Doki Doki Festival

Saturday last week I sold my artwork at my first anime convention. DokiDoki before this year was held in Manchester every two years, but is now running every year in November.

This year was more of a trial run for me so I could see how others set up and what sells, it defiantly helped seeing how others dress there stalls and how I can improve on presentation. But I did manage to make nearly £70 (£69.50) to be precise which was a nice bonus.

I have a lot of friends in this community I had actually interacted with some of the other artists who were trading prior to the event. It was great to interact with my target audience properly for the first time, I got some great feedback on prices and what I should focus on in the future. 

I will defiantly be doing it again next year, it was a really enjoyable experience.   

Artist of interest Isabella Bunny Bennet

Isabella Bunny Bennet is an children's book illustrator and is also part of a steam punk band called Steam Powered Giraffe. In Steam Powered Giraffe Isabella plays the character Rabbit, who is a Victorian Robot who is prone to malfunctions.

I love her style it's very quirky, she incorporates texture into her digital pieces. This piece is called Bathtub Skeleton and is from her book "Pudding Bat's Big Night Out."

She also publicly posts about her transition from male to female and has little comics she posts on her deviantart and tumblr called Trans-form detailing some of the struggles of transitioning.

  

Even if you aren't trans it is very enlightening to she her artwork and her transition vlogs.