the whole gang has arrived!! 💥💥 im sooo excited to finally have all the designs in hand, so let's take a look at them one by one!
first up: cupid bat!
cupid bat came out LITERALLY perfect, no notes at all, genuinely one of my favorite designs of the whole bunch!
next up: flying fox!
my manufacturer and I went back and forth on the color for his cheeks quite a bit. there's only so much pantone to choose from, and anything darker then this becomes way too close to black/so desaturated that it looks bad against the rich brown of the body. but looking at him in the sun, I think this color is a pretty good fit!
I debated actually going with a light color for the cheeks instead, but with the wings closed i think the yellow-brown of the ruff already stands out so much that I dont actually think I want there to be anymore light tones on their face.
now, the one many of you have been waiting so patiently for: the vampire bat!
photographing this guy was a challenge! the difference in the prints on his face is much more apparent in person, but those will definitely need to be tweaked still. also, my manufacturer actually sent me two versions of vampire bat, made with two different options for the body leather; the one you're seeing is the one we're going with!
they also forgot to print his little toesies! this will be fixed as well.
last but not least: painted bat!
now this guy is ORANGE! and ALSO a paint to photograph; direct sunlight does not like dark screenprint, that's for sure 😆
this guy came out pretty perfect, too! there's one change i think I'd like to make, which I'll detail below.
also, check out his cool gunmetal colored hardware! there's some slight variation in a couple of the designs (vampire's hardware is a muted white gold compared to some of the others), but I specifically requested a black color for our little halloweeny guy.
(also, none of them have their straps on in these photos just for ease of maneuverability, but rest assured they all have them!)
proposed changes:
cupid bat and flying fox are fine as is, but I do plan to request the following changes for vampire bat and painted bat.
vampire bat i think will benefit greatly from simply swapping the two pantone colors on its face, like so!
that already looks MUCH better -- plus, I added his toes, which we'll print in the light gray color so they show up against the dark leather.
now, for painted bat: looking at him with his wings closed, the monotone orange just seemed a little too much to me.
so, I think we should change the outside of the wings to a darker orange pantone to match the orange in his ears!
which i think looks much much better.
let me know what you guys think of these new samples & of the proposed changes! I know these guys were pretty heavily anticipated so im super excited to hear everyone's thoughts :D 🖤
