(OT) Anime North - first day

Visual Novel Community Archive, 2000-2009
#1

As some of you know, I am holding (for the first time) an artist alley table at Anime North this weekend. To be honest, things aren’t going to well for me in terms of sales, even though the first day lasted only for about 5 hrs or so.

The thing I am a bit concerned about is I don’t know what I did wrong, or at least what causes this. Is it because I put the price too high? Is it because people here dig traditional media (eg watercolor) more than CG? Is it because people here dig fanart more than original characters? Is it because people here don’t dig bishoujo? Or is it all of the above (or to put it more blunt: do I just suck?)?

I was selling 6 different prints of my recent CGs at 5USD each, custom xmas card at 2USD each, and my 30page sketchbook doujinshi (set up and printed like a real japanese doujinshi with quality paper and color cover with gloss finish) at 10USD…(this may be a bit pricey, will reduce the price tomorrow). I was only able to sell 2 books and 1 print during this first day. Quite a number of people have scanned through my stuff and portfolio but didn’t seem to be interested…

This is my first time I try to expose my bishoujo art to the western world, and now I am a little bit stuck. I am in no way wishing to be able to have everything sold out in hours, but today’s results do not seem to be quite favorable at all either. So if people here who have con experience can give me some insight and advice, I would really appreciate it.

Thanks, and sorry for making this off-topic post

[This message has been edited by Lamuness (edited 05-27-2002).]

#2

I don’t know about the people at Anime North, but the prices don’t seem too high to me. I’ve seen your work, and if you have a set of merchandise left after the con I would be interrested. $42US seems like a bargain to me. I can be reached at ksarchet@goldenvalleyseed.com
I apologize for being off topic.

#3

That’s pretty cheap imo. I’ve seen people charging way more than that for horrible work. Sketchbook doujinshi? If you have any left over after the con I’d be interested in buying one. ^^

[This message has been edited by Zorian (edited 05-27-2002).]

#4

I had too many leftover stuff that I want to cry.

my website is (not surprisingly) www.lamuness.com

if you goto my gallery u can see some sketches and stuff in addition to my CGs…let’s just say it’s a compilation of my various sketches and b/w line art…this book type (a sketchbook doujinshi) is a popular doujinshi format in japan (and of course a rather unknown thing here in the west since people do nothing but “manga” when they think of making a book). Take it as a “illustration book” but composed of sketches and b/w art

I will post more info on my website regarding mail orders soon.

PS If you feel wary about the book, I have asked a friend to resell my stuff at artist alley in anime expo in CA (not the NY one) this July, so you can go browse through the actual book before buying it

[This message has been edited by Lamuness (edited 05-27-2002).]

#5
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Originally posted by Lamuness:
I had *too many* leftover stuff that I want to cry.

my website is (not surprisingly) www.lamuness.com

if you goto my gallery u can see some sketches and stuff in addition to my CGs...let's just say it's a compilation of my various sketches and b/w line art...this book type (a sketchbook doujinshi) is a popular doujinshi format in japan (and of course a rather unknown thing here in the west since people do nothing but "manga" when they think of making a book). Take it as a "illustration book" but composed of sketches and b/w art

I will post more info on my website regarding mail orders soon.

PS If you feel wary about the book, I have asked a friend to resell my stuff at artist alley in anime expo in CA (not the NY one) this July, so you can go browse through the actual book before buying it

[This message has been edited by Lamuness (edited 05-27-2002).]

I will buy some stuff, and I encourage you not to be discouraged. We set up a Doujinshi of sorts for our communiversity, it had fan fiction and Anime reviews and fan sketches, we sold them at $2.00 apiece and we still had lots left over.

#6

Thank you for all your support, I am very grateful.

Here are the prints and the xmas card:
http://www.lamuness.com/art.jpg

5 prints and 1 card. The prints are at 300dpi and the card 600dpi. They are all printed at kinkos in 10pt glossy print and cardstock respectively. The prints are 8"x10" printed on 8.5" x 11 10pt glossy print, the card is approx 10" x 6.75" and then folded in half (envelopes not included, sorry). Each print includes a 3-hole plastic sleeve.

If the pics are too small for you to preview, go to my website since I just did an update with the CGs in the gallery. A slightly bigger pic of the doujinshi cover is also in the gallery somewhere. I will put in sample pages of the book later this week.

Prints are 5USD
Xmas card is 2USD
Doujinshi is 10USD
and then you add shipping and handling.

I accept money order (in USD) and paypal.

If interested, please email me directly to webmaster@lamuness.com instead since I don’t want this BBS to turn into some flea market BBS…

Thanks very much

ADD:
here’s a zoom-in on the xmas card
http://www.lamuness.com/xmas1.jpg
http://www.lamuness.com/xmas2.jpg

[This message has been edited by Lamuness (edited 05-29-2002).]

#7

From Anime on DVD’s report of AnimeCon, there is an excerpt:

"… There were only two panels I could find worth checking out on Saturday. “What does Adult really mean” at three pm and the Fan sub/copyright panel at five pm, which Jerry found out he was running…

"The Adult panel proved to be fairly interested, though it was pretty much dominated by one speaker, whose name eludes me. He was pretty knowledgeable and entertaining, so it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. The panel was the kind that actually talked about social/political/cultural issues, so it held my attention pretty well…"

Anyone who attended the con know who the speaker was?

#8

Sorry, I was worrying too much about my sales that I didn’t attend any panel at all…and the biggest reason: my mom insisted that she would go to the con with me, and she did…in fact, my whole family went on saturday to snoop around, but my mom stayed with me in artist alley for all 3 days, which is why I couldn’t get my ass to “adult-related” panels at all, if not any panels.

So I don’t really know who the speaker was, but one thing was sure: it wasn’t me :stuck_out_tongue: Being affiliated with peapri and also having a level of expertise on bishoujo gaming, I would certainly like to chat…but then there was my mom…and then poor sales on my table…and then protecting my goods from unwelcoming intruders and thieves…

There is a high possibility that the speaker may be indeed Senno Knife (who did the sepia manga)…he was one of the guests for Anime North after all, and adding to that being a H-mangaka.

[This message has been edited by Lamuness (edited 05-29-2002).]

#9

Ok…just to revive this thread for one last time, my mail order page is up.

http://www.lamuness.com/doujin.mv

Please go there if you are interested in purchasing.

You can also see what I look like too (yes, I am fat and ugly), as well as a life-size bishoujo loli stand I made for the con too.

#10
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Originally posted by Lamuness:

You can also see what I look like too (yes, I am fat and ugly), as well as a life-size bishoujo loli stand I made for the con too.

Not everybody can be a beautiful bishoujo goddess. Some of us have to be trolls, which by the way is my nickname. Lovely standee.

#11
quote:
Originally posted by ksarchet:
Not everybody can be a beautiful bishoujo goddess. Some of us have to be trolls, which by the way is my nickname. Lovely standee.

And some of us don't have to be trolls, some of us just prefer it. Less maintenance that way. [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]

#12
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Originally posted by woodelf:
Remember don't feed the trolls. [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

Why not? I love being fed. Especially Chocolate.

#13