Pledged: $40
Rewards: Name in the credits, Digital “thank you” card, Early preview of complete movie, 3 exclusive wallpapers, PDF download of “There She Is!!” art book, Doki & Nabi T-shirt, DVD, Physical “thank you” card (signed by amalloc), 5 illustrated cards
Indiegogo start date: January 12, 2016
Indiegogo funded on: February 12, 2016
Estimated delivery date: December 2016

Context:

A masterpiece in Korean indie animation, the There She Is!! series was first introduced to me on Newgrounds. It has since been remastered in HD for YouTube, and was neatly wrapped up in its 5th and final episode. However, an opportunity to crowdfund a bonus 6th episode and a DVD of the series arose, and I couldn’t pass it up.

Result:

Digital rewards, including the wallpapers, have been distributed.

The 6th episode premiered exclusively to backers, on Newgrounds, starting from August 15, 2020.
(TO-DO: Screenshot name in credits)

The t-shirt, DVD, and other physical rewards were later sent out, and I even opted for the art book in the store where ordering additional rewards was an option.
(TO-DO: Images of physical rewards)

Pledged: $25 per month
Rewards: Access to behind-the-scenes of DuoCartoonist’s works, Special tools for painting and animation
Patreon start date: October 2015

Context:

DuoCartoonist are two animators who made quality MLP-related content using Toon Boom software. They had a special Patreon tier for animators, giving away Photoshop brushes, tools for colouring in images quickly, and puppet rigs.

Result:

After a couple of months backing the tier described above, DuoCartoonist shut down their Patreon and seemingly disappeared from the internet.

Pledged: $34
Rewards: Physical copy of the blu-ray
Kickstarter start date: July 16, 2015
Kickstarter funded on: August 16, 2015
Estimated delivery date: January 2016

Context:

Don Hertzfeldt is an animator who used to focus primarily on making animated cartoons where all the drawings were done on paper (but he does draw digitally now). He has been featured in a couch gag on The Simpsons, but he is mostly known for his short film Rejected. As all the DVDs featuring collections of his short films were sold out, this campaign to create a blu-ray of his work was definitely not one to miss.

Result:

The blu-ray arrived at my place on March 29, 2016.

It contains the full version of It’s Such a Beautiful Day, World of Tomorrow, and his short and student films, all remastered specifically for the blu-ray.

There was also a cardboard insert and mini-booklet about the World of Tomorrow film inside the sleeve.

I tweeted about it here:

Got my bluray from a kickstarter that @donhertzfeldt did. Every single frame in these films is a literal masterpiece pic.twitter.com/FOh5sjZPf3

— Darien Brice Dickinson (@NeonWabbit) March 30, 2016