Losing Altitude: Raising awareness through art

A project in Severna Park, MD by Arras Wiedorn
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This collaborative art book will feature over 40 artists and over 100 pages of full-color art of endangered birds from the world over.
Backers: 72
Average Pledge Per Backer: $74

Funded: $5,326 of $7,500
Dates: Nov 26th -> Dec 26th (30 days)
Project By: Arras Wiedorn
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Latest News

New Kickstarter is live!

June 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone! I know a lot of people were disappointed that we didn't make our funding goal the first time around, but now there's a new Kickstarter- this time we'll have even more artists, more art, and with a lower funding goal I'm confident we... (Read More)

Submissions are open again!

January 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Since it'll be a while before the next Kickstarter goes live in May, I thought I'd take this opportunity to re-open submissions for a while. So, if you missed the deadline the first time around but you still wanted to get in the book, now is your... (Read More)

So what's next?

December 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, everyone! So you may have noticed that the Kickstarter was not successful- at $5326, we were 71% funded and $2174 away from raising the full amount. This of course means that you will not be charged, and I will not be receiving any pledge... (Read More)

Holiday or Christmas gifts

December 20th - via: kickstarter.com
If anyone was interested in purchasing a copy of the book as a gift for someone else- for the holidays or for Christmas- just let me know and I can make a downloadable card available for you to print and give to them so they know their book is on the... (Read More)

Livestreaming art!

December 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Sorry for two updates in such quick succession, but I just got word that artist Maricela Ugarte will be doing a live stream of her drawing of the Resplendent Quetzal tomorrow at 4 p.m. EST! If you'd like to see one of the artists at work, you can... (Read More)

New incentive added!

December 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Artist Brenda Lyons has kindly donated a number of her gorgeous and amazingly realistic leather feathers as incentives! For $80 you can snag yourself a hard cover copy of the book and one of these awesome one-of-a-kind creations!  (Read More)

Book only options added

December 12th - via: kickstarter.com
This just in! Just in case anyone wanted to order a copy of the book but didn't want the posters, there are now book-only options available! Both still come with the thank-you in the back of the book, but don't come with the posters or postcards.  (Read More)

Video added!

December 8th - via: kickstarter.com
I've added a video! It looks really great thanks to Namu-the-Orca, who kindly handled the editing. Please give it a look, and feel free to share it to anyone who is interested in the project and wants to know a bit more.  (Read More)

Losing Altitude Facebook page

December 7th - via: kickstarter.com
There is now a Facebook page for Losing Altitude! You can check it out here: http://www.facebook.com/LosingAltitude If you use Facebook, please Like the page and share it with your friends! It would really help us to get the word out! Also,... (Read More)

Art update!

December 4th - via: kickstarter.com
I've updated the cover work-in-progress with the latest from Namu-the-orca - the sketch is slowly starting to get filled in and colorful! If you scroll down to the bottom, you'll also see some close-ups of a few of the finished birds.  (Read More)

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