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Artists!

I have a dilemma.

I've done the Artist's Alley thing, like, once before. It was a very informal affair at AniZona. I sold one product, started with a stock of 25, and sold like 16. It was pretty cool. There were about 1,200 people there.

Now, I'm doing it at AX.

Which has... hundreds of thousands of attendees.

I have rather more variety now, and originally I was thinking I'd bring 15 of each image.

... Except for the hundreds of thousands of people. I'm terrified that I won't have enough, even if I decide to bring 30 of each image.

Can anyone give me a good ballpark figure of how much I could expect these to sell?

The Sun
The Star
The Moon
IX Ladies Dancing
A Certain Resemblance
Fourth-Grade Perils
Rude Awakening
Mistletoe

Is 30 enough? Too little? Too much? I'll probably have an overstock sale here and/or on dA if I have anything left after con, so I'd rather print too much than too little. I wouldn't be so neurotic if I hadn't sold so much of what I had at a con that is a FRACTION of Anime Expo's size...

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I'm no artist, and I've never even been to a convention, but I'd have a big sign saying that they can buy anything they see off Deviant Art, just in case.

And I totally read that as Fourth Grade Penis.

Wait, I think you lost me.

And I do that too. EVERY TIME. I hate myself for naming it the way I did.

Just a sign on your booth saying, "Like what you see? Go to www.wheverevers.com/ohai to buy MOAR prints!"

Ahh.

See, I actually barely have any REAL prints, and none of them are fandom stuff. (I'm pretty sure you can't actually sell fandom crap with dA's print service.)

I will be handing out business cards, though.

"Mistletoe" is my favorite and I don't even like slash, normally. ^^ ...It's just so sweet and cheerful and I love their expressions and all the colour.

I wish I could help with your expo queries, but I've never been to a con, much less sold art for one. So ~ very best of luck. I'd buy your art if I was there. ^___^

Honestly, I'd say print a lot. Unless it's going to break you financially, figure out how many you realistically think you need and then double that number. When I was standing around in Artist's Alley at AX last year, I saw one woman sell three of the same print in ten minutes. Now, I'll grant you, it was Axel/Roxas and therefore absurdly popular, but still. As you say, you can always have an overstock sale afterward if you overestimated.

Mmm, yes, true.

I'm printing at home, though, so resources are limited. I guess I'll go with 40... I feel safer with that than 30.