ALMOST EPIC- Start-up with my big brother
Launching a creative business with my brother
ALMOST EPIC
I’m excited to share that my brother Forrest and I have launched a business venture together.
Almost Epic is a storefront for one-of-a-kind curiosities, relics, and limited edition collectibles.
I’ve built this business as a bit of an experiment in front of my students at VCU. I’m requiring them to make their first dollar as part of their grade. Figured, I’d hold myself to the same standard. I’ve been recording the progress of building the company and sharing it on my Think Louder YouTube channel. I fell a bit behind on the edits, but all this will be posted publicly to share the process behind starting a small creative business. If you are just receiving this email, I am sharing this news with my students at this exact moment. 9:30am ET on Friday, October 31st.
I’m building it as light as possible with the hope that it will grow as I bring in more aritsts and offerings. Could flop, or it could becomes something pretty interesting. Either way, I get an excuse to hang out with my big brother.
Pretty cool.
About Almost Epic
Almost Epic was founded by the Hundley brothers, Forrest and Clint. Raised in a home that was part museum, part gallery, where the walls were decorated with everything from stone arrowheads to rusted sabres, the Hundley brothers developed a deep curiosity for artifacts and the stories behind them. Heading off to university, Forrest pursued sports and Clint created art. Almost Epic curates the curios, one-of-a-kind collectibles that fall into that vast space of fandom between the geeks and the jocks, pop-culture and historical artifacts.
ALMOST EPIC- our first products
Audio Detective by Sterling Hundley
Limited Edition Giclee (100) + Open Edition
Our first project at Almost Epic will be printing my illustration for Audio Detective. This has been one of the more popular images that I’ve created and I’ve never sold prints of it.
We’ll be offering two variations-
A Limited Edition (100) Giclee print at 18” x 24”, signed and numbered by the artist.
An Open Edition print at 16” x 20“, unsigned.
Twenty-five (25) Limited Edition Giclees are available as a Pre-order for $75 through November 14th. After that, they will retail for $95.
Head over to Almost Epic to place your pre-order today!
Printed on 310 gsm heavy stock, Rag Natural White paper, this print is meticulously reproduced from the original painting held in the permanent collection of the Museum of American Illustration in New York City.
Meshes of the Afternoon by Sterling Hundley
Screen printed Artist Proofs Limited to (20)
18” x 24” inches
7-color hand-pulled screen print
Printed on 300gsm Mirri Silver Foil paper
Hand numbered and signed by the artist
Printed by White Duck Editions in the UK
Artist Proofs (AP), limited to 20. Limited Edition run (60)
RAN Theatrical Release Poster
Drops on Almost Epic on Nov. 21st!
NOV. 21st Drop.
Sign up for the waitlist at Almost Epic to get first announcements on our new drops. On Nov. 21st, my poster from RAN will be available as a Limited Edition print.
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My Ideacraft and Voice courses are 20% off, as is everyting else on the site.
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Tons of new demos, including a start to finish MOVIE POSTER for the short film, Terminus VI from the incredible Loic Zimmermann.
Loic shares his feedback on the sketches in a real-life exchange between client and illustrator.
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Happy to help.
If you’ve had a project or idea collecting dust, let’s work together to bring it to life. You can reach me with questions at sterling@sterlinghundley.com
All the best, my friend, very exciting!