What a year 2011 was!

My full, gritty-details recap of the year is here: http://ellenmillion.livejournal.com/1257408.html

But for you guys, a briefer version, with a closer look at the crowdfunding parts...

Sketch FestSketch Fest grew a LOT during 2011. The most major change is that ( Read more... )

Okay, we've done the first two Crowdfunding Creative Jam sessions:

October 17-18 (Monday-Tuesday)
There was 1 open playground, 9 people posting prompts, and at least 8 pieces were created.

November 20-21 (Sunday-Monday ( Read more... )

Cyberfunded creativity includes a wide range of activities and products.  These group together into some broad categories of crowdfunding.  You may find it useful to browse the options if you're thinking about creating a project of your own or looking for projects to follow.  Let's take a look at some popular types of content that appear in ( Read more... )

Folks seem to like the idea of hosting a creative jam where everyone can play and anything goes in terms of medium.  (This discussion also has a version on Dreamwidth.) Let's discuss some further parameters ( Read more... )

I've got a poll in my journal asking for input on scheduling the Sketch Fest - or possibly TWO Sketch Fests! - for October: http://ellenmillion.livejournal.com/1229005.html

I'm hosting a discussion of my serial poetry and have subsequently posted an overview of poetic series that includes a poll about people's favorite ones.  The Poetry Fishbowl project has been running for almost four years now, and most of the series listed were generated there.  If you want to observe the creator/audience interaction of an ( Read more... )

Visual artists Charlie Grosso and Kesha Bruce reflect on their successful Kickstarter campaign, in which they raised over $10,000 to produce 6x6, an "art version of a music festival", a series of 6 art exhibitions and related events to take place over the course of 6 weeks in fall 2011.

Part One

Part Two

I first came across Kesha and Charlie and ( Read more... )

Project recap:My husband and I are working on building a nursery, and used most of our budget up with the boring practical parts - wallboard, wiring, flooring and such. I was looking at curtains, and disappointed that I was probably going to be stuck with something stapled up over the windows. (Sort of like we've got in the bedroom, actually...) So ( Read more... )

Hello, everyone! I've been asked to reprise the comments I made about those who support crowdfunded projects, which I posted to my own journal last week. So here is that entry again - although edited to make it less of a rant and more fit for general consumption. :)

I've been following the crowdfunding community's turn in the LiveJournal Spotlight, since I'm ( Read more... )

Hi, my name's E.K. Weaver, and I write and draw a comic called The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal. Although it's intended for print, I've been publishing it online for the past two years, and have recently been able to take TJ and Amal to press, thanks to the magic of crowdfunding.

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