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Hey folks! Checkerboard Princess is large and in charge at ACen 2013 in the Artist Alley!

Table #94 next door to the amazing :iconzetallis:!

Come say hi at the Con! Especially since I'm holding a Giveaway JUST for ACen attendees!

:iconiloveitmoreplz: FREE STUFF WOOHOO :iconiloveitmoreplz:

See ya there!


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FOR SALE

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For Sale: Two wigs!

I am selling these wigs I no longer want due to CosCom's lying and overall terrible treatment of me (avoid their wig store if at all possible!)

They're both the Rose Long style, very full and thick, really pretty wigs. But I just do not want them anymore, especially since I ended up getting similar wigs from Epic Cosplay (much faster may I add).

Each wig is $37 or both for $74. S&H will be discussed.

Light Purple = TAKEN


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Okay! So I plan on making prints again, and here's the list of stuff I wanna draw the most!

Sailor Moon (yeah yeah I know)
Sword Art Online (I WILL NOT DRAW SUGUHA BLEAH)
Psycho Pass (this series interests me)
Persona 4 (by request)
Pokemon (now must include X/Y stuff XD)
Rise of the Guardians (BABY TOOOOOTTTTHHHH~ <3)
Avatar -and- Legend of Korra (like duuuh)

... and thassit. Am I missing anything that's like SO POPULAR that I NEED TO DO IT? XD

... that's not Sherlock or Avengers?

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Making the Sale

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Stemming off from this hot mess of a rant...

There is a time, and a place to hawk out your wares like this. And its not through notes on an art website. Especially when said site features forums for obtaining work and/or advertising your work to get exposure. There are even websites out there that you can use to offer commissions on a wider scale beyond deviantArt. Tumblr is one, TeenyCom on LiveJournal is another.

But WHEN do you hawk, you ask? Face to face settings. Like the Artist Alley of a fan convention. Its not seen as annoying spam, its seen as trying to actually make a sale. Its the appropriate environment for such a thing, you get me?

Also... pricing. PRICING PRICING PRICING gosh darnit. Don't sell yourself short.

I am NOT a fan of commissions via points, due to the culture surrounding points and the unsaid assumption by many that its 1 point to 1 dollar (nope nope nope!).

But if you have to take commissions via points, 10 points for a fullbody commission is highway robbery.  That's 12.5 cents(I know on tumblr I said 1.5 I wrongly rounded up) for what? An hour of work? US Federal min. wage is $7.25! You're not even making a legitimate quarter... you're working for HALF OF A QUARTER.

That kind of pricing makes my skin -crawl-, and its the same kind of Dollar Menu pricing that has many non-art people wanting to use and abuse artists.

Don't do it.

Opt for cash sales. Don't like Paypal? Use WePay  and/or Google Wallet when possible. But seriously if one HAS to use points... remember 1 point is 1.25 cents. 125 points is 1 USD. 907 points is roughly 7.25 USD.

Now go and attempt to be fruitful... at a fair wage.

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I went through that circus that is the AA process. I hope I get in.

Kinda wondering if I fucked myself over by admitting I am a first-time artist to that con. I mean, is that a point docked off or a plus that I am more likely to get the table?

I really want it because I would love to table there at least once. And with my buddy Oni too. ;n;

WHY ARE AAs SO HARD?! Waaah.

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