Martin Whitmore

I just created a Fundable page for a new game we’re going to play! Curious? Keep reading!

Here’s how it works: A bunch of people help me raise at least $350 to create a gorgeous full-color commissioned piece. Everyone who donates at least $10 to the commission gets awesome stuff as a thank-you. The people who donate the most get to give me two adjectives and a noun that I must include in the final drawing.

Examples of two adjectives and a noun: Pretty pink butterflies. Talking severed head. Grisly exploding torso!

After we get pledges for the $350 minimum and collect the donations, I get my input and start working, and I post progress photos of the work as I go, every day or two with a new picture or blog entry or both. I won’t be able to take any more input after I hit $350 and start the piece, but anyone who donates after that will still get awesome stuff! The internet gets to watch me work, and the awesome Fundable donors get a nice print or postcard of the result along with a stash of fabulous prices.

Donate $50+ to get…
Input into the drawing! Two adjectives and a noun. Includes heckling rights. (O_~)
12 x 18 Special Print of Commission, includes signature & doodle.
The 12 x 18 Specials will be numbered limited editions, and will not be reprinted.
5.5 x 4.25 Postcard Print of Commission.
Free Additional 11 x 17 Print, Donor Choice (shipped at the same time)
And some Marty money!

Donate $30+ to get…
$30+ donations in the first 48 hours get drawing input and heckling rights!
11 x 17 Standard Print of Commission, signed.
5.5 x 4.25 Postcard Print of Commission.
$10 Discount on Additional Print, purchased within 6 months following finished commission.
And some Marty money!

Donate $10+ to get…
5.5 x 4.25 Postcard Print of Commission.
And some Marty money!

By contributing you’re helping me do what I love, and getting to challenge me to create crazy shit in the process! Plus, I’m not going to sell Community Commission prints on my website. The availability will always be limited to art shows, so your donation gets you something most people can’t get a hold of (especially with the special 12 x 18, which won’t be reprinted at all).

Click here to go to the Fundable page and participate! Make sure to send your name, mailing address, email address, and input to me at marty@martinwhitmore.com when you make your pledge. And we only have 26 days to raise the minimum, so I’d love it if you’d tell your friends!

Even if you don’t want to pledge or donate, I would love to get comments and support from you. This is a way for me to get paid for doing work I love, but it’s also a way to have a lot of fun with my friends — so feel free to comment like crazy and have a good time!

- Marty

PS. What? You don’t know what Marty money is? Where have you been? Marty money is legal tender in the land of Marty. Obviously!

PPS. If you’d like to donate less than $10, you can use my Evil Tip Jar — and I will add that amount into the total for Fundable, so you’ll get counted!

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