I think AE's really good in the fact that they boast some pretty amazing artists. I've been to Sakuracon and their artist's alley pales in comparison to AE's. They really should place it in a location where people have no choice but to pass through it, like when it was in SFU. The price went up, I'm sure, because of the location and the venue themselves charged a different price for the tables. Just a guess, but that's the only reasoning I have. Hopefully we can have it there again (as long as they get rid of that stage)!

No problem! I wish I could help more, but a lot of them are busy these days even for me. I don't think anyone has to be clubbing or going to a bar, but rather it could be just networking with friends and attending parties every now and then. I met Colin through the AE forums actually, but that was 6 years ago and only as friends. It remained like that for a long time and then we didn't have a chance to talk for a while. Then we started chatting again and one conversation led to another, basically!

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I haven't been to any other anime cons but i've heard the toronto con is quite loaded with talented guys and gals ( one of my friend's friend makes about $15, 000 for a 3 day con selling prints but then again he's HUGELY talented )as far as cons go i've only been to emerald city ( seattle ) vancouver comic con and of course AE, the van con is lame for sure in terms of tables and artists but seattle was loaded with pros ( and i mean big name artists )but it's less anime and more north american stuff ( which i prefer ) but it seems to me that AE is getting better every year though which is good, i would like to see more variety of work in terms of style but i understand it's business and people rather not take risks with making something that won't sell.

I'm sure it is because of the location that price went up, but yeah i hope you're right and that AA gets some more attention, perhaps we could email someone who works at AE and let them know?

Thanks! i understand, people are busy so it's ok, i never did have much luck in school ( but then again i didn't try too hard ) and after i was busy with jobs and so on but i think now wouldn't be a bad time, i've read in papers how other people meet and it seems to be just chatting or talking to people out of the blue but i always felt that was so weird and unnatural, and yeah bars and clubs are one of the many places to meet someone.
but to be honest i think it's a little easier for a girl to approach a guy with interest rather then the other way around, i could be wrong but i just think that.
anyway thanks a lot, like i said i don't really know many girls as friends either so it's not like i could ask someone i know instead and i have tried the internet route a while back too so i thought i'd ask you and see what happens

Sweet Jesus! If I could make that much, I'd be set for the rest of the year. Maybe Vancouver just needs its own Geek Art convention... a mass gathering of animators and comic book artists and anime artists and the like. D: but then again that would take a LOT to organize. AE has a lot of talented people, though, so I'm thankful for that at least

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haha well i'll let you see his DA so you can get an idea why ( he now works for ready at dawn which is the studio that did the GOW PSP game as a concept artist )
But yeah i'd be set for most of the year with that

Damn we do! the van-con isn't really good enough for a geek con because it's too small and the guy who runs it is a complete asshole ( i've dealt with him before ) but i hope one day AE would kinda branch out and cover more then just anime since it's the only real con in the city currently.

AE did have quite a lot of talented people this year, i hope just as many come back next year so i can chat them up sitting next to them

well, they changed the venue so they were able to change the date instead of only having it during the summer->fall changeover.

You should come back to AE just for the artist alley experience again, huhuhu >:3 (though... I think anyone would much rather visit Japan XD) it's more fun with Affy

When I have moneyyyy *A* I'll try to save up!! Hopefully I can get a good paying job soon D:

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oho! Link plz!
Organization is always good! I'm usually never set when it rolls around. Everything is more often than not thrown together last minute. Ha

Yeahh I've heard things about the van-con. If there was another one like the Calgary Comic Expo or something, it'd be really awesome-- which I would totally love to organize, but that's a job all on its' own!! It'd be nice if AE can become like that, though.

AE's artist alley is so large! It'd also be nice if they could open up more tables and promote the talent in the area

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Oh right, i forgot his link his Da is [link]

Well for 2010 i'm getting ready now lol, speaking of do you have a table partner planned already? if not....

I tried to get a table at the van-con ( it happens every few months ) but the guy who runs it is a big douchebag so i'm pretty much out of luck for that place untill either he stops running it or someone else takes over, but yeah it's not very big and there isn't many if any good artists ( it's mostly full of emily carr students )but this time around Josh middleton is coming down! [link] so that should be pretty awesome, the only other big artist recently down there was camilla d'errico ( and man she is everywhere! ) but yeah i agree if it was like calgary expo it would totally rock it!

Haha it was so big this year! let's hope next year is just good if not better

Oh yesss, this guy! I do like his stuff it does not surprise me

Good! I do have a table partner already, unfortunately but I might know a couple others who might need one. I'll have a chat with them and see if they feel up to it

Ha haaa that sucks I do know that it's pretty often and I've thought about going, but I've never made an effort to go. Not enough motivation for me, especially because I've never heard of most of the artists there and it seems to be only comic-centric *A* truthfully I don't know much about just comics. Which is why it would be better if it were open to other things, and be awesome like Calgary Expo. D:

Haha, Camilla really is everywhere!! She's got some really pretty works, though. I haven't heard of Josh Middleton, but thanks for the link! His stuff is pretty good!

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Yeah, he's a friend of a friend of mine so that's how i know

Oh well, thank you! if i don't manage i do have a non-artist friend that would come with me so it's not like i'd be alone but please do let me know

Seattle was more comic focused but i felt it was run so much better then AE, there was at least 2-3 thousand people over the weekend and it was at the convention centre downtown and still the whole thing was smooth and the guests and speakers were really top notch guys, so i'm hoping AE will get to that level some day or at least calgary expo but yeah i'm making comments on the forums for stuff like this so hopefully something happens!

Yeah she is! i saw her on free comic book day in yaletown even ( elfsar ) and she went to van-con, seattle con , and probably the toronto con as well, not to mention the seattle anime con too.
She must be busy like crazy! but yeah i found her style reminds me heavily of a japanese artist ( i can't recall his name for the life of me though ) since he did lots of mech-people as well ( but he did them in the 80's or so when the big robo-human thing was in style )
Josh is a top notch guy, he had one piece in the udon's art of capcom book too, i mostly love his coloring style though

Definitely! I mean, two artists at a table would be much cheaper, too.

Glad to hear you're making good feedback on the forums it's the only way AE will grow-- from the staff members that I do know, they will truly appreciate it.

No kidding! I think I know which style you're talking about, but I can't put a name to it. But then again, a lot of older artists have a similar watercolour-like style.
Josh's colouring AND perspective, they're both good!

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