A much quicker turnaround on this update :) but I wanted to share a quick little update. I finished another one of the designs! Illumination (homing beacon) has always been one of my very favorite paintings from this series, and I'm so happy with how her pin design turned out. I hope you love how she turned out as well!
✨ Illumination ✨ also called 'Homing Beacon' - as this sorceress reminds us that home is not a place, but a light we carry within us that calls our kin home to us. With this light, we find our family, and wherever we go, we are home. Take care to nurture and feed your light and warmth as it is a source of life to those you love as well. Like the loyal and social fox, her pack is numbered and tight-knit. Together they face the storms and share in joy, carrying the warmth of the den in their companionship. All members of her pack care for the young and injured, and she reminds us to pull close to us those we love and those who need us. She gleams a signal to us through the mist and rain, to share our warmth and light, and to gather to you your pack.
With Illumination finished, that just leaves two left - Shimmer and Advent :) which I hope to have finished and ready for updates of their own soon as well. I also wanted to take a moment and just say thank you so much to all of you for the incredibly kind and thoughtful messages and comments to my last update 🖤 It means so much to me and I feel so lucky to have such kind and understanding backers. The last few months have been very difficult, and it was such a huge weight off my chest to read all the kind words and feel that everything is going to be ok. My biggest fear is letting people down, and the grace you all shared with me gave me so much peace. Thank you so much 🖤 I am on the mend, the surgery healed super well, and things are returning to normal a little.
Oh, and a small note on pin progress - since my wonderful vector artist has already finished a few of the vectors, I was thinking of going ahead and ordering one or two designs, instead of waiting for the whole batch to finish. Since my last pin manufacturer has been such a nightmare to work with (and I'm still fighting to finish the order), I think that it might be less stressful and safer to try a new manufacturer with just one design and see how it goes. That way I can test if they are a good fit before sending them tens of thousands of dollars and being trapped working with them. And on the plus side - we get to see how a few turn out a little faster :) I think I will start with the Astronomer.
Ok - I really meant to keep this short lol so going to run for now! 🖤 Thank you again, everyone 🖤 love you guys and I'll have another update soon!
