ANTARES, Scarlet Haïku.
This book is an important step, this is my really first self-project to be published.
Antares is a special concept. It's mainly an Illustration book, but the project follows also 2 rules: The Haïku and the color Red.
Below you can find a short explanation about it.
50 illustrations in color on double pages, with a Haïku linked to each.
The main technic is watercolors/colored inks, black ink and pencil, sometimes some discreet acrylics
The texts on each illustration are in French, but you will find the English translations at the end of the book.
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The Haïku is a very short form of Japanese poetry to say the evanescence of things, composed of 17 syllabes, declined in 5-7-5.
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Antares is the red star in the constellation Scorpius, and it is also its Hearth. Scarlet is a one of the red colors sounding really nice in French. In each Illustration you'll find the red appearing.
If you are curious about the painting style, you can have a look to my Facebook page, I posted many sneak peeks since I started to work on this project.
Helcanen
The investment:
The amount will cover the production of 100 books, A4 size in full color.
Any extra to this amount will be used:
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to print some extras goods (postcards, posters, or reproductions for all perks with the book)
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to produce more books
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to buy new painting material for a new project.
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- to print promotion for the project (flyers, posters, roll-up, or anything possible in the budget)
What you get:
- The basic perk includes the printed A4 book.
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The perk Antares book + 1 illustration:
The book + 1 real illustration I will paint for you only. So, it will be a unique piece, that you won't find in the book.
You can tell me your favourite color(s) as a guide line.
And of course, your name mentioned in the book ("thanks"), unless you don't want to ;)
Shipping:
* The book can be given hand-to-hand during a concert, the MFVF, a convention, a trip, etc... there are no additional costs in that case.
* The book can be shipped worldwide, but unfortunately the Postal rates in Belgium are quite expensive. The shipping costs will be added by Indiegogo on the perk mentioning "shipping" following your country. The rates are for normal sending, not secured. If you wish a secured shipping, please contact me.
*There is no "shipping" option for the perk with the illustration as it's not secured pack. If you wish it to be shipped anyway, contact me by e-mail to fix the rates helcanen (at) gmail.com
* If you are not sure yet about the shipping, you can select the normal perk without shipping and contact me later to see if we can meet at any event or not. No worries, the shipping costs can be paid apart, after the campaign.
Any help is welcome
Every euros counts! If you just want to support my work, any little help is welcome.
5€ help, and you will receive a thanks postcard at your home ;)
If you can't help financially, you can support this project by sharing it on social networks. This will be greatly appreciated too!