Thu Jul 25 '19 Announcement
over 5 years ago
– Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 11:34:16 PM
Hey everyone! This is just a fast update from the team! As many of you saw earlier, we successfully funded the project as of around 6 PM Eastern! That's ahead of the original deadline, but we're very glad all of the people who requested the Friday extension still can join the project!
The extra deadline also means we have some time to work on some goals! We've already unlocked a few since we passed the funding marker, including:
The next goal is the Phoe-Phoe enamel pin... that glows!
We also unlocked Doro's CMYK-foiled postcard as a pledge goal. There's just one more goal on the ledger: the gift box at 500 pledges.
Thanks to everyone who have helped and supported us!! <3
Tue Jul 23 '19 Announcement
over 5 years ago
– Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 06:09:17 PM
Hey gang! The last few days have been crazy! Thank you all for the support. We've done 25% in about 2.5 days (and we probably would have funded successfully since we just have about 15% remaining). That said, we will be extending the project 4 days for a total of 34 days.
There were a few reasons for this, but the biggest one was that we had over two dozen requests to extend the campaign at least a day due to payday being Friday for many (we were previously ending on a Thursday). However, I'll be at a convention from Friday through the weekend... and staying up to 3 AM on a convention night sounds horrific, so we moved it back to Monday, June 29th, 11:59 PM PDT.
>> Please note this is the ONLY time we can move it and we did so for those that expressed interest in the Friday pledging. <<
OTHER IMPORTANT NEWS:
>> We found out today that we actually had a discount missed in the quoting process from being a returning customer. While we can't lower the campaign goal, we've adjusted the stretch goal for the larger books down accordingly. It will happen at >> $36,000 << instead of the previous number (and the other stretch goals have shifted a bit too). So if we get to that point... larger books (8.25"x11")! We'll cover all shipping costs related to the bump-up.
>> We've hit the 2nd and 3rd pledge goals! We now have Zym AND the primal stone unlocked as enamel pins. This comes for free to the Startouched tiers, and it is now an option for any tier that has a pin choice option!
>> The next pledge goals consist of stickers (free!), a CMYK-foiled postcard (also free) and then the gift box.
>> The "Version 1" of the Startouched tier is sold out, but we've added a second version which has a 15% discount (also with the free gift box if it's unlocked). As a small note, both include the thank you credit listing (that was my bad - I forgot to add it in the original breakdown, but all physical books have that included).
>> We also signed our agreements with one of our old partners, BackerKit! We're excited to work with them again for the post-campaign. This means that we'll be using their surveys to confirm information and so on. We'll make a future update for this, so don't worry about this now (it's very easy to manage, we promise!).
>> Someone in the community started a petition to show support for The Dragon Prince. As many of you heard, we're talking about Season 4 and beyond and showing Netflix that we love the show. Even little things -- such as supporting a campaign like this -- show the world we really do love the show (and want it to continue). That said, you can find it here.
>> Last small thing: Alchemy Art Group (that Sara and I run) often makes other art products, and we're passionate about supporting things in the world when and where we can. We both really wanted to help the KyoAni victims, and are designing a set of pins (100 of each) pictured above that are up for preorder. We'll be donating those proceeds to charity at the end of the month. (They're limited editions so we won't sell them after. Only doing 100 since it's all the time we can unfortunately afford since it's a busy season for us!)
If you have a package with us and want the pins and are willing to wait a month, we combine the shipments together and knock off shipping for you. Just email us (include your campaign order ID, please). You can visit the pins, from A Silent Voice and Violet Evergarden, here.
AND that's it for today! Sorry for the long update!!
-- Mel & Sara (and the rest of the team) <3
Sat Jul 20 '19 Announcement
over 5 years ago
– Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 08:46:47 PM
Hey everyone! Thank you to all of you for supporting the project! We're about 5 days from the end of the campaign, so we just wanted to update everyone on some various things!
> We're almost 63% funded right now! We still have a little bit to go, but it's not unheard by any means to work with a last minute rush. We're going to be pushing hard right til the end. We so want this book (and thanks to everyone so far that's been helping to make this happen!).
> If you didn't see the update over social, we've added pledge goals to the campaign! These are based on the number of pledges irregardless of the value (so a $1 donation has the same impact as a book). That said, we've unlocked the first goal (250 pledges) so everyone gets free stickers... BUT here's the full lineup!
> Below are the poster prints that we had printed (just a test run, but they didn't need any adjustments). Since they ship separately from the main campaign items (a bit earlier), we wanted to give them a try and make sure they were good! (You're more than welcome to pledge for a poster print and a book. They don't ship together.)
Aaravos is 12"x18" (by Lizzart) and Amaya is 11"x17" (by Lesly Oh).
> The giveaway ends shortly! We'll be doing the drawings after it's done and contact winners via the site/whatever contact info was provided. If you've already pledged we'll happily tuck in items for you and so on. (We just can't do monetary exchanges; elsewise we're happy to talk about it!)
> We've contacted everyone in the sketchbook tiers concerning the commission in the book!
> There are just 28 full bundle perks left at the 21% discount.
> The referral perks are still happening! We don't have a lot of people participating, so feel free to jump in still. If you refer anyone to the campaign (more info in the section on it in the campaign), you can get free credits in the post-campaign store. No one has to purchase anything, just visit the indiegogo page. :D
> We've ordered the test charms as well! The finals will look a lot like the below!
> Last but not least: In the event that the campaign doesn't fund, we'll contact everyone and be clear about next steps. We, however, don't keep the money in that instance (and it'll be refunded). But please have faith in us and help push the campaign! We'll push it as far as it can go; we really want the book and hope you do too.
Annnnd that's all we have for today! Please consider sharing the campaign with any friends that may be interested! We're really excited for all of this, and are so looking forward to more. <3
As a notice: We've had a few requests so far about extending the campaign a few days (no more than the end of the month) due to Echoes of Thunder currently ending on a Thursday (since paydays are Fridays for most). If this impacts you, let us know. We typically don't extend campaigns, but we might adjust a few days if it seems to be more than a handful that are impacted.
Thu Jul 4 '19 Announcement
over 5 years ago
– Thu, Jul 04, 2019 at 10:25:29 PM
Hey everyone! A late happy 4th to those who are celebrating it (or exiting it), and cheers to the oncoming weekend. :D
Thank you to everyone who has supported us so far! We're almost 40% of the way to our funding goal, and we're really excited for the next few weeks. Today I'm just touching base with some general udpates on how things are going on our side!
> As we noted in the campaign, we'd already finished almost all of the artwork prior to our initial launch. Most of the final items that remain involve some formatting and design related to the spreads (and the thank-you listing pages!).
> We just ordered some test prints of some of the posters earlier in the week. Watch social media tomorrow since they'll be coming in today. We might have a few flash giveaways going live. :D (Note: These ship separately from any packages.)
> We've ordered a small batch of charms as tests to see how those look; we'll post pictures of those when we get them.
> General reminder that all tiers (outside of Bait and non-physical tiers) will have the opportunity to add on merch to your packages!
> We're hoping to hold at least 50 or so books after the campaign in an external store if possible, so if you have a friend who can't pledge due to credit card restrictions, let them know. (But if they're able to use a CC, this is the 100% assured way of getting a book if we fund!)
We'll be continuing to post some previews on social, like the one below, these are compilations of some of the illustrations of each character. Please share them (or the book) with any other friends that might be interested! Every little bit helps.
That's all we had for now! We'll be back in touch soon with some poster previews over the weekend and some more spread previews. :D
Thanks so much again!!
- Mel & Sara of Alchemy Art
& all of the contributors of Echoes of Thunder