We’re Heading to Austin!
 

This year, during the lunacy that is South by Southwest, we will be hijacking a gallery space in Austin, Texas for three days and filling it with bucketloads of amazing work from Redbubble artists. If you happen to be in or around Austin during SXSW, then come on down and say hello. There will be lots of art and design to feast your eyes upon and we’ll also have previews of future things, free things, weird things and some tunes to accompany all the awesomeness.

We’ll be open March 11, 12 & 13 from 11am – 7pm at Gallery D, 436 W. 2nd St. Austin, TX. Entry is free and you don’t need to be an official SXSW attendee so you’re welcome to bring your friends, your cat and any interesting people you meet on the way.
 

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New York Comic Con has landed with a rubber-masked, plastic-sworded, black-caped, green-haired, ivy-covered bang. And we’re here to soak up every second of it with a plethora of your splendid designs. It’s hardly even started and we’ve met so many fans and members already. It’s tricky to describe how it feels to watch real live people display real live excitement over your work but it’s quite incredibly overwhelming. In fact ‘overwhelming’ pretty well sums up day one of NYCC 2012 so you’ll excuse us as we describe today pictorially while we mentally prepare ourselves for the the real action this weekend.

9.30am, doors open….

^ The winning design by Headless from our spectacular NYCC poster contest.

If you’re coming to the show…

We’ve read some brilliant journals announcing exhibitions and events but we’ve also come across a few that require an investigative team to piece together exactly what the event is and in which country it’s being held. We understand this may be a result of sheer exhaustion after orgainising a venue, framing all your work and arranging enough booze for opening night, so we’ve whipped up a few tips on writing an announcement about your event to help you over the finish line.

When writing your announcement, begin by thinking about your audiences. It’s likely that there will be more than one. Consider potential attendees, people who will offer their support and congratulations (even a small ego boost can help squash pre-event nerves), local press or media, yo…