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Paintings for the 21 Journeys Fundraiser http://epidigm.net/blog/2011/03/11/paintings-for-the-21-journeys-fundraiser/ http://epidigm.net/blog/2011/03/11/paintings-for-the-21-journeys-fundraiser/#comments Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:42:28 +0000 Anise http://epidigm.net/?p=1235 It’s been a really exciting month, and now we’re in the last stretch of our 21 Journeys Fundraiser. We’re about 2k away from our goal, with the combined contributions from members and preorders from IndieGoGo, so if you haven’t had a chance to pledge to the cause, now’s the time!

If none of our IndieGoGo perks tickle your fancy, then perhaps one of these fabulous paintings will. They are $40 each, and that includes all shipping to Canada or the United States. The paintings were donated by dedicated Cloudscape members on wooden cradle panels generously provided by Opus Framing and Arts Supplies.

Feel free to click on the images to be brought to their respective shop page for purchase information.






Come check out the first batch of work by Colin Upton, Ed Appleby and Anise Shaw. Each painting is $40, including Shipping, and all money will go to 21 Journeys. We will continue to post the paintings as we get them!

POWER by Anise Shaw

Self Portrait in Black and Grey by Colin Upton

Rodent Adventure 1 by Ed Appleby

The Cast of Volk by Colin Upton

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Now it’s time to disconnect!

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Grab your ethernet cables, your cellphones and your friends. How getting connected can help you be a better comic artist.

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If you don’t have the money, but still want to support, please tweet, share on facebook or reblog this post. You can also check out our fundraiser page on Indie GoGo for some sweet comics and cheap donation gifts!

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This is the last video in this series. If you enjoyed it, feel free to leave a comment! Future casts will cover diverse comic topics from writing to conventions to art techniques and community building. Join me every Thursday at 7PM PST/10PM EST on my ustream.

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This week’s cast was on Development Hell, which is the concept of getting stuck in a step of planning out your comic.

It was fun, and it’s much shorter than my other videos. You can expect future casts to be about this length. Come join me at 7PM PST/10PM EST on Thursdays on ustream!

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Best point! There are four methods outlined by Day9 in Starcraft based on the idea of “what is normal”. In visual culture we call these tropes…

1. Craftmanship – being really, really good at normal

2. Variation – sticking to the norm, but changing a few things slightly to give yourself an advantage

3. Playng the trope against itself – taking with is normal and expected and doing a 180 to surprise your audience

4. Theme – take the norm, or don’t, just as long as it suits your theme.

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Oh man, printers. There are so many emails when dealing with printing a book. SO MANY, PEOPLE.

I just finished my cast on Development Hell over on ustream. I will post the video shortly.

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Honestly, we are technically awkward. Could it be more pro? Sure. Nonetheless, this is like my second video cast, and I’m pretty happy with it. It was a ton of fun, we had some great pre show and post show chats and I hope you will join me this upcoming Thursday January 27 at 7PM PST to discuss another comics related difficulty: dealing with development hell.

I think I enjoy talking about comics a little too much for it to be healthy… ^__^

Don’t forget, we’re still taking pledges and pre orders for 21 Journeys on Indie GoGo! Jeff made this crazy new video with editing and all that fun stuff that looks pretty good. Plus you get to see some of the art and learn about the artists in the book!

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I hope these videos are helpful, I do enjoy making them. I might become addicted to them enough to buy a better webcam and mike, and even get better at public speaking!

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