Money's great, but bragging rights are fun too.

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"You know, I find paranoid schizophrenics make excellent witnesses." -Robert Goren

"Rosebud...yes. Rosebud Frozen Peas. Full of country goodness and green pea-ness. Wait that's terrible. I quit." -The Critic

I can balance on my head.

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はじめまして! _{Artist, Writer/Poet, Photographer, traditional medium mostly, anime, sci-fi and the bizarre.}

I think they thought that, well, them using your art, hence, you get promoted a little... o.O Maybe they thought that was enough?
I mean, I'd be happy if my fanart would *ever* show up anywhere... o.o*... >.>* *sigh*
But yeah, they really should give some money. In mean, you used colours, hence you used materials they should pay for! ^^

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*Proud Goemon Ishikawa 13th fangirl*
*Proud Joker fan*
*Proud [insert slogan here]*

Yep, that's exactly what they thought. Buuut, I got a few other perks at the con that year. Free membership and a free dinner. Yeah, it was flattering but I was also expected to keep providing them with free art. Unfortunately it came exactly at a time that I was feeling pretty "used" in general. I was tired from working full time, my job was paying my real bills while art was becomming a drain instead of a joy. It was looking like art was never going to take me anywhere. On top of that, fandom in general was giving me chaffing marks. So...I ended up taking it down a notch, then two, then pretty much all together. I miss a lot of people, but further complication made it even harder to stay in touch. I have my memories though. A lot of them good.

When a con turns your work into a T-shirt they usually don't feel like they even need to give you one for free either. I fought and won my battles in those areas but it wasn't easy and I did realize that some friends were not my friends. Dissident was among the staff though, I had one leader who stood up for his artists. He lost his position though. Basically, if you think you got what it takes as an artist, put your shit out there. No one is gonna come knocking on your door, in the comic industry, you're better off building your own. I'll admit, I didn't quite have the gall to do that at that age. I was still pretty confused about life in general.

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はじめまして! _{Artist, Writer/Poet, Photographer, traditional medium mostly, anime, sci-fi and the bizarre.}

I'm not expecting to make money with comics...
I'm realistic enough that I just know I can't. My art is too... "bad"... o.o
That and I'm a lazy ass and I'm not ambitious enough.
'm gonna be a teacher...

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*Proud Goemon Ishikawa 13th fangirl*
*Proud Joker fan*
*Proud [insert slogan here]*

I love it! Very good detail!!!

Thank you very, very much!

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はじめまして! _{Artist, Writer/Poet, Photographer, traditional medium mostly, anime, sci-fi and the bizarre.}