Song of the Jackalope

A project in Sonora, CA by Matt Fitzwater
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An all ages picture book
Backers: 74
Average Pledge Per Backer: $114

Funded: $8,415 of $8,000
Dates: Feb 8th -> Mar 10th (30 days)
Project By: Matt Fitzwater
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Latest News

Just under 3 days left!

March 7th - via: kickstarter.com
We're funded, yeah, but I want to make those stretch goals a reality.  Here's a mock-up of the bookmark: Bookmark! Please share this project everywhere and with everyone you know!!  (Read More)

That starts it!!

March 4th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

55%+, still climbing!

February 26th - via: kickstarter.com
I tried my best to do the whole book in watercolor.  I'd sketch and I'd pencil and I'd paint until I was proud enough of my work to call it finished. Final Page It wasn't, though.  I needed to clean up the image, darken the darks and even out the... (Read More)

50%+, Please Share, and More!

February 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Here we sit just over over 50% of our funding goal with support from more than 50 awesome backers!  And it's still growing!  I'm super excited about the progress.  Thank you and please keep sharing the project! So, what's next for me?  It's one... (Read More)

Buh-WAH?!

February 18th - via: kickstarter.com
As I write this, we're sitting just over 45%, which means we're just a wee bit shy of 50% with nearly 3 weeks to go!  Yeah!  And since we've grown by 5%+, I get to fill you in on what I've been keeping behind the curtains.  I did so many sketches,... (Read More)

Wowzers!!

February 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Hot diggity dog!  40% and climbing and I get to lecture just a wee bit on how I did what! I'll be honest with all of you.  It's not up front, I realize, and I might have been stringing you along for a bit, but here's the actual truth:  I... (Read More)

WOW!

February 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Howdy out there! I'm writing to let you all know that Song of the Jackalope is more than 33% of the way to its funding goal!  Wow!  Thank you ALL for your support A third of the way!  Hot diggity! Now, on with the story! I knew the miner had to... (Read More)

Just over 25%!

February 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Just over 5 days in and we're already just over 25%!  I won't even try to express my thanks, save by showing a bit more of my process. See, I've got these boots and I love them; I wear my boots everyday.  I wear them in the dust and in the rain,... (Read More)

***SHIPPING IS FREE IN THE USA***

February 11th - via: kickstarter.com
I cannot stress enough how foolish I was to not select a zero ($0) dollar shipping amount for the US.  Sorry-sorry-sorry and: holy crap. It's calling me "Stupid." I know, I know.  (Read More)

Pages and pages of papers and papers.

February 10th - via: kickstarter.com
What a great day!  I'm excited that the book's funding is going up and I've got another chance to show how this came together: a decent idea and a lot of tracing paper. I don't have the sketches left, no, but I do have the papers I used to refine... (Read More)

$1000+!

February 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Here's a shot of one page that made it in (Left) and another that didn't (Right).  The book was designed in spreads and painted accordingly.  The idea was that it'd be more interesting to look at a book whose spreads took up both pages or at least... (Read More)

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