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I'll show you mine if you show me yours

Journal Entry: Thu Feb 25, 2010, 11:06 PM
Y'all watch a lot of anime. Y'all know what the people want. Tell me what the people want. I have to get started on con stuff early because a lot of other shit competes for my attention these days.

Who you gon' buy shit of at cons. Tell me. If you do, you get to make a booty call. 100% success rate. You want a piece of this fat fine ass?

please, gentlemen, contain your boners
You can have it for the price of a fanart suggestion.

But I am ungrateful enough to shoot you if you say K-ON.

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:iconpearberry:
anything from FMA sells like hotcakes. Best show ever, yo! <3333
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:iconbaconshinobi:
Zelda: if you draw it, they will come.
EN MASSE.
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:iconudon-chan:
Dissidia, FF13 will be probably be popular. You can gauge on what's popular by checking out the popular cosplays cropping up (check the con's forum at cosplay.com for example). Also any series with a strong yaoi fandom will generally sell well.

Hetalia, Vocaloid, Hitman Reborn, D Grayman, Soul Eater, Pokemonz might still be popular too. Games like Persona 3/4, Team Fortress 2, L4D, Mass Effect, Resident Evil, Phoenix Wright, Kingdom Hearts, Tales, Silent Hill might also sell well.

Now, if I were to ever buy something off you, I would buy 12 Kingdoms, Durarara, Baccano!, Ristorante Paradiso (OLD MEN YESSS), Escaflowne, Professor Layton, Odin Sphere, Muramasa and Okami. I saw that you wanted to do Mushishi too and I'd prolly eat that right up too D:

There's an artist who frequents the cons in the area I live in and he makes a shit ton of money every year just using the same prints over and over and charging 20 bucks for them. His dA is yanimator and he does single character shots from popular series and they're decently done. If you follow the same vein, you can probably make a lot of money. But if you're not in it to make money, then ignore what I said XD
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:iconleaunoire:
I'm not in it to make a ton of money but I like to cover the cost of my trip. I go to cons to hang out with people really, lol. The truth is I don't usually do a lot of actual con stuff at cons, maybe fall asleep in a video room 4AM or something, but cons are a great excuse to get a bunch of friends together in a hotel room and do stupid shit at ungodly hours of the morning. That said, it takes a lot of effort to cover one's costs.

Thanks for all the series suggestions! I started watching Durarara, but now I am really interested in 12k after people have been mentioning it.
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:iconudon-chan:
Yeah, that's the same reason I go to cons for too xD To meet friends I can't otherwise on a regular basis xD I hope some of the suggestins are useful, but honestly, if you draw a lot of stuff you actually enjoy instead of "selling out", you'll have a lot more motivation and fun aw well.
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*Tsubasa-No-Kami Feb 26, 2010  Professional Digital Artist
there is a shitton of popular things. it's hard to compete with something that is "popular" b/c artists who dodge tool will usually have the monopoly on that kinda stuff. honestly, when i go to cons, i bring it back old school and sell just as many with things people had almost forgotten, but still love and feel like they wont ever see another fan art of... xD that's my secret tip for you~ do something *not* popular.
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:iconleaunoire:
That was actually what I was thinking of doing! My best pieces last year were Princess Tutu (a very active niche fandom) and Jin (Champloo... is still popular I guess?) so I figured I'd do stuff that was beloved but less popular. Unfortunately I am so out of touch with what those things actually are. I don't watch an overwhelming amount of anime. xD

ANYWAY, thank you for the tip~~
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:icontsubasa-no-kami:
*Tsubasa-No-Kami May 23, 2010  Professional Digital Artist
OMF princess tutu is so f*ing awesome hahah!!!! i cant seem to find any "new" anime i like :/
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~MaddCat Feb 26, 2010  Student Digital Artist
Durarara and Baccano are pretty big right now. I personally like Deadman Wonderland, Bakuman, and Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei.

I would buy you're prints either way though. I bought a bunch or your original stuff last year at Otakon and I would do it again~
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