Asked by Anonymous

Hello, I was wondering why the creation process comes after the Kickstarter this time?

Hello!

We both worked for Lady Tarot Cards and this was what they did, with artists contracted and having to work on their illustration only once the Kickstarter was funded and the project sure to happen. We both thought it was pretty cool to make sure artists wouldn’t work “for nothing”, so we’ve decided to do the same!

We don’t think this type of format can work for every project, especially smaller zines and artbooks, as backers wouldn’t know if to trust the project and the quality of the artwork, but also because smaller projects don’t always worry about the quantity of books sold to print it, so the project “always” happen.

However with Dames, we hope you know the quality we and our artists put into our books and that you’ll trust the illustrations will be beautiful!

We will contract some artists to work beforehand, including our cover artist and our merch artists, so our backers will have a preview of what will be inside the book, but also will be able to see the merch available.

We’ll also announce and present all our artists beforehand so you’ll be able to expect what type of illustrations you’ll see :)