#undercities

[oviraptoridae]

these ruins were uncovered a century ago, wonder why they’re still untouched…

[oviraptoridae]

a place (kobold not to scale) and various iterations on other places

[oviraptoridae]

beast

[dirtybirdspress]

If you missed the Kickstarter and still want a copy of UNDERCITIES for your very own, now’s your chance! Bop on over to Tictail to buy one!

[dirtybirdspress]

After just a few hiccups in production, UNDERCITIES has safely arrived at our editor’s house! These books are absolutely beautiful and next steps will be to start packing up Kickstarter rewards, so sit tight!

Because it has been asked a few times: We will have extra copies for sale after fulfillment is complete. We were ordering extras for our contributors and to use in approaching indie booksellers regardless, but we definitely ordered at a higher quantity than people purchased through the Kickstarter. Notice of that sale will go up in a few weeks.

Thank you to everyone for your patience in this process!

[crowloop]

did a little work for @dirtybirdspress ,, this bookplate is going out with all the copies of UNDERCITIES, which i am very very excited to read. 

[thousandwrecks]

Some bookmarks I did for @dirtybirdspress‘s UNDERCITIES! These will be included with the tiers that included printed extras.

I have to say, I love love love love spot gloss printing. It’s so suave. ✨

[dirtybirdspress]

UNDERCITIES in closing: a note from the editors

The UNDERCITIES Kickstarter is drawing to a close! We’re currently gearing up to send the final copy off for (gold-foil!) printing, which means that the end is finally in sight. Since we’re so close to being able to call UNDERCITIES done, we’d like to take a moment to reflect on the process as a whole and the kind of journey it’s been for us at Dirty Birds Press.

UNDERCITIES is truly a labor of love. For the past five months, our team of two editors and one editor/designer have been working nonstop to bring UNDERCITIES to life and to make it as great as it can possibly be. We’ve spent long hours revising, editing, and working closely with our authors to get at the heart of the stories they want to tell and the experiences they want to share—and now we’re finally ready to share those stories with everyone else.

We can’t begin to explain how much of an incredible—and, in the spirit of honesty, challenging—learning experience UNDERCITIES has been. From coordinating and organizing an 11-contributor project to launching and promoting our first ever Kickstarter, each phase of the project has been eye-opening. It’s helped us (and hopefully everyone involved, too!) learn how to be better as editors, as consumers of media, and as creators in our own right. The lessons we at DBP have learned with UNDERCITIES are lessons we’ll carry with us into every project we create in the future, and we’re infinitely grateful for this experience and for the people who have made it possible. That includes everyone who supported us when UNDERCITIES was just taking shape as a concept, all of our contributors, everyone who promoted us at every step of the way, and everyone who supported our Kickstarter. From the bottom of our collective heart: Thank you.

Soon UNDERCITIES will be printed and on its way to our lovely backers and supporters. And while UNDERCITIES as a project will be over, we’ll forever be grateful for all of the support we’ve received and the things we’ve learned along the way.

Sincerely,

Femi Managing Editor

Caroline Editor/Designer

Rae Editor