Today is the first of my Will Draw for Charity events! For as many hours as I can, I'll be drawing mostly non-stop to help raise money for charity.
Today's charity is Fisher House, providing wounded soldiers and their families a home away from home as they heal.
Here's how it's going to work:
For every hour that I can do a detailed caricature (see below), you pledge X dollars. Say you decide to pledge $2 an hour, and I manage 8 hours - you would then donate $16 to Fisher House.
As a side pledge, you can also pledge X dollars for every drawing I complete - in addition to my hourly color caricature, I'll be cranking out quick black and white cartoons of famous progressives based on your suggestions in the comments. I have no idea how many of these I'll be able to do, but a safe guess is 3 an hour. So if you pledge $1 per picture - not counting my hourly color one - and I average 3 an hour over 8 hours, you'd donate an additional $24 to Fisher House.
Lastly, you can make a side pledge or donation to me - I'm a disabled artist, I draw with my mouth and I live below the poverty line and consider myself a worthy cause :) - however you like. Ask me for details in email.
Email me at xlarimex(at)gmail(dot)com with your pledges so you can remain anonymous if you like and so I can keep track of all the pledges and email you when it's over with the total. You aren't sending money or anything, just declaring your pledge(s) for the day.
I'll start things off with this as my first hourly drawing. Each hour, I'll add another drawing below it. Quick cartoons will go in the comments as replies to your suggestions.
We start at 1:40pm PST with Lt. Dan Choi!
Update [2010-12-22 19:41:58 by The Gimp]: I was going to cancel since I hadn't received any pledges, but they're starting to come in now after all. Give me just a bit and I'll get the second picture up for the second hour. Thanks!
[UPDATE #2] Here we go with the second hour drawing covering 3:00 to 4:00.
[UPDATE #3] I'm going to try this again tomorrow. I only had one person pledge today and I want to do better than that for fisher house. I'm going to try starting later in the afternoon tomorrow, to avoid the afternoon rush.