Good evening, bird gang!

This is going to be late at night for all of you, sorry about the Sunday red eye email ping. I've been trying to catch up on sleep between finally, for real, sitting down and getting GAP's vectors set.

All our 2" pins got finalized yesterday. The 1", 1.5", 2" custom, and GUNBIRD pins are having their turn tonight, after my four Korean coffees brewed in Red Bull set in.

Returning BIRD CRIMES backers might remember this step, where we have to assign pantones to every color of every pin before sending them off to the factory. BIRD CRIMES backers might also remember, this was an absolute clusterfuck, and it's what held us up for three months.

This time, hopefully, we are on point, because I am cannibalizing pantones from some other bird artists. I know these work, or, at least, there's a little bit more wiggle room.

(thanks, Doreen, Rachel and Iggi!)

There is one more custom pin that needs a revision, and if that's you, I have sent you a preliminary followup email - your artwork is fine, but, it's not up to my standard currently and I'd like to give it a second pass before we send your army of little guys off to the factory.

The deadline to substitute cut designs has passed, and orders have been re-locked. I will be charging credit cards on the 31st.

Please go in your Pledges and Surveys and make sure you've got the right one on file.

Until I get production updates: it's time to move on.

It's no secret that 2024 wasn't a great year, and GOLDEN AGE PARROTS didn't meet my expectations. In typical stubborn fashion - not resilient, stubborn, and spiteful - I am looking ahead. I can't sit and marinate in misery that my project I took unnecessary risks on didn't do the best.

Due to personal circumstances and professional conflicts, I pulled out of Pintopia 2025, so you won't be seeing me there. However, to stay on track, I do need to run a project in February 2025.

My weighted cockatiel plush are still a little bit underbaked, so we aren't going to see them for a little while. However, I have a few other ideas.

I know it's, like, the third one I'm sending you guys at this point, but I have to ask you to fill out a backer survey for me. This is the last one, and it's asking about two things: how to improve from GOLDEN AGE PARROTS, and where to go next.

It's anonymous, and you can fill it out whenever: it's not going to affect much until mid January.

I have a few ideas on the chopping block right now. You can tell me how much you hate them by clicking that link up there.

That's all for now. Thanks for being here this year, backers.