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.
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| 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.
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| Kamen Rider G7 |
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| Kamen Rider Agito WIP |
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| 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.