I'm Becca Hillburn, webcomic artist and the creator of Nattosoup Studio Art and Process Blog and co creator of the popular convention resource How to be a Con Artist. I'm passionate about comics, art supplies, and art education, and have gone out of my way to be a source of support and a cheerleader to my comics peers. I'm driven to share those passions with other people, and am constantly searching for new ways to democratize arts education. For eight years, I've expanded my efforts to help level the commercial art playing field by writing blog posts to demonstrate, educate, and enlighten fresh comic artists and illustrators. I've dived into YouTube with an art channel focused on education through artist interviews, product demonstrations, tutorials, and reviews.

Now it's time to shake things up, and I need your help. I want to bring even more amazing content to Nattosoup Studio Art and Process Blog. In 2016, I launched two huge series- Intro to Comic Craft and Watercolor Basics- series that span both the blog and the Youtube channel. Both series are in depth, well researched tutorial focused series that are designed to help artists learn how to watercolor or create comics from the ground floor. For 2017, I would like to launch series that focus on tabling at conventions (furthering my How to be a Con Artist work),tutorials and guest posts on launching your own webcomic, and funding your artistic projects. For projects as massive as these, I'm going to have to dedicate an enormous amount of time, energy, and resources into research, writing, interviews, and photography. This means I need a surge of support from art nerds like you!

Over the past 8 years, I've shared so much of my education and experience with my audience. Now I would like to increase the opportunity for my audience to share their education and experiences with one another. I utilize Patreon funds to help pay for guest posts ($30 a post, pending approval), and would love to increase the guest post budget to give even more comic voices an opportunity to shout. I support small projects from Kickstarter zines to anthologies, and I open my blog up to the creators as a platform for promotion- something traditional comic press vehemently ignores.

So if you enjoy the work I do, and would like to see it continue, please consider joining the Artnerd community today.

Backers receive:

A strong say in all future content- Intro to Comic Craft was requested by a backer!
Sponsored post opportunities, so I may share my audience with other comic artists and creators
Early access to popular video series
Backer exclusive content
Access to my library of digital art resources (to be unlocked)
Access to my library of mini comics (to be unlocked)
Access to all of 7" Kara, Volume 1 (to be unlocked)
Early access to future 7" Kara chapters (to be unlocked)
Monthly PDF sketchbooks showcasing my process (to be unlocked)
Monthly Q&A sessions (to be unlocked)
Monthly streaming (to be unlocked)

And more per backer request!

Funds help pay for:

Better studio equipment for recording and photography
Guest posts
Art supplies for review
Time spent editing video
Travel to shows for artist interviews
Compensation for time spent answering How to be a Con Artist Asks
Compensation for time spent researching and writing tutorials on Nattosoup Studio Art and Process Blog
Compensation for time spent researching and recording tutorials for Nattosoup Studio's Youtube Channel

By contributing to Nattosoup Studio, you are joining a community of students, artists, and crafters who share a passion for illustration and a vision of equal opportunity art education. Your pledge enables me to focus on creating quality content for the public, and helps to democratize art education. Whether you're an old fan of the blog, or a new fan of the YouTube channel, your pledge will enable me to focus on helping the comic and illustration community, allow me to purchase even more wonderful supplies to review, and compensate my efforts past, present, and future.

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