Today, I received a letter from my 3-yr-old nephew in San Jose. He asked if I could please make him a drawing of a blue marker with a blue cap. I think I did a pretty good job:
I hadn’t done a watercolor painting in a while, so this was pretty fun. I need to get back in painting shape, since I’m offering watercolor portraits as one of the perks for contributions to my Dodo Phoenix Indiegogo project.
So I’ve finally launched my Dodo Phoenix Indiegogo fundraising project. Here’s my introductory video:
If you like this design and want to see it on a t-shirt, consider contributing to the project. There are some fun perks for those who donate, including original art and Donkeyshines merch. For a donation as small as $5, you’ll get a one-of-a-kind drawing. For $15, you’ll get the Dodo Phoenix shirt, which is a good deal since it will eventually retail at $19.99. Go to the project page to see more perks, and other such details. If your flat-broke and don’t think you can kick in any dough, don’t fret. You can still help these shirts see the light of day by spreading the word. Share this post, share the direct link to the project, share, share share! And tweet! And all that other good social media stuff! Maybe write a letter to the mayor? Couldn’t hurt.
Thanks for your support!
For years now, I have been wanting to make a t-shirt featuring a dodo bird. Finally, I came up with a design that I’m pretty excited about it.
Dodos are usually thought of as dopy, stupid birds which became extinct due to how dopy and stupid they were. I always thought this was unfair, and I wanted to come up with a way to give them some dignity. Since the phoenix typically symbolizes rebirth , I thought it would be a fitting form in which to resurrect the dodo.
This is the first 3-color design I will ever have screen printed, and it is going to cost a bit more to produce. Especially since I plan to print it on Next Level Apparel tri-blend blanks. To pay for it, I am once again turning to crowd funding. My previous experience with Kickstarter was successful when I printed my Poison Dart Frog shirts, but there were some limitations with the process that have made me consider an alternative. Indiegogo was suggested to me by a friend, and it looks like there are some advantages with their system. For one thing, Kickstarter requires backers to pay through an Amazon sellers account. Setting this up was just annoying enough to deter my own parents from backing my project! Indiegogo allows backers to pay with either a credit card or Paypal, which is much easier. They also offer the option of partial project funding. This comes in handy if you end up just a few bucks short of your goal, but want to go ahead with the project anyway. Idealistically, I like some other things about Indiegogo as well. There is no application process and they allow pretty much any type of project. This seems more “starving artist-friendly”. I am somewhat hesitant to abandon Kickstarter, however, as many of my friends are already a part of that community and are therefore more likely to back projects here. I’m leaning towards trying Indiegogo, but I haven’t quite made up my mind. If anyone has any thoughts on the matter, please comment here. Especially if you have had experiences with Indiegogo you’d like to share. I am looking to launch my project as early as next Friday.
It’s a little late, but I’m finally posting the birthday card my wife made for me this year. It features our cat Leela cooking up something in the kitchen, only to find my wife’s gorilla Koko playing the the batter.
Some of you might recognize this composition. That is because it is a parody of the Valentine’s Day Card I made a few months ago:
If you want you can see details of this earlier post Anyway, as you can see, my wife cleverly reversed the roles of the animals in her version. Nicely done, I say. As always.
Congrats to Ethan Clarke for winning the first ever Donkeyshines caption contest! Now it’s time for the second ever Donkeyshines caption contest. The same rules apply this month- you can enter as many captions as you want, and you can vote for as many as you want. At the end of the month, the caption with the most votes will be declared the winner and the writer of said caption will be able to choose their prize from any t-shirt that we have in stock . Since it is my sister’s b-day month, I figured I’d post another old birthday card for which captions can be posted about. This one is somewhat violent:
OK all! Start with the captions already! And remember to vote! The winner will once again be the caption with the most votes by the last day of April!
Powered by WordPress
