Gooooood morning to all my grasshoppers today! We are about half way through the timeline of this project, so I return to you all to give you the news and results on all the pin votes and whatnot!
As you already know, the winning millipede became an Ivory.
The snail, which had an OVERWHELMING majority love the painted snail design.
And the weevil, which just like the snail, had an overwhelming vote for the blue species!
Now, as you saw on the campaign page, after we reached €2,500 I promised to make alt colourways of some of the previous pins. So please welcome the giant rainforest mantis AND a velvet worm!
This makes a whole set of 8! A nice number I think :)
As you can see some of these switch between UV print and screenprint, and the exact method will be decided on during the sampling process according to my manus best choice. Thankfully their UV print is very clean and not grainy like some are, so in the end the only thing that will change is colour output and price (but that's for me to worry about and not you!)
Now I need to slink away and design some socks for you all to vote on :] If there's any specific style or species you'd like to see on them, please let me know!
And with this, I'm happy to say the LAST new tier is now open, the ALL IN tier. Which gets you all 8 pins and the socks :] You can switch too this tier at any time you wish.
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Now for some other news!
I had the absolute joy to be invited as a guest to a fellow Irish artist's crowdfunder to create an illustration with so much detail it haunted me for a whole week.
This is Fate. A webcomic turned into physical books about a little dust bunny by Anthea West. Her work is highly regarded in our Irish community and her storytelling is fantastic. It is thanks to Anthea that I have this small little business, so please do check it out, and support if you're interested :)
Here I am monding ny business on a holiday trip and ye blew this out of the water WHAT!!! THANK YOU EVERYONE!!! You all are so incredible 💜💜
All stretch goals are now UNLOCKED!! Which means we now get....
A new pair of socks and recolours!!
Now you may be wondering which pins will get recoloured... And I'm thinking that they will be either my or secondary poll choices from all of YOU. Depending on how much we raise by the end will determine how many recolours we will have. But I am open to bribes.... So by all means, state your case in the comments 😏
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NOW.... Let me remind you all that I am partnered with the beloved and sweet Geekydog, who has a wonderful campaign about unique animals. The pins are so cute and they need just a LITTLE more of a push to get over the line, can we do it? :D
And if you're still on the fence.... if you back both of us then you'll get TWO whole freebies!
You guys absolutelt BLEW ME AWAY!!!! THIS IS CRAZY!!!
Fully funded in 1.5h is pretty nuts! I am honoured to see so much love for these buggies, we couldn't have done it without your excitement for this project <3 Thank you so much everyone!
When I woke up this morning we also unlocked THREE STRETCH GOALS!! That's all the pins now unlocked 🥹🥹 Which means one thing!
THE WHOLE SET TIER IS NOW OPEN!
You can now switch your pledge to the whole set instead of picking up the pins individually! This tier is discounted of course for getting all 6. And if you've a friend who wants the whole set too, then there's a group order option too!
If you'd like to add extra pins to your pledge, you should be able to add them in as well at any point!
Now we're merrily on our way to unlock the socks and recolours... How exciting!!
Can we do that? I wanna add more socks designs to my portfolio!! Come on we got this ;D
Hello hello hello, we're getting close now... it's so soon!!! I'm stressing, BUT! 99% of things are done and ready now :]
First off, the millipede vote has finished, and the Ivory won!! Woo yay yippee
I will clean up the design during the campaign, so don't worry about the artwork being a little rough.
Now I'm sure you're itching to see what the next pin design in.... and it's a PEACOCK JUMPING SPIDER!
This lil guy is the second stretch goal of the campaign, I'm particularly excited about him. I just have a soft spot for peacock jumpers I'll be honest. This one specifically is the Maratus volans species which has quite the amount of stripes on it!
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Now I'm sure you are wondering if there's any incentive for this campaign. Of course I already shared the freebie sticker that comes with every pledge, but why should you back early? Is there a reason to? Of course there is!
There are 15 discounted pledge slots for those who REALLY have quick fingers. It comes with only one pin though, so if you'd like more you can add more in the add-ons section at any point.
Back within 48h and you'll get this lil guy
You cannot get this lil green lacewing any other way!! It's a transparent sticker too, so it will REALLY feel like it's just vibing sitting there on objects.
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The snail vote is still going strong! You guys really seem to like the painted snail, but keep voting! I have plans for the future... many plans.... >:]
Hello hello!! How is everyone? Excited? Buzzing in their seat?
That's good! So am I- and I've finished decking out the campaign and making mockups for each and every last pin and artwork.
The millipede vote is going great! The ivory and grey are head to head... I wonder who will win? The race is in your hands!
Next up, for the next pin reveal we have the SNAIL!
Many species to choose from! I did my best to pick some unique ones from the many molluscs we know and love. Snails have not yet be touched by me in the past, even though I would draw them every now and again. It has been a requested species in the past from interacting with you all in person! You guys just really like snails!
This is the first stretch goal too, one of three!
Be sure to make your vote on the poll below for your favourite coloured guy or gal or both and in-between (most snails are hermaphrodites!)
MOVING ON!
I would also like to show you all the freebie that is going to come for EVERY BACKER!
Because we fucking love buges in here This elephant beetle seems to be REALLy fired up about it!
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That's all for now! And remember folks, keep bugging out and sharing this with friends family. Get them on board, get em to like some bugs, some cute creepy crawlies. Come on, let's hold hands and learn about them all together.
Gooooood morning to all my grasshoppers today! We are about half way through the timeline of this project, so I return to you all to give you the news and results on all the pin votes and whatnot!
As you already know, the winning millipede became an Ivory.
The snail, which had an OVERWHELMING majority love the painted snail design.
And the weevil, which just like the snail, had an overwhelming vote for the blue species!
Now, as you saw on the campaign page, after we reached €2,500 I promised to make alt colourways of some of the previous pins. So please welcome the giant rainforest mantis AND a velvet worm!
This makes a whole set of 8! A nice number I think :)
As you can see some of these switch between UV print and screenprint, and the exact method will be decided on during the sampling process according to my manus best choice. Thankfully their UV print is very clean and not grainy like some are, so in the end the only thing that will change is colour output and price (but that's for me to worry about and not you!)
Now I need to slink away and design some socks for you all to vote on :] If there's any specific style or species you'd like to see on them, please let me know!
And with this, I'm happy to say the LAST new tier is now open, the ALL IN tier. Which gets you all 8 pins and the socks :] You can switch too this tier at any time you wish.
------
Now for some other news!
I had the absolute joy to be invited as a guest to a fellow Irish artist's crowdfunder to create an illustration with so much detail it haunted me for a whole week.
This is Fate. A webcomic turned into physical books about a little dust bunny by Anthea West. Her work is highly regarded in our Irish community and her storytelling is fantastic. It is thanks to Anthea that I have this small little business, so please do check it out, and support if you're interested :)
Here I am monding ny business on a holiday trip and ye blew this out of the water WHAT!!! THANK YOU EVERYONE!!! You all are so incredible 💜💜
All stretch goals are now UNLOCKED!! Which means we now get....
A new pair of socks and recolours!!
Now you may be wondering which pins will get recoloured... And I'm thinking that they will be either my or secondary poll choices from all of YOU. Depending on how much we raise by the end will determine how many recolours we will have. But I am open to bribes.... So by all means, state your case in the comments 😏
----
NOW.... Let me remind you all that I am partnered with the beloved and sweet Geekydog, who has a wonderful campaign about unique animals. The pins are so cute and they need just a LITTLE more of a push to get over the line, can we do it? :D
And if you're still on the fence.... if you back both of us then you'll get TWO whole freebies!
You guys absolutelt BLEW ME AWAY!!!! THIS IS CRAZY!!!
Fully funded in 1.5h is pretty nuts! I am honoured to see so much love for these buggies, we couldn't have done it without your excitement for this project <3 Thank you so much everyone!
When I woke up this morning we also unlocked THREE STRETCH GOALS!! That's all the pins now unlocked 🥹🥹 Which means one thing!
THE WHOLE SET TIER IS NOW OPEN!
You can now switch your pledge to the whole set instead of picking up the pins individually! This tier is discounted of course for getting all 6. And if you've a friend who wants the whole set too, then there's a group order option too!
If you'd like to add extra pins to your pledge, you should be able to add them in as well at any point!
Now we're merrily on our way to unlock the socks and recolours... How exciting!!
Can we do that? I wanna add more socks designs to my portfolio!! Come on we got this ;D
Hello hello hello, we're getting close now... it's so soon!!! I'm stressing, BUT! 99% of things are done and ready now :]
First off, the millipede vote has finished, and the Ivory won!! Woo yay yippee
I will clean up the design during the campaign, so don't worry about the artwork being a little rough.
Now I'm sure you're itching to see what the next pin design in.... and it's a PEACOCK JUMPING SPIDER!
This lil guy is the second stretch goal of the campaign, I'm particularly excited about him. I just have a soft spot for peacock jumpers I'll be honest. This one specifically is the Maratus volans species which has quite the amount of stripes on it!
─ ⊹ ⊱ ⊰ ⊹ ─
Now I'm sure you are wondering if there's any incentive for this campaign. Of course I already shared the freebie sticker that comes with every pledge, but why should you back early? Is there a reason to? Of course there is!
There are 15 discounted pledge slots for those who REALLY have quick fingers. It comes with only one pin though, so if you'd like more you can add more in the add-ons section at any point.
Back within 48h and you'll get this lil guy
You cannot get this lil green lacewing any other way!! It's a transparent sticker too, so it will REALLY feel like it's just vibing sitting there on objects.
─ ⊹ ⊱ ⊰ ⊹ ─
The snail vote is still going strong! You guys really seem to like the painted snail, but keep voting! I have plans for the future... many plans.... >:]
