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This is about actual size. I usually make one-sided cards so I can write other info or notes on the back for people, while the front has just enough info. I also plan on making another card with a doodle of me, a little more fun. You dig? Anything I should change?
Ohayocon was a lot of fun! I think I did pretty well as an individual, I saw lots of friends, I had a wonderful assistant (and an assistant’s assistant, heehee), and great table neighbors and room buddies! So, I bring you a few commissions from the con. Enjoy! First up is a black and white/basic color bust! I was offering these at the con for $20. The second is a badge of Kagamine Len, a character from the Vocaloid video game series! Badges go for $10-15, plus shipping! GET YOUR COMMISSIONS NOOOOOW!
Happy 2011, universe! Let’s end the first week of this here new year with another cute-ified commission from my friend Wes!
Also, soon I’ll be sending postcards out to art directors, because after buying a small amount (thank you, OvernightPrints.com for your sales), I sent one to myself and it came back with all the right markings, keeping pretty much all my art in tact. (Though, it seemed to a lil’ ravaged in the mail…) I am, however, annoyed that the word “Creator” got partially cut off. I may fix that before I get a new batch.
Hurray for the ability to mail! Art directors, here I come! I also have a new email address that’s all professional! Yippee!
So, tonight I met Gary Dumm, the artist of the American Splendor comics, at a meeting of the Northern Ohio Illustrators Society. He was extremely friendly and just such a cool, relaxed guy (and his wife was pleasant, too). I gave him a postcard and business card and he seemed excited to receive them. He said we may talk again soon, and I said, “Even if it’s just an email saying, ‘Hey, I remember you!’, I’ll be satisfied!”. He also had a really relaxed opinion on the adaptation of books to movies and vice versa, so then he really became one of my new heroes. I also got to catch up with my instructors/colleagues from school, one of whom is a seasoned art director and designer Larry O’Neal. He gave me sage advice about what to do now that my brain and life are more stable than they were when I graduated in 2009. Needless to say, I feel better about this whole artist thing now that he put it back in perspective for me. LET’S DO THIS THING!!! Put my full name and SUPER CREATOR! on the front, to exclaim my super powers. On the back, “Stats!” is larger and now italic, and the website URL is highlighted with a light color behind it. How’s this for a convention postcard for people to snatch up?
Ideas 1 and 2 are like an oversized trading card, the front has my image in a very SUPERHERO COMIC ARTIST EXTREME pose, and the back has “stats”, which is my contact information, for the most part, and strengths/”weaknesses” (Strengths: pencil, marker, bright colors; Weaknesses: no wifi, broken glasses). I can have different character drawings, or more self-portraits, and they can be collectible, if folks so desire. Idea 3 puts two postcards together to make one large image, so they’re collectible, too; they’re also supposed to work individually. These ones have an opposites theme. I’d have them at conventions, and I want to send them to art directors at magazines, companies, etc. I’m also thinking of having a less-cartoony, more “serious” card/set of cards, with a brand new drawing, or a collection of artwork with some kind of border, not entirely sure, but NOT BORING!
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