I don’t think I can properly express how big a deal Faeriecon East has been for me as an artist. I went from having stopped all art, producing nothing, after two rounds of terrible postpartum close together. My confidence was in the shitter, I was fighting invasive thoughts that I truly believed, when a friend invited us at the last minute back in 2013. We dressed my son as a dragon to chase faeries, and by 2014 I was vending. I had no new art. It was all chibis, or work that was nearly a decade old. The friend who convinced me to vend commissioned me the week before to do her family as chibis (something I never really understood the popularity of compared to my illustrative work) and that was my promo. I walked in thinking I would bomb, and left in tears over how many of you hired me over the weekend to draw you in all your costumed glory. At how much love you showered me with. IThat you have come back, year after year, means the world to me. Thank you, a million times, for helping me find my way back to art. ❤️❤️❤️ I am indebted to each one of you. For helping me out of a dark place, for reminding me of the joy my doodles can bring, for giving me courage to draw again. We will all dance together again when this is over. #faefamily #faeriecon #faerieconeast #kubiando #covid19 https://www.instagram.com/p/CHWyxGcHBsi/?igshid=173hipxc0nbk
