(because what i posted was too angsty and depressive and i'm not like that XD;;; )

A few sales BUT THAT'S OKAY!!

Original stories and yaoi do not sell well in new zealand unless you draw insanely good or are a very popular artist or both. very drained emotionally, mentally, physically, everything-ly. As much as I love fanart, drawing it is something I'm not used to doing. I prefer original because of the fact that it's different and not so mainstream. But it's what I'm going to be doing next year. That's all I found really sells. So, why not. I'll jump on the bandwagon. If ya can't beat em, join em. A repeat of this year not something I want to go through again ya know? XD I don't take disappointment very well.

I loved meeting people at DO, that's what I really enjoyed besides splurging on the many doujinshi's and artbooks this year. Doujinshi's were what I was really looking for though. I haven't read printed stories for ages. I got some really cute doujins, some that didn't make sense at all and one I regret buying simply because of it's price and i had read it online before. I was rushing around just trying to look for what I wanted before rushing back to give his break and even then I wasn't too happy because I wanted to actually take my time, talk to people and get to know them more. I'm sure I was quite rude to some people because of the way I was barely talking and just scanning over work and rushing off. DX;;;;; I was trying to check out everything at least two or three times before buying anything. Money doesn't grow on tree's ya know? So I apologize now to anyone I may have offended!!!! *bows deeply*

Sooooooo the people I met this year were:

I KNOW WHO YOU ARE NOW! And yes I'll keep it a secret
finally know what you look like now too XD
KYAH!! Was dying to glomp you~
Hey girlie! Am so watching your DA. Draw more!
SASHIBURI DESU!!!!!! *cuddles* lets have coffee yes?

and i know i'm probably forgetting some people, but that was a rollar coaster of a DO. Ups and downs and ups and downs, rinse and repeat. End of the day, not feeling so good. Definitely an improvement from my first year, but my expectations were too high. I know what I did wrong, I intend to learn and improve on it. Yus!

But definately don't expect me to be selling anymore original work XD;;; Spiron X sales will be kept strictly to the internet now. From now on it'll just be...fanart...yeah fanart...nyah~ least i can keep working on my drawing skillzzzz.... And I'll also show off what I bought because I spent loads lol. Got everything I wanted. Tried not to touch the fanart stuff if I could help it because it just really is oversaturating the market. Although I was looking for anything Axel but the stuff I saw...just didn't like em.

So, in terms of fanart, anyone with suggestions of some fanart they wanna see from me I can start practicing on? Aaaaand, I've already started planning and preparing for next year so I'm almost all better! ^^ will do an entry on that later tho and see if anyone wants the SX contest run for the SX pack. that'll include the calendar, doujin, bookmarks and the twisted doujin.

ps. i love my new cat ears, thank you Mority

HERE BE PICS FINALLY! THEY TOOK ALL NIGHT TO UPLOAD!!!!

[link]

AND THEN THE WHOLE takoyaki BALLS EVENT AT THE DOUJIN OVERLOAD DINNER THAT'S CAUSED A RIOT IN THE FORUMS!!!

XDDD [link]