I Went to Japan's BIGGEST Artist Alley

Next event is happening May 18th-19th, 2024!
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[Emirichu]

I tried my best but unfortunately could not get the social media handles of every single artist I saw T___T I got the booth numbers for most of them, but some didn't have their info listed on the Design Festa site (a few didn't have any socials listed at all)--next time I'll be more diligent about collecting business cards!!
also--I got permission from Design Festa to film beforehand, but if you do end up going and want to take pictures/video, just ask the booth artist! ^^

[ARDA_X]

In conclusion: Emily just keeps increasing her strawberry collection everyday.

[Mace]

Hey I'm ugly sobbing now bc of the message in the pamphlet. Absolutely tore my heart asunder. My tears are falling into my ice cream as I type this. SO THANKS KDKDJDKXMDM

Real talk that was so sweet and heartwrenching. Like I genuinely can't stop crying over it. Godspeed to that artist in particular

[coffeeghost]

I was NOT expecting to start sobbing over the story behind nyan_q's chubby cat figurine. Thank you for sharing this and everything else from Design Festa with us! <3

(the cut to bible-core shortly after took me OUT)

[StillKURBBZ]

You can tell that when Emily was reading the chubby cat bio she was either trying not to cry, crying in between takes or had just finished crying 😭😭❤

[MoonBun-illu]

Ok first: Thank you for putting the names of the artists in the video because I saw sooo many artists that intrigued me. Second: Man I WISHED there was something like this in germany. I swear I went to 3 anime cons in my life and I usually run to the artist alley and I always noticed that the artist doing og art or non anime specific art/no fanart always have the smallest stands as well as the ones with the least people at it and the stands located at the worst locations. Like this girl I saw at my last con I went to in summer last year. She had these handmade koi fish pencil cases which where super adorable as well as very cute stickers. But she was located in a corner basically literally in the shadow of two super big booths. One being fanart of demon slayer themed and the other was jjk I think. I went to her because of the pencil case and she was such a sweetheart. Super nice and so happy I bought the case and seeing how I was super hyped right on the spot.

I have nothing against fanart artists or fanart in general, usually not my thing to get tbh, but at conventions these type of booths always overshadow the ones not making fanart but original art with oc's and such which is always kinda sad I think. I always try to go to these booths especially but due to stupid location you miss a ton. I never seen a con like this here that was just for og art of all kinds but I hope something like this will be picked up and done here as well <3

[Xajiquin]

Emily's art style has grown a lot over time! I'm so damn proud of her!

[RecordToDeathToBoredom]

I don't like to go out much. I didn't even care much about anime conventions. But this? It ACTUALLY feels magical. So many great varieties of art, designs, performances, and the amount of work put into all of these crafts. I just can't. If I had money, I'd love to support everyone. Their senses have been trained to be masters of their work and they're all so appealing.

[psman]

Bro that cubby cat story from the artist is heart tugging and a beautiful reason behind it, i love it.

[reizak]

Wasn't expecting to cry watching this.
My cat, pictured left, passed away after a very long battle with diabetes. We called him Kitten because that was the only name he came to. Rescued him out of our apartment complex parking lot. He was skin and bones when we took him in, but a voracious eater! He blessed our lives for 6 years.
He lost a lot of weight near the end. It's been 7 years, and yes, I have 2 adorable and healthy fur babies that follow me around everywhere and step on my face when I try to sleep, and I love them more than anything, but not a day goes by that I don't miss Kitten.

[Kaykokovids]

The artists who dedicated their whole booth to their 2 kitties is beyond adorable. Those cats are so well loved and its very sweet that their owners want to share how cute their cats are. I love you Dongdong and ShuShu🥺💕

[kaideuii]

16:24 I love how I started bawling my eyes out of no where

[Griffinattack]

That cat artist story, cut me deep. I lost my boy earlier this month, and seeing this guy go on to make such touching tributes to not only his cat but all cats, it's damn beautiful. I wonder if my boy and his cat met and became friends up there.

[blossomnessstudios]

I adore the way Emily supports small artists like this, the respectful filming and tagging of all of them makes me so happy. You can really feel her love for art and other artists, and it's so heartwarming.

[ArtKingLing]

I was about to give up drawing perspective but then this video came on my feed and watching it boosted my motivation to continue trying perspective drawing, Thank You!

[JavierSerrano]

Jacob Alphrad as the wallet is the best recurring character 😂

[nevyjohnson]

As a fellow art lover, I am very proud to say that this video moved me to tears at the sheer splendour of Design Festa. The booths, the artists, and the ATMOSPHERE are just all amazing!

[JoyFlixStudios]

"Daidus was fully prepared to attempt eating the fake potato salad"
Me: Not surprised, I'd expect nothing less from him of all people😂

[LittleAlternativeGirl]

I kept screencapping all the artists I want to follow now because of this video so it probably took me longer to watch lol.

But I'm really happy you got this video out because it's such an inspiration to see all the different types of artists and as someone who wants to work on improving their art and getting back into their crafting hobbies in 2024, this was amazing. I loved everything you showed and can't wait to get started

[Nando]

Watching this Artist Valley video made me wanna continue drawing sketches and keep experimenting my artstyle.
Hell, once it's 2024, I'm planning on drawing/redesigning my characters!