Let's talk about the stretch goals! Quite a few of you have voted in both backer polls so far. It looks like the first two single pins will be the maned wolf and the fossa!
I will lock the first winners down shortly, so I can work on the rough designs, and I'll also be adding some new stretch goals, so more of the runner ups can be made. I personally really want to make that binturong!
I started liking the idea of having full body pins to match the portraits like we will with the hyenas. I'll try to make that happen for the single pins that already got unlocked.
If you're interested in these, updating your pledge or adding add-ons for more pins will help to make them a reality! There are also still pledge slots to skip the polls and get your favorite species made regardless of what stretch goals get unlocked.
I fleshed out the fossa pin(s) a little bit, mainly to see how many colors I'd use. I might still change things around a bit!
To my surprise and delight, for the pin sets the lemurs are in the lead!! (Those of you who know me know I adore all wild animals, but lemurs have an extra special place in my heart.)
With lemurs it's so hard to pick! There are well over 100 species, and about half of those are my favorite animals. But here's a super rough sketch idea of some crowned lemurs!
Lemurs? Don't mind if I do
Can we put two individuals in one portait pin? Yes, I make the rules!
The brown lemur species display sexual dimorphism, meaning the males look different from the females. With crowned lemurs the females are grey with an orange diademe, and the males are entirely orange/brown with a little black cap and fluffy cheeks. And they both have these adorable white face masks with a little black snoot!
For now I imagine sets of four pins, though I can very much imagine I'd make many more lemurs over time. I just had a long flight back home from the US and scribbled these... somewhat recognisable lemurs from memory. These could be an option! As much as I love ring-tailed lemurs (my main OC is one!), I'd love to represent some that you see less art and merch of, even though these four are still among the better known species.
These are the golden bamboo lemur, aye-aye, crowned lemurs and an indri. Let me know what you think!
Funding totals
You might have noticed that our total of raised funds just went down a significant amount. Some pledges always get canceled, and in this case it was a huge pledge (for getting a brown hyena plush produced). Of course, someone else is more than welcome to take that slot now that it opened up again, but please make sure you spend responsibly!
I did keep in mind that this could happen when announcing any unlocked stretch goals, so everything listed on the page is still unlocked!
Even more hyenas!
I'd like to point your attention towards some other projects! Hyena fans might be happy to know there's currently more pin campaigns running featuring your favorite critters. You might have already come across these three fellow Pintopia Pin Safari campaigns:
Nothing but spotted hyenas!
My collab partner! XL Hyena family pin!
Spotted hyena and many other animals (there's a chicken!!)
I also came across this cute campaign featuring brown hyenas! Let's make sure it reaches its goal and unlocks the other species as well?
