More Otakon Stuff!

Look at these cuties! (If anyone recognizes the cosplayers, please let me know so I can give them credit.)  It’s the lovely crosmyheart and trustinwhatwasfalloutboy, as Vanellope & Ralphie respectively. They are just so freaking adorable!

Since Wreck-It Ralph is a few years old, I don't see as many cosplayers as I used to. I know my Cosplay-sized pendants are expensive (and rightfully so, they take a lot of work to make), but if you're cosplaying Wreck-It Ralph and you stop by my table, I let you take photos with it for free. (It helps promote the item and I get some awesome shots like this.)

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I'm back, and mostly alive!

Otakon was so awesome! I got to talk to so many new and interesting people about all kinds of things, I saw amazing costumes, reconnected with two of my amazingly artistic childhood friends, and sell a lot of art.

This was one of the best Artist Alleys I've seen in years. Every artist was so amazingly talented, and the products were so diverse. Sure, everyone and their mom (including me) had something Steven Universe, but that's because Rebecca Sugar is an evil genius who makes me cry with her adorable cartoons.

I sold out of:

• My TWEWY group shot (in both the 11x17 and mini sizes) 
• My Sailor Moon Notebooks
• Cat Nip Pillows
• Oops Buttons (Thank Goodness)
• Everything using my Sailor Moon themed fabric from Spoonflower
• Tons of my Polymer Clay Foodie Jewelry 
• Nightmare Before Christmas Buttons & Button Packs
• Inner and Outer Senshi Button Packs

I have so much stuff to restock before Baltimore Comic-Con in September!

I know it's kind of taboo to talk about money and earnings and stuff, but I like being open and honest, so full disclosure, I made more money last year, but I still made more than enough money to make the trip well worth it. I'll be making a bunch more Otakon and Alley-related posts, and on August 1st, I'm getting back into my daily art posts and 30-day workouts. Now that Otakon's over, I need to relax a tiny bit and recuperate. Right now I'm a raspy voiced zombie and it's nearly 3AM. I gotta get my butt into bed.

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Day one of Otakon is over, and so far everything is going great! I was Cooking Mama for day one, which seemed appropriate, since I also write Sometimes Foodie. Next is summer Tora Dora uniform, but with a long sleeve shirt because the alley is freaking freezing this year!

Today is also a super long day, it'll be 10AM-11PM... I'm gonna be so dead. 

Temporary Tattoo Review & Demo - StickerYou

I have a moon on my forehead!

I'm back from Otakon 2014!

I ended up running out of this design by day 2 of the con.

Oh man, I just got home from Otakon in Baltimore! Selling in the artist alley was pretty hectic and a lot of work, but I got to meet tons of new and interesting people, have lovely conversations, and rub elbows with awesome artists. (Plus I still got to attend my favorite panel ever, Voice actors after dark. If you attend Otakon and haven’t gone yet, it’s a must!)
I had planned on updating from the con but the reception in the basement (where the artist alley is located) was awful, and the free hotel wifi was nonexistent. (With over 30,000 internet-addicted anime nerds like me at the con, free wifi just didn’t stand a chance.)

I’ll be posting Otakon and art updates here as well as my art tumblr, and all of the items from the con will be available in my etsy shop later this month.

For now, I need a shower, some cuddles from my dog, and a nap in a real people bed.

See you all tomorrow! (And Hello to any of you awesome con goers I got to meet this weekend! I hope you all got home safe and sound.)

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*gasp* More Stickers?

Welp, yesterday I came to the realization that this is my last full week to create things for my table in Otakon's Artist Alley, and I am freaking out. There's still so much I want to make and do, plus I still need to reconfigure my entire display and table set up.

I may or may not be an utter wreck... (but if I am, I'm very good at hiding it. Notreally.Ihaven'twashedmyhairinforever.)

I've been really happy with the quality of my larger vinyl stickers (Don't worry video review is coming soon), and they've already been selling really well in my etsy shop, so I ordered some more!

We seek the grail!

All three pieces are complete, I don't think I'll make the grail for Otakon, but I do want to make something to represent Chibi Usa, maybe Luna P? Or maybe her little heart wand...not too sure.

If you look through my older posts you can see that the mirror has changed a little bit. I think it still needs some tweaking before I print them up.

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Gotta Represent My Favorite Scouts!

Neptune and Uranus are my favorite scouts ever. They are badass, sophisticated and sarcastic. I had to represent them in sticker form for Otakon, but their transformation wands are so....bulky. Instead, I decided to go with their weapons, I will be making Pluto's next, and maybe I'll make the Holy Grail in the near future, but this way I'll have most of the Outer scouts represents for Otakon this year.

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Outer Scout Weapons WIP

Why do the outer scouts have such lame transformation wands? Since I really hate how their wands look, but they are my favorite scouts, I have to represent them somehow. So, I decided to make Uranus and Neptune's weapons instead. I might make Pluto and Saturn after Otakon, but their weapons are too complicated and long for me to turn into stickers right now.

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Sorry, I thought you were cheese...

Charlotte pin is all done and available in my etsy shop!

Charlotte's crazy snake-like form is my favorite! I've mentioned this before, but I like the multi-colored eyes remind me of Sid & Marty Krofft . It's creepy, but cute, and there is this psychedelic drug-trippy quality to the witch scenes that reminds of the Krofft's old live action puppet shows.

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Star Power Makeup!

After file errors, and a lightning storm knocking out my power, I finally finished these transformation wands. I'll be making them into stickers later this week!

Also, the star wands are the cutest wands. The crystal uniforms are better, but the transformation wands look so chunky and silly. I might make them at one point, since I want to make Uranus and Neptune's especially, but the star wands look so much cooler.

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Done!

One down, four more to go! (Or was it 5?) I'm a bit rusty on my Sailor Moon weapons. I've been re-watching the entire series with my friends and we're currently in the end of the Sailor Moon R arc, so my it'll take a while for me to get through the rest of the series and remember all her weapons.

After this is the mid-length scepter with a heart on it, then the chalice, the sword, and her final scepter/staff...I think. I better double check.

These aren't the official stickers, these are just print outs from my ink jet to see if I like the sizing. Right now they are roughly 4" x 1.5", and I like it's size in relation to my transformation brooch button. I am debating on whether of not I'll make all the weapons this size, or have them sizes relative to their weapon size, but her sword and staff are really long...so even though the perfectionist in me wants to make them all relative, I think that would be too large for a sticker.

Another progress shot under the cut!

Sailor Sticker Weapons WIP

I received my sticker samples from the company I plan on ordering from, and the clear ones just weren't up to snuff. I plan on ordering white vinyl ones from that company, but I am on the look out for a clear sticker producer that has what I'm looking for.

In the meantime, what good is buying stickers for Otakon when I have no designs? I started working on this one tonight. Check out an earlier WIP shot under the cut.

Stickers!

I freaking love Bob's Burgers

I have been working at a print shop for a few months now, which is really awesome for an independant artist. I can look into all kinds of printing and promotional products on my break to get ideas for upcoming cons and shop items. 

Recently I have been looking into stickers, and the options seem pretty neat. I can do white vinyl, clear, and even bumper stickers!

I'll be working on some designs this week to hopefully print up for Otakon's 2014 Artist Alley. 

I'm thinking a few original characters, maybe the tardis I made for my cupcake print last year, and some sailor moon weapons. I might even make a sticker scissor blade. (I just finished up Kill la Kill with my boyfriend earlier this month.) 

Hopefully I can brain storm more ideas and get this all done and printed before August. 

So much to do, so little time! 

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Blue? I should have been pink.

YUS! This one looks awesome cropped for a pin. I am much happier with this one than the Mr. H one.

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Trust Your Partner.

I don't know about the cropping for this one. I kind of wanted all their heads to be cropped the same way to keep the sizing consistent for the series of buttons, but I feel like I want to see more of his outfit.

I might have to tinker with the cropping more, but this is currently available in my etsy shop.

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Back to work!

Mini break over, back to work. After making two male characters I really wanted to do something different, and Rhyme is so tiny and adorable I thought she'd be perfect.

Although She doesn't get as much screen time as the rest, Rhyme was my favorite of the main characters. She dresses so comfy!

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Finished...Maybe?

Urg, I really don't like this one for some reason. I might choose a different quote to put on the background because the one I have right now just doesn't fit right. Plus, I always relate Joshua to the color purple in my head, but this theme is more on the blue/periwinkle side.

Visually I like the purple background more than the blue, but the blue is canon and makes sense. What to do? Either way I am kinda, sorta, done with this one. Time to move on to the next character.

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NEXT UP....

I started Joshua tonight. I am hoping to manage my time better since the Jellyfish Princess piece took so long. I am giving myself a 3-day deadline for each of these TWEWY images. Between working a full time job, running my etsy, and Sometimes Foodie, I think that's a pretty reasonable time frame...let's see if I can stick to it.

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And then there was color!

So I was originally only going to do a vectored outline with a colored background...but that looked too lazy to me. I think I'll stick with that for a poster of the whole group, but for individuals...it just wasn't my style.

So, that means everyone will get their own full color mini poster, and then there will be at least 2 group posters, which is more work...but I feel like the final results will be worth it. (I hope.)

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