Kickstarter & Minimalist posters

We have so many talented people on TG and sometimes I think a lot of that talent is absolutely wasted - because it could be shared with the wider world.

The minimalist poster is a favourite of mine and a recurring theme on TG.

Combine the minimalist poster and sharing with the wider world and you have that risk free phenomenon - kickstarter.

Take a look at this campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...ssic-sci-fi-tv

Somebody enjoying their art and sharing it with others, at no risk to themselves.

Why hide your talent away? It doesn't have to be minimalist. It could be aeroplanes in a Gray sky. Or minimalist. Or..

I don't have the talent, but you guys do. You could have fun, raise a little money for yourself or charity. Anything.

On the subject of talent, this KS project may also appeal to some here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...tion-facsimile

While I'm not necessarily into minimalist posters (not my kind of art), but I've run two successful Kickstarters - one to promote my roleplaying game setting and maps, the Kaidan setting of Japanese horror (which includes my fiction writing, game cartography and illustration), and the second to support a series of map tutorial guide books using Xara, Photoshop, Illustrator, GIMP and Inkscape. Technically I even ran another patronage system, that was not Kickstarter, rather an in-house patron system from Rite Publishing. So I've been involved with 3 patronage based funding projects, and though not always directly, having some of my art for the general public. I'm hiding nothing.

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Originally Posted by Gamerprinter

I'm hiding nothing.

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Indeed. You are an example to us all.

Kickstarter is an amazing enabler.

I didn't mean to come off as "holier than thou", rather I was simply saying, yes, I've used Kickstarter and/or other patronage models to portray my art. I was just pointing out that my art isn't being "wasted", as if any members works were being wasted. I am an example for no one - don't know where that comes from.

Gameprinter, it was a compliment.

You are an excellent positive example - you make and sell your art. Most people here don't do that directly as you do.

That was the point about KS. It enables people to have a go at selling their artwork (or anything) without the financial risk.

People who don't sell their artwork aren't wasting it. My point is that for some people here they could share what they do with a wider audience who might be appreciative.

It did occur to me that there might even be a collaborative project possible between TG members to create a KS poster project.

Well, it's an idea.

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Originally Posted by pauland

My point is that for some people here they could share what they do with a wider audience who might be appreciative...

It did occur to me that there might even be a collaborative project possible between TG members to create a KS poster project.

Well, it's an idea.

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Not a bad idea Paul, however I have noticed collaborative projects non't usually get much involvement from the members.

Sorry, didn't mean to be defensive - I couldn't read the tone of your post (I read it wrong.) When I ran my last successful Kickstarter, my community building efforts on G+ seemed to do all the work, I gained an enormous following thru G+. Though not necessarily related but my personal G+ account is only 1.5 years old, yet has over 4.8 million views - while the KS it supported is complete, my followers are growing even still.

Larry, you're right about the history of collaborative projects here. I thought this time around, with art being involved and a tangible goal with a result that could grace a wall, it could be different. Minimalist artwork is popular these days.

Might even be a marketing opportunity for Xara.

I hope you are correct Paul.

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Originally Posted by wizard509

I hope you are correct Paul.

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Sadly, I think you are correct!

I hope I might have encouraged some TGers to consider publishing some of their artwork.

I know this members work is not suitable for a minimalist poster but I think he should be encouraged to do both book and posters. That person is Gray, whose work has such a wide appeal and would bring back memories to veterans, WW2 collectors and army air force enthusiasts. The problem would be to try and persuade him as he treats his work as a hobby and not worth showing but he should be encouraged. When you think about classic american cars who do you think off, it must be Ron, where is work over the years must be enough for a book. Those are my choices Paul but both are not minimalist artists and they may have problems to get their work to print because they use Xara but it would be worth a punt. I wouldn't say we have any high quality minimalistic artist who regularly post work here.

Well, I showed the KS project, which happens to be minimalist, because there has been a following on TG for minimalist themes and it may seem approachable to some.

I entirely agree with you Albacore, and you may see a subtle hint along the same lines in post #1.

Why hide your talent away? It doesn't have to be minimalist. It could be aeroplanes in a Gray sky.

It's not our choice and I'm sure some TGers familiar with print could help out with some assistance.

I have been as encouraging as I possibly could be.

Nobody has anything to lose by giving it a go.

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Originally Posted by Albacore

Those are my choices Paul but both are not minimalist artists and they may have problems to get their work to print because they use Xara but it would be worth a punt.

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I'm just curious about this sentence. Why do you consider it problematic getting Xara created work to print?

While I have some web experience, the majority of my design and use of Xara involves digital printing. While some work is outsourced to short run, web press printers, which I can agree Xara has some shortcomings regarding traditional printing (though still used for such), still the bulk of my design experience has been for the print industry. Over the past decade I've used Xara for vinyl sign cutting, large format printed banners, posters, printed game maps, standard DTP documents like flyers, brochures, business cards, invoices, etc. About 2% of the work I've done were not for the print industry, which means 98% of the work I do with Xara is for print only. I would never state that Xara is less than ideal for print.

I'd also say we have a TGer who's work would be perfect for a poster on KS. A poster of little squares..

It's easy to print to your local print shop type digital printer for the larger posters but it is much harder to do for offset printing in a illustrative book. Both Ron and Gray use loads of bitmap special effects in their work and these bits would need work for CMYK. The only other way to get round this is to use InDesign CS5 as this is the only programme that I know which could handle it and then export it as PDF X-4 with a coated GRAcOL 2006 colour profile as this has the largest number of colour gamut. Know I don't have Acro Pro CS5 so I don't know if it could be done there but I do have ID CS5.