Game Artist Loses Everything In Fire – Sekai Project Arranges English-language Fund-raiser

We just got word from Sekai Project about a tragedy experienced by Tsukinon, a Japanese illustrator. Tsukinon is known his work with Hiyoko-soft and more recently doing the artwork for Kanotsuku, an upcoming game by game developer La’cryma. Unfortunately, a large fire devastated his home on April 25^th, 2015 and left him with only the clothes he was wearing at the time, his work bag, bicycle and cellphone.

La’cryma immediately started a fund-raising project in support of Tsukinon in order to help him recover. In order to reach a global audience Sekai Project offered La’cryma their assistance by starting an English-language campaign. Except for some of the top tier items, the English campaign offers the same rewards as the Japanese one. Supporters have until Jun 29^th, 2015 in order to help with this campaign and 90% of the funds will go directly to the artist while the remaining 10% will cover shipping as well as payment processing cost. If the shipping cost exceeds the 10% Sekai Project has announced that they will absorb the loss themselves.

For more information about Tsukinon and his work, visit the crowdfunding page, which also features a full FAQ and full translation of the Japanese campaign text. We’ve included a few photos below to highlight how devastating the blaze was and there are more shown on the crowdfunding page as well.