The Great Illustrator Project

A project in Albuquerque, NM by Tom Anderson
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The best illustrators around will create a wealth of BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK that YOU can use in your projects AND own in our new kids books.
Backers: 99
Average Pledge Per Backer: $101

Funded: $9,954 of $5,000
Dates: May 14th -> Jun 25th (42 days)
Project By: Tom Anderson
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Latest News

Final Featured Artists

June 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Everyone, here's the last update on featured artists. This update is a little longer than others, but well worth the read in my view, as the artist bio's are one of my personal favorite aspects of the project. Lizzy Hallman Lizzy was part of the... (Read More)

Featured Artists 6/19

June 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Everyone, here are today's featured artists. Sarah Preston and Sarah Michelle Schimm... Sarah Preston • How did you get started as an illustrator?I have read loads of illustrators’ bios and although there are so many different life... (Read More)

Featured Artists 6/17

June 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, I'm back from a trip, so I didn't get a chance to put an update out for a couple days, but here is one ;) about our currently featured artists. They're all 3 really great artists, so please have a look at their portfolios. Pam Barcita:... (Read More)

New Pledge Level, Story Creator Characters, and a First Demo Prototype

June 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Everyone, we have some exciting news. After the project reached its initial funding goal, we have been working hard developing a robust set of images to use with the story creator app. These are 3D rendered images and will compliment the artwork... (Read More)

Featured Artists 6/12

June 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, today's featured artists are Steve Feldman (http://www.customizabooks.com/stevefeldman). I love Steve's artwork in its unique angles and perspectives. He does a great job of drawing things in a way that made me look at his images in... (Read More)

Artist of the Day 6/9

June 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, today's artist of the day is Gary Locke. Gary is a veteran illustrator, and it comes through clearly in the exquisite detail in his artwork. When I was on the phone with him, we started going through his blog, and it just keeps going... (Read More)

3D Rendered Library

June 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey All, I'm nearly done with a first pass of the 3D rendered library. It will be a good compliment to any other artwork in Blackfish Story Creator. It is pretty expansive - there will be a lot of characters, backgrounds, and object images to create... (Read More)

Artist of the Day 6/5

June 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey all, today's Artist of the day is Veronika Chaves. Veronika's artwork is a unique style that I thought would be a great addition to The Great Illustrator Project. One of the goals of the project was to be eclectic in our artists and artwork and I... (Read More)

Artist of the Day 6/4

June 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, today's Artist of The Day is Jorge Zequeira. Jorge has some amazing backgrounds that I think could be used for many great settings in kids books made with the Blackfish Story Creator. He does a great job of using vibrant colors and... (Read More)

Artist of the Day 6/2, 6/3

June 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey all, I missed the update yesterday (took the day off ;) ), so I'll post two artists of the day today. Nathalie Ortega and Dan Silva - Nathalie and Dan were our final two artists to join the project, and we got them in just under the wire. I'm... (Read More)

Artist of the Day 6/1

June 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Hey all, today's artists of the day are Monica and Andrea Monica and Andrea have some great images in their portfolio, and I thought their bio's were great. They're out of Italy, and English isn't their first language, so I appreciated all the work... (Read More)

Images Galore

May 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Everyone, I have been rendering like a madman, creating an initial library for the Story Creator App. Many of the images will go great with the artist created images, so it should be a pretty robust library to start. All of the images will be one... (Read More)

Story Creator Prototype

May 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Everyone, some of us were off over the Memorial Day Weekend, so some activity slowed down, but everyone is back and refreshed, ready to keep pushing forward on everything ;) One of the things that I think can really help grow the project is some... (Read More)

Artist of the Day 5/29

May 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Everyone, today's artist of the day is ArtistDru (clever name in my view) - Dru Valero One of my main impressions in interacting with Dru, is that he is a cool guy - he goes by the name ArtistDru, which is cool in itself, he's got a cool voice on... (Read More)

Project Update #15: The Great Illustrator Project by Tom Anderson

May 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Everyone, today's artist of the day is Debbie Clark, Debbie is bringing a collection of adorable, fun, and heartwarming images to The Great Illustrator Project. She has an interest in apps in general, which was a good fit, and many of her images... (Read More)

Project Update #14: The Great Illustrator Project by Tom Anderson

May 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Everyone, today's artist of the day is Cristian Bernardini, Cristian has some impressive images and artwork, and many very clever images. He is also very creative and fun. I love his image of the fish all eating each other and the image of the... (Read More)

Project Update #13: The Great Illustrator Project by Tom Anderson

May 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Everyone, today's artist of the day is Cecilia Gabbi, Cecilia has a great portfolio with a unique style that is fun. Some of her images have an anime feel to them which is a popular style. She wrote a nice bio as well, that I recommend you have a... (Read More)

Project Update #12: The Great Illustrator Project by Tom Anderson

May 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, This is Bill, Tom's brother and business partner filling in for him this weekend.  I just wanted to thank everyone for your support in backing the project and helping continue to spread the word about The Great Illustrator Project!... (Read More)

Artist of the Day 5/24

May 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Everyone, today's artist of the day is Jovani Olivares I met Jovani through a referral from another of our artists, and I thought his portfolio was great. He is really skilled at sketching characters and showing them in different orientations and... (Read More)

Artist of the Day 5/23

May 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, today's Artist of The Day is Gary Hanna. Gary's artwork is spectacular in my view. As we were getting the portfolio's together, my son said that he thought some of the images were photos. His art alone is well worth supporting as you'll... (Read More)

Facebook Party

May 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Everyone, we had a fun Facebook Party last night with some great giveaways. You can read through some of the Q&A if you'd like. https://t.co/Jb1LdGh3d0 thanks to Melissa at Penelope the Purple Pirate for throwing the party. She was great to... (Read More)

Artist of the Day 5/21

May 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Everyone, today's artist of the day is Daryll Collins. Please check out his cartoony style The first post about artist of the day was on the second day, so I posted who the artist of the day was, and then posted the bio of the previous artist of... (Read More)

Artist of the Day 5/20

May 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Everyone, Today's Artists of the Day are The Gomez's. I love their 3D animation style. Yesterday's Artist of the day was Clark Tate. Here is his aotd write-up I probably laughed out loud at more of Clark's images than anyone else. He has a great... (Read More)

Artist of the Day 5/19

May 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Today's artist of the day is Clark Tate. He has a pretty funny portfolio. Yesterday's Artist of the Day was Holly Hatam. Here is her AOTD overview For today's artist of the day overview, we're going to do a Q&A session... 1. How did you develop... (Read More)

May 18th Artist of the Day

May 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Everyone, Today's artist of the day is Holly Hatam. Her style is very unique not only in our illustrator group, but across all the portfolio's I've looked over. Please have a look at her portfolio for yourself. Yesterday's Artist of the Day was... (Read More)

May 17th Artist of the Day

May 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Everyone, today's backer todo (for those of you up for it) is simple ;) Post a tweet letting friends know about the project and mentioning the hash #TGIP, Be sure to link to the project - http://kck.st/13Xu3JV Today's Artist of the day is Sara... (Read More)

We're Funded!

May 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Everyone, we're funded!!! I can't thank you all enough for your support up to this point! I think the app is going to be a really amazing app, and as the library of art grows, the project gets more and more exciting. I'm excited to shift our... (Read More)

1/3 There!

May 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Everyone, we are 1/3 of the way there! Thanks for your support. Daily todo: In The Great Illustrator Project, we are all in it together. Every dollar that comes in from someone else from now until the project closes is another dollar of value for... (Read More)

Our First Update!!!

May 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Everyone, here is our first update! Yesterday was a good day. We reached over 25% of our goal right away. Thanks so much to our early supporters! Each day, I'll post an update (for big news, I may post more than one), and I'll include the artist... (Read More)

Customizabooks LLC Launches Kickstarter Project For Kids And Writers

May 14th - via: books.broadwayworld.com
Customizabooks LLC today announced that it has launched a Kickstarter project called 'The Great Illustrator Project'. The project features a group of 42 of the best children's illustrators, who will create artwork for the upcoming Blackfish Story Creator App. (Read More)

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