Our goal is to produce a 8 to 11 minute fully animated pilot. The more money we raise, the better the cartoon. We'd also have more resources to make it high quality and maybe later make more episodes or a 22 minute origin pilot. 100% of the funds raised will go into the production of the pilot. The pilot would mostly be done by the creators but some tasks will be freelanced. Including voices, music, comp. Ext. Production will begin immediately after it's funded. We would like to get it done within a 5-8 month estimated time frame but it may change depending on the freelancers.

*Everyone will get a high quality animated pilot to enjoy.

*Supplying you, the supporters with super cool rewards.

*More money means more resources and freelance needed to mold this into something special.

*We can respectfully pay hard working people in the industry for their talents used on the pilot.

*Possibly more cartoons and rewards!

To cover the project, we worked hard to balance quality and cost efficiency in preparing the budget. Here’s how we plan to utilize the funds raised. As you can see, most of the requested funds will go towards the talented people/friends from the industry we want to hire for the pilot. We would like to pay them respectfully for their hard work and time. To show how serious we are the creators will not be using any of the money for themselves through the campaign. They're working for their drive and creativity and to see this get done. The rest is being used for KS fees and shipping/packaging and postage. As well as creating a plethora of the best rewards for our loyal backers.

The Pilot Time Frame :

We are going to be working extremely hard to ensure that you get to see this pilot in a time range of 5-8 months from the launch. Having multiple animators, painters and layout artists will increase the work flow. At present, and at the stage of completion we are at, we are quietly confident that we can deliver the cartoon on time.

Why This Amount?

We know this is a lot of money to ask for. Though, creating a high quality cartoon isn't cheap and takes a lot longer than most of us would like. Here's the initial breakdown on why we're asking for $25,000.

1) We establish our team for the project, get them up to speed. Assign work.

2) We continue to make the storyboards and put them into an animatic.

3) We assign the animators scenes (most important drawings to tell the story and acting) and layouts (In order to see if the characters fit before making the actual backgrounds).

4) We have a composer add a score, clean and color the animation and make the background paintings from the layouts.

5) The last step is compositing - which is where the shots are melded together. We make the effects, lighting, shadows and color grading. The last details are polished.

Again, cartoons tend to be a bit pricey since we're paying multiple people to do multiple jobs. It's all a team effort!

*Pilot gets made with outside investment.

*The fans get to be involved in the development process and see each step on how it's made along the way.

*Securing funds for a series can take years to get off the ground.

*We want to create a pilot everyone would enjoy and quickly!

As independent animators we require outside funding to produce cartoons. As you can imagine, the process of rounding up financial support the other way takes a long time, years, usually. We've decided to seek funding from fans of animation. Going through a campaign is the fastest way to bring the pilot to life. Without any interference.

This also gives you, the fans and supporters a chance to help make a cartoon you love possible! By working with you we can make the show faster and better than by traditional funding streams. A campaign offers us that rare opportunity and it makes the long process of making animation so much more rewarding, inspiring and worth it knowing that we have people around the world believing in us.

Future plans? Anything behind this project that you want to tell us?

Our only goal is to be able to create a cartoon pilot. We've worked on this idea for so long, we'd like to see it finished and we'll do anything to make it happen. We are very passionate about the series and have a lot planned for the story and characters. It is very hard to keep things secret at this point but we know not to spoil too much. We just want to make something that is unique and funny. As well as to inspire other artists and animators to not wait to create. We hope this leads us and others into making more episodes and other original content.

We don't know you. Tell us more about yourselves:

Tara Billinger- Currently working at Disney TV Animation as a character designer on the Mickey Mouse Shorts. She's been working with at Disney for over five years. Other credits: Development, storyboard revisionist, comic book artist and prop design. She also likes to collect and create designer toys. Loves sloths.

Tara's Tumblr: tarabillinger.tumblr.com

Zach Bellissimo- Currently working at Warner Bros. Animation as a storyboard artist on Teen Titans Go! Other credits: Animator on Motorcity and Superjail!, character design on Rick and Morty and SVA Graduate 2011.

Zach's tumblr: http://snaggle-teeth.tumblr.com/

You can find out more about us and LGG including behind the scenes footage, cast and crew interviews, animation tests, time-lapse videos and more! We plan to post frequently during the development stage: longgonegulch.tumblr.com

When pledging $15 or more you'll get access to behind the scenes content before it's released to the public! Including time lapses, videos with the cast and crew, animatics, animation sneak peeks and more about the process of making the pilot. As well as a digital download of the full version of the film two weeks before it's release!

And to boot, a spiffy double sided postcard set! It includes three postcards with six designs! The designs will be posted during the campaign.

Pledging $25 will reward you with two physical item sets. A pin pack with four pin variants and a sticker pack which includes the sheriffs and BW!

Who wouldn't want this adorable double sided acrylic charm set? At a pledge of $35 you'll get them! They're made of clear acrylic and come with a colored strap and star shaped dangle charm. If there is more interest we will consider making an add on for a BW charm!

With this tier you also get a PDF digital copy of the LGG Art Book!

Not only that, you will get an exclusive high quality print signed by the creators!

STRETCH GOAL ADD ON UNLOCKED: TOTE BAG

We have reached our first mid number stretch goal which means a new reward! Anyone who has or will pledge $35 or more on the campaign will receive this tote bag with their respected tier!

You can't be a proper Sheriff without the Sheriff Pack! With a pledge of $50 you will get all the accessories needed to becoming a top notch sheriff. All the swag is safely packaged within a nifty burlap sack.

Pledging $75 will get you a high quality LGG T-Shirt! Look trendy anywhere with this sleek design!

What everyone should have on their coffee table or book collection! With a pledge of $100 you'll get the amazing LGG art book! We plan to fill this to the brim with tons of content showcasing the process of making the pilot! If we reach the stretch goal tiers we can create a fancier hardcover copy of the art of book!

( Be aware that the art book will be shipped much later than the other rewards. We need to finish the film in order to have material for the art book. All other rewards except the book and film itself will be shipped out right after the campaign is over.)

Here's a glimpse of some of the incredible TRIBUTE ART that will be featured in the LGG Art Of Book made by talented friends and supporters!

Pledge $100 for the DELUXE Sheriff pack! It comes with acrylic standee figures! They're both around 3 inches tall and come with an acrylic base. These are double sided and have the logo on the backing. If there is enough interest we will make an add on for a BW standee figure.

Pledging $150 will give you our personal favorite piece of merchandise. The enamel pin set! Approximately 1.5 inches and made of soft enamel. Great color and they come with a metal latch backing!

Thinking of pledging $175? Of course you are! At this tier you will get a nice LGG sketch done by Tara and Zach! Examples will be made as the month goes on.

Do you want original artwork from LGG? For a pledge of $250 you can own a hand drawn, hand inked and traditionally colored masterpiece of one of your favorite LGG characters! Please message us what drawing you'd want. It's first come first served. Examples will be posted as the month goes on.

Always wanted to commission Zach and Tara? Now you can when pledging $500! You decide! We will draw it in either traditional or digital media!

Pledging $800 will get you or your original character drawn in the style of Long Gone Gulch! We will feature you on the site to boot!

Pledge $1,000 and you can get you or your original character drawn in the style of the show and featured on the Gulch's "WANTED" wall during a scene in the pilot! You will also get a physical high quality print of the wanted poster!

We are officially FUNDED! We can now move on to stretch goal tiers if you can believe it!

$30,000-Mid number tier UNLOCKED: A new reward has been unlocked! A LGG tote bag! Anyone who has or will pledge $35 or higher will receive one with their respected tier!

$35,000-Hard Cover Art Book UNLOCKED: If we reach this goal we want to make the LGG Art of Book a snazzy hard cover. This will allow us to put more pages into the book as well and showcase more art. We really want this book to look classy! Lets make it happen!

$40,000-Rawhide's Bandanda- LOCKED: If we reach this goal we will include Rawhide’s bandana to the Sheriff Pack Deluxe tier! It looks like Rawhide’s bandana but when you glance closely it has a tiled pattern of the main cast. Wear it around your neck, on your head or put it on your dog! Be as trendy as Rawhide.

More info on each will be revealed IF we reach them. Tons of add on rewards will be revealed if we hit certain middle numbers as well!