my phone autocorrect is broken.

[Anonymous No.7992131]

If you guys ran an artist alley how would you run the selection process?

I think I would cull out the crap entries and from there then try to make a rough quota of print and craft artists I'd like to divide the available tables between then have my team draft who they want to see make it through then tell everyone its a lottery.

[Anonymous No.7992211]

>>7992131
I think that's kind of what otakon does. They always have an amazing selection of artists.

[Anonymous No.7992232]

>>7992131

The only AA I've done so far was A-fest this past year and from what I could tell, it was semi-juried? They wanted a range of artists and were trying to make sure I wasn't total crap I guess. I also didn't find out immediately whether I made it or not. They looked through the entries and then got back to us a few weeks later.

Their application process was first come first serve, but they also were looking at your art (I had to submit a link to my work). I think that's a good process. Still have it based off "who gets there first" because that's how to quickly get a short list, but just move out from there if someone has bad art.

[Tim No.7992701]

>>7992131
I like the idea of juries to maintain a quality level, but I also understand the skepticism and potential for corruption and picking favorites (especially since the con circuit is so small/incestuous-- everyone knows everyone else)

I'd probably jury all of the entries for a baseline level of quality (just to make sure you're not selling, I dunno, shitty pencil sketches on paper or reselling official merch), then handpick one half of the alley (veterans, pros, etc) and allow a lottery for the other half.

I think it's really important to keep the pool fresh and allow new people a chance at tabling, but I also understand the draw of popular artists to keep the traffic flowing. I always like a mix of both. It's exciting to see new people in the alleys.

[Anonymous No.7992790]

>>7959448
SANIC.
DAKIMAKURA.

[Anonymous No.7992825]

>>7992025
Amazon, I have the plastic version since they're way easier to carry/setup/collapse.

[Anonymous No.7992889]

>>7967225
16k?
W-would you mind providing an example of your work?
I'd like to see what skill level of artwork gets what, y'know?

[Anonymous No.7992898]

>>7992889
psst, anon. that's 1.6k.

[Anonymous No.7993701]

Does anyone sell props at AA?
Madoka soul gems, card captor staffs, that sort of thing.

[Anonymous No.7993725]

>>7993701
I sell some Kamina glasses and substitute shinigami badges, but only small stuff like that. I don't see many larger props outside of the dealer's room.

[Anonymous No.7993727]

>>7993701
People would rather go to the dealer's room for those.

[Anonymous No.7996205]

I wanted to do some mini prints via ac. Is it worth printing a lot of them or I should be warry of the quality? So far I read good reviews about it. I will be doing 4x6 prints with matte finish.

[Anonymous No.7996977]

I'm curious - how do you guys put up prints on your wall at home?
Is laminating them before putting them up a good idea, or do you just put them up like that with double-sided tape?

I've been meaning to put up some prints I got at a con last week and I haven't gotten to it yet.

[Anonymous No.7997248]

>>7996977
I just get cheap $4 frames from walmart.

[Anonymous No.7998745]

>>7996977
I tape them on the wall. I only frame commissioned pieces.