Kickstarter and Feature

Why? Well because last week I started working on a mini dragon doll.  I sculpted the head & feet & then cast them in resin.  I'm really happy about how they came out but I only cast 4 dragons & I need more RTV for molds, more resin, more supplies for the bodies, more eyes, well you get the idea.  Normally like most artist I would just wait until I had extra funds, & try to get a little at a time. Or make something else, hope it sales & put the money toward more supplies (never ending cycle of art)  The issue with RTV is unless you buy in bulk it's over priced, the same is true about the resin.  To buy in bulk you need money, & I have like $20 to my name.....

So the idea would be, get enough funds though kickstarter to get the dragons off the ground & really produce them, say 100 dragons the first time around.  What does that mean to everyone out there? Well the better price I can get the RTV & resin for the lower I can sale the dragons for.  Right now, with cost as is, each dragon doll would need to be about $100 + shipping.  If I can raise enough via Kickstarter I can cut that down to $50 + shipping.

How it would work: I would set a goal I need to meet say $500 & everyone that helped would get something.  A small piece of artwork all the way up to a cast custom art doll. Then there would be stretch goals if $500 was met, like a new dragon sculpt, other wing options, etc. 

Why am I posting a journal about this?  Well I want everyones impute about this.  Do you like crowd funded campaigns like Kickstarter for getting projects off the ground? Or should I go to the bank & ask for a business loan?

You can see the work in progress of the dragon art doll here~www.facebook.com/media/set/?se… (last picture)

Feature: AlviaAlcedo

One of my favorite dragon artist of all time.  I dream about dragons like these ^_^