Welcome to the Crowdsourcing Mornings segment! Every weekday morning, Geek Alabama talks about and features one crowdsourcing project from crowdsourcing sites such as, Indiegogo, and others. The hope with Crowdsourcing Mornings is to feature and help a project be successful and reach its fundraising goal. Please enjoy today’s featured project!
Please read our crowdsourcing guidelines at: https://geekalabama.com/media-kit-pr/geek-alabama-crowdsourcing-guidelines
So many of us love art books, but did you know that some of the biggest names in the space don’t pay the artists whose works they’re publishing? In fact, many of them require *artists to pay a submission fee* to even be considered for the book, and that fee isn’t returned if said artist doesn’t get selected.
Yeah… We didn’t like that either. So we came up with an idea.
What if there was an art book that not only paid every single artist a small licensing fee for the publication of their work, but went a step further too? What if that art book made sure to license pieces from some of the largest artists in the world *as well as* some very talented artists who are either just getting started, or have had trouble finding traction despite their ability.
101 Artists is that project.
In this book, we feature at least 2 pieces from 101 different creators whose followings range from less than 5000 to *several million*. Every profile includes a scanable QR code that links anyone who would like to check out any artist to a portfolio of their choosing, so if you see someone you want to know more about or follow, all it takes is a quick snap of the camera.
Our goal with the 101 Artists project is to pay artists to help each other out. In a time when AI and other bullsh*t is trying to ruin the creative world, we just wanted to create a book that everyone could feel good about being a part of.
As of August 20th, this project has raised $65,000 of their $10,000 goal. This project has 8 days left to raise as much as it can. For a pledge of $35, you will get one standard hardcover. For a pledge of $99, you will get one premium hardcover. To learn more and to pledge money, go to: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wraithmarked/wmartbook?
