However, two months ago, one of my pixel paintings was seen by one of the gentleman in charge of the Southeast Game Exchange. Long story short, I hear about this from the manager of 1Up Video Games, and sign up for a table at the event.
Southeast Game Exchange Pics (Before and During)
Since it was my first convention, and as a vendor no less, I had little idea of how many pieces to bring. Thankfully, I had a few Sharpie drawings on hand to use as display models. In the end, my assumption of selling out of art was a bit presumptuous. But that's getting a little too far ahead of myself.
The Hilton's event area is a nice, cozy size. With the amount of booths/tables there, seeing everything didn't take too long. My table was furthest right from the main entrance, so I had a good view of the entire event. To my left was a gentleman with a mass of SNES games (and other stuff), lovely perler art, and a couple of kids entering the cosplay contest. To my right was a rather large display from the Tokyo Toybox. (Oddly enough, I never got around to checking out that booth, despite it being right next to me.
There were several booths from various video game merchants, such as Video Game Cavern, the aforementioned 1Up Video Games, and various other independent sellers. If it weren't for the events like the cosplay contest and various gaming competitions, I would have taken it for a jockey lot in a really fancy location. (And I mean that in a good way. I love the jockey lot.) There's so many games, even if I had a bit more money, deciding what to get, and from whom to get it, would have been a very difficult choice.
But it wasn't, since there were at least 2 copies of Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest available for me to get. I managed to snap the second one up before it disappeared.
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I didn't go to many of the other events, since I wanted to stay around my table, but I did get to see some of the cosplay people pass by. Next to me were Freddy Fazbear/Purple Man and Link. One person went all out with a full-on Pyramid Head costume. It looked quite heavy, so whoever was wearing it was really dedicated. Other notable appearances included a mom dressed as a member of the Survey Corps from the manga and anime Attack on Titan, Darth Vader, a Stormtrooper, and Star Fox. Again, if I try for the cosplay contest next time, I'll have my work set out for me.
To finish this piece, I'll mention that I only managed to sell two pieces that day, only one being to a person I didn't know. However, the same gentleman showed a shot of my pieces in a vlog he did about the event later on. (You can watch it here. He also gives a nice summary of the goings-on.)
Hopefully, I'll update this article whenever I can get links to photos of the event. Until then, be sure to look forward to Day 3 of my 5 Day Dictionary Challenge!
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Top photo from http://southeastgameexchange.com
* = In my experience, nerd = someone who likes stuff like comic books, video games, etc... geek = someone who gets hype about seemingly silly stuff. So I get hype about silly video game stuff. :D
