Whitechapel - Kickstarter

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2010-01-04T22:59:09-08:00

I searched and could not find if there was a thread for it here, so if there is, please to move this there? (beseeches the Great Ariana)

So, Laurenn inspired me to go out for a kickstarter project of my own. Is anyone else here in Whitechapel using Kickstarter to fund their next project?

You can find mine here:

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2010-01-05T15:20:40-08:00

Been toying with the idea of using Kickstarter for a San Francisco history book I have been collecting notes for, but that whole Invite thing has put a pause on the plan. Writing out a proposal for the book does help to focus the intent, though....

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2010-01-05T17:28:57-08:00

It's certainly an interesting idea (I could probably go for something like that once I get to working and finishing my audio boxset) but I have neither a US address or bank account.

So for now it's going on the list of "interesting ideas that I can't use", right next to Blurb (which doesn't send out earnings through Paypal yet and cashing in 25$ checks in my bank eats about 50% of them, heh) and Magcloud (not shipping beyond a couple selected countries).

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2010-01-05T20:51:04-08:00

That's kind of an interesting idea - my brother-in-law wants to do an online comic with me (he draws, I write), but needs either a scanner or wacom tablet type thing. Maybe once I get a good bit written, I'll have him draw up a bunch of it, maybe go to Kinko's to scan in a sample, then give it a go.

Guess I should give you a couple bucks for the idea.

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2010-01-05T21:15:23-08:00

Thank you, @sacredchao!

I'm surprised there aren't more Kickstarter folks lurking around here. I would have thought that Whitechapel of all places would have had more than me and Laurenn.

Well, if nothing else, please check it out, and not just my own project. There are some truly amazing projects burning along over there. I'm supporting two of them, one of course being Laurenn's which just funded (WOOHOO!) and a dance project, because I am a complete nut for dance.

Here's the dance project:

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2010-01-08T23:10:38-08:00

Kickstarter is something that I've been contemplating for a while...to be honest I'd love to do a project where I travel (hitchhike, bus or fly) around Canada and parts of America and just take photos (eventually to either be put in a book or in an exhibit or both) but have no way of doing such a thing. But first I want to hammer down my skills first and stick the traveling to fairly short in distance stuff. I feel that if I'm going to be asking people for the amount of money I would need, I better make DAMN sure that I'm going to produce some knock-out stuff. As it is now, the ratio of hit and miss isn't where I'd like it. So maybe I'll use it for the future, but not now.

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2010-01-08T23:19:35-08:00

Yeah, Kickstarter is only good if you have a project ready to go *right now*. It's not a future thing. I happen to have three projects in the hopper and I'm starting with this one, because it was the most ready to go. Either way, I'm putting the exhibition on in some form in March, this just makes the difference between shoe string and possibly in my front yard to, actual gallery space and actual wine with actual exhibition book, among other awesome goodies. In short, from scraped together bits to actual event.

What's awesome (for me so far) is also the direct feedback I'm getting from people.

It's just made of total awesome.

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2010-01-10T18:29:13-08:00

I've got an update on my project! I've just gotten the web gallery of the show live. You can see it here:

Between Heaven & Hell

and here:

Between Heaven & Hell at my main site

I foolishly realized that you couldn't see what I was talking about straight from the Kickstarter page. So! La! Make with the clicky!

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2010-01-10T23:44:08-08:00

It's something that I recently got an account for, but it's down the To Do list for getting my collective off the ground after Build the Goddamn Website and Start Promoting Ourselves. Because, like you, we have a shoestring budget for art shows and while we've had a few NYC venues give us showing space, we'd like to be able to get something absolutely wonderful going, perhaps supporting our installation-based artists or just getting a space that we can absolutely transform into a work of art.

As an aside, your main site's link to view the statement about the show breaks in my 12" macbook firefox window. On the rollover, the text goes further down the screen than is visible & I can't scroll down, since then my mouse falls off the link. I lose the part that starts "I hope..." and it doesn't fit in that rectangle that appears behind it. I can read it in my second, giant monitor fine, though it still doesn't fit in the rectangle.

How are you going about promoting your project? Is it something where it seems to pull potential contributors just by folks who visit the site or are you doing external promotions? Is there a way to find out where your patrons are coming from or any sort of analytical system?

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2010-01-11T22:53:04-08:00

Well, bugger. I'm using Firefox as my browser and it's working fine. Sadly, I don't control the engine. Can you please kick a comment to the Kickstarter crew and let them know that you're having an issue?

I am promoting my project *everywhere*. Emailed my list, though I have some personal emails to send out to people that I need to still do, Facebook, Twitter and I've done the Digg thing for the project. It's pulling in contributors out of the woodwork and people who are looking to pledge in the future when funds come free. I've also gotten a couple of *totally* random pledges, just out of friends of friends of friends of friends visiting the site and liking the project.

I have quite the dashboard on my end as the maker of the project, but I don't think it allows just anyone to see it, to protect the privacy of the pledges and all that jazz. Right now, my patrons are literally coming in from all over the world, and from all sorts of vectors. It's actually pretty damn cool.

If you're on the self-promotion kick right now, I can't recommend enough Self-Promotion for the Creative Person. Been kicking my ass. I'll link to the book later, right now, I've got to head to bed before I crash like the Hindenberg. Gotta be up stupid early for the dayjob.

Please keep me posted, by the by, when you get your stuff live. I'll shove it out to my peeps too.

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2010-01-14T20:08:07-08:00

My friend and I are working on a proposal for Kickstarter for our web show. We need a new camera, first one that we actually own (our current one is on loan) and two, so we have one that isn't grainy when it's inside even with us using nearly as much light as the sun. This wouldn't be a big problem, if the whole show isn't going to be shot inside except for a single scene. We could also use a nice mic too. Everything is all ready for filming minus that. We'd rather not have the film quality be points against us right off the bat and lose viewers before we can bring the funny.

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2010-01-17T23:39:09-08:00

@Allen

Do you have examples of the kind of thing that you are doing? Email me at angela.n.hunt at gmail dot com

And to toot my own horn, please do spread the word on my project. It's still cooking along and I got some great feedback, so I've added a, this is what the money buys you description to the project. Please to make the clickie!

I am not as cool as Melissa and Meaghan, but I really believe in my work and I really want to put on a kick ass exhibition that will rock people's socks.

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2010-01-17T23:48:33-08:00

Just have a question and please feel free to point at me and say "WRONG" because I have absolutely no idea how things like this work in America, not to mention just starting to think "hey, maybe this art thing would be a good life choice". But is applying for a grant to help/completely fund exhibition space an option or is that just too tedious a process?

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2010-01-18T02:43:19-08:00

It is an option, but it is also very time consuming just trying to find all the ones that still remain since the gov't started cutting its funding to the arts and the economy has also cut off a lot of private patrons from contributing.

There's also a reason why people pay for grant writers - competition is incredibly fierce and there are a lot of starving artists out there. It's something that's a bit tough to be doing by oneself. It isn't a reason to not do it entirely, but it's not something many of us have the time/patience for - especially if what one plans to do has a time limit for getting done.

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2010-01-18T16:24:16-08:00

@oldhat No, it is absolutely not a bad question and to answer it fairly, as an example, I am currently in the middle of working on applying for *four* separate grants. The issue is, as you rightly point out, with the funding having been so bitterly cut, competition for grants is cutthroat. Also, frankly, the work I do doesn't really appeal to most of the grant giving foundations. As for funding exhibitions, typically grants don't do that. Completion grants, yes, or residencies. Three of the grants I'm going for are residencies/fellowships. Only one is a completion grant and it's very time constrained.

Oh, I see that @glukkake answered this pretty much. So, ditto. Time consuming/fierce competition. And like I said, in my case, because of the nature of my work, it made a thousand times more sense to go Kickstarter and go straight to the people who actually dig my work.

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2010-01-22T23:47:28-08:00

Here's one that I'm doing the artwork for:

It's beyond fully funded with still another week to go<3<3 . . . But I'm hopeful that we'll pick up more pledges because ~~GOD I'VE BEEN SO FUCKING HUNGRY~~ we still have plenty of pages left to pre-sell.

Kickstarter's a super extraordinary site! It makes my heart all warm to see support for creativity out there like that. I expect to someday be making enough money (doing what I love!) to help fund other people's projects through it myself. :)

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2010-01-24T18:09:31-08:00

@zas Fuck yeah!!! Congratulations!!!

Yes, I am all about spreading the Kickstarter love. I've supported two funded projects at this point and I'm always looking for other projects.

As for me, still perking along. Spread the word, eh yo!

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2010-01-31T12:40:10-08:00

Molly Crabapple set up our first Kickstarter project for SketchyCon, a conference for Sketchy's leaders around the world to descend upon NYC & join us for skill-shares and branch improvement:

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2010-02-02T14:26:13-08:00

As mentioned above, you do need a US bank account and address (as it is done through Amazon.com) but they do accept suggestions and people can add their voice to the one to expand it globally. They have also posted on their blog about why they don't use someone like PayPal, and they say they are working to make it more international. So fingers crossed.

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2010-02-05T23:15:28-08:00

I just adore how the Kickstarter love is spreading. So happy to see that Molly's project got fully funded.

I hope some of it rubs off on me. :)

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2010-02-06T19:40:19-08:00

I've been thinking about using Kickstarter for a book that features stories from the unemployed. I actually posted a thread about my idea here on Whitechapel a couple days ago but didn't specifically mention Kickstarter as a source of funding for it.

At this point I don't know how to continue with the project. What I'd like to do is something similar to what oldhat said: travel around the country and interview people. This would require me to quit my current job. As much as I want to, I fully recognize that it pays the bills.

The other option would be for me to solicit stories from people across the country, on a website or something like that. This would require just a fraction of the budget for the first method since I wouldn't need money for travel, but I feel like I wouldn't get the full story unless I got to do the traveling and meet with people in person.

I'm unsure how to proceed. I'd really like to move forward with the idea but I don't know how well it'd turn out just by phone/email. Plus, getting people to find my website and submit their stories might be a little difficult, too. First I'd have to worry about just getting the word out, but besides that only certain people would even hear about my website and be able to submit stories...plenty of factory/blue collar workers have been laid off, and I would like to get their stories, but it's doubtful that many of them are very good with computers. I work at an unemployment office and can tell you that about half the people I see don't know very much about computers at all.

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2010-02-06T22:57:13-08:00

How were you planning to find people in the "hit the road" idea? Is there a way to integrate finding them & getting them to a computer - perhaps someone who can help arrange the meeting via the internet/skype, perhaps post fliers on local bulletin boards to solicit interviewees for you. If you could get most of it done via the internet in that way, that might then allow you to travel out to only a few locations, which might work better to help you keep your job.

On the other hand, quitting the job and taking off would make a neat final entry to the book.

Plot out all of your options & find ways to compromise between them to make the most of your funding.

(edited for redundancy edit)

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2010-02-07T01:53:55-08:00

I present to you, the Zombie Conversational Kickstarter! Aka, we need a decent camera so we can make fun of zombies!

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2010-02-08T18:59:16-08:00

@glukkake

What I've been thinking about doing is just interviewing people in the southeast, which is where I am. That way I'm never traveling too far but will still be able to visit a bunch of different areas. I really like the idea of meeting the people in person. For one, I think the interviewees would open up and be more honest. For two, I was thinking about taking some photos along the way. I'm not a professional photographer so at the end of the day the first reason would be more important.

So basically, as long as I set it up beforehand I could leave Friday night/Saturday morning and come back home Sunday night in time for work Monday. Not too shabby.

I'd need a website though, that much is for sure. Something minimalist, just something SEO friendly that I could point people to on flyers/posts/etc. The big question is just how I would get the word out about the project. I know from personal experience that the most effective advertising is often the hardest kind to create: the local stuff, like in newspapers and on bulletin boards at local shops. I don't know how I'd be able to set that up for all the different cities.

Here's a question that I haven't done much research on yet: Can I go the Lulu/POD route while simultaneously releasing the file for free digitally? I definitely want to give it away for free, but at the same time I'd like to offer something POD for the people that donate more than X amount of dollars. The price of the POD book would strictly cover the cost to print and ship the book, nothing extra for me. I don't know if Lulu would allow me to release it digitally if I was also using their service. Anyone got any experience with this?

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2010-02-08T19:06:48-08:00

Still, I don't know...I can't seem to get very much feedback about the project. It's not that I'm trying to write a bestseller or anything, I'd just like to write/edit something that has some level of interest from the general public.

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2010-02-08T23:22:57-08:00

Newspaper ads seem like a good idea - especially if the newspaper also has a website & advertising fees include exposure on both.
If you know anyone in other cities along your route you could ask them to post on bulletin boards & the like, perhaps if there are online communities (places like LJ have city-based groups) that you might be able to churn up a street team to help out/refer you to people they know.

Lulu might stop you from also releasing a free PDF (their distribution section of their website is a bit iffy - but if you're just doing a one-time run and not having them continuously sell, then I don't see why not) but Blurb is not about that from their Terms & Conditions Policy. This was just after going to their pages and running a quick Find for "free PDF" or "distribution rights".

As for whether or not to do it based on current level of interest from the public, I can't give any real advice on it. I know that with my personality and if it were me, I'd go ahead and start the research, create the budget and make the Kickstarter anyway. The best way to gauge proper interest is to just see if they throw down money in support - I've had tons of projects where there seemed to be a high level of interest and then nobody stepped up to help, while at the same time, projects with seemingly no interest drew a huge crowd. At the very least, doing the leg work behind getting it set up means that one might be able to fashion a budget where it can be done by oneself, instead of requiring outside funding.

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2010-02-09T20:41:16-08:00

@glukkake

Thanks very much for the feedback/encouragement. I'm going to keep looking into it and hopefully have most everything laid out in a week or two.

@Everyone

Does anyone know how easy/hard it is to set up a nonprofit and get 501c3 status? Because, you know, I'd like to not have to pay taxes on the money I'd get if I met my Kickstarter goal. Seems kind of pointless, getting this money for a project and then have to pay 20% of it to the IRS...

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2010-02-10T00:21:08-08:00

...I'm taking over this thread but I do know a little bit about starting a non-profit and it is DAMN hard.
Tons of paperwork, you need to have board members, there are issues about what's legal to use the money for, etc. I wanted to establish my art collective as a non-profit with the guidance of a comptroller for a non-profit and... after one of our members made a valiant, yet futile attempt to draw up the paperwork himself we decided to put it off. We ended up finding an established non-profit to help us do what we wanna do.

An excerpt from an email from her explaining our starting steps for setting up in NY, for reference in case anyone is interested:

"You have to incorporate first, make sure you tell them it is for a non-profit organization or 501 (c) (3), then you have to get your ID number and finally you apply for a 501 c 3 status. The attorneys can do all of it or part of it. The incorporation is the most difficult. Also you have to register as a Charitable organization with the State of NY CHAR 410.

You have to develop your By-Laws, include a sample and write a Mission Statement.

SS-4 is the application for ID number.
Publication 557 is for tax exempt status from 1023 and 872c

At the beginning you and your friends can be on the board and later on if any of you want to be paid and work as an employee you have to resign from the board and find another board member. The Executive Director position is a paid position. The President, Secretary, Treasurer and Vice Presidents are unpaid they are part of the Board."

I'm a simple bookkeeper, not an accountant, so take the following with a grain of salt: You'd probably be better off trying to balance the income from Kickstarter through deductions, especially if this is just going to be a one-time thing you're doing yourself. You'd also want to consult an attorney if you do go the non-profit road to get the full run down.

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2010-02-10T06:27:36-08:00

@tcatsninfan

I really like the idea of meeting the people in person. For one, I think the interviewees would open up and be more honest.

Have you ever read about the WPA Writers' Project? It's an ancestor of your idea.

Can I go the Lulu/POD route while simultaneously releasing the file for free digitally? I definitely want to give it away for free, but at the same time I'd like to offer something POD for the people that donate more than X amount of dollars.

If you just want to print X number of copies for your contributors you have all sorts of POD choices whether or not Lulu restricts downloads (I doubt that they do or should since they don't own the book - you do). You could try Amazon's CreateSpace, for example, and even Cafepress prints books.

Whatever POD you use, you'd just order however many copies you need for your contributors and keep the product private since you don't seem to want to sell any of them.

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2010-02-12T07:41:13-08:00

@Bradley

Actually, I do want to sell it, just not for a profit. As far as Lulu goes, they have instructions for getting an ISBN and listing the book on Amazon. Assuming only one book is ordered at a time (which is what most people would do if they were ordering it from Amazon), a 200 page paperback would cost $8 to print and a hardcover would cost $18 (estimated page count). $18 is a little pricey for the hardcover but I want to make it available for libraries and such.

The next question: How do I go about getting an invite for Kickstarter? Does anyone here have one or should I try contacting people directly on the Kickstarter website?

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2010-02-12T09:39:31-08:00

I have a handful of invites I'll send to whoever. Just need an email I think

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2010-02-12T10:22:26-08:00

@tcatsninfan
If you want your book on Amazon then probably the simplest way is to use their own CreateSpace service. Now that I think of it it might be difficult to completely avoid making money because their cut of a sale varies depending on whether it's an Amazon sale or a sale through your own store. Avoiding making money on purpose is a sort of interesting problem that I haven't run across before. :)

Off the top of my head I think you'd want to price the book so that you would make no profit on an Amazon sale and then never post a link to the private store page they create for your book. Then all your sales would come through Amazon at the no-profit price.

You could order your contributors copies yourself, and mail them out.

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2010-02-12T10:23:38-08:00

@sgrsickness

Though I don't need an invite immediately, I think I would like one if you have them to spare - I'm at bws at webomator.com

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2010-02-12T13:33:04-08:00

@sgrsickness

I would like one as well if you have a spare. My email address is tcatsninfan at gmail.com. Thanks!

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2010-02-12T13:48:39-08:00

@tcatsninfan, @Bradley -

INVITES SENT. I got 3 left for anyone interested.

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2010-02-12T14:00:57-08:00

This is a very odd question, and I should probably know this, but do libraries typically carry trade paperbacks? The reason I ask is because Createspace looks great for the most part but they don't do hardcovers, and I know HC's are what libraries carry the most of.

The reason I mention libraries is because I'd like to offer multiple copies of the book to pledges and suggest that they maybe donate one to their local library. For example, one of my incentives could be "Donate $25 and you'll receive 3 copies of the book: 1 copy for yourself and 2 to give away to friends, family, or your local library."

Createspace is a bit cheaper though. For a 200 page paperback measuring 6x9, Lulu would charge $8.00 whereas Createspace is only $3.25 if you have their Pro plan set up. That's quite a bit of difference.

@Bradley

I like your suggestions, thank you. Yes, admittedly it does seem a little weird even to me to be thinking about working on this with no profit. I think this will be a good opportunity for me, though, and I'd like to keep the price as low as possible so more people will buy it. I'd rather have 1000 people read my book and make no profit than 100 where I make a few bucks off each one. I'm going to include all my contact info in the book so afterward they can follow me on Twitter and such so that they can read about my new projects and such.

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2010-02-15T10:39:52-08:00

So, basically, if I don't have nonprofit status then I'm gonna have to pay taxes on this money? That seems kind of...not cool, considering there's no way my deductions could get anywhere near the $4000 or so I would need to do this project.

I had a thought, though: if all the donators/pledges/whatever get some sort of incentive for donating, even if it's just access to the project updates, couldn't that technically be considered a fee that they're paying in order to receive a product or service, in which case taxes might not have to be paid?

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2010-02-16T20:54:11-08:00

@sgrsickness - got it, thanks!

@tcatsninfan -

RE trade paperbacks, that'll vary from one library to another.

RE taxation... well, you're sort of painted into a corner there. You're soliciting funds for the project and that income should be taxable; but you don't want to make a profit from the book so you've got no sales to pay those taxes. That one's sort of a head-scratcher.

(It sounds like you're in the U.S., so...) Since you plan to quit your job and travel, the expenses for the project include all your living expenses while you work on it, too. These deductions would be figured against your self-employment income, not your regular itemized deductions.

I would never suggest you should live dangerously when dealing with the IRS because it has its very own court system. But it's interesting that payments of less than $600 don't have to be reported to them by the payer. Your contributors would be unlikely to do that but there's a possibility that Amazon might (since Kickstarter uses Amazon Payments to handle money).

There must be some delicate and poetical mathematical solution: to set your project's goal high enough to cover your costs + the costs of the premiums you offer contributors + the taxes on the contributions; or to increase the sale price of the book just enough to more or less cover the taxes on X number of sales. The former is a lot simpler, but would increase the amount you have to raise for the project; the latter is a problem because you have no idea how many copies will sell in that first year when the taxes are a problem.

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2010-02-16T21:26:39-08:00

@Bradley

Thanks for all the feedback. Yeah, I've heard too many horror stories about the IRS to think about ever leaving them out of the loop. The only way I could cover all my bases for sure would be to include the tax amount in my funding goal, i.e. if I need $4000 for the project, I'll set my funding goal to something like $5500.

I actually saw a successful project on Kickstarter where the creator had done just that. He mentioned something about not having to pay as much taxes as he thought he would. I'm currently trying to get a hold of a CPA to figure out how much I'd have to pay in taxes. Hard to meet with a CPA when I work 8:00-5:00 and so do they.

The only downside to including taxes in the funding goal would be the higher goal I'd have to reach. There isn't really a way around it, from what I can tell. I wouldn't be able to work on the project if I owed the IRS $1500 or something like that.

I think the key to it would be transparency. In the description for the project I'll include what all the money will be going toward: hotels, gas, newspaper ads, etc. I think more people would be willing to contribute if they knew exactly where their money was going.

(BTW, I'm not planning on quitting my job. I work a regular Monday-Friday gig and will only be out of town on Saturday and Sunday.)

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2010-02-26T18:58:50-08:00

@tcatsninfan

The hard and fast rule on capital gains is to retain 30% for taxes. (I was a tax preparer in my other life.) Now, that being a lot, you can also just factor in 10% for taxes on the project, since you're keeping your dayjob, and being employed will give you a certain amount in deductions. The key with any creative project is that you have to keep every frikken' receipt and you have to make sure you deduct every single expense related to that project. If you do so, the tax burden won't be as onerous.

If you don't, see the previous paying of 30%.

* * *

Sorry I haven't been around. I had a health emergency come up and just a ton of other things ate my presence on the web. But I wanted to stop in and let you know how my project is doing. It could still use some love. At this point, I don't know if it's going to fund or not and I'm okay with that. My plan at this point is to figure out how to do a stripped down version (pun fully intended) if it does indeed fail to fund, and go from there.

If nothing else, I've learned an enormous amount about crowdfunding and my art in general. I heart Kickstarter.

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2010-03-02T02:51:20-08:00

Haven't logged in here in awhile.

Here is my project, it is over, but I am still working on it. Just got the ozalids and proofs for the book. Even though we raised a ton of money I am still going to be broke from this. One of the most rewarding and joyous experiences of my life.

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2010-05-06T10:26:05-07:00

Okay, thanks to the invite from sgrsickness I've finally launched my project and as a result I have some invites to spare, if anybody needs one.

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2010-05-15T21:44:30-07:00

Wow. I'm really impressed with the Kickstarter results. My friend just recently met her goal so she could have a gallery showing of her work. After years of having to put it off because she couldn't afford the $1000 or so to rent a space and have an event, she reached it in less than a month with the help of that site. Pretty amazing.

I'm a little worried about it becoming a bit saturated with bad ideas, however, but I guess it doesn't matter with their very smart "all or nothing" set up. I saw a couple comic book projects that were... less than appealing. Including one asking for a ridiculous sum.

That being said... I just sent them a long proposal for my own comic project. Which isn't so much to just make a comic as it is to get my name out there to people and publishers. I basically just want to make as many ideas into comics as possible and then hand them out for free. After years of keeping my work close to my chest, I suddenly want everyone to read my stuff. Confidence! What a concept.

Anyway. Congrats to those that have met their goals or are on their way. I'll gladly pledge when I can.

(and if my proposal gets shot down or ignored, an invite would be super swell... since I didn't even know it worked like that)

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2010-05-16T10:30:41-07:00

I've got invites, if anyone could use 'em. Contacting me is easy via one of the site listings in my profile.

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2010-05-20T17:04:11-07:00

I went the hard way and got my proposal approved. This gives me faith that I'm doing something right already, since there are only a handful of comic-related projects up there. Now to amass my material for the Great Beggening of Moneys!

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2010-05-20T18:17:17-07:00

Goodluck, Adam!

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2010-05-22T08:51:29-07:00

I did a Kickstarter project for SWEETS and hit my funding goal in the first 36 hours. Mine is closed, but you can still check out the video, I guess they keep them live for a while after the project ends.

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2010-05-25T09:16:03-07:00

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hollowearthradio/hollow-earth-radio-moves-to-its-own-community-spac-0

Hollow Earth Radio is trying to raise money for a move outta the house and into it's own public space.
Big step for us.!

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2010-06-01T20:42:25-07:00

Just started my kickstart project! I am looking for help financing my trip down US-50 in search of the american dream, empty horizons and crushing loneliness. We will see if anything comes out of it, but those who are looking to support art, and want fabulous prizes click the widget below :)

Kickstarter

2010-07-20T12:57:07-07:00

Just wanted to update everyone.

I got my exhibit funded! Granted, for a lot less than ideal and through IndieGoGo, but it got funded and on top of that it has a venue and a date!

If you're in Los Angeles on August 7th (a Saturday), come to the Artist Reception. Here are the details:

Between Heaven & Hell - Artist Reception
August 7 · 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Hangar Gallery, South Hall, Santa Monica Art Studios
3026 Airport Avenue
Santa Monica, CA
Full Exhibit runs from August 7th through August 21st, 2010

Phone: 310.397.7449 Fax: 310.397.7459
Public Hours: Wednesday through Saturday 12 to 6

Hope to see some of you there! There's an open event page for it over at FB and at it's indiegogo page too:

http://www.indiegogo.com/between-heaven-hell