Last weekend my friends Rochelle and Andrea attended FCN, or “Furry Connection North,” all the way up in Novi, Michigan. It was a 6 hour drive each way, we slept about 4 hours each night there and are now left thoroughly sapped of energy. Though, I take that as the mark of a good convention. Per my last con report (and the first of many I hope to do!), here is a run-down on my experience along with some photos I took.

As a disclaimer, I want to note: Rochelle, Andrea and myself do not draw or distribute any unsavory materials, nor do we engage in any illegal or unsavory activities besides having a few too many now and then.

And a particular highlight this blog has that I hope to continue at further conventions is a collection of furry license plates or car decals I found. I don’t know why I enjoy taking pictures of such things, but I guess after the first one I saw at MFF I found the concept absolutely hilarious.

Anyway, here’s a rough break-down:

Room + Roommates

I roomed with VooDoo, Dearc, Aheria and Kash, and the whole situation turned out absolutely wonderful and far better than I had expected. I met these guys at MFF and talked to them online, but of course rooming with someone is an entirely different experience. They brought lots of food, a toaster, extra blankets for us, showering equipment, and we were all awake and asleep at roughly the same times. It was just a perfect set up and more than I could ever ask for.

The first night I ended up falling asleep laying on only a towel. My back was destroyed for the first half of Saturday as a result. :’-( But other than that…and, well, getting only 4 hours of sleep each night…things were good.

Artist Alley

The artist alley greatly upset me at this con. Now, I don’t know if I’m ’spoiled’ from landing a spot with no problems at MFF, but in my opinion the set-up at FCN was horrible. There were incredibly few tables and spots set up, which was especially frustrating when it was obvious many more tables could have easily been added. In fact, two table spots remained empty for hours until I got a little snippy and convinced those running the Alley to open them up and choose from the lottery of people waiting.

Rochelle and Andrea and I all got in on Friday (they got in first and then I got in after an hour’s wait). Friday Rochelle and Andrea again got in, set up and left me with really no one to talk to or anything to do. Although I had signed up the night before, people who had signed up that morning “won” a spot instead of me, and again people besides myself kept winning spots even though I kept checking in every half hour. I understand there is a high demand to get tables and not everyone can get a spot at every convention, but it was just all-around an extremely unfair and poorly set up situation that left me in a very sour mood for most of Saturday.

Although, there was some good to the situation. I set up my own spot with my supplies in the lobby with a mock “Back-Alley Commissions” sign and ended up getting a surprising amount of hits out there. A group of people stopped by and thought what I was doing was pretty funny and enjoyed my style, and they commissioned me there on the spot. Best of all, Venaul, whom I met at MFF and did a badge for, ran into me and sat with me for an hour or so and kept me company. He also did a great job of flagging people down to my table to check out my art. To the left is an ink I did for “Amma” of an 80’s hair femme husky. Strange request, but a lot of fun to do!

Unfortunately after a few hours of being out there I got yelled at by staff to take my sign down, but at least I was left with a enough to do and some people to talk to. A bit after that I finally got a table and a few “legit” hits while in the Alley.

Lobby

The lobby at this hotel was a blast to hang out in, and in fact I spent most of my time there. The set-up was pretty cool with lots of tables, some open space, some lounge area and a bar accessible on all sides. Rochelle, Andrea and I often found ourselves drawing our commissions or other doodles down here, attracting randoms to talk to us and buying a round of drinks at the end of the day to wind down. Best of all, lots of people in costume kept coming through giving us something amusing to watch. One guy in a bunny outfit had a giant speaker attached to his back and was playing hits from the 80’s on the first night.

Dealer’s Room

This was also a disappointment compared to MFF. This was a small, cramped room that felt more like an Arabian Bazaar than a convention dealer’s room. Nonetheless, there were some interesting wares there, including a comic salesman who had a used copy of BlackSad sketchbook, which I eagerly shelled out cash for. I first discovered BlackSad when it was on display at my college’s library during their comic theme month and fell in love with the art.

Dance

The dance at this convention rocked the socks off MFF’s, and I only went to the Friday night one! (I heard Saturday’s was even better, unfortunately I missed it) The music was great, there were lazer lights, a fog machine and all kinds of neon light graphics. My only gripe was that it was a tad too dark to really see…well, anything! But it was still a lot of fun.

Unfortunately I didn’t take many pictures, but there’s me dancing with Fuego!

Oh yeah, after the dance we took advantage of this abandoned dry-erase board. I mean, that’s what happens when you leave a dry-erase board, complete with markers, at a convention full of artists! The next morning I found the woman running the actual massages and she actually enjoyed the artwork for her sign. She erased the rather, uh, profane parts, but felt the art helped attract more people to her set-up. Hey, it was fun to do! Feel free to request it anytime!

We noticed the next night that even more artists caught on and violated the board! They should definitely put up more of these at cons, it was a lot of fun. We wrote and drew some ridiculous stuff and had laughs all around.

Parties

After Artist Alley and hanging out in the lobby getting commissions done for a few hours, we were invited to a room party in 337 that apparently drew in a lot of people. They had a cooler full of a mixed drink they named “Slurm” (just alcohol and Mountain Dew, this wasn’t that kind of party!) and it was delicious! We met even more awesome people and had a blast.

A handful of guys we spent most of our time with (until, gawd, 4 a.m. I think!) were particularly awesome. They had hilarious stories to tell and I learned a lot about web design from one fellow continually breaking out in a British Accent. I really wish I captured their stories on camera, because I was simply dying. I can’t really elaborate too much of what they said here, but uh…just take my word for it.

This costume was amazing with the LED lights. Very cool effect, especially outside in the dark.

Instead of partying, Rochelle found it imperative to work work work on commissions. So, any of you people out there looking for an intensely dedicated artist, definitely check her out!

Overall

Overall, amazing experience. Much more social than MFF; I can’t remember a time I heard more hilarious stories and laughed harder in my life. It was great meeting new people, seeing all the artwork and costumes and hanging out until 4 a.m. like I used to in college. Definitely a great break from things, although I am beyond exhausted now from the lack of sleep! So, my apologies for not writing this with a more dramatic flair!

Thank You!

I am sending a formal e-mail to everyone who commissioned me, but to those and anyone who talked to me, told me a story or joke, commented on my art, danced with me, let me room with them, partied with me, hugged me or just hung out, THANK YOU! This con was definitely a blast, and I hope to attend many many more.

I was to give two particular shout-outs: First of all, the fellow who bought me a few drinks and showed me his web design stuff, please send me an e-mail! I want to hear more about your design and learn more tricks of the trade.

And to the person who asked for an autograph from me (haha, I’m “known” in this fandom?), please leave a comment or send me a note! I’d love to make an icon for you! Asking me for my signature totally made my day!

Alright, and without further ado, FURRY LICENSE PLATES!

Furry License Plates

Planning for getting there

• If possible, go for all three days of the convention. Although there weren’t too many panels and such at MFF, there was nonetheless a lot to see and do. There are always new people to meet and talk to, plus if you know you have all three full days, you can experience the con at a more relaxed pace instead of trying to cram everything in at once. We spent nearly 10 hours in the Artist’s Alley and desperately drug our exhausted bodies to the dance floor afterwards JUST so we could be sure to see some costumes and crazy antics. Rochelle and Andrea didn’t even get to take a break to see the parade!
• Figure out transportation routes and gas costs. My parents were generous enough to lend me their car with a full tank of gas, so this wasn’t an issue this time. However, if we go to FCN or a con that’s further away from us than MFF (MFF was roughly an hour drive from us, only a 20 minute drive from Andrea’s place), it’ll be important to factor in the cost of gas when trying to recoup that money later in commissions. Also, we had a pretty easy route to take, but still shaved off several minutes when we were briefly lost, plus when we had to print out the directions beforehand. So, know where you’re going and roughly how much it will cost to get there.
• Figure out Lodging and costs. For MFF, Andrea had a relative who lived, as mentioned, 20 minutes from the con. This saved us the cost of renting a room or driving a much longer distance to/from our houses or one of my relative’s houses. If we attend conventions that are further away, we might ask to crash with someone who lives nearby, or if the hotel isn’t too pricey, we might just have to find a fourth roommate to cut down on that.
• Finally, add it all together. Keep a tally on how much this planning will cost to make sure you can afford it and to set a goal to break even against when/if doing commissions.

Preparation for your actual time there

• FOOD! Pack breakfasts and lunches! Pack fruit, granola bars or oatmeal that can simply be mixed with water for breakfast. Bring a box of juice boxes for some healthy hydration. Make some sandwiches and bag them to nibble on later. The less you have to spend in restaurants and the less you have to leave the con to find food, the better.
• Bring everything you need to make badges. Badges seem to be the most popular item to buy at a convention, so in addition to whatever your favorite medium is (inks, markers, pencil, etc.), bring sticker lamination sheets and badge clips. Lots of them!
• Have lots of samples of your work, but not too many. It was sheer luck (Tom Shear luck?) that I even had a handful of inks in my new sketch book to cut out and lay out on the table. They were mostly tiny doodles and one larger, slightly more realistic piece. Yet in the end, this is what sold a lot of people to my work. There was enough to show what I was doing, but not enough to turn someone off from one or two sub-par samples in the bunch, or to think that I was trying too hard, or to make them feel overwhelmed by how much there was to look at. I feel some other artists there turned people off from having several giant binders of their work. It’s kind of exhausting for someone to go through, and if there’s too many options they may be worried how their particular commission might come out. However, I will say that having too few samples (as I sort of did) turned some people off from my work. Find enough samples of your work that really, really show your one specific style that you will use in the badges, so people will know what they will get when they commission you. If you insist, have a separate binder and label it “alternate styles” so people feel they have a choice in how it will look. What ends up convincing people to buy or not is style; Everyone is going to draw their dog fursona with the same colors and markings, but how will yours look?
• Offer some standard priced commissions as well as “cheap” commissions. This one comes from Rochelle. She and I were offering our standard $10 – $25 inks, badges, sketches and marker commissions, but Rochelle also offered $2 chibis. People who commissioned her ended up tossing in an extra $2 with their orders to get a second, smaller version of their character (and they loved it!). As people buy and buy throughout the con and run out of spending cash, have some small item for them to tack on their purchases or spend their last few bucks on. In fact, our last commissioner for the night was a gentleman going around getting $1 badges from every artist at the con. When he approached us, he was at the end of his roll of singles. Sure, it’s only one dollar, but it ends up stretching your bottom line that much more.
• Have an order sheet prepared. You can either get something fancy printed out at Kinko’s, or just use your home printer, but have some standard order sheet prepared. It should have room for the person’s full name, the name (and spelling!) of what they want on the badge, their cell phone number (for reaching them during the con when their commission is done), e-mail (you’ll see why later), and enough room to write in a description of their character if they don’t have a ref sheet. I luckily had my trusty Iron Man notebook to write much of this down, but it would have looked more professional and kept me better organized if I had a standardized sheet to use.
• Have a con-related business card. Rochelle and I were planning on making some biz cards, but so much got in the way and we never got around to it. We both wanted to get the biggest bang for our buck and focused on having more long-term info for the card, but really, having a con-specific card is not only fine, but really, much more appropriate. The card should have your personal web site, any other community/social sites on the ‘net you care to share with others (in the case of a furry con, you would include your FA or DA account). Include your cell phone so commissioners can contact you during the con if needed. Include your contact and paypal e-mail addresses. Have your full name and alias. Include a very eye-catching piece of your work on both sides if possible. Have a stack of the cards spread out on your table so that people are encouraged to take them. Have LOTS spread out at all times so that people don’t worry about taking the last one. Make sure everyone who commissions you takes one (or several to hand to their friends!) so they can reach you.
• Know what events are going on, and what you’d like to see. We were going to do this beforehand, but again our time got cut short and decided we’d look when we got there. But then, of course, we ended up spending our time at the Artist’s Alley and missed most of the events and panels. So if the con releases their event schedule beforehand, print it out and highlight the ones you’d like to see most, and highlight some back-up ones. Now, we went on a Saturday, and much less “interesting” panels were going on, so I feel that attending events and panels is best reserved for Friday and Sunday of the con if you go all three days. You want to maximize your availability as an artist, of course, but you also want to enjoy the con while you’re there!
• Know who’s going! Luckily for this con, we had three of us so that two could hold the table while one ran off to get food or check out the convention. But doing this would be a lot easier and a lot more fun if we knew even more people to tag-team with when leaving to go to the bathroom, get food, attend a panel, view an event, mingle, etc. Even if you only know someone through the Internet, so long as you’re on good terms with them, you should work out a sort of buddy system for watching one another’s tables or attending events. The more, the merrier!

During the con

• Keep a commission queue list. I CAN’T STRESS THIS ONE ENOUGH. I started to do this in my Iron Man notebook as more and more people commissioned me, but before I did I was pretty disorganized. This list should note: Who commissioned you, what they commissioned (ink, badge, etc.), what they paid, to whom they paid (if, like Rochelle and I did, you’re doing collaborations. She and I had some confusion with the exchange of money on our first collaboration), and what time they ordered. This list will help you and your customers know what “order” the commissions are being done in and when they can be expected to be done. It will help you keep track of how much money you’ve made so you can know if you’ve broken even yet with your other expenses, and how much more you want to take on to make a profit.
• Take e-mail addresses. Make sure to get the e-mail address of everyone who commissions you, and try to get the e-mail of those who visit your table. After the con, send a thank-you note to everyone! This is not only professional, but gives people who stopped by a second reminder of who you are and a chance to check out your art again online. Send the e-mail within a few days of the con so that you remain fresh in their minds.
• At around 4p.m., post a sign saying, “Now accepting DINNER in exchange for art!” As evening rolled around, we got VERY hungry. But we felt like we couldn’t leave the table since we had so much work on our plate, and people kept returning to ask if their commission was done yet. Earlier, however, one very kind gentleman gave us some soft drinks in exchange for some doodles in his sketch book. He mentioned to us that other artists were accepting lunch or dinner as payment for food. So, to help avoid leaving your table, make sure this option is available for your buyers. Let them know if you have any food sensitivities or allergies, but besides that try not to be too picky. Also, take the sign down once someone agrees to get you food!
• Work steadily, but make time for breaks. I’m still trying to figure this one out. We worked so hard on so much art that we hardly took any time for ourselves. We were extremely burnt out by the end of the con. The most ideal situation would be to have an actual hotel room at the con so you can run up for a quick cat nap, but otherwise just try to be aware of how much work you’re taking on and what your own energy levels are at. Bring lots of healthy snacks to keep your stamina up. You should have some sign prepared for your table to notify people when you are gone on a break.
• Have fun, be social! We did this at MFF, that’s for sure. We’re very loud, giggling people, and drew in a lot of others to join in on our mischief. There are a lot of asocial nerds (ha!) that go to these things, a lot of people that go alone since they have no other friends with this interest, or a lot of people that are unsure of this environment. The happier you seem and the more outgoing you are, the more fun you will have making friends and the more business you will draw to your table!

Alright, I think that’s a good, solid list for now. I’m sure when/if the next convention I attend rolls around I will rewrite what I have for it. But this is definitely good to get in writing at least while it’s still fresh on my mind.

The next con we may go to will likely be “Furry Connection North” in Michigan. I’m thinking about trying my hand at ACEN just because Rochelle gives it such rave reviews, and one of these days I would love to attend Comic Con and Anthrocon.

Have any of your own con advice? Leave a comment below!

As I said, MFF was my first con, but Rochelle and Andrea had gone to other conventions before, so they at least knew some things about getting thre early, what to prepare for registration, what to bring for the art table should we get one, etc. So, thanks to them, I packed up my bristol board sketch book and Micron inking pens in a simple tote bag, and we drove there at ridiculous o’clock AM (around 9:30).

When we pulled into the hotel, we didn’t see any signs or anything and weren’t sure we had the right place…until we swung in front of the lobby and saw a group of people…wearing tails…standing outside having a chat and smoking. We started screaming and giggling like school girls at the sight of that, excited yet apprehensive about what lay ahead. We found a parking spot, gathered our things and walked towards the hotel. Seeing the tails was one thing, but we knew we were really in furry territory after seeing this:

So we walk in and take a quick grasp of our surroundings. It’s pretty sparse, but a surprising amount of people walking around. We see where the Dealer’s Room is and a few other important locales, passing by people in tails, ears, wings and full fursuits along the way. We finally find where registration is, but realize we’ve arrived too early. So, we hang tight and doodle in our sketchbooks while we wait for someone to show up for us. I spotted this guy catching a nap while waiting for the action to start as well.

A lot of people started piling in and getting in line, so we did too. We noticed very early on that not only were we probably a few of the only people not wearing anything furry (except my shirt, arguably), but we were among the very few girls there. Hmm…

While we waited, more people in costume popped in to entertain us. I’ve seen these guys on Youtube and the like before, but didn’t learn their names until now. Jaggers and Littlebluewolfie were wandering around, offering high fives and the like to other earlybirds. I jumped out of line and asked them for a picture, so they obliged.

We got our badges, and I registered under the name Zelaphas, as per my striped hyena character. I’ve always had something of an “identity crisis” (lol) in terms of my involvement in the anthro fandom. I’ve been Erdraug, Evilinnocence, Industrialwolf, more or less Charles, Danale and now Zelaphas. But I think Zelaphas is a good character to use for events like these, or even for my involvement in the art scene. She doesn’t have to be “me”, but she can represent me, my art, and my…furriness? *shudders* Danale will always be something of a nickname for me, in real life and online.

Anyways, Rochelle and Andrea more or less bolted to the Artist’s Alley and got a corner table all to themselves. I decided not to register since, really, my intention was mostly to be a customer and an observer. In a perfect world I would have planned more carefully to make more art to sell, have samples and business cards ready, etc. I’ve been feeling kinda lackluster about my drawing hobby lately, so even though I knew I’d feel sad not to sell anything while my friends did, I mostly wanted to enjoy the works of other artists and gawk at the costumes.

So while Andrea and Rochelle set up drawing, I found my way back to the dealer’s room and checked out everything that was for sale there. I had no idea how much art, comics, literature, plushies, costumes and other junk the furry fandom churns out! It was pretty cool! There was a big emphasis on industrial and steampunk items there. I probably would have bought some goggles if I felt them worth the expense. The craftsmanship in these things is amazing, so I don’t blame them for the price tags. Just not something I want to spend my cash on right now.

Several of the “big name” artists like Arphalia, Hibbary, Ursula Vernon and others were there (or had tables/merch set up) so I said hi and browsed their works. I found Skulldog, whom I’ve done a commission for not to long ago, and had a brief conversation with her. She was extremely friendly and told me about her con experiences. My family brought me up to have an interest in the business aspect of things, so I asked her how she typically does in sales at conventions like these. She told me that attending conventions and selling art was her job. I was very impressed! I imagine there are rough patches, but overall, to travel around, doing what you love and earning the praise and money of fans for it–that’s gotta be pretty sweet. I made my rounds through the Dealer’s Den again before coming back to buy some prints from her. They’re very good quality, so I’m anxious to frame them and hang them up somewhere.

I also got goaded into some spot selling plushies. The guy running it said, “any species, you name it, we have it! What species are YOU!?” Now, I don’t really subscribe to any otherkin or even real furry beliefs, but I just played along and said I was a hyena. His assistant ran past me and pulled out this big hyena plushie, which was extremely detailed and very well done, even with bendable arms. Of course, it had a price tag of about $60, so I was prepared to leave until I chanced upon an adorable little llama on one of the lower shelves. It had the softest, little curly hair and the perfect pose, and it was only about $8 so I caved.

Back at the artist’s alley, Andrea had already racked up a pretty penny in commission slots, but Rochelle hadn’t had such luck yet. It was still fairly early, though. The con now was much more crowded, and a lot more people started coming through. Including those in suit, who stopped by our table to say hi and look at our work.

“Flux,” definitely one of the best costumes at the con. Really glad he stopped by our table for some pictures and costuming fun!

So since I felt I had seen enough of the Dealer’s Den and not much else was going on, I decided to sit down and offer some moral support to my artistic friends…and try my hand at drawing some things myself. I cut out some old inks of mine and set them out with a lame price tag, and then doodled for a bit. Sure enough, after a while both Rochelle and I were getting hits from a number of people. One of whom was Venaul, something of a newbie to the fandom, who, like me, was enjoying his first con. He commissioned Rochelle and myself for what became our first official collaboration commission, and it came out awesome. He may or may not be able to link the final product, but I at least caught a blurry picture of how my portion (the ink) came out. You can see him in the background to the left.

He was extremely delighted with how it came out.

For the bulk of the rest of the day we sat glued to our spot in the Artist’s Alley. We’re very loud girls, cracking jokes, laughing our bums off and bringing in complete strangers to our conversations. It definitely lends well to the con setting. We had a number of interesting people come to our table. One of whom was the marshmallow peeps guy, Jell-O-Blue. He handed us a business card with his character info – just a marshmallow peep – and told us to have fun with it. He offered us our base price for our basic commission type and took off. Below is my interpretation of “anthropomorphic marshmallow peep” (kinda inspired by Sponge Bob, I must admit) as well as the other art and badges he collected.

The ACEO card with the peep in the top hat, monocle and martini glass is Rochelle’s. Nicely done!

This wolf man that came to our table was a laugh riot. He had a moveable jaw and carried around little plastic men to “nom” on. He was eyeing my new llama plushie with hunger…

After much texting back and forth, I finally bumped into Voodoowolf and her boyfriend Dearc. They’re awesome! They stopped by my table to say hi and chat for a bit. She helped me out with some lamination sheets (like I wrote above, I came very unprepared), and I gave her some of my inks to express my thanks, if nothing else. She told me she had a lot of success in the artist’s alley too, and even saw her art skill improve as she went along. Awesome!

A hound came by to give me a kiss on the cheek…

Much later in the evening, these two guys showed up asking for $1 badges. By this time we had a pretty full queue, and weren’t in the mood to do hard work for only a dollar. But these were excellent salesmen (erm…buysmen?), and convinced us to just do whatever medium and size we want and just have fun with it. And if we learned anything from the marshmallow peeps man, the “have fun with it” commissions are always the best.

His jacket pocket is bursting at the seems with all the $1 badges he bought. Seems to be the way to go!

After closing up shop, we decided to stick around for the dance. It kinda felt like being back in 8th grade. There was horrible alternative rock music playing, everyone was kinda standing around awkwardly, and there were chairs lined up along the wall where lonely people sat hoping the murry purry love of their life would show up and ask them to dance. By this point we were exhausted, and every bone in our body just ached, but we wanted to make the most of our one-day con experience, so we toughed it out.

These costumes were HORRIBLE. We dubbed the guy in the right “Roadkill in Pajamas”, which we later agreed would make a great name for a band.

During the fursuit parade, I noticed a rather infamous fursuit walk by, and couldn’t believe my eyes. This same costume appeared again at the dance. So instead of “Buyer Beware,” it’s “Buyer…ah forget about it, let’s boogie!”

Some time during the night, this cat/fox girl (guy?) saw us standing around and waved us over to dance. We couldn’t tell which of us its unfocused eyes were looking at, but Rochelle took the queue to go over. Andrea and I couldn’t stop laughing at what happened next…

There was also a very young girl with her parents there in full costume! I had mixed feelings about that one… But I give kudos to her parents for being open-minded, not to mention keeping an eye on her the whole night. She looked no different than the kid from Where the Wild Things Are.

This chick in chain mail…well I dunno what to say about her. Too much skin and too little dignity.

And we dubbed this guy the Orca Cat from Space (can’t see in this pic but he has a whale tail). We couldn’t figure out what he was supposed to be beyond that.

And this guy had the coolest hand paws…not sure why my camera went berzerk on the right, there.

We later bumped into Jaggers again – I loooooove his costume! I caught some video of him on the big screen dancing, but later when Rochelle, Andrea and I gave it a shot, we saw him waiting in line and waved him over for all four of us to do it. It was a blast!

Also, Venaul popped in again in the dance room, so I caught a quick vid of him as well.

One very notable thing that everyone who was there can thank us for (lol), is the dance circle! Rochelle, Andrea and I were busting out ridiculous dance moves until we caught the attention of some guy. He was rather flirty but not very good at including all three of us in the conversation, so we quickly waved over a green dog man to join our circle and spread things out. Later a few more people came in to show off their moves, and within minutes we had a huge circle going that encompassed half the room! One by one people both in costumes and without hopped in the center and showed off their stuff. Andrea showed off “the worm” a number of times. I cheered like a mad woman, but it was mostly to get other people excited and get more people to bust a move in the middle. It ended up being a blast.

After that, we left at around 12:30. I know that sounds kinda early, but that’s a 13+ hour day of drawing, mingling and dancing our bums off. We were beat. But it was definitely a blast, and I can’t wait to do it again.

I have some footage of the Fursuit parade (plus my commentary while watching!), but it’s too long for YouTube. So I’m trying to find another way to host it or cut it up. I’ll post an update once I get to that!

I’d just like to end this entry with a formal and emphatically appreciative THANK YOU to each and every single person who said hello, sold me something, bought artwork from me, complemented my skill, joined our dance circle, posed for a picture, told me I looked adorable, or was just there having a great time and being someone awesome to look at. Although I spent most of my time in the Artist’s Alley, I still met a lot of people and had a great time. You can definitely expect to see me at more Anthro Conventions to come!

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