That is pretty much exactly my impression of 2008 as well.
For conventions? The things that I made money on were all the tiny things I sell. Miniprints for a few bucks, bookmarks, magnets, everything *small* went like mad. Most of the people I sold to were teenagers using allowances/money from summer jobs so they honestly don't have bills to pay and like to buy lots of cute little random stuff. The kid walking around with his entire body covered in buttons was my best friend, so to speak.
Very small originals went ... okay. Larger originals are admired, but very few people are saving up for them anymore.
When I did my list of limited edition prints, pretty much everything earlier then 2006/early 2007 was sold out regardless of size. *small* prints for late 2007/2008 sold out while large prints I'm still fairly early in the print run. It used to be people were 'eh' about small prints and thought they were cute, but jumped for the large prints. Not this year.
And going through my client database, I went from roughly 90% american clients, to nearly 80% international clients. The majority of them from sweden, france and the uk. A half dozen from australia, since the post office seems to have gotten more reasonable about shipping fees to australia (at least for the weights I've checked), they've been more inclined to buy.
It makes me anxious, knowing how unstable and just... craptacular our economy is right now. I would much prefer hearing politicians say it's crappy while I'm living snug, then knowing intimately just how horrible it is.
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Date: 2008-07-07 07:24 am (UTC)For conventions? The things that I made money on were all the tiny things I sell. Miniprints for a few bucks, bookmarks, magnets, everything *small* went like mad. Most of the people I sold to were teenagers using allowances/money from summer jobs so they honestly don't have bills to pay and like to buy lots of cute little random stuff. The kid walking around with his entire body covered in buttons was my best friend, so to speak.
Very small originals went ... okay. Larger originals are admired, but very few people are saving up for them anymore.
When I did my list of limited edition prints, pretty much everything earlier then 2006/early 2007 was sold out regardless of size. *small* prints for late 2007/2008 sold out while large prints I'm still fairly early in the print run. It used to be people were 'eh' about small prints and thought they were cute, but jumped for the large prints. Not this year.
And going through my client database, I went from roughly 90% american clients, to nearly 80% international clients. The majority of them from sweden, france and the uk. A half dozen from australia, since the post office seems to have gotten more reasonable about shipping fees to australia (at least for the weights I've checked), they've been more inclined to buy.
It makes me anxious, knowing how unstable and just... craptacular our economy is right now. I would much prefer hearing politicians say it's crappy while I'm living snug, then knowing intimately just how horrible it is.