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Now Things Get Visual

One of my favorite aspects of associating with so many nerds is that there I have a THOUSAND creative friends. Musicians, illustrators, actors, machinists, programmers… you name it.

Now, thanks to my second Mysterious Benefactor, I can share some of the love with them.

We just punched past the $900-per-thing goal. From now on, I’ll be commissioning an artist every month to create a new illustration to go with the songs and stories I’ll be releasing. However, I need your feedback on one critical part:

To Thing Or Not To Thing

Originally I had intended to make these commissioned pieces just one of the perks, not an actual THING. I’d send out hi-res digital copies to everyone (and hard, signed copies to my Mysterious Benefactors). The next goal, at $1,500 per Thing, would cover the costs of printing and shipping signed copies to EVERYONE at the Officer level or higher ($10 per Thing and up).

HOWEVER…

If I call these illustrations a Thing and make them a paid item, I could afford to send physical, signed copies right now (Trainees and Cadets would still get the high-res digital version). That’s a high-quality, limited-edition print that’ll be signed by the artist AND myself before being sent to you. And the sum I can pay the graphic artists would be much higher already.

Essentially, $10 for a signed limited-edition print every month, straight from my brain to an artist’s pen to your mailbox.

This would also totally bypass the next goal I’ve got listed, making the $1,500-per-thing mark a goal that would help pay for travel to specific con/festival gigs. I’d still only be releasing about three paid Things per month, but most of you have capped your contributions anyway so you won’t need to worry.

Please let me know your thoughts in the comments, even if you’re not currently supporting me at the Officer Level or higher. I’m already commissioning August’s image, so I’ll need to know what to do with it when it’s done!

P.S. If you’re wondering why I don’t just draw things myself, check out Woodbirb (the image attached to this post). That took me six months to do and I’m still not done yet. I should probably stick to music and writing.