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  • Mood: Daily Needs
  • Listening to: birds chirping
  • Watching: my kickstarter project countdown
  • Eating: second breakfast
  • Drinking: coffee
My Mecha Zone 1.5 "Robots Remastered" project over at Kickstarter.com ends in only 7 hours!

:star: Will it go out with a whimper or a bang?. Here's the link... [link]

You get rewards for pledging - $25 gets you a copy of the book and a limited edition print. I only ask that international friends add a bit extra for shipping.

As of right now, 71 friends and fans have pledged and helped me beat my initial funding goal by 180%. THANK YOU EVERYONE!

It's almost time for the real work to begin. I have a lot of the layout completed but I am making 4 new mecha pieces for the book and that's going to take a bit of time. One of the mechs will be made with a supporter who pledged $500 to the project. His reward is to be my art director on a robot and he gets the original art. We have been e-mailing and so far he has good ideas. I think it's going to be a cool mech!

Why did I do this? My original plan was to make a 64 page book, with only 16 pages in color and the rest in black and white. The additional funding from this project has allowed me to make the whole book color and ADD 32 MORE PAGES! That's 96 pages of full-color mecha cool-ness. I will probably also add an embossed feature to the cover. I was thinking of adding a spot varnish but sometimes that can get scratched up too easily so I'm on the fence about it.

THANK YOU EVERYONE!
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:icontgping:
whoo! Got it in the last hour, but I made it! I'm so glad that you got more than enough backers!
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:iconmecha-master:
*Mecha-Master May 31, 2011  Professional General Artist
AWESOME! Honestly, it was just enough to let me make the book I wanted. I am very excited about finishing the book and sending it off to the printer!
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:icontheshepster:
~TheShepster May 28, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Hah! Some of my bills got paid... ^^ So, I tossed some bucks your way... :D
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Mood: Joy *Mecha-Master May 31, 2011  Professional General Artist
YEAH! Mission accomplished. Now it's time to do all the work...
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:icontheshepster:
~TheShepster May 31, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Well, have fun storming the castle... ;)
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:iconkr0zbone:
Congrats, bro! Seems like you hit the 5k mark! That. IS. AWESOME.

Can't wait for the release of the book. Hopefully everything is in order? Especially the coordination with your art director. Hah! I'm so excited now. Happy for you, too! Glad to be part of the project, I'll make sure it sits nicely beside Mechazone 2 :D

It's 4am over here...time for me to sleep, good news when I wake up!
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:iconmecha-master:
Mood: Joy *Mecha-Master May 31, 2011  Professional General Artist
Yes, I am blown away by the success of this project. Now that I know the budget, I can finalize the book. The very basic layout is complete but I am making some new mechs for the book so that will take a few weeks. Everything should go smoothly. My new "art director" seems like a cool person and has good ideas so I am looking forward to working with him.
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:iconghostbirdofprey:
Hey congratulations on hitting your mark.
Sorry I couldn't pitch in any; my student loans just came into repayment (oh to be able to keep a few hundred more dollars each month :().
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:iconmecha-master:
*Mecha-Master May 27, 2011  Professional General Artist
Hey! Please don't apologize for somethign like that. You have to take care of yourself first and school is of the utmost importance. I paid off my student loans long ago but my debt was deep for many years.

A lot of people helped spread the word about the project and that was very important. Sharing the project link helps raise awareness. There's still 33 hours left so it isn't too late to e-mail the link to all your art and robot luvin' friends and family :D [link]
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:iconprotozerg:
~Protozerg May 24, 2011  Student Traditional Artist
Congratz. :D I'm glad you hit the mark and over. I can't wait to get my hands on a copy.
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