fisherpon:

As some of you may already know, I (Fisherpon) have been invited to sit on TJ (Pirate Dash)’s Tumblrpon panel at this year’s Bronycon! This will provide an unparalleled opportunity for me to meet many of my online friends (including several of the artists involved in this donation drive), but also to work together with some of Tumblrpon’s finest to give out tips and tricks on how to run a successful Tumblrpon drawblog.

The problem is, the convention is on the other side of the continent! So much so in fact, that it’ll cost me about $500 to get there and back. This, combined with the cost of accommodation and food, brings the total price of the trip up to about $1200.

I’ve been working hard, as you may have seen from my photography shop ads, but to not much success. I did get some money for my birthday, but I’m still about $900 off of my goal. Thankfully, that’s when one of my artist friends suggested that I start up a donation drive to help me get there!

So, I went off to ask my artist friends about it. I wasn’t expecting much; four, five, maybe six artists. But people kept saying yes, and being so generous and kind… we now have (at the time of posting) forty artists involved! That’s incredible! Frankly, I’m touched, and if I can make it to the convention I owe each of you a great Canadian bear hug.

This is how this drive is going to work.

Behind this link and this link are two spreadsheets. One of them lists everything that is being offered sorted by money, and the other lists everything sorted by which artist. That way, if you’re only interested in getting something from a particular artist, you can look there, but if you’re just interested in seeing what you can get with $20, you can look in the first list. The list that is sorted by artist also has examples of the kind of artwork for sale, so you can use that as a point of reference. To navigate the spreadsheets, you can either click on the links provided or use the screen navigator at the bottom.

When you go in there, you’ll see that most of the art isn’t put on a set price, but rather a range: Say, $2-5. In this situation, the more you donate, the better the type of that art that you’ll get. So, for example, you may get a refined sketch that even has B&W shading on it for $5 when you would simply get a rough sketch for $2.

Once you’ve decided what you want to buy, click on THIS LINKto reach the donation system.

WHEN YOU DONATE, YOU MUST MAKE SURE TO PUT SOME WAY I CAN CONTACT YOU IN THE BOX THAT SAYS ‘How can we contact you?’

Once I have received your donation, I will contact you via the information provided. Then, you can tell me what commission you want from who and I’ll pass the information on. Since the artists are donating their time and skill, it’s completely up to them if they want to accept your commission or not. I’m glad that they’re willing to help me out like this, but I don’t want to overwork them! For a similar reason, some artists won’t be able to start working on the commissions until late May.

If an artist rejects your commission for some reason (overworked, busy with schoolwork, etc.), you will be given the option of spending the credit at another artist or getting a refund. For this reason, I suggest making up a small list of artists in case the one you want most is unable to do what you want. You can simply give me that list, and if the first artist of your choosing is unable to do it, I can automatically move on to the second one!

This donation drive will last for two weeks, and will officially ‘end’ on the 18th of May. This link will lead to a page that I can update every day or so to show how far off I am from my goal.

If you have any questions about the drive, feel free to send me a message. Any major announcements regarding this will be posted in the ‘donation drive’ tag on my blog.

Hopefully we can pull this off, and I can see you guys at Bronycon!~

Among the many others, my name is on the list of artists open for commissions to get fisher to bronycon! Whether you get something from me or not, it’s a good cause!