Tabling at Creators Super Fest 2026

Long time no post. I traveled in May and immediately dived into preparation works for Creators Super Fest (CSF) 2026. Here is a new set of stickers for CSF.

Chicky stickers

I got the news that I got a table at CSF early in May. It was exciting because it would be my first time tabling in a large event; and sobering because I was not prepared for it. I had no new product yet.

My goal this year is to make smaller products for conventions. To this end, one product line I wanted to try was die-cut stickers. I drew and painted the designs above. I was happy to find out that die cut stickers sold better.

Another product line I wanted to explore was A6 prints of characters from "Kamen Rider", specifically from the recent film "Agito: Psychic War". This was where I fell short. The plan was 4 prints; I finished only 1: "Kamen Rider G7". My gut instinct was to print the other 2 with flat colors as work in progress. I hoped that visitors to my table would understand that more prints were coming.

Kamen Rider G7

Kamen Rider Agito WIP

Kamen Rider G6 WIP

In the CSF event, one of my neighbors was Inku Anime. Her prints sold very well. I learned from her setup:

• Multiple characters from a series.
• I mostly had only 1 print for a series; a few visitors asked "Do you have another characters?" or "Is this character the only one you have?"
• A simple pricing scheme; allow getting any pair of products.
• My pricing scheme has overly complicated way to combine products.

For the next events in December, my plan is to print a set of 9 prints for Kamen Rider. I do not know yet what I would do with die cut stickers.

Recovering Some Degree of Normalcy

I missed posting for two months. I am sorry. Here is a snapshot of the painting I am currently working on.

"Succession", a Gundam OO fanart

I have been (and still am) striving to write a blog post every month. The last 2 months was an example where I failed. In January, I was recovering from tabling at EOY. The event made me rethink about what I want to draw. Now I can no longer be selfish and draw only things that I like; I need to think about what my audience wants as well. Somewhat overwhelmed, I went for comfort and revisited an old Gundam OO fanart from 2009. I am still painting it today.

February was dominated by Chinese New Year. I focused on family and blissfully forgot about posting. Now I need to recover some degree of normalcy.

I am happy to say that I will be tabling at Doujin Market Mini, 12-13 December 2026, Suntec Hall 405, Singapore. I am planning new stickers, fun mini prints, and maybe keychains. We will have to see what happens. Hope to see you there!

Reflections 2025

EOY 2025 just passed. It has been a while since the last time I went to a convention. I felt things I have not felt in a while. It was also my first time tabling. My wife and I planned for it casually for a few months. Our plan went more or less well. There were no major incident. On the whole I had fun.

Post EOY, I still feel the want to table, perhaps a few more times. I have some ideas about how to fit the audience better. Plus, I did experience a form of support: Kamen Rider fans bought "Robo Rider" prints; a kind cosplayer gave words of encouragement and bought a few original prints (I really appreciate this!); fellow artists exchanged artworks with me; attendees visibly reacted to "Avengers: Infinity War" print.

(As a side note, I involuntarily listened to many, many songs throughout the 2-day event. One song in particular stuck with me: "Venus Bug" by Suisei Hoshimachi.)

I am no good in social media campaigns, so I was wowed by EOY staff social media posts. They definitely know marketing. One post that they kindly made me a co-author of gave me around 10 times more views than my usual posts.

Reading my 2023 reflections compelled me to summarize my journey since then.

• October 2023 brought an unexpected 3D collaboration work with ChicDead26. It was a fun side quest, revisiting 3D modeling. In the process I learned Blender modeling and texturing a bit. I was happy with the outcome.
• I rushed a repainting of "Greeting Ms Moon" in December 2023. I felt like I should do another painting pass someday.
• I remembered not knowing what to do next in early 2024. I ended up with another side quest: fightstick art. It was interesting to learn about fightsticks, but I do not click with fightstick world. Perhaps because I no longer play fighting games.
• I joined an OverClocked Remix project in May 2024. It is a Tetris Attack remix album. I spent the rest of 2024 drawing and painting front cover and back cover images for the album.
• I also upgraded my website in mid 2024.
• At the beginning of 2025 I formulated this art goal: "I would like to create images that evoke an emotional reaction. Maybe through dramatic expression and posing." This guided my ideas in 2025 and hopefully improved my paintings.
• In June 2025 I decided to try tabling. I spent the latter half of 2025 polishing old works such that they are good enough to sell as prints.

This brought us to the present. Next year I want to (1) make smaller products for conventions while at the same time (2) paint large, dramatic images for my artistic satisfaction.