First Doujin I sold at con

Hello everyone! I just wanted to write this now that the con is over, and I’ve finally finished my real-life responsibilities.
I want to talk about the first doujinshi I ever created and sold at Comifuro—yes, I participated in Comic Frontier 21 on November 15th. This time I joined my friends’ circle (Prisma Sunshine), who kindly accommodated me, and I’m really grateful to everyone there for being so welcoming and helping me, especially since it was my first time boothing at a con in almost a decade.

Back to the topic: when I went to CF last year, I saw so many artists selling their original works, and many of my artist mutuals on social media were doing the same. I bought a bunch of original and fandom-based doujinshi, and when I read them, I was struck with inspiration—a flow of creative energy pulsing through my brain. Without thinking, I confidently said, “I want to make a doujinshi and sell it at a con!” But at that time, I didn’t know what to create, and especially I am just nobody, a minor artist who wasn’t really known. Still, somehow my instinct and gut told me to make an original yuri work.

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