Anime Boston 2019 was awesome, and there was a ton of cool cosplay, official merchandise dealers, and also the great "artists' alley".
Here are a very few artists and a few merch dealers I thought were cool, missing many of the artists who were also cool just I didn't note them. I am overlooking so many cool works by people, I love the creativity... the dice people and die-rolling mats, the old console sellers, the videodisc sellers (so old school)... In no particular order:
Tea Fox Illustrations had a really cool Okami print I want to get.
- Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TeaFoxIllustrations
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teakitsune/
Ruby Art had great red and black images, very striking, also some on metal. I really liked the Yin/Yang koi print.
- DeviantArt: https://www.deviantart.com/ruby--art
- Storenvy: http://rubyart.storenvy.com/
Studio de Sade, incredible color palette and level of detail, and, Star Trek, Firefly/Serenity, and Dr. Who. I spoke with Nigel, very cool people there.
Nat Rodgers, who was awesome (we spoke, she of course has a great name) and I loved and was shocked by her chickadee print, with the chickadee saying, "I will end you." So innocent. Killer. I've bought a laptop sticker version of it from her online store.
Comiku, two awesome artists, from whom I bought a minimal print with poem in Japanese. I also liked their snow fox print, really lovely.
Alternate Universe Geeklectic, cool stuff (although I can't figure out their internet presence at the moment). Enjoyed talking with them.
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/augeeklectic/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/augeeklectic/
Skimlines have some very cool ceramics but they do more than that.
- Storenvy: http://skimlines.storenvy.com/
- Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/skimlines (the ceramics, here).
Merch, ok yes artsy (some of these are hand-made) but IIRC not the artists' alley.
- TeeTurtle, really cute designs.
- Tangerine Mountain, one of a few kimono shops at the con.
- Volante Design, I seem incapable of not buying their amazing jackets.
- Great American Gothic, fun stuff!