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So! I-Con was a hoot. It claims to be the largest sci-fi/fantasy convention in the Northeast, and it sure looked that way. Over six thousand attendees milling around the Stony Brook Campus...none of which I got to see because I was so freaking busy.
The drive wasn't too bad...until we approached NYC, which is simultaneously the world's most stunning, exciting place and a blight of crowded humanity. If we were small pets owned by some giant super-race of alien beings, New York City would be a habitat deemed "too overcrowded and stressful...may cause females to eat their young in distress...avoid keeping your humans in such overcrowded habitats."
Anyway that's how it makes ME feel...too freaking many damn people, too many trucks, wholly inadequate roads. NYC turned a pleasant seven hour drive into an eight and a half hour drive, with the tail end of the trip being the most frightening part. Eeep! Next time, screw the GW bridge during afternoon rush hour...I'm taking the LI ferry from New England. Seven pleasant hours of driving with a pretty boat ride at the end...now THAT'S my idea of the proper way to conclude a road trip.
The convention site was awesome and very pretty, Stony Brook University on Long Island Sound = SO pretty. If Charlotte ever wants to go there she has my blessings. We were in the sports complex, a huge indoor arena. I don't know how many vendors there were (my guess is about fifty or so, great ratio of customers to vendors by the way) but I was SO happy to find that my table was right near the rollup door entrance. We arrived at 5;30 PM, the sales hours on Friday were from 6 to 10 PM and we had time to spare (I set up ~lightning~ quick even under the most dire circumstances, Yay me!).
I got sandwiched between a Star Wars card -n- crap vendor and a really nice booth full of anime stuff. There was a HUGE booth of anime stuff directly behind us, too. I knew where my money was gonna go, I can tell you that.
This is me at my table. I only had one eight foot long table, but I think I crammed everything on it rather nicely. PLUS I made pretty signs for everything. I actually had my shit together (a nice alternative to the usual state of affairs, you know?).
The Cosplayers were ~everywhere~. I think the ratio was one out of every ten or so, at least on Saturday. Every other person had ears on or something, and a number of people went absolutely crazy with really elaborate stuff. I saw some disturbing things (like a guy who MUST have been pushing 60 or so...overweight, pasty, Coke-bottle black-frame glasses, looks like someone's dad, wearing a complete Inuyasha outfit...I threw up a little in my mouth there), also there were a lot of kids doing Naruto...a LOT. It was like a truck full of Naruto cosplayers backed up to the door and unloaded them. You couldn't swing a dead chocobo without hitting a Naruto kid (heh...get it? FF humor? Those were there too and I took great pride in recognizing the Final Fantasy cosplayers by name. I so rock.)
Without further ado, my cavalcade of cosplay pics:
And that was just some of the stuff I saw. Everyone was really nice, and they got a big kick out of being recognized.
So anyway, I did really well. I sold all my little arm dragons and a TON of masks, including that really nice gold and copper Medusa that took me so long to make. Normally I'm hap-hap-happy when I sell such a pricey piece but THIS one I was actually quite attached to...I'm afraid I sniffled a little. Stoopid emo artist chick.
I did so well, I paid with cash for next year's table in advance. Saved about a hundred dollars that way. So, I know what I'll be doing next year on the second-to-last weekend of March. :-)
Picked up a TON of anime swag while I was there (of course. I was like a gambling addict in Las Vegas, surrounded as I was with anime crap dealers on two sides). Rumdiculous and Ash-Grey-Sky...I have neat stuff for you (going to mail it out tomorrow, probably).
Oh, which reminds me. On Res's advice I picked up an anime series, "The Twelve Kingdoms". Greg bought me BOTH box sets, so I have the whole series (yay for sweet husbands!). Been watching it...it's SO addictive...like potato chips, I can't stop once I start watching. More on that later (but thank you for telling me about it, Res...I LOVE the story).
Aaaand...that's enough for now. My fingers are bleeding!
The drive wasn't too bad...until we approached NYC, which is simultaneously the world's most stunning, exciting place and a blight of crowded humanity. If we were small pets owned by some giant super-race of alien beings, New York City would be a habitat deemed "too overcrowded and stressful...may cause females to eat their young in distress...avoid keeping your humans in such overcrowded habitats."
Anyway that's how it makes ME feel...too freaking many damn people, too many trucks, wholly inadequate roads. NYC turned a pleasant seven hour drive into an eight and a half hour drive, with the tail end of the trip being the most frightening part. Eeep! Next time, screw the GW bridge during afternoon rush hour...I'm taking the LI ferry from New England. Seven pleasant hours of driving with a pretty boat ride at the end...now THAT'S my idea of the proper way to conclude a road trip.
The convention site was awesome and very pretty, Stony Brook University on Long Island Sound = SO pretty. If Charlotte ever wants to go there she has my blessings. We were in the sports complex, a huge indoor arena. I don't know how many vendors there were (my guess is about fifty or so, great ratio of customers to vendors by the way) but I was SO happy to find that my table was right near the rollup door entrance. We arrived at 5;30 PM, the sales hours on Friday were from 6 to 10 PM and we had time to spare (I set up ~lightning~ quick even under the most dire circumstances, Yay me!).
I got sandwiched between a Star Wars card -n- crap vendor and a really nice booth full of anime stuff. There was a HUGE booth of anime stuff directly behind us, too. I knew where my money was gonna go, I can tell you that.
This is me at my table. I only had one eight foot long table, but I think I crammed everything on it rather nicely. PLUS I made pretty signs for everything. I actually had my shit together (a nice alternative to the usual state of affairs, you know?).
The Cosplayers were ~everywhere~. I think the ratio was one out of every ten or so, at least on Saturday. Every other person had ears on or something, and a number of people went absolutely crazy with really elaborate stuff. I saw some disturbing things (like a guy who MUST have been pushing 60 or so...overweight, pasty, Coke-bottle black-frame glasses, looks like someone's dad, wearing a complete Inuyasha outfit...I threw up a little in my mouth there), also there were a lot of kids doing Naruto...a LOT. It was like a truck full of Naruto cosplayers backed up to the door and unloaded them. You couldn't swing a dead chocobo without hitting a Naruto kid (heh...get it? FF humor? Those were there too and I took great pride in recognizing the Final Fantasy cosplayers by name. I so rock.)
Without further ado, my cavalcade of cosplay pics:
And that was just some of the stuff I saw. Everyone was really nice, and they got a big kick out of being recognized.
So anyway, I did really well. I sold all my little arm dragons and a TON of masks, including that really nice gold and copper Medusa that took me so long to make. Normally I'm hap-hap-happy when I sell such a pricey piece but THIS one I was actually quite attached to...I'm afraid I sniffled a little. Stoopid emo artist chick.
I did so well, I paid with cash for next year's table in advance. Saved about a hundred dollars that way. So, I know what I'll be doing next year on the second-to-last weekend of March. :-)
Picked up a TON of anime swag while I was there (of course. I was like a gambling addict in Las Vegas, surrounded as I was with anime crap dealers on two sides). Rumdiculous and Ash-Grey-Sky...I have neat stuff for you (going to mail it out tomorrow, probably).
Oh, which reminds me. On Res's advice I picked up an anime series, "The Twelve Kingdoms". Greg bought me BOTH box sets, so I have the whole series (yay for sweet husbands!). Been watching it...it's SO addictive...like potato chips, I can't stop once I start watching. More on that later (but thank you for telling me about it, Res...I LOVE the story).
Aaaand...that's enough for now. My fingers are bleeding!
