How comic creators really feel about convention commission sketches
If there’s one particular draw to conventions, it’s the ability to get your favorite artists to draw sketches just for you. But… what do your favorite artists feel about that part of con-going? Popverse asked two artists how they feel about this particular tradition, and if one particular con commission stood out for them.
“All convention sketches kind of blur into one big con commission for me, and I hate doing them. I hate every single one of them because I hate drawing at conventions,” Becky Cloonan admitted. “I get super stressed out. When I'm drawing I have to be in my spot. It's got to be comfortable and nothing ever comes out good because people are watching and I hate it.”
Don’t take it too personally, anyone who’s ever asked Cloonan for a con sketch; it’s a recurring theme when it comes to her approach to artwork. “Art for me is a constant struggle. It feels like I have to beat the art into submission. It's not a pretty process for me. I love doing it, but it's also an angry process. I always end up doing one or two drawings for people because I can't say no. And if someone's like, ‘Please,’ and I'm like, ‘Okay, fine, I'll do it,’ but I always hate it. I get a big list [of requests], and I can never get through them all, and then you're trying to draw them at the table, and people come up and you can't get them done at the show, and then you got to get them done in your hotel room that night. But there's no downtime. It makes conventions so difficult.”
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