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This project successfully raised its funding goal on April 18, 2010.
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THE 1 BIT REWARD. you submit one word or phrase, you get one painting. simple. easy.
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THE 2 BIT REWARD. you submit two words or phrases, you get two paintings. nothing extra, cuz this is a 2 bit reward.
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THE 4 BIT REWARD. you submit four words or phrases, you get four paintings. you also get the volume of the book that the four paintings will be in. pretty cool.
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THE 8 BIT REWARD. you submit eight words or phrases, you get eight paintings. you'll also get the volume of the book your paintings are in. PLUS a special custom made pesi style painting of your favorite Super Mario Bros. 3 character. Cuz that's the best 8 bit thing ever.
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THE 16 BIT REWARD. you submit sixteen words or phrases, you get sixteen paintings. the paintings will be divided among the four volumes of the book, of which you will receive a copy of each. that's pretty freaking awesome.
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THE 128 BIT REWARD. so, this is pretty much like the 16 bit reward, you get sixteen words or phrases, you get 16 paintings. plus the four books. awesome, right? BUT you will also receive the following: the fourth volume of the book will be dedicated to you. sweet! also, you will be flown to grand rapids during artprize, so you can check out the exhibition and be able to vote on it! the paintings and books will be hand delivered to you by me. double sweet! plus, i will make you a pizza. that's right, I WILL MAKE YOU A PIZZA. doesn't get much better than that! but what about those other 112 bits? those will be made from words i ask total strangers for in the course of my day to day business. awesome. and then those paintings will be auctioned off after the exhibition, with proceeds going to the charity of your choice. super awesome!
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Connected as Anthony Kwiatkowski (198 friends)
i'm an artist, designer, dj, geek, paperboy, and general gadfly living in grand rapids, michigan.
i make awesome stuff for awesome people. someday i hope to make a living at it.
updates are taking place now on my facebook page. facebook.com/pesipop
The pesipop. com address no longer works. Is there another site to visit for updates?
I can't believe its going to be 2012 already and this project was in April of 2010...any news?
Hey Pesi - if you at all read this...
I don't mind the wait for my pictures, I'm pretty sure they'll be worth every wait. But I think you should at least keep your backers updated once in a while about the proceedings. I'm sure most other backers will agree on that. It's an amazing project and the ones I saw are absolutely lovely. Maybe you can try and get a monthly update or something? Come on...
Any new comments or bits being sent out soon? I'm really wanting to get mine!
Hey hey! Any updates? (last one was july) I'm still waiting on my 4. I hope it's all going well! I love the ones you've done so far. Keep up the good work and please keep us posted. Thanks! AS
I'm still waiting for my bits. And I've moved in the year and a half since this project started. Would you kindly send me a message so I can update my mailing address, or let me know when the bits are going out. It's been so long that the post office will not forward a package. Thanks, JLB
Got mine today - love them! Thanks, this has been a fascinating project to follow.
Any new updates? still haven't received mine...
Brilliant work! I haven't seen mine yet, but know your unique interpretation will make me grin...keep on going!
Hey Pesi, Nice to have the update, was wondering how it was going. Can't wait to see my words show up. Keep up the good work, I love it!! Maureen
Hi Pesi,
I think that all of your backers have exhibited an extreme amount of patience and tolerance for the creative process you needed for your work, especially those who have not received their rewards nearly eight months after your original target date of October 2011.
I have on several occasions thought about posting a comment asking for an update and stopped myself, trying to be as understanding as possible - I definitely know how initial project deadlines and estimations can go!
I guess my point is this - the backers who have not received their rewards would at least like some more information than one or two obscure updates every three months or so.
So... how about an update? :)
Hi Pesi,
I got my pictures in the mail.... and they are so great. Thank you again for this awesome project.
Unfortunately one of my 30 words is missing, there were also no super mario character pictures that I also pledged for.
Will you send them in an additional package???
If you want to save on shipping costs you could also send them to the adress of my boyfriend together with his pictures!
I hope to get an answer soon, I sent some emails before but maybe they got lost...
my best regards,
Christine
Any new updates? I keep hoping to see my pieces on my doorstep : ) Can't wait to see them!
I've completely forgotten my four phrases. =) I'm sure they were awesome. Can't wait to see the finished products.
WOW...
Most of the new pics are mine... They are just adorable!
I can't wait to get them...
Thank you so much Pesi!
The email address in your recent update is missing an ending - it reads info@pesipop. Dot com I'm assuming.
I need to update/verify my mailing address. I've moved since becoming a backer.
any chance for a spring delivery? 2011?
Anything new? I was hoping to have been contacted by now for my address/etc. for shipping info. It's quickly approaching a year since I contributed to this project.
I'm a bit confussed... All projects have a start and a finish. When do you plan on finishing this project? I had hope with the dirty little website idea, but once again it has not been updated in quite some time. What's the deal Pesi?
hey hey Pesi! I hope all is well and you're cranking through the awesomeness. good luck with 'em and keep us posted.
thanks!
Hey, Pesi. This is so exciting and interesting. I love what you've done. Maybe we can have the end product for Holiday gifts in 2011? If it's slow going, it looks worth the wait. Really nice work. Thanks for the progress report. Happy New Year!!!
pesi, these are gorgeous! i feel so grateful to be part of your project. keep up the good work - and find a studio assistant that'll work for beer!
Updates? Just throw the dogs a few bones...it would help.
hey, any updates?
Hey Pesi, I'm seeing a number of commentators getting nervous about the project and their bits and such. Many are wanting to use their bits as gifts for the upcoming holidays. Well I'm not! So you can wait on completing mine in order to appease the impatient masses.
But I will echo what others have said. You should show more updates! Even if it's nothing more than a "I'm still chugging along! Here's a pic".
Thanks for the update, Pesi! I definitely am not trying to nag on you about the pieces- I'm just super pumped to get mine and hope to get it in time for the holidays!
Hey Pesi
I spent $240 on this project and ordered lots of these as holiday gifts. It's November 9 now, PLEASE tell us IF we will get them soon as I need to ship mine all over. If they are not going to get done, I would rather know now.
Paul
WTF is going on with this project? I was more than happy to fund this project but now I regret it. I have been waiting for my art, my part of the book, and the was excited to see all of the pieces in the artprize show.
Almost seven months later and so far none of this has happened. Pesi I thought you were a pretty cool dude with a great idea. I am sad to say that at this point I wish I could just get a refund...
Any new updates? I'd really like to get my pieces!
any updates...still waiting for a little art to come my way ($40 sponsor)
Sweeet! Pesi posted one of my requests in his latest update ("I've got to dance"). Looking forward to putting that bad boy up on my wall :-)
has anyone received a painting or at least an image of there painting?
Well schokokatze I'm more than a little bit worried....
349 people backed this project with $11,330 of their hard earned money. I don't mean to be rude but the 'artprize' exhibit never happened. The last update we got was four unfinished pieces about a month and a half ago. Even the three months prior to this update communications were scarces at best.
I don't know about everyone else but I'm wondering what's going on?! I believe we were told we would be receiving our pieces in August sometime... Has anyone recived their art yet?
Regardless of all this perhaps an update is due to your loyal backers Pesi, what do you think?
Hello Pesi,
it's been a long time since we heard anything from you.
I am getting just a tiny bit nervous, because I pledged a lot of money... and there aren't any news or pics of new paintings...
Some of the paintings are supposed to be a present for a dear friend of mine... and her birthday is getting closer, so it would be great to know when we can expect the paintings to be send out.
I don't want to rush, but it would be nice to get some news on the the progress of your artwork!!!!
Thanks and best regards,
Christine ^_^
Any updates on the art work?
Hey, if you need a micro-Artprize venue, we just landed a place on heritage hill... maybe a Guerilla ArtPrize location????
What ever happened to the whole "Oh, yeah consider this a return to frequent updating :)" thing?
Keep fighting the good fight Pesi! Don't worry about the venue. Or perhaps you could send out a call-to-arms to the backers. Maybe someone somewhere could help? We're your army of awesomeness and we'll support you :)
hey pesi, i have made two separate contributions from two email accounts but have not sent you my words or address..... where should i send these to you??
best,
adrienne,,,
Yeah, I hate to admit it, but I check at least daily to see if any new updates have come in. Come on, Pesi!
Yeah, I second what Scott said. I'm getting antsy. :P
Any updated pictures of the work to show us??
Re: address information. I submitted my current address and words in the Kickstarter link that was sent to my e-mail....but I am moving June 1st and have yet to find a new address. How can I update my information once I've moved?
Thanks!
if you've submitted already through comments, i've already got the words, or have the ability to find them, so don't worry if you've forgotten!
do you know how we can view more than 3 pages of comments? i got the form requesting my address and phrases but i can't remember all of the phrases i already submitted - they are in one of the prior comments... don't want to add confusion by guessing... !!
For all the 8-bit backers, you rock! Highly excited to see the Pesi style version of my chosen Super Mario Bros. 3 character.
Fire Snake!
when do we submit our words
very cool idea