ElizaDuivenvoorde [2019-06-10 21:06:16 +0000 UTC]

We now have a Kickstarter too, if you want to check out our rewards:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/e…

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Nyerelia [2019-05-26 11:17:07 +0000 UTC]

This looks great! Every time you uploaded some of the art for the project I became more and more interested, but I never expected it to become a webcomic and, what's more, with YOU as the artists! Congratulations!

That said, I'm seriously considering funding the Project, but if you don't mind I would like to share a couple tips. The thing is, unless you and LizzyDuffy are trusting that you have a fanbase big (and financially capable) enough to fund it, the campaign is probably not gonna make it as it is.

The problem is that  you are giving absolutely no guarantee that you're capable of carrying this project, or if it's something completely strangers would even want to back. You're expecting them to see that single picture on the cover, read the plot and say "yes, I'm willing to give my money to these people who I don't know and see if in some months they give me something in return". You NEED to show them that you're capable of doing what you're promising, and that they will like the result.

How to do this? Well, for starters, you said "Funds that are raised will go towards helping pay the ever talented Satra", but who is this Satra you're talking about? (Remember that this is about convincing people out of your fanbases who don't know you) How do I know she is talented? Just because you said so? No! Because you're SHOWING it! Link her portfolio! The art is super important for a comic (heck, many times I don't even give them an oportunity if I don't like the drawing style, no matter how interesting the story seems) so you need to show your potential funders what they're getting.

Also the episodes from Peppermint Winter on youtube would be great examples of the way you, as an artist, can tell a story. One can do amazing illustrations, but then be given the most awesome script in the world and turn it into something that none would want to read. The art will be amazing, yes, the script can be the most compelling story that has ever been told, but it turns out that the artist completely sucks at making the strips flow, ruining the narrative. They were an illustrator, an each of the strips could belong to a museum, but put together they didn't make any sense. You should show them that not only can you produce beautiful art, but also convey the story in a neat way. Maybe even a couple pages of the actual story (even just in sketch form) if you don't mind "spoiling" a little bit of it.

Same with the writing part, although here I have no idea about LizzyDuffy 's background. If you have something published (and by published I mean either a blog on the internet or a proper physical book) it would be nice to show some excerpts and show people that you are a competent writer, and not just someone who had an idea and paid an artist to draw it. If you have some previous experience with comics, that's just perfect! Throw the info and examples!

Basically, the summary of all this is that right now you're kind of saying "hey! so we have this awesome project, please give us money so we can do it" but people is not gonna look at it and think that it's an awesome project. They're gonna think that it is interesting at most, and that's not enough. You need to give them snippets of what is gonna become, you need to build hype, to hook them so they realice that yes, indeed, this is an awesome project and it so deserves their money. But that's not gonna happen if the only think they're seeing is a single picture and the plot. If you wanna convince them, you need to give them context and say "so these are the reasons why you should trust that we're able to do something that will be worth it.

To finish it off, I know I've massively said the "show examples" thing, but don't either flood the campaign page with them. Everything you post there should have a clear purpose, to showcase a certain thing. I'm no expert in marketing or anything of this, so I would suggest you to study some successful campaigns and see how did they do it. How did they redact their pages and what kind of info they included.

I'm sorry for writing so much. I wish you the best of luck in this project!

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Kelloth [2019-05-26 05:17:24 +0000 UTC]

since you started to submit all this cuties I was eager to know more about the story, it looks like a great p´roject" >w<

and take care Satra, please don't overwork

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ElizaDuivenvoorde [2019-05-25 22:19:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank you in advance to anyone to funds and/or shares our project

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