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⌈ Secret Post #6022 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

I'd wonder the same thing, OP. Don't booths/tables at cons cost money to rent? I hope they're at least breaking even. This might be ungenerous of me, because I have zero artistic skills and while I say power to the people who are brave enough to do this... yeah, I'm not paying $10 for teen-level drawing.

[(Anonymous)]

yeah, tables run anywhere from $50 at small cons up to $1K at some of the largest, for artist-alley slots (not the vendors, those are even more pricey). there's usually a scrum at the door to get a coveted spot at the popular cons, it takes having your application ready to go as soon as they open up and then hoping you got in ahead of the bloodbath if it's first-come rather than juried. plus you've got all the money spent on prints, advertising, infrastructure (how you hang, display, put on prices, etc). plus, if it's not local to you, now add in gas/transportation, parking fees, maybe hotel costs, oh and food...

most artists take years of grinding at every single local/regional con from January to December, sometimes doing 12-15 a year, before they break even. Display infrastructure is an investment up front but you always have to pay for tables and printing your prints, that expense has to go into it every single con. it's very, very hard to actually make any kind of money, let alone full-time money, not to mention discouraging to watch people walk past you for hours and not even give your table a glance. I can't fathom wanting to do it if you don't have a ready fanbase that likes what you put out.

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I think it's the travel cost that gets me the most. I've had several artists in my timeline who were flying to different cons and that alone seems like an insane expense, hotels not even included yet.