In anime and comic conventions, there is a section for independent artists to sell their work. This is called the "artist alley". Artist Alley Club is a community of artists dedicated to helping each other with activities related to participating in artist alley, like creating original and fan art and printing and making merchandise of it. We also act as a community for artists who are generally part of the artist alley subculture: fan-artists and people who make cartoon-, video game-, or anime-inspired art.