{"id":306,"date":"2019-11-15T21:29:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T21:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/?p=306"},"modified":"2020-12-19T18:15:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T18:15:19","slug":"in-review-awa-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/?p=306","title":{"rendered":"In Review: AWA 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-307\" src=\"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DonGaddisArtBoothAWA2019-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DonGaddisArtBoothAWA2019-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DonGaddisArtBoothAWA2019-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DonGaddisArtBoothAWA2019-600x800.jpg 600w, http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DonGaddisArtBoothAWA2019.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><br \/><br \/>Thanks to all who stopped by the art booth at AWA 2019. \u00a0I enjoyed meeting you. \u00a0A few thoughts: Customers seemed to enjoy my versions of Studio Ghibli characters, so I will likely offer more of those in the future &#8230; probably in the form of postcards or art tiles. \u00a0The superhero prints also caught a lot of interest. \u00a0<br \/><br \/>On a side note, a few buyers mentioned that this particular convention seemed to have outgrown the exhibit space. \u00a0For several years, from around 2003 to 2007, I attended San Diego Comic Con. \u00a0I stopped attending in 2007, in most part because a lot of the enjoyment was taken away by impossibly long lines for panels and a nightmarish entry line that wrapped around the entire convention center twice and then down to the harbor. \u00a0<br \/><br \/>In regard to AWA, I&#8217;m not sure what future options are available if an extension of the space proves necessary. \u00a0Perhaps spread out to the nearby hotels? \u00a0I realize that this is easier said than done &#8230;<br \/><br \/>Crowds aside, everyone was very friendly, customers and convention staff alike. \u00a0The tech staff did an especially great job with the various panels in main events and kept everything running smoothly. \u00a0Lastly, it was great that the convention occurred over Halloween weekend, as many of the cosplayers took the opportunity to go the extra mile. \u00a0I&#8217;m not sure who won best cosplay, but a few that stood out to me were a female Beetlejuice and Crowley from Good Omens.\u00a0<br \/><br \/>Alas, looking forward to seeing everyone again soon! \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to all who stopped by the art booth at AWA 2019. \u00a0I enjoyed meeting you. \u00a0A few thoughts: Customers seemed to enjoy my versions of Studio Ghibli characters, so I will likely offer more of those in the future &#8230; probably in the form&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=306"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310,"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306\/revisions\/310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}