I can say Texas Furry Fiesta 2025 is so far the most succesful convention about artists alley, both economically and also about quality of commissions done during the event, that last point at least on my opinion, it may be sound very egocentric but I can tell I'm improving at doing drawings during an artists alley, and this was my very first time taking acrylic paintings as commissions. They were a little bit expensive but it was accurate with the time I take painting them, especially for the time I dedicate for them during the event, but I thought it was fair because that way more people requested me for sketches, and that meant I could accept commissions for more people, since I took less time to do those.
For the Art Show I still don't know how well or meh my pieces did, I couldn't take a peek during the weekend (a shame, because I really like taking a look of the whole art show and see more furry art, it is one of my favorite things to do during a convention), I just know 13 piece of 14 were sold (the only non-sold one was the panda bear acrylic painting, I will give it a second chance for the Anthrocon's art show, if I get selected, I still don't know), and someone told me 4 of my pieces went to voice auction, which sounds pretty good, but again, it was someone who told me that while I was sitting in the artists alley, so my source for telling that is just by word of someone else.
I'm attending Furry Weekend Atlanta next month, sadly I was not selected on the lottery for the artists alley but I will try to line up super early morning to get a table on the "first come first serve" seats at least for one day, and I may be offering more acrylic painting commissions.
Talking about FWA and Megaplex (oh yeah, I'm returning to Megaplex, after not attending since 2019), if you are interested in me giving you one of the Clubhouse enamel pins in person, and you haven't filled the form for getting one (either for free or by cost, it depends on which tier you're supporting me here on Patreon), you can fill it now!
If you are supporting me from $1 to $8 monthly:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-2025-do-124172767
From $15 to above:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/free-2025-pins-124173546
About the add ons for those pins, I completely sold out the 2022 Clubhouse Pins (now 2021 and 2022 are fully sold out), and also the otter and skunk design (for those last two, I will re-order them again, TFF was so success as well on selling enamel pins that I run out of those designs).
And now to talk about the paintings and sketches I'm sharing you right now, here is the list of the things I'm sharing you:
Dahan. Painting made at home but delivered at TFF. You can download the time-lapse process video attached on this post.
Kano and Shotaro. These were supposed to be surprise gifts, but now he saw them, so now I can share them here. You can download the time-lapse process video attached on this post.
Jackalope reading a mystery book, also known as “I drew this during my flight”, I already had shared that drawing on my socials, but here I also share you an extra picture from another angle.
Squid. Sketch commission during TFF's Artists Alley.
Cache the red panda. Sketch commission during TFF's Artists Alley.
Rivet Raccoon. Sketch commission during TFF's Artists Alley.
Ian Keaton. Sketch commission during TFF's Artists Alley.
Ronin with Dario and Raucous. Sketch commission during TFF's Artists Alley.
RC Mouse. Part of an art trade during TFF.
Durj. Gift for him made during a TFF's art jam.
Collin. Sketch commission during TFF's Artists Alley.
Koda. Acrylic painting commission during TFF's Artists Alley.
Dusk and Liang. Pair of acrylic painting commissions during TFF's Artists Alley.
Rupee. Acrylic painting commission during TFF's Artists Alley.
Ziv. Sketch commission during TFF's Artists Alley.
Phoenix. Sketch commission during TFF's Artists Alley.
Mayo. Sketch commission during TFF's Artists Alley.
And that's it! This time I shared a lot! I really got to work a lot during the event, and yeah, even with that I got to enjoy the convention, I even got a little bit melancholic during the flight back home, not sure if it was a PCD or not.
But still, Patron is my main finance source, and I can't be so grateful enough with all of you for keep being here with me despite crazy times we're living. I appreciate each one of you.
Thank you so much for your support!
panda hugs
Paco
Kano Shiraishi
2025-04-16 10:16:53 +0000 UTCDahan
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