YAY NEW ART FROM ASIEYBARBIE! Cannot WAIT TO SEE IT!!!
I am super excited for the new Sailor Moon, so I wanted to share some pictures I don’t think I’ve shared yet. When I decided to do asieybarbie’s version of Neo Queen Serenity, I had to add buns to the wig I got. So here’s how that whole thing happened ^__^
1. Got some blonde hair pieces from Sally’s Beauty Supply (blonde/light blonde works best since the color is going to be changed)
2. Got two sharpies that matched to the color of the wig then started to color to make sure it stuck to the hair. It did ^__^.
3. Colored the heck out of the hair with the sharpie.
4. Once a bit of the hair was colored I made sure it matched the wig after it was dry.
5. When done (and the hair was dry), my partner and I pinned it to the wig to see what it would look like.
6. Once we were pleased with it, we took a round hair bun (the ones you use to create a bun with your hair) and put the newly color hair around it to make a solid bun. The wifey then sewed the hair to the bun so that it would stay. After that, she hot glued some comb pieces so it could be put into the wig.
7. Ta da :)
Extra note: Your fingers will get messy, but don’t worry, you can get it off your hands pretty easily with just soap and water. Also, I recommend coloring by sections, and when you’re done go back in to check parts you missed. Be sure to flip the hair piece over to get the back side of the hair, and check the inner top parts too. I actually ended up only needing one sharpie, but get two just to be safe because I worked that one sharpie to death.
Two staff members came to my booth and told me that one of the dealers in the Dealers Hall was selling my DMMD print. We went over to the dealer’s booth, and staff immediately confronted her, asking, “Where did you get this print?” The dealer did not respond. Then staff pointed to me, saying I’m the artist and she should not be selling my print.
Dealer: “Oh, this is a personal copy! It’s not for sale.”
Staff: “Why is it out here?”
Dealer: “I just have it together with this.” (it was alongside an official dmmd poster)
That was some bullshit, because fun fact: my poster had a FUCKING PRICE TAG ON IT. What’s worse, she was selling it for $10 more than I usually do.
The dealer took off the price tag, and supposedly put my poster away, and it looked like there was nothing else we could do. Staff apologized to me because they didn’t know how to handle the situation, and felt that they asked the dealer the wrong questions.
Later that same day, my poster was back up at their booth again. Staff asked a stranger to try to buy my poster, and the dealer (or the dealer’s mother, I believe) did attempt to sell it to them. What they didn’t know was that other con workers were watching them, so they were caught red-handed. BUT the dealer argued that no, that poster is not for sale, so apparently the only thing staff was able to do was get the dealer to put my poster away for good.
But honestly, why the fuck would they have my poster at their booth if they weren’t trying to sell it?
I wasn’t able to get a pic of my poster at their booth, but a friend of mine did. Sorry it’s hard to tell, but the posters around it are official art of other series, which is what dealers are allowed to sell.
But fan art is not allowed in the dealers hall (unless you drew it yourself) because think how fucked up that is. This person bought a print from me at a previous con, and intended on profiting from it. And who knows if they’ve done the same to other artists. Not only is that a shitty thing to do and incredibly insulting to the artist, but it also doesn’t seem like a very profitable thing to do??? Honestly, why risk your credibility for ten fucking dollars?
Staff apologized to me again. One of them was particularly emotionally invested in this whole mess because she’s an artist too, and couldn’t stand knowing that people are profiting from others’ fan art, and there’s pretty much nothing we can do. When she told me not get discouraged (about me making art), she cried and oh my god I almost cried too. Girl, if you’re reading this, don’t worry, I’m more pissed off at the dealer than discouraged!
The dealer is MJ Anime Goods. Their facebook page can be found here.
I”m not attempting to get anything out of them since everything about anime conventions is in a legal grey area. I just want people to know what happened, and everyone please don’t buy fan art from the dealer’s hall unless you know the seller is the original artist!
MJ Anime Goods frequents California cons a lot, if they continue to sell unofficial fanart please do not support them. Artists have it hard enough as it is, they shouldn’t have to deal with third parties trying to profit off of them.
Reblogging to spread the word because that’s not cool at all. They should’ve been kicked out, honestly, especially when they put the print back up after the first time.
A bunch of stuff to talk about this morning! We got some more “Seeking the Storyteller” art. We got another excerpt you can check out. And there’s an event where you can get the ebook for 99 cents. You read that right, 99 cents! For Mother’s Day weekend “Seeking the Storyteller” is on sale, so now is a great time to get it if you haven’t done so already!
Now, onto the fanart. This piece of fanart is by the extremely talented Sean Iredale, who we met along with Tyler Hansen during Wizard World. This is Atticus, a villain who is whispered about in the first book who plays a major part throughout the series. Sean really captured his scary epic power here.
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Suddenly he was racing down the hallway, pushing open a set of large, double doors. Hanzo’s back was to him as he helped a young girl walk through a hidden passage in the wall. “Just go!” He screamed to her, “Your mother and I will catch up, I promise!”
But he had broken that promise.
Hanzo had never caught up and neither did the girl’s mother. Haven could now feel the choking sting of sadness against the back of his throat, could taste the regret, the anger, the fear. He knew that these feelings were coming from his dragon, but they were so strong that they gnawed at his stomach as if they were his own. He was the one who couldn’t protect his friends and family from this man, this man he did and did not know. This man, this Atticus, who floated above everything as the entire area crumbled around him. He could hear him laughing, the sound reverberating through his mind and his entire body.
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THIS WEEKEND is the ONLY time you can get a copy of the ebook for 99 cents, so if you’re looking for a good supernatural story to read, now is the time!
SPREAD THE WORD! It’s a special weekend sale for Mother’s Day. Our book is only 99 cents for the entire weekend! Now is a really good time to snag a copy and, as always, please leave a review to let us know what you think <3
This is the story of a geeky anime/gaming gal by the name of Chibi. Please fasten your seat belts and prepare for... some sort of ride? Oh! I love to write, and I also love doing crafty things. I go to conventions with my partner and sell woodburned things, clocks, mirrors, and more! So expect to see those on here too :)
