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This is a little bit early, but how long are the lines typically to get at-con badges early Saturday morning? I'm planning to get to San Jose between 7-8am so I won't be stuck in line for 3+ hours, but I haven't done at-con registration in a long time and I don't know how much help it would be to arrive right when registration opens.

is the sword real or is it a prop sword made out of wood? if its real, dull or not, you're not going to be able to bring it. i believe the new weapons policy is no steel. if its made out of wood or some other material i think you'd be ok. not sure about the quill though, thats something you'd have to email and ask about.

http://www.fanime.com/about/policies

The sword is made of plastic. I bought it at a party store and repainted it to look like the sword from the show. Thanks for the link; I'll go check it out.  :)

I'll be bring several pieces of props to Fanime for my Princess Tutu Fakir cosplay. Most of them are harmless objects like a pendent and books, but I'll also be bring a sword and a home-made quill. I know the sword will need to have an orange band on it, but the quill pen is a dip pen that has a steel nip. The nip is fairly pointy so I don't know if having that as a prop with me will cause a problem. If it is I can replace it with a paper stand-in but I would like to know if that's even going to be a problem.

Princess Tutu gathering on Sunday at 1:30pm by the water fountains in front of the convention center.

Does this then mean that you have to check in on Friday before noon? ^^;

I also have the same concern as I have a class that ends at 5pm on friday so there's no way I can make it to Fanime on friday. But I don't think this should be a problem. Last year I arrived at 10am on saturday and got a table (although I somehow didn't end up getting the table I signed up for, due to some sort of confusion/problem :p). I don't see why they would make people come in on a weekday when a lot of con-goers will be coming in on the weekend.

And another thing, just to double and triple check, are you guys sure we can walk away with a seller's permit if we go to the San Jose Equilization Office on a weekday? I'll have to skip work to go to San Jose next week and I just want to be absolutely sure I can get a permit that day so my trip won't be in vain. I'd tried calling the office itself but the automated system got me nowhere so I couldn't ask a real person working at the office. >_<

Hey all! Sorry this took a while, butttt I COME WITH HELP ON THE AA CONTRACT! OHO! :D
Talked to the AA guy today, soooo:

"the most important thing is the first blank on the first page needs to be your name
then next blank needs to be the address on the seller's permit
and the last page needs to be signed under [Artist]
the other stuff I wouldn't really worry about"

So basically, you only have to fill out that much. The AA guy says that it should be fine if we leave the Liability and "if to the..." sections blank, so I'll just trust him on that. (Besides, that saves us all some trouble trying to figure out all the legal mumbo-jumbo. :) )

However, if you really want to know...

The Liability section is like the pricing of the things you're selling... So uhhh unless you know FOR SURE 100%, you probably shouldn't touch that. If you don't know/don't care/wanna play it safe, leave it blank!

And the "if to the..." section is just like..the addresses of..something.. (I still don't really get that..) But a lot of people left it blank last year, apparently, so we can all leave it blank too.

As for the last part (the signing part), sign next to "By:" and put "artist" or "president" (if you're the prez of a company or something) or [your title] in the "Title:" blank.

Hope this helps!! Again, sorry for the long wait!!!

[edit!!!]: One more thing: if you're sharing a table, you only need one contract per table (or tables if you have 2) and only the person with the permit needs to sign/fill out/turn in the contract!

Thank you so much for clearing this up! Now I can send in my contract (as soon as I get a confirmation about which one of the tables I picked will be given to me ^^; ). XD

This will (hopefully) be my first year selling art at Fanime and I have a few questions.

The first one is about the sales permit. Which form are we suppose to choose? It seems the BOE-400-CSC would be the one for an artist such as myself, who's only going to be selling art at the convention and thus has not fixed business address. But that form is also for business outside of California, but I live in California. If anyone who's done this before could give me some input on which form to use and how to fill it out, that would be highly appreciated.  :D

I was also wondering if it would be okay to bring my sales permit the day when I come to the convention? I know the first post asks that we send it in with the contract but if I don't know if I'll have enough time to get the permit before the deadline. This is a really important question for me as it will determine what I'm going to do in the next two weeks so I really need to know ASAP. I'm so sorry for putting you guys in a pinch like this; but I really do appreciate all the help and feedback! Thanks!

Okay guys, here's the deal. The person running AA last year is the same person as this year. Last year's AIM sn was made specially for only last year (although it's kind of strange to do it that way...because he can't reuse it for this year..). Hopefully, he'll get around to make a new account for this year's AA.

Regarding the contract, it's the EXACT SAME CONTRACT AS LAST YEAR. I've chatted with the guy running AA, and he said that he's tried to get an easier contract, but he was unable to. I have no idea where you all are getting your information, but, as far as I know, there is no such thing as a "flawed contract" or "fixed contract". It's just one contract, and we'll just have to deal with it. :/ I'll try to get more help from my dad (harhar 8D) and the AA guy, and once I get it, I can post something on it if anyone wants that?

If anyone wants additional clarification or answers or whatnot, feel free to IM me at hikaluu (AIM)!! I'm not promising to know everything, of course, since I'm not part of staff, but I'm trying to keep myself updated, so...yeah. XD;;

I apologize if I make little to no sense. :);;;

So does that mean we can still use the contract from alst year? I still have it on my computer.

Last year the person organizing Artist Roll had an AIM address where people could ask questions and I thought that was really good and it helped to answer a lot of questions I had. I don't think the same person is in charge this year but I think it would be a great idea to get an AIM account and/or put up a link on the front page so artists can ask questions and find out what's going on with Artist Colony. I didn't know about the table sign up until today when my friend was checking the forums, and I regret I didn't know about this earlier since it might be too late for me to pick my own table. Anyway, this is just a little suggestion of mine. At this point I am still rather thoroughly confused about Artist Colony and what exactly is going on, but I hope it will be all sorted out somehow.  :D

Nothing really, really bad happened but I started the con in a bad mood because my friends and I were walking around aimlessly up and down Artist Row for a long while before we decided what we wanted to do. I was so hyped up about the con but I wasn't doing anything and it got on my nerves.

People who were with me that day, if you ever read this someday, I'm sorry about the attitude problem  :|

Realisticly: I want to get the few Copic markers I need to make a decent drawing and maybe some other art supply (i.e. screen tones, manga paper). Also wall scrolls and posters from anything that's by CLAMP or any series that looks pretty and cool would be good too.

Unrealisticly: The Sailor Moon SuperS key chains and a plushie of Helios/Pegasus. Unfortuneatly the first one is no longer made and I don't think the second one even exists   :cry:

I've been working on drawing faces for a long time so that's not so bad, either is the hair. But the body can be problematic for me if the pose is odd, then I'll need my trusty mannequin. Feet is the biggest challenge for me since it's kind of odd to stare at your own feet and try to practice from looking in a mirrow.

Definitely white or blonde for me; all the bishonens I love have that light range of hair color :mrgreen: