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Busy, Busy Bee! by Karla-Chan

So I am featuring as an artist at Manchester, Dokidoki convention! So I am having the convention panic! I do this every time without fail. I never feel ready. I always worry if I have got enough stuff, worry that I have forgotten something important. Worry that people won't like my art! I know they are typical worries, but still...

I freak every time! It doesn't seem to get any easier at all!

I am at the point where the cards are on the table now, and there is nothing I can do. If I am not ready, I am not ready. Since I leave tomorrow even though the con is on Saturday. Since I am stopping in town for a couple of reasons, one because it means I am in town early and ready. The other is because I decided to be stupid and go to a rock concert the night before. I am going to have so many regrets on Sunday!

So many regrets! The last con I did it took me a week to recover because it was such a long day with hard work! Oops!

I am seeing a band called The Red Paintings, and they are really awesome! I like them a lot actually, they are one of my favourites. I first saw them at Whitby Goth Weekend, I thought they were going to be really gimmicky because I was told they were a "multi media experience" because they get some of the fans up to paint how they feel while the band perform; and that they story behind the band is they are aliens who have come to earth and met Geisha. However they are so good, and really go there with the social commentary too.

I am also so tired now, and the weekend has not even begun. I have been busy leading up to the weekend and feel so dead right now!

And my sleep medication is giving me insomnia... I don't think this is helping with the con panic, since I am actually worried about how ill I am going to be after all this!

Busy, Busy Bee!

Karla-Chan

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    I certainly don't think you have anything to worry about .... :-)

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      Well I had plenty of stuff, which I was worried about. However it really didn't go as well as I would have liked and some people were so rude. If I am honest it was one of the worst cons I have actually attended.

      I actually didn't have fun, and I didn't make as much money as I have done in the past. Not many people actually spoke or anything. I wasn't the only artist with the problem, but still I am a bit down about the whole thing.

      I was also more ill than I thought I would be, because my neighbours in the hotel came in drunk and loud at 4am and was making noise for over an hour. Which I didn't then manage to get back to sleep. I tried calling the hotel reception like twice as well, and they only responded the first time and asked them to be quiet. However they still made loads of noise.

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    Awww .... I'm sorry it didn't go well, and especially that people were rude and inconsiderate. You seem like a nice person to me and you are a talented artist. There is no reason for people to behave that way.

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      Thanks so much. At other cons I have had an amazing time since I do love chatting about art and things like that. It can be great for meeting people as well as getting your art out there. However for some people weren't chatty.

      Plus people kept doing things like trying to steal a lot of my business cards because I got them printed with MOO so they had all different designs on. They were treating it like free art and things like that, since none of the ones that tried to pull that bought art. Plus all kinds of other things. I do feel like it was a bit of a disaster if I am honest.

      Sorry I am pretty whiny about it, I had just bigged myself up for it. I also hoped afterwards I wouldn't be so broke.

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        Whine on .... sometimes we need a vent and it helps. ^v^

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          Yeah, I am feeling better... Mainly because I have Fallout 4 now and I have been focusing on that! :D But at the time I was pretty upset, so thanks so much for being understanding about it.