Selling - Artist Alley Help for Selling at Comic Con

[@ethansbrewerton]

"Excuse me, do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior Metal Shark Bro?"

[@walterostlie]

It would prolly work pretty awesome

[@xamillustration]

What do you if you busy drawing commissions? I am also shy and will try my best to chat with people on my first Comic Con Africa as an exhibitor. Scary but exciting.

[@walterostlie]

When you are doing commissions, just keep an eye on open towards the front of your table, when you see people walking by, just look up and say hello. You can also take breaks while drawing to talk to people for a little bit, then go back to drawing. Depending on how quickly you have to finish. I like to just take my commissions back to the hotel and draw them at night and the morning and tell people to pick them up the next or last day.

[@TheVeyZ]

It helps to bring a fatigue matt for standing on. Makes it easier for the feet. Eventually, though, i myself need to sit and rest my legs, but I still keep my head up and make eye contact. If someone approaches my table, I make sure to engage. Mostly keeping the conversation about them. "Hi, how are you? Enjoying the con? Love your cosplay! What do you look for while here? What are you into?" Then I slowly lead them into the stuff that they're looking at on in my table.

[@PinnacleOfJimbo]

Gotta get that customer-sense tingling.

[@walterostlie]

Hah, exactly. Gotta smell that money, honey.

[@1ivingdeadgr189]

Your stall looks so good!! It would pull me in

[@FreyasArts]

I just wanted to say thank you for all the informative videos :) even though I probably won't sell anything on cons in the near future, it is really interesting to get a look behind the curtains, so to say. I'm working on my own webtoon right now, so your comic videos are really helpful to me. Even though as of yet I don't plan to pursue this as a career but more as a way to explore different ways and possibilities to express my art and get stories out of my head :)

[@walterostlie]

That is exactly how I started. I just wanted to tell stories with the characters in my head. I don't know how all this other crap happened ;-)

[@inkythoughts]

thank you for all your work!! i only found your artist alley series now for some reason, although i follow your channel for quite some time now. as a fellow introvert i know the struggle, conventions really drain me T-T so thanks for the tips for conversation starters! also idk if this is still helpful after two years at this point but i could imagine that putting only the pitch text of your comic on a slightly smaller sign with an arrow pointing down at the copy might work a bit better, after all you already have the cover art of the copy that is speaking for your art, the only needed info is the story pitch. plus that way you and your banner are also more visible & it feels less stuffed, right now it looks a lot like part of the cover than like a description meant to be read

[@girldirtbiker1]

I've always wanted to set up at a artist alley one day but have been waaaaaaaay to nervous to do it. Thanks for the video dude, I actually feel a bit better about getting out of my comfort zone a bit.

[@walterostlie]

It's fun meeting other creators. It is tough, but does get easier and easier. Maybe we'll get some conventions back at the end of next year.

[@girldirtbiker1]

@@walterostlie Yea it is. I hope so, I miss going to cons. Do you do cons in Texas?

[@wopat9769]

@@girldirtbiker1 never been to Texas actually. Maybe one day. Any good cons there?

[@girldirtbiker1]

​@@wopat9769 honestly I'm not sure, I just moved here this year and well...covid.

[@tikpoyen1410]

Love your set up. Thx for the video :)

[@robinhernandez6253]

Thank you Walter. This is some valuable info.

[@walterostlie]

Hope it serves you well. Thanks for watching and commenting

[@rnohelty]

This is all accurate information.

[@walterostlie]

I should have called it an introverts guide to selling :-)

[@taro6682]

this is great thank you very much

[@therealartordie]

Super helpful dude, thank you so much! Going to go check out your comics.

[@walterostlie]

Thanks, appreciate you.

[@PhenomStudios]

Damn I gtta get metal shark, I have your other 2 titles. And once again, you hit this video out the park, you're a beast.

[@walterostlie]

Thanks, ma'dood. Hopefully catch you at another con in the future

[@PhenomStudios]

@@walterostlie Yeah hopefully, so I can throw some money at you lol

[@auneakeffect]

hey man, thanks for making these types of videos. theyre really helpful for someone trying to start getting into self promotion. Was wondering if you could share where you go for pins and prints for your kick starter perks.

[@walterostlie]

I used made by cooper for my pins. For prints I just print at home using an Epson r1800 and photo paper. But I don't point very much. Check out Vista print, over night prints, or RA direct. Or even find a local printer in your area using google, you can get good deals locally.

[@walterostlie]

I have a kickstarter running now if you want to check it out bit.ly/2SkV8q7

[@Backofthecomicshop]

I am really enjoying these videos. Pitching I think is always one of the hardest things to do. I at the ever least my eye contact and say hello. Not everyone i say hello to will even come over but I like to be at least friendly to anyone walking by.. I also been to tables asking d about the books/art and they barely acknowledge that i am there. At that point I say thank you and leave. Are you going to make a video on what you use email lists for? Because i never though of using one because I don't think I have enough to put out into email. Do you do them frequently? when do you know to put one out? Are they very helpful?

[@walterostlie]

I don't use them very often and I don't have much luck with them. However I do ignore my email list and should really send more often. Some schools of thought say weekly emails. I also don't know what I would say on a weekly basis....but here I am making weekly videos, so guess you don't know till you try.

[@Backofthecomicshop]

@@walterostlie well I guess for you since you are doing weekly videos maybe emails about that? Or maybe at the very least one to let people Lol how you are doing them.

[@Wraith26]

What cons do you go to? Also great video bro.

[@walterostlie]

I don't have any that I go to all the time, usually just what pops up and makes sense. But I do take any chance I can to go to MegaCon Orlando, Heroes Con Charlotte, NYCC, ECCC. I will be at Dragon Con for the first time in August. Most of the other ones I do tend to be in Florida where I live. Getting out of Florida takes a long time.

[@Wraith26]

cool man, I'll have to meet you in person one day. Your work is great.

[@BradPitbull]

GOOD JOB MY NIGGA

[@walterostlie]

Thanks, Zombie!

[@MrFishComics]

I have even asked guys the price of their book.... nothing. okay, if you don't want to sell your book, I'll go buy someone else's.

[@freshy1977]

are you into satan?

[@walterostlie]

If you are, you're gonna love Metalshark Bro!