A Knight Before Christmas
A Knight Before Christmas is a children's rhyming story picture book. When a dragon appears in the North Pole and starts wreaking havoc, Santa must travel back in time to find a brave knight to help him! I wrote the story originally over 10 years ago and never released it. Thanks to the ease of digital publishing, this updated version will be illustrated and released as an e-book before Christmas this year. If you back this campaign you will receive a DRM Free PDF download of the book which can be viewed or printed from any compatible device, and everyone who backs from just £1 will get their name in the back of this special edition!
Season of giving and receiving!
Basically I'm hoping to raise funds to upgrade my computer and software used to produce the digital illustrations, any money raised will go towards that. In return you will get the PDF storybook as mentioned above (with YOUR NAME in the back!)* and on higher tiers I will also be offering original pencil production artwork made during the creation process!
*want to buy it as a christmas gift for a loved one? you could put THEIR NAME in the back instead!
The Impact
Having been busy on projects for other people most of the year I wanted to finally bring out my own book before Christmas (as it's a Christmas story). Your contributions will help to speed things up creating the book and just by sharing the project will help raise awareness about the story.
I recently illustrated a book www.sharesomesecrets.com for top UK author Christina Gabbitas which will give you a better idea of my art style. I'm also working on video game artwork and various cartoon strips and art which you can see on my regularly updated twitter account www.twitter.com/@cartoonsbyRic and website blog at www.puttycad.co.uk
Risks & Challenges
Having successfully completed a crowdfunded set of 12 digital comics as well as working on the book mentioned above I am confident I can deliver the digital PDF book on time. (original art will be at the mercy of the post office but I will do my best to get it out to backers as early as possible before Christmas!
Other Ways You Can Help
Please share this project with everybody you can using the indigogo tools and through your social networking channels!