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Art School Dropout will be a vendor at Otakon 2019!

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Otakon 2019 {an Art School Dropout's life}

I mentioned a few weeks back that I had been accepted in to two conventions this year…

Well, here is the second one! Art School Dropout will have a table in Artist Alley at Otakon in July!!!

This is pretty big for me since my family and I have been going to the con the past few years and loving it. Now I wont get to walk around and enjoy it, but I will still get to see all of the amazing cosplay getup’s and just be surrounded by everything anime. I’m super excited!!!

The convention is held in the exact same place as AwesomeCon in DC, except instead of taking over half a floor, Otakon takes over all five floors, the building next door and half of the Marriott on the other side. It’s crazy!

Im trying to decide if I should change up my product lineup for this show, or just add more pastel colors? Your thoughts?

Art School Dropout will be a vendor at AwesomeCon 2019!

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AwesomeCon {an Art School Dropout's life}After a rough craft show season last year (mud, rain, flooding, high winds, destroyed tents, etc) I decided that I will never do another outdoor show AND decided to change things up a bit and apply to a few local conventions!

Lucky me, our local conventions are some of the biggest around! They aren’t San Diego ComicCon big, but they still have up to 20 times more foot traffic than any craft show I’ve ever done. I applied to two, and I got in to both! Though I’m only announcing this one for now, and will talk more about the other one (which is way way way bigger than this one) in a few weeks.

So yeah, Art School Dropout will have a table in the new Makers Market at AwesomeCon in April!

It’s held at the Walter E Washington Convention Center in Washington DC. and is THREE WHOLE DAYS of awesomeness! I am really excited and I can’t wait to start adding in more nerdy pieces in to my lineup! Anything you’d like to see?

My First Finished Ceramic Pieces…

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My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life}My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life}Last week was my final ceramics class in the first session with Kristen Swanson. Not the last class ever, since I already signed up for the second session, just the last one is session one.

My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life} My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life}

The last class was all about glazing all the pieces we had made, which was super exciting. I had been itching to bring these babies home.

My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life} My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life} My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life}

Once they were home I was still excited and decided each one needed it’s own photo shoot.

My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life} My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life}

So that is what I did!

My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life} My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life}

I have been sharing these on IG and will probably continue with the next batch as well.

My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life} My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life}

So if you’d like to follow along, just check out my InstaGram!

My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life} My First Finished Ceramic Pieces... {an Art School Dropout's life}

The next session is all about tall cylinders, trays and matching cup sets! I am still so excited!!!!!

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Toy Photography & #the100dayproject: 015 thru 021

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#100dayproject / Toy Photography {an Art School Dropout's life}

Here is my third post dedicated to my toy portrait series! It has been so fun to work on!!

It’s forcing me to think of background and scenery that compliment the toy and not just a plain white background (though sometimes that is the complimentary color) I have missed days here and there, BIG TIME, but that’s fine! This is my project and my schedule. If it takes 400 days to finish the 100 day project, then so be it!! :)

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Shop Update: Hand Painted Acrylic Jewelry and More PreOrders

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Shop Update: Hand Painted Acrylic Jewelry and More PreOrders {an Art School Dropout's life}

This year has been all about experimenting and growing as an artist.

So this weeks shop update is all about surface design on jewelry. I drew up some wonky shapes, laser cut them out of acrylic, hand painted each one and then covered the tiny abstract painting in resin.

Shop Update: Hand Painted Acrylic Jewelry and More PreOrders {an Art School Dropout's life}

These have been so much fun to make and I love that each and every one is 100% one of a kind.

Shop Update: Hand Painted Acrylic Jewelry and More PreOrders {an Art School Dropout's life}

I also took some of my new ceramics designs and translated them to jewelry. These pieces are designed by me, then laser cut and engraved by me and then I fill in the engraved parts in different colors of paint. The finished pieces are so neat to look at and wear!

You can find all the new jewelry pieces here.

Shop Update: Hand Painted Acrylic Jewelry and More PreOrders {an Art School Dropout's life}

In other news, all of the Crafty Bitches Club tshirts have shipped. Once photos started popping up of people wearing them I got a lot of requests for more. So I have started a second preorder with a delivery of early July. If you want to get in on this second run, just click on over to the order page here.

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