#uppcon

[jagexisterar]

Okej hej jag kom på varför Endigo kändes så jäkla bekant för mig. Vet inte om de är konventare in the sense av att de har gått på många konvent MEN har ett minne av att bandet Overworld gick runt på uppcon 2012 och delade ut sin debut ep-ish till folk och Endigo va ju vocalist i de bandet

Jag är typ 87% säker på att detta stämmer men om någon gammal konventare som också va där skulle vilja confirma min story välkomnas de. (Also för er som inte existerade i konventvärlden 2012 så måste jag bara säga att bandet Seremedy aka de bandet Yohio spelade gitarr i också va på de konventet och att Yohio va jätte pissig mot folk lmaooo. Good times)

[notthepasteldyke]

that amv post reminded me of this one... I was in the audience watching the AMV contest this was at and damn I hate this song but sometimes it gets stuck in my head anyway. specifically cus it's now related to Uppcon in my head. forever.

[juni-ravenhall]

ye olde uppcon days......

swedish peeps pls tell me what nerd cons exist in sweden

i also want to go

[kaijudyke]

i think this is too niche to land even with my very small number of swedish followers but my toxic trait is that 300 konventare still makes me laugh

[foervraengd]

Okay this is gonna be a long post so buckle up.

In 2009 i was a wee little art student of 19 baby baby years. During that time i was also part of a group of people known to arrange swedish anime conventions called Uppcon.

I was known in the social circle as the artsy person. And one of the ppl in the staff contacted me reg a client who looked for an artist. It was the producer of Caramellagirls. We chatted over facebook and agreed to meet irl at a cafe.

And this is where i did every single mistake a inexperienced artist tend to do when they get their first “art gig”. I was so excited i didnt pick up on all the warning signs;

- he insisted on paying for the food for me. Which my broke ass student brain didnt object to, but now afterwards i realize that you should avoid this. Dont give a sus client any reason to put you in any kind of debt, even if its just a lunch.

- he was unclear about what he wanted from me. I knew he wanted me to redesign the characters because at this point in time, he p much wanted to make bank out of the caramelldansen meme (which was at this point in time an outdated meme but not old enough to be nostalgic. It was cringe.) we discussed ideas and concepts and basically he wanted me to redesign the characters because this was also that time when the caramellagirls looked hideous:

These arent even 3d models. Theyre 2d images of 3d rendered models than they then animated by making them appear to be the actual 3d models. You know, if theyd turn the camera a bit to the side the girls would morph into some broken nightmare.

I dont remember everything but after the meeting i decided to spend my free time drawing some example ideas to show him.

Mind you we had not made any kind of official agreement or contract, no mention of how much ill get paid besides “ofc youre getting paid :)” and i didnt even know how to make an invoice.

So i drew some sketches to show him, as well as an idea on how to translate anime-face proportions to work in profile view and front view. I clearly remember him calling me on the phone and say that “they look hideous and disfigured” (among other ableist words). Like yeah ok sure you didnt like my style approach but dont be fucking rude?

after some work i sent him three drawings, which are these:

I actually no longer have the original photoshop files because the producer didnt realize that when you drag and drop a file from a dropbox folder, it removes the file from the dropbox.

But he liked this one. He paid me 100USD and just decided that i apparently had done my job now and left???

but nah he wasnt done. He would occasionally call me asking if i could make variations of them. Mind yall i was in college and stressed out about my own life but i havent yet learned to say no. But one day when he called i had a cold but i guess i sounded as if my pet just died or smth because after i told him i “dont have time” he excused himself and ended the call.

So yeah he used my inexperience w clients to make art for a low price and now whenever i see any new caramellagirls content, its so obvious how they havent found any new artist because they use my drawing as much as they can lmao:

Yes they flipped the blonde girls eye and it def didnt work well lmao.

Also the reason i havent talked about this until now is because:

THERE WAS NO NDA. SINCE WE DIDNT SIGN A CONTRACT THERE WAS NEVER AN NDA. I WONT LOSE ANYTHING BY TELLING THIS LMAO.

worst fkn art gig ever. But hey at least the caramellagorls look less hideous!

[lv02]

theyre having some fall/halloween party tomorrow and i wanted to dress up a bit but i havent been able to get anything and i realized i should have some cat ears here somewhere??? so i dug up my wig box and there they were........ my con ears.........

[atherys]

i don’t really mind not going to cons anymore as such bc usually the ‘i am so out of place’ feeling > any potential enjoyment from panels or activities but i am REALLY sad i can’t go to artist’s alleys n stuff now that i technically have money :<  i want posters of my faves too gdi 

[capnlinnius]

eight years ago today i wore cat ears and worked at uppcon

[atherys]

@asforetold are u calling me a con

[mygeekcorner]

If I met you I'd geek out af because yes! (Pretty sure we have at some convention many years ago, but still!)

ALL THE MUSICALS AND QUELIOT!!!!

Haha ja något uppcon för länge länge sedan

[magmatech-blog]