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Artwork for a Good Cause!
As much as I love making puppets and cosplay masks, I also give a lot to charity.
I started my first massive collaboration back in 2011. The goal was to have at least 150 submissions and at the end, I collected 166 submissions! The theme for my first collaboration was โKirbyโ. All submissions are created by artists around the globe regardless of skill level, but must be drawn right from the heart with passion for a good cause! No AI was used to create any of these beautiful posters. This guild does not support the use of AI to create artwork at any given time!
After realizing the potential these projects had, I used it to my fullest advantage and raised the stakes on my massive collaborations.
Every submission is worth a small value of money. At the end, I tally up the results and then send all the collected funds to a charity of my choice. The first charity collaboration Iโve ever done reached a WHOPPING 270 people!
Raising enough money to buy a shelter after Typhoon Haiyan struck, and raised an additional $200 for โMovemberโ charity for menโs health.
This theme, people had to draw a Pokรฉmon of choice, with a moustache! This collaboration was VERY WELL RECEIVED!
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PIRATEMON CHARITY CRUISE
Using the Pokรฉmon idea once more, this collaboration raised over $300 for the Canadian Red Cross and payed a special tribute to Nintendoโs beloved founder Satoru Iwata who passed away at the time. This time, Pokรฉmon were all drawn as pirates!
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Pokenom Charity Buffet & Kirby Charity Flight
My favourite charity is the Samaritanโs Purse, for every 10 submissions I received, I would pack a shoebox and send it out to underprivileged children for Christmas.
Iโve done 2 of these collaborations so far. I used the Kirby theme once more and Pokรฉmon were to be part of an edible dessert dish!
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GRUMPY CAT CHARITY ALLEY
I have also done charity project for the no-kill animal shelter. The theme was to draw โGrumpy Catโ and for every submission received I would donate 1 dollar to the shelter. I also contributed some volunteer hours to the shelter as well!
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Coloring books for Charity
I have even hand crafted Colouring books for the Hospital for Sick Children. Every artist that joins the project must draw a colouring page. All the submissions were compiled together to make a total of 28 colouring books! Every one of them were given to the hospital!
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Pokemon charity orchestra
This collaboration raised $223 for 3 charities! For the Hurricane Harvey Appeal, Make-a-Wish Foundation and the SPCA animal shelter! This time, all Pokemon had to wear a tuxedo and must either be singing or playing a musical instrument in a choir!
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POKEMON SNOWMON FOR CHARITY
This collaboration was held during the month of December 2017! Everyone was to draw a Pokemon as a snowman! This project raised $276.00 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation! This was a very successful project!
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Pokemon medieval charity fair
This collaboration was held during the summer months when artists were on summer break! The goal was to draw Pokemon wearing historic/fantasy medieval attire! This project raised 477.50 for Make-A-Wish Foundation!
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Octoberland charity festival
This project was run during October! 31 days to submit a Pokemon in costume! Each submission was worth 1 item in a shoe box! 10 items fill a shoebox and is sent to Operation Christmas Child! An additional $140 was donated to Samaritanโs Purse!
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Pokemon charity easter
This project was run during March of 2019! Every Pokemon was worth $4.00 to the SPCA Animal Shelter! 3 Animals were sponsored and all sponsor pets have been adopted! An additional $100 worth of brand new Pet Supplies were also donated! A special thank you goes to Mrs Volv, who was an amazing sponsor!
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Pokemon charity in space
This project was run during the month of September 2019! Each person was to draw 1 Pokemon and or 1 Kirby in outer space to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing!
Each Pokemon had to be Space theme while Kirby could just be himself with an official copy ability, or copying the Pokemon the artist chose!
Each Pokemon was worth $2.00 to the SPCA and Kirbies were worth $2.00 to Make a Wish Foundation! This project generated $184.50 for the SPCA, sponsoring 2 pets that got adopted and an additional $150.50 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation!
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Animalmon crossing charity village
This project was run during the Spring of 2020. Each person was to draw a Pokemon and/or Digimon as an Animal Crossing Villager!
Each Digimon donated $2.00 to Make-A-Wish Foundation, Each Pokemon donated $2.00 to SPCA Animal Shelter and each submission planted 1 tree at #teamtrees!
SPCA: $232
Make-A-Wish: $158
#teamtrees: 176 trees planted!
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witchmon charity ritual & others
This project was run from September 20 โ October 31, 2020. Each person had to draw a Pokemon and or a Digimon wearing witch/wizard/magic themed costumes. Each Digimon raised $3.00 to Calcutta Rescue while each Pokemon raised $3.00 for the SPCA! 6 animals got sponsored $55.00 each!
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Celebrating Pollinators!
Digimon and Pokemon were to be drawn as bees, butterflies. hummingbirds etc for 2 different charities! Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund!
PUBLISHED: Mar 20, 2021
MONEY GIVEN: $175 (Nature Conservancy https://www.natureconservancy.ca/en/)
$360 (World Wildlife Fund https://wwf.ca/ )
SUBMISSION COUNT: 185
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Gingerbreadmon for Shoeboxes!
Every Pokemon or Digimon must be a Gingerbread cookie! Each submission was worth 1 item in a shoebox! 10 items fill up a shoebox completely and gets mailed to underprivileged Children for Christmas!
PUBLISHED: Oct 13, 2021
SHOEBOXES GIVEN: 18 (Operation Christmas Child: https://www.samaritanspurse.ca/) MONEY GIVEN: $180 (Samaritans Purse https://www.samaritanspurse.ca/)
SUBMISSION COUNT: 172
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Farming for ukraine humanitarian
Every Pokemon or Digimon must be farming and fit the theme to raise funds for Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal!
PUBLISHED: Apr 28, 2022 MONEY GIVEN: $633 (Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal https://www.redcross.ca/)
SUBMISSION COUNT: 168
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Dog and Cat Jigsaw Puzzle
Every jigsaw piece must have a dog or cat. Can be fan art or can be their own or friend's pet. GoldenEmotions did a SPLENDID job with this jigsaw puzzle! Take a moment to thank her for her hard work and dedication! Each artist drew either a dog or cat or even both in a small puzzle piece and each puzzle piece was worth $5.00!
PUBLISHED: Sep 13, 2022
MONEY GIVEN: $230 (SPCA https://spcaswiftcurrent.com/)
SUBMISSION COUNT: 46
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Plushies for Make a Wish
Every Pokemon or Digimon must be drawn as a Plushie!
This project would impact Make a Wish!
PUBLISHED: Feb 5, 2023
MONEY GIVEN: $315 (Make-A-Wish https://makeawish.ca/)
SUBMISSION COUNT: 107
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AUTISM AWARENESS PROJECT
A project designed to raise awareness for autism! Each drawing is a Pokemon or Digimon and must fit the color scheme. Also includes testimonials from the artists who have Autism!
SUBMISSION COUNT: 33
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Rainforests, Jungles and tigers oh my!
Every Pokemon or Digimon must be drawn in a jungle or rainforest theme!
PUBLISHED: Aug 30, 2023
MONEY GIVEN: $275 (Nature Conservancy https://natureconservancy.ca/en/)
SUBMISSION COUNT: 115
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Colouring Books for the Hospital for sick children
Each artist is to draw a colouring page which would be compiled into colouring books for sick children. 42 books were donated!
PUBLISHED: September 10, 2024
BOOKS DONATED: 42 (The Hospital for Sick Children https://www.sickkids.ca/)
SUBMISSION COUNT: 115