In terms of Artist Alley, it was a bit discouraging but also eye-opening. ALA 2012 was one of my worst cons in terms of sales but at Fanime I made the most I ever did to date. I thank my Korra prints and Eyeshield 21 print for that! So I realized that in 2011 (where I also didn't do great), the love was missing from my AA presence. How did I want to present myself to fans as an artist of the fans? I have a huge amount of trouble drawing things simply because they're popular and I just don't tend to follow popular things too well. At ALA 2013 last week, I presented 2 new prints (Shinkengers and Gokaigers) and Gokaigers was a hit! Eyeshield 21 also sold great and love always to the Zutara fans who pick up my Zutara sunset print.
Anyway, I don't know if I'll ever be one of those artists raking in thousands in AA per con but I am quite satisfied seeing people get excited at my sentai stuff and recognize the Eyeshield 21 print.
If I do well enough at Fanime this year, I may consider printing a book!!










