{"id":25480,"date":"2024-04-05T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=25480"},"modified":"2024-04-04T15:29:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T19:29:38","slug":"industrious-illustrating-61-sakuracon-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2024\/04\/05\/industrious-illustrating-61-sakuracon-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Industrious Illustrating #61 &#8211; Sakuracon 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Hello, and welcome back to another week of Industrious Illustrating! It&#8217;s been a few days since Sakuracon 2024 and I still feel really exhausted O(-( You can see my table setup below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sakuracon-table-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sakuracon-table-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sakuracon-table-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sakuracon-table-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sakuracon-table-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sakuracon-table-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Overall Sakuracon was an expensive convention to attend, especially since I flew my usual helper to Seattle with me and paid for his expenses in addition to my own. However, I actually broke my previous earnings record (which I just made last month at Katsucon) and made a significant profit, so I&#8217;m very happy with the results! I had an amazing time meeting so many wonderful people at Sakuracon, ate so much good food, and I hope I can come back to the Pacific Northwest for more conventions either later this year or next year! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I ended up using Monday to visit the Seattle Aquarium and the International District\/Chinatown before hopping on a late-night flight back to Michigan, as the prices for Easter weekend flights were more expensive than spending an extra night and day in Seattle. I picked up some limited-time collaboration merch from Animal Crossing and Honkai Impact 3rd while I was there, and I also took a bunch of reference pictures of marine life that will inspire future original pieces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">If any of you guys are interested, I&#8217;ll be selling leftovers from Sakuracon at Con Ja Nai, which is UMich&#8217;s very own annual one-day anime convention that happens in the Modern Languages Building from 12-7pm (Artist Alley closes at 6pm) on April 6th. Come say hi! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cjn-2024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cjn-2024.png 960w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cjn-2024-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cjn-2024-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In other news, I&#8217;ve also been accepted into Anime Park (subsidized Canton IKEA trip!) on May 4th and I got off of the waitlist for Motor City Comic Con Spring (May 17-19), which I am still considering whether or not I want to accept since it overlaps with Anime Central and I&#8217;m still lowkey hoping that I can get off of the waitlist for Anime Central or grab a no-show table on the actual convention weekend. Either way, I&#8217;m looking forward to a summer of making new art, doing events, and (if it&#8217;s in the cards for me) summer classes\/an internship!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, and welcome back to another week of Industrious Illustrating! 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