Kickstarter recommends that you upload a video on your campaign. Well, I suck at videos. For the last several days I've toyed with concepts and storyboards and finally decided on a short video produced in After Effects. Video and animation are not even remotely passions of mine. I've never had a proper class in producing videos so I was kind of winging it. I used After Effects as that was what we used in our 2D animation class (yes, I know, it makes no sense, everyone else learns Flash).
Please consider making a donation to the campaign. Even a single dollar is appreciated. The cost of printing the two digital prints and getting them framed will eat up most of my budget. On top of that, I would really like to purchase 12" digital frames for the Tree of Life v2.0. Those run $99 a piece (at least the ones I'm looking at do). Between printing, framing, and digital frames, my budget is pretty much shot. The Kickstarter campaign money, after the rewards are sent out, will determine whether or not I need to make cuts like reducing the size of my prints from 24" x 36" down to something smaller and purchasing only 8" digital frames. Both cuts will severely reduce the effectiveness of the exhibit - especially the frames. The prints I can always have reprinted for later showings but once the tree is finished it will be extremely difficult to retrofit larger frames.
This blog tracks the concept, development, construction, installation and unveiling of the art exhibit entitled "The Last Sin" by artist Heather Miller.
