Thank you to all of you who've backed so far and for voting in the poll! You voted for a sticker to be added so I've added the Fuck This Shit sticker to the Add-On options AND another new sticker; Absolutely 100% Done!
Here's the Fuck This Shit sticker design:
And here's the new design; Absolutely 100% Done (which will have holographic flames):
I hope you like them! I might add a couple of prints too for surveys later too. 👀
There's just over a week left to back the project!
All Spoonie Pins Unlocked! And Check Out These Sphinx!
Hi everyone!
Thank you so much for all of your support so far! Thanks to you we've unlocked ALL of the designs I put together for this campaigns! 🥳
That includes these lovely Sphinx that I hadn't shared with you yet: I hope you like them! I'm so exited to be able to make this whole big collection of pins and cover so many different conditions for everyone! 😊
So far we have raised enough for me to produce all of the designs, but if we can reach £3,200 we'll have raised enough for me to stock x50 of each of the pins to sell in my Etsy shop and at events so that's my next goal. 👀🤞 What should I do to celebrate that milestone? Vote in the poll below to let me know!
AHHHH I can't believe we're only a few hours away from launch time!!! I've been tweaking designs all the way up to 5 minutes ago and I'm so nervous/excited for this campaign! XD
I'm going to keep making updates during the campaign with the different designs, alterations and polls for feedback and stretch goals, but for today here are the three Zebracorn pin designs; Rare Disease Warrior, EDS Warrior and Autoimmune Warrior: Check out the campaign page in a few hours to check out the other designs (Sphinx, more Dragons, and a Mermaid) covering; Crohns, Colitis, IBS, Invisible Illness, Chronic Pain, Cancer, and 'my wheels mean freedom', and (if you missed the other updates) Dragons and Harpies for' Migraine, Fibromyalgia, Diabetes, PMOS, Endometriosis and Arthritis!
I hope you're all excited for launch day too! XD All the best,
Today I'm going to share with you the three Harpy designs; Arthritis Warrior, Fighting Endometriosis, and Fighting PMOS!
As you may have heard, PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) was recently renamed PMOS (Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome) to better match the nature of the condition. I'm happy to be able to celebrate this with a new pin design for it!
Here are the three designs: I'm really happy with how the red bones turned out on the Arthritis pin!
Thank you all so much for your comments on my first update! I was really touched by the response to my new project, and I really appreciate the suggestions too!
One thing that came up a few times was creating a pin for Fatigue for this collection. I had already designed a pin reading 'ME/CFS Warrior' but now I'm wondering if 'Fighting Fatigue' might be better? 🤔 I'd love to hear what you all think so I hope you'll check out the two versions and vote in the poll attached below! Here are they are:
Let me know what you think in the poll or comments! :D
Now I'm excited to share with you the other two designs for the Drained Dragon; Long Covid and POTs Warrior:
My existing 'POTs Noodle' sticker design has been very popular and I've been dying to make an enamel pin for everyone with POTs so I'm happy to have been able to add it to this collection. It's also really important to validate and represent those living with Long Covid while the world around us tries to pretend Covid is 'over' so I just had to make a pin for that too!
(I'm wondering if I should change these to 'fighting' instead of 'warrior'?🤔 I have a previous Chronic Warrior collection that didn't include these two conditions but perhaps 'fighting' would be more universal. Hmm...)
I'm sending out an update today to introduce all my lovely followers to my next project which is launching on the 16th of June!
I'm really excited about this one as I'll be combining my love of fantastical creatures and medieval bestiaries with my work making art for others in the disabled/chronically ill and neurodivergent communities to create my own Spoonie Bestiary!
I've designed quite an extensive collection because I got over-enthusiastic about covering as many conditions as I can so I've decided to split it into two parts; the Spoonie Bestiary this month, and the Neurodivergent Bestiary for next year.
Anyway, I'm rambling a bit so I'll show you some ART before I ramble some more lol! Here are the designs for the first goal for this project; the Chronic Dragons!
I've decided to venture into screenprint in order to be able to cover more conditions using a single mold and I'm creating different colourways for each, referencing the colours of awareness ribbons when I can (err a LOT of them turned out to be purple lol).
These Dragon babies are going to be 2.2" wide, and the whole collection is going to be hard-enamel with black nickel plating and screenprinted details.
So, why am I doing this? If I'm being honest I have to admit I got weirdly anxious about sharing this collection, which is why its ended up sitting quietly to the side until so close to launch and without me sharing any sketches with you. 🙈
I think its because the subject matter is so personal to me. I have Chronic Migraine, Fibromyalgia, as well as other chronic health issues and making my Chronic Warrior pin collection back in 2019 was a big milestone in my life (I had just lost my job to my Migraine and those pins got me started on an art career I didn't think I was capable of achieving.)
When I moved from Kickstarter to Backerkit at the beginning of last year I was in need of a break from the health-related work and decided to spend a year focusing on my more fantastical art and proving to myself I could make that work too, but now I've realised it doesn't have to be an either/or thing; I can do both, and this project is me 'pushing the boat out' and proving to myself that I can make it float. 🫡
I really hope people will enjoy these designs as I've put a lot of myself into this project, so I'd love to know what you think so far? 👀
And let me know if there's a condition you'd really like to see in this collection too!
Yours in a silly-fit-of-nerves,
Abi
(I had to take so many steadying breaths to hit send on this one! 😂)
Thank you to all of you who've backed so far and for voting in the poll! You voted for a sticker to be added so I've added the Fuck This Shit sticker to the Add-On options AND another new sticker; Absolutely 100% Done!
Here's the Fuck This Shit sticker design:
And here's the new design; Absolutely 100% Done (which will have holographic flames):
I hope you like them! I might add a couple of prints too for surveys later too. 👀
There's just over a week left to back the project!
I really love the spoony cockatrice that you made for your collab pin. I can think of several people to whom I'd love to give it (but I really want to keep mine from the collab) -- would it be possible to buy more in the add-on section of the survey? Pleeeeeaaaaase????
Thank you so much for all of your support so far! Thanks to you we've unlocked ALL of the designs I put together for this campaigns! 🥳
That includes these lovely Sphinx that I hadn't shared with you yet: I hope you like them! I'm so exited to be able to make this whole big collection of pins and cover so many different conditions for everyone! 😊
So far we have raised enough for me to produce all of the designs, but if we can reach £3,200 we'll have raised enough for me to stock x50 of each of the pins to sell in my Etsy shop and at events so that's my next goal. 👀🤞 What should I do to celebrate that milestone? Vote in the poll below to let me know!
AHHHH I can't believe we're only a few hours away from launch time!!! I've been tweaking designs all the way up to 5 minutes ago and I'm so nervous/excited for this campaign! XD
I'm going to keep making updates during the campaign with the different designs, alterations and polls for feedback and stretch goals, but for today here are the three Zebracorn pin designs; Rare Disease Warrior, EDS Warrior and Autoimmune Warrior: Check out the campaign page in a few hours to check out the other designs (Sphinx, more Dragons, and a Mermaid) covering; Crohns, Colitis, IBS, Invisible Illness, Chronic Pain, Cancer, and 'my wheels mean freedom', and (if you missed the other updates) Dragons and Harpies for' Migraine, Fibromyalgia, Diabetes, PMOS, Endometriosis and Arthritis!
I hope you're all excited for launch day too! XD All the best,
