Those beautiful con badges

HI everyone. I wanted to throw out a little piece of helpful advice to everyone. Each year, Anthrocon is graced with some of the most talented artists in the fandom. And every year, we see a dazzling collection of custom conbadges and artwork that people wear to display their characters. Unfortunately, something happens EVERY year. Someone will spill something on their badge, it will get folded, bent, or ripped, or sometimes even lost.

Remember, your custom con badge is a piece of art. You paid for it, and it's not usually considered "disposable". So here's a suggestion that folks have come up with over the years. Scan the original badge and then print a color copy of it to wear at the convention. Leave the original in a safe place. This way, you won't lose or damage something that cannot be easily (if at all) replaced.

The story of a friend comes to mind where someone broke into his car. They stole his laptop case and in it was 4 years of conbadges. Insurance was able to replace the laptop, but nothing could replace the badges. Please everyone, be careful with your badges and artwork!

EDIT: As a reminder, this is not for the badge that you are issued for convention admission. This is referring to the character art that you can commission an artist to do for you on badge sized inserts. For the actual convention admission badge, you must always wear your original badge as issued by the convention for membership.