About this project
Project Background
On September 17, 2009 I set out to make art production a part of my life again. I had created very little in the 7 or so years since I graduated college with my degree in art, and I didn't understand why. I soon came up with the idea, which at the time was brilliant, of creating a piece of art a day for one year and posting it to a blog; no excuses and no quality censoring.
Little did I understand what I was undertaking.
At the time of the start I was working a 40 hour work week, married, and had two kids. Time was not a good friend to me since I was going to do my best to stay a good husband and father to my family. Once I had the grand idea of working on full sized paintings, producing linoleum block print series, and in the days when I didn't have a lot of time, small drawings. Those days when I didn't have a lot of time ended up being almost every day.
I soon was trying to squish my daily art into small chunks of time at the end of the day, after the kids were asleep. Then, because I got tired of my limited palette of pencil, black ink and a few select other colors, I started using the computer to add color, and then took to scanning random objects into the computer and using everything I had created as some sort of design elements. Also, coming up with 365 subjects, no matter how random, became difficult to do.
I stuck with it, and through a cross country trip, holidays and the pregnancy and birth of my third child, I was able to complete the project. Though feeling a sense of accomplishment, I also felt a sense of relief.
You can see the whole project by going to andyerickson.net/blog
Purpose of Funding
What I want to use this project to do is self publish a book not only containing all the works created over the year, but also containing retrospective essays about what I learned over that year. The essays will be about such things as the discovery of a style, how I approach coming up with ideas, how I manage (and should have managed) my time during the year, and many more. Creating the year of art wore me out, but it also made me understand a lot about what life means to art.
First draft of book cover
I'm guessing the book will be about 40 pages long, but that's just a guess at this point.
Here are examples of what the backing rewards will look like
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Funding Unsuccessful
This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on November 21, 2011.
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Every little bit helps, and with every pledge, you'll get a follow from me on Twitter @TheAndyErickson *every pledge level will receive a follow if you wish*
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At this level you will get one magnet and two stickers featuring artwork from the project. FREE domestic shipping. International shipping please add $3.
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At this level you will get a 11X17 poster print signed by the artist of one the of works created during the project (see image in left column). FREE domestic shipping. International shipping please add $5.
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At this level, you get one magnet, two stickers and the 11X17 poster print signed by the artist. FREE domestic shipping. International shipping please add $5.
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At this level, you get a copy of the book once it's published! All these copies will be signed by the artist/author. FREE domestic shipping. International shipping please add $10.
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You get two stickers, one magnet, the autographed book and 11X17 poster print. Your name will also be included in the book as a backer. FREE domestic shipping. International shipping please add $15.
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You will receive one of the original pieces or art from the project (matted for framing), two stickers, one magnet, the autographed book and 11X17 poster print. Your name will also be included in the book as a backer. FREE domestic shipping. Please add $25 for international shipping.
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You will get a limited edition run newly created linoleum block hand-printed work, matted and signed and numbered by the artist. Also, you will receive two stickers, one magnet, the autographed book and 11X17 poster print. Your name will also be included in the book as a backer. FREE domestic shipping. Please add $35 for international shipping.
Project By
Connected as Andy Erickson (130 friends)
My name is Andy Erickson and I currently live with my wife and 3 kids (all under the age of 8) in Davenport, IA. I received my BFA from Monmouth College in Monmouth, IL with a dual major in Art and Biology. In Monmouth is where I met my wonderful wife who I married in 2003.
I've been playing tabletop and video games all my life, and through that I've come up with a lot of ideas of games I want to see made. I hope with your help I can get these ideas out there for everyone to enjoy!
I am currently employed as the Senior Web Developer at the Quad-City Times, and run my own independent web concept and design company that I call Eloquent Zombie.
