The first day was the most rewarding in terms of profit, Becky and I both exceeded our overall takings from last year within the one day. I made almost all of my profit from the Serenity prints I had made, which goes someway to evidence the fan-art-centric nature of the event.
To be successful at Thought Bubble one must either be famous, or bank on existing nostalgia; at least that is what I have taken from the last two years.
The table cloth I had sourced was an inch or two shy of the full length of the table, but thankfully the prints and over-all arrangement probably distracted from that fact.
The stand I made was very useful and gave us vertical space as well as horizontal. Because the stand is hollow, it also meant we could hide tools, extra prints and the float behind it, where previously we had simply dumped things in a bag.
On Saturday night our neighbours had a decidedly loud party from 11pm to 7am the following morning, this made the second day of Thought Bubble somewhat taxing on a sleep starved brain.
Another artist asked whether I was licensed to sell Star Wars prints, he was somewhat vexed that many artists had produced unlicensed work, while his own imagery was approved by LucasFilm.
Eventually, when we counted our overall takings, we had both made a good profit, and given out a good quantity of business cards.
We again dressed as Mulder and Sculy, which had a similar effect as last year, drawing in attendees with curiosity. Although I would suggest this is the last time we will dress in such a way, as it is perhaps getting a little stale.
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