A big heartfelt thank you to Kathiy Trabert for a generous pledge on Kickstarter. The choice of any of the original paintings is now hers. I'll post her choice soon. Meanwhile I'm one $15 pledge away from Kickstarter success. Tomorrow I'll be posting the letters R and S to make up for the lack of posts lately (Sorry, life and stuff...) so stay tuned!
Meanwhile a relevant quote...
We do not...
I'm offering a unique reward on Kickstarter. An original painting from the series (your choice) for a pledge of $300. This single pledge meets my goal and funds my project! This will only happen once!
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http://kck.st/gs2D4G - 66% of the way toward my crowd funded goal on Kickstarter! You can get a set of Alphabet Sea flash cards printed on Recycled paper, or the über-green version - a PDF of the entire set with the raw photos of the original artwork. Pledge now! Every penny counts! If you didn't...

Q is what Quahog starts wi...

Alphabet Sea made the front page of Kickstarter today! This is great for bringing awareness to this project and helps it get one step closer to funding. Spread the word and help me hit my goal on Kickstarter - http://kck.st/gs2...

P is for Prawn, a jumbo sized shri...
As you know word of mouth is the best way to spread the word.Please tell your friends and family about Alphabet Sea and help bring awareness to this great project!
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O is for octopus, who can't find his boo...
Alphabet Sea on Kickstarter is 25% toward it's goal of $1,000. Please take a moment and back this unique project - http://kck.st/gs2...

N is for Narwhal, "That's not a horn, that's my toot...

I've been playing around with the book layout. I'm not happy with this one,but it's the best one yet. I think the final will have more of a classic, "Golden Books" feel to it...

Mollusk starts with M, the slowest sea creatu...
Head over to the kickstarter page and help shape the project, I'm having backers decide which version of the Lobster to include, but you have to be a backer to cast your vote. http://kck.st/gs2...

L is for lobster who scavenges his dinn...
Here is an animated clip I did for Angler Fish. I have the idea to record the song and have all of the characters will come to life in this way. It will be a sea chanty of cour...

The Crabby old king, King Crab starts with...

This Blog has a simple goal; I hope to raise $1000 through Kickstarter to print and package this special limited run of unique A - Z Flash Cards. If you haven't yet, please back my project and reserve your Flash Cards now - http://kck.st/gs2D4G
I'm offering one of the original, unique paintings...

J is for Jellyfish, I prefer gra...
Kickstarter did a Q & A with me for their blog. It came out really nice, take a look - http://blog.kickstarter.com/post/3183974670/creator-q-a-alphabet-...

Instead of doing a sketch for each character, I did thumbnails for all the characters. You can see some of the early letters like, F for fish sticks are pretty funny. Some of the letters went through a few designs and creatures before finalizing them. 11 X 17 pen on pap...

Adding some stencil touch...
One day I might refer to this as the video that kickstarted it all! Please visit Kickstarter now and back this unique project! http://kck.st/gs2...
Just finished a short interview for Kickstarter. The interview will be featured on their blog next week sometime, but here it is in it's entirety for your enjoyment. Thanks for stopping by!
-Of all the ways to teach the alphabet, why sea creatures?
I'm always drawing different creatures and I painted a jellyfish one day and thought, I like this guy. What other sea creatures can I do? Instantly the...

Isopod starts with I, and I have nothing mo...

Mock up of the flash car...

H is for Halibut, on the ocean flo...

Alphabet Sea is a set of Flash cards that will use my hand painted art to illustrate the letters A - Z with fun sea creature names along with fun rhymes to remember them by. They will be limited to 1000 sets and printed on recycled paper for the initial run. The paintings are done on large plywood...
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Visit the Kickstarter project page to order your set of Flash Cards today and help fund this quirky and fun filled way to promote litera...

G is for Grunion, they travel in a bun...
I'm finishing the Kickstarter project overview now, and later today there will be instructions on how you can back the "Alphabet Sea" proje...
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