Con Report

[beccastareyes]

Well, we drove up on Thursday. Things went well -- the fact AnimeIowa was in Des Moines, and not Cedar Rapids, helped muchly.
Friday, was a decent day. I dressed as Chichiri, and nearly left my staff many places. I also got into the Art Show. Yay! I went to a panel on Photoshop -- which showed me I probably need to reletter my comic, asI tend to pack way too much dialogue on pages. On the plus side, I learned how to use Illistrator to do so. I also went to the Dealers' Room and bought two posters (Lost Universe and Escsaflowne), a Slayers artbook, and a Lina doll. Oh, and a Sailor Mercury keychain. I tried to bid on a few pictures at theArt Show, but was outbid. I also went to the Art Kam, and got a henna tatoo and a lot of drawing done. And many compliments on my colored pencil techniques.
On Saturday, I dressed as Zelgadis, which meant I had to budget an extra fiv minutes for pictures goign anywhere. Which was about the same for Chichiri, actually -- Chichiri had fewer pictures, but more trouble getting the staff up the stairs. Elevators were a nightmare at the con. I sat through the AMV contest -- nothing really stellar, wish crisi83 had entered her video. I also went to the Yaoi panel -- well, the one that was capped at PG-13 and below. I was a bit uncomfortbale there -- rabid yaoi fans scare me, though there are a few m/m pairings I like. But, hey, I won a button. And I also had a surrealistic experience there. I found out that Fanilia, the fanfic admin of mm.org (aka my internet boss), was from Iowa and was at the con. So, that was the first time that I had met someone I had known online only -- Fan was much older than I expected. It is very weird meeting someone in a fandom I'm in that is old enough to be my mother. I also went to a panel about promoting your work -- for Phoenix Dawn, and Fan and I hung out at the Fanfiction panel. I didn't know she wrote Vision of escaflowne stories. She also got a good rant about the CYOA phenominon in fandom.
After that, I skipped hte cosplay to hang out at Crisi and uncreativity's table -- Crisi was making clay figurines and UC did buttons, and sold prints. Eventually I had to go back to my room, as my Zel makeup was finally starting to peel off my face.
On Sunday, I went to the Advanced Fancel Workshop and now have a half-finished Alri cel in my room. I skipped the Art Auction to help Cassie check us out -- two of my pieces -- Celestial Sunrise and Dust to Dust were sold, but not at Auction. UC and I then went to the Webcomic panel, where she got an autograph from the guys who do Van Von Hunter. After that, we drove home and got our first real meal -- yay! Thai food! -- in three days.