art by kino ☆

Yes, I am a Con(vention) artist!

Please welcome The CONPANION! Designed for convention goers and travelers who have an extensive pin, charm, or trinket collection! It comes in 7 awesome colors, and also introduces some cosmic horror accessories to start your collection off right. Thank you for looking!! :D (check it out at artbykino.com/conpanion)

I hope you guys are as excited as I am, I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight lol!

I made a series of blind bags of over 60 meme button designs! They're up in my store now :D only at artbykino.com!

These are my designs for a series of blind box toys I'm gonna make this year :D Mold fees are really expensive so I'll probably have to crowdfund it T_T but I hope you like the designs! (The toon character is the secret pull!)

With a rigid art print pocket that can hold an 11x17 art print, over a dozen D rings to hang charms and accessories, and two clear vinyl windows for your pins or trinkets, The CONPANION is the ultimate convention goer's backpack. Going live from January 22nd at 10am PST to February 12th, The CONPANION also introduces some cosmic horror pins and accessories to complement the backpack and start your collection off right! I am a small business, and as such, I use crowdfunding platforms like BackerKit to bring my ideas into reality. Help me fund The CONPANION and start your next convention off right! Head to artbykino.com/conpanion to check it out :)

The CONPANION launches on BackerKit on January 22nd at 10am PST!! As a convention goer, the rigid art print pocket is super valuable as I can slip my prints inside of it to keep them safe. But as a vendor, I also use this bag as a personal item when I fly, and it fits underneath the seat in front of me just fine! You can leave the inserts in the clear windows to display your pins, or you can take them out and display your little trinket guys instead. So many possibilities! Check it out here!

Yes!! After I've completed Kickstarter fulfillment over the next few weeks, I'll have them up in my store :D

The CONPANION is a backpack made for convention goers, live only on BackerKit starting January 22nd!! Show off your extensive charm and pin collection in style. It has a rigid art print pocket that can hold up to an 11x17 print. The backpack can also fit a Macbook Pro! Along with The CONPANION, I'm also releasing a set of pastel cosmic horror enamel pins, jet tags and a plush toy keychain! Support a small business and check it out here or head to artbykino.com/conpanion !

Doing this for a living is ROUGH when I get cons like this :'D

I thought this challenge was interesting so I wanted to participate! I first sketched her out without a ref, and then I made a secondary sketch with a ref. Which one do you like more?

Hey! The main compartment is about 12 inches wide, 6 inches deep and ~17 inches tall (the rigid art print pocket is 12x18 so it fits an 11x17 print well). The second compartment is 12 inches wide, ~3 inches deep and ~15ish inches tall. There will be 50 limited early bird spots during the campaign for 160USD, then once those run out it will be 175USD, and retail price after the campaign will be 185USD. I highly recommend pledging during the campaign as that will be the cheapest it will be!