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Post by Admin Lily on May 28, 2014 23:46:52 GMT
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Post by noaesclair on Jan 16, 2015 1:25:45 GMT
Sukoshi Con LAW July 4th-6th 2014
Table Cost: $100 (Comes with Two Tickets)
Hotel Cost: (Con Hotel) $180 for the weekend
We had heard a lot about Sukoshi Con in general, seeing how they have many cons all over the place, so we were hyped about going to a three day convention put on by them.
When we arrived to the convention site, we found that the con was sharing the space with a sports convention/meet up, and a family reunion on saturday (bless them). The hotel was beautiful, but we could tell the hotel staff was a bit stressed with the different groups coming and going. But they handled check in with grace and managed to get every one situated.
It took us a bit to located the con, it was situated down a long hallway. There were not many indicators of the convention itself, but the cosplayers were a sure sign that something was happening in that hall. When we found were Artists were to check in, we asked that Ammy be given an artist badge as well, paying for a full price ticket, she wasn’t given one, instead receiving a three day badge. This turned out not to be a problem, as there was very very little security check in at the entrance to the AA room. Which was a little concerning.
Friday-
Set up went smoothly, we did arrive close to set up time, so we scrambled a bit to finish before the AA opened. We did get to see some familiar faces in our fellow artists. The AA itself was in a side room, and felt a little small for the amount of artist that were there. There were actually quite a few empty tables, and it might have been better to remove the tables and space out the present artists a bit, but there were no moves made. The traffic flow on friday was decent, but died off quickly as the day progressed. And set the feel for the rest of the weekend unfortunately. Our first sale was a newly introduced RWBY button set! The hours were originally set for the AA to close unusually late, but the AA director came by to say we would close earlier, which was fine by us!
Saturday-
Traffic was not improved much saturday and the attendance seemed very low overall. There was a lot of interest by the Hotel staff, who came and went freely into a lot of the events, which was awesome, but also called attention to not really any badge policing being done at the con as a whole. This was not a commission heavy con for us by any means, so we spent the time planning our next clock designs and working on the sketches for our first crossover piece.
We also had an incident at about two in the morning at the hotel where the fire alarm went off and we all had to evacuate the hotel for about twenty minutes. Still not too sure what happened, but we did get to bond with the other guests who were not apart of the convention.
Sunday-
Hardly anyone was present in the hall when we came down. We were able to get out hotel luggage easily and had no issues getting into the AA room early, again both lucky for Ammy but not good overall. The vibe from the AA artists was that we were disappointed in the lack of attention the con got, and most seemed to attribute it to being on a Holiday weekend, which we agree with. That should be the first thing to consider for LAW next year.
Overall:
CONS:
Being on a holiday was the first big blow to the con. The overall structure was poor, or merely not present at all. Signs were hand written and often unclear on what they were for, there was no clear badge policy, and if there was some sort of policing for it, we never saw it happening. The room we were in was VERY cold, and most everyone was left shivering. We are considering not attending cons in this area for while, as LAW was not our only disappointing experience in the city, but you never know!
PROS:
We enjoyed the extended time getting to know our fellow artists! Got to share tips and see what other cons are out there from our new friends.
***Will not be attending this convention again. Just was not worth it in the long run, although the new AA head shows a lot of promise***
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