Dinosaurs of the Wild West

Art update, pre-orders, and add ons
over 6 years ago – Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 09:12:58 PM

Hello everybody I just wanted to update you all on a few things. I've got the pre-order and add-on store up and running through backerkit here: 

https://dinosaurs-of-the-wild-west.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders  

I had some of you ask about adding on other print sets, or additional books separately to your order, and now you can do that. You can either pre-order now, or wait until I send out confirmation surveys in about a week or so, and update your add-ons then.

I'd like to talk little bit about what I've been doing on the art side of things. This illustration is my newest exploration in the style. Not much has changed, but I've been experimenting with adding subtle textured sepia tones to the illustrations (so they aren't just plain black and white). I'm really liking the look and feel of it, and it helps complete the look I'm going for. I also plan on updating a few of my really old drawings that I did over a year ago to match the current ones. I will show the difference of some of the old and updated drawings in the book and explain how my style and approach to drawing the dinosaurs changed over the course of a year. Moving forward I also plan on updating most of my illustrations to fit the textured sepia toned style. I  plan on doing this for all the print set illustrations aswell. I'm also hard at work doing many brand new illustrations, double page spreads, and other little surprises for the book, and I'm really excited for you all to see the final product!

Lastly, be watching for the surveys I'll be sending out to collect your addresses and order confirmations..that should be within another week or so. Thank you, and take care!

-Shaun

Campaign complete! Whats next?
over 6 years ago – Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 12:19:07 AM

Hello everyone! Thank you again to all of you who have pledged to make this book happen! It exceeded my expectations and I couldn't be happier! So, what's next? In about a week or so I will be sending out surveys to gather all your information for shipping addresses, and confirming what you ordered. I will be setting up Backerkit, which will allow for you to easily add on additional books, or print sets if you so desire. I will also be setting up a pre-order store for the book for people who may have missed out on the kickstarter.

It's now time for me to get to work and put my nose to the grindstone and make this book the best it can be! Take care everybody!

thankful,

Shaun

Funded!!!
over 6 years ago – Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 10:35:14 PM

We are funded!!! I want to thank each and every one of you who supported this project. It gives me such a boost of motivation and inspiration. I really wasn't sure what to expect after putting this project out there, but I'm completely humbled by the response! I can't wait to get this book finished and into your hands. Thank you again, I'm extremely grateful!

best, 

Shaun

More original art and new reward tiers!
over 6 years ago – Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 10:58:22 AM

I wanted to thank everyone whos backed this project so far! Im so grateful! We are at 50% funded already and thats amazing, all because of you fine folks! So, I've added a new reward tier which is simply a two book combo at $70. And.. I've added a new tier for more original art called the "Mystery Bag" set. The video explains it :)