Ralph Horsley: An Art Adventure
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A career retrospective art book spanning over thirty years of paintings and drawings.
Backers: 335
Average Pledge Per Backer: £81
Funded: £27,233 of £8,000
Dates: Feb 2nd -> Feb 23rd (21 days)
Project By: Ralph Horsley
Backers: 335
Average Pledge Per Backer: £81
Funded: £27,233 of £8,000
Dates: Feb 2nd -> Feb 23rd (21 days)
Project By: Ralph Horsley
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Last Updated: February 23 @ 12:09 -0500 GMT
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Latest News
Final 24 hours!
February 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Well folks, this is it! The final countdown has begun. We close the campaign in just 24 hours. At 5pm GMT tomorrow it's all over! Ralph will have more to say tomorrow, since it's his campaign, but before then, my personal thanks for being here and... (Read More)
Back cover unlocked!
February 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Hello! Jon again! Welcome new backers! (and hello to old backers, wait what? Who are you calling old?) Anyway: Yay! I’m super excited about this one. But enough out of me, here's Ralph himself: You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this... (Read More)
Art Print
February 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello! Jon here again with the latest campaign news! "Beautiful work. A book worth owning if you love fantasy." - Greg Hidebrandt Art Prints Something Ralph and I chatted about this morning is the signed art print available as an Add-On, and how we... (Read More)
Cover in progress video
February 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello! And welcome new backers! I'm Jon, and I'm helping Ralph keep you up to date with all the campaign stuff. We're really close to that back cover! A few shares on the ole social media and we could be there! In the meantime, Ralph's been busy... (Read More)
The Colour is Decided, and new Original Art Rewards go Live at Five
February 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, my art loving friends! Ralph has spent many hours in quiet contemplation of which colour study would be the most effective for the cover of his Art Adventure Book, and after great deliberation we have a winner! The winner is: (Insert... (Read More)
Colour Studies
February 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello! Itsa me, Jonnio! So! I'm in trouble - I mentioned we'd be voting on colour studies, but that was wrong. We will not actually be voting on them, and with good reason: Ralph is the real colour expert here, and he's going to choose the colour... (Read More)
We have our cover sketch!
February 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello and welcome to Friday, and welcome to all our new backers! Jon here again. I'm helping Ralph run the campaign, while he gets on with the important job of making the art. Speaking of which, we have some exciting news - we have a cover sketch of... (Read More)
More page spreads to enjoy
February 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello! Welcome new backers! Another day, another helper-elf-report. Can you believe we have just 12 days to go? Overnight we unlocked another stretch goal, and that back cover painting is one step closer. Let's take a look at some more spreads, and... (Read More)
Let's talk about signed copies and book plates
February 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello! Jon-elf again! So! Ralph has made two beautiful ink pieces which will be made into the book plates which will accompany signed and sketched-and-signed copies of Art Adventure. Check them out: These will printed on toned paper, which I've... (Read More)
New Original Art, Hot List and New Stretch Goals
February 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello! Jon-elf here again. Welcome, if this is your first update! (and hey, welcome if you've been here since day one too!) Stretch it! So! We have revealed some new stretch goals. We can now see up to the lofty heights of £25,000. At this point,... (Read More)
And the winner of the second poll is...
February 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello! Jon the campaign-elf here again! The latest poll is over, and the winner is...[overly-dramatic reality TV pause...] B! Thanks for all your votes! I can certainly see why this one won, although every poll has been pretty close, so we’re... (Read More)
Poll Results and a New Poll
February 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, It’s Ralph’s little helper Jon again! So, the votes are in and have been triple counted by two impartial bodies, they’ve been verified, and the AB group is the winner by just one vote! We’re going to press right along with our next... (Read More)
Ralph Horsley Launches New Art Book Kickstarter
February 4th - via: hipstersofthecoast.com
On February 2, 2021, legendary fantasy and longtime Magic: The Gathering artist Ralph Horsley launched a campaign to fund a retrospective art book entitled Ralph Horsley: An Art Adventure on Kickstarter. Horsley has worked for two decades in fantasy art and games, and this one tome will bring together more than 400 of his paintings, sketches and studies, arranged within the artist’s own hand drawn borders and behind a cover design of campaign backer’s choosing. (Read More)
Thank you, and our first cover poll!
February 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hello! It’s Jon here. I’m helping Ralph with the logistics of the campaign (along with overseeing the production of the book,) so that Ralph can get on with the important work of painting his amazing artwork! But don't worry - you will be hearing... (Read More)
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