Success!

Sorry for the late follow up to my previous post but, in case you were wondering, my show at RMC last weekend went pretty well, I think!

Though I realized when it was all over that I forgot to take a camera and therefore really don't have any good pictures from during the show other than a set-up shot I snapped with my camera. I guess I can show you this image of some of the work I had for sale that I took while cleaning up after the show:

Since I was stuck sitting there all day I decided to bust out the watercolor and do some small pop culture paintings while I was sitting there, hence Batman. They actually sold surprisingly well! Those three are all that was left.

I ended up making back double what the table cost me, which was enough to cover prints and travel expenses as well. Considering that a lot of the people at the tables around me were calling it a small, slow show and complaining that they didn't make their table back...I'm dubbing it a successful first!

One big thing I learned for next time is to BRING A TABLE BUDDY. You don't realize how important potty breaks are until you can't have one for 12 hours. I was having flash backs to teaching with no breaks between classes all day and no one nearby to cover for me. Except worse.

Part of it though is that I still don't really know anyone in the area. At least not well enough to ask them to go with me to one of these and watch my money box. The couple I do know in Denver I didn't think would be interested in coming...and honestly didn't realize how big of a deal it would be to have two people at the table instead of one.

I did manage to pass out quite a few business cards though. I know it probably doesn't look like a lot, but the stack on the left is how tall the other two were to start with as well. All I know is I was constantly refilling the business card basket, so that's good.

Granted, I probably would've made an even bigger dent in these stacks had I been able to walk around during the show and talk to other artists/vendors/etc. Again. Gotta bring a buddy next time.

Speaking of next time, there is a pretty big one in Dallas I am thinking of attending in February. Reason being that the networking in DFW is actually pretty huge in this industry and it would be an excuse to visit friends/family while attending...not to mention I wouldn't have to pay for a hotel. There are three more shows coming up in the spring in the southern part of Colorado, but the drive is just far enough that It'd be smarter to find a hotel. Plus, snow can be a pretty big deal in the spring around here, or so I've heard, and I'd hate to get caught going back and forth on bad roads.

All of that aside, I am going to try my best to get a spot at Denver ComicCon in June. The tables are more expensive but they had an attendance of 60,000 last year...! So surely I'd find some people to buy some of my stuff. Right? Maybe...? I'll just have to bring more comic-oriented stuff to make sure I break even.

And now it's off to go enjoy the rest of this snowy evening and pack for thanksgiving. One of the cool things about where I live is that I get to watch the snow clouds roll in from the mountains.

'til next time!

~K