Hello Backers 👁️ Welcome to another photo-heavy, lengthy update 👁️ 

I spent quite a bit of time yesterday evening getting decent photos of them—they're quite hard to photograph, as they are ridiculously shiny. ✨ I'm excited to finally see them as a physical product and I'm quite happy with them overall, though there will be some color tweaks on some designs before final production.

Deer: Right away, you'll notice something a little off about the deer... For whatever reason, the glitter is bubblegum pink! I've already let my manufacturer know I'll be changing this—my rep actually said "to be honest, the glitter is not as good as my expectation."😆😅

I will also be moving the glitter from the bones to the moon, changing the color of the glitter to something more muted, and reducing the amount of glitter by 50%, if possible. I think as-is, even if it were the right color, it's too busy with the details of the bones, plus the little screen printed stars are hard to see.
Edit: I got a suggestion to look into pearlescent enamel instead of glitter, which sounds very cool. I'll be asking my manufacturer about this. So there may be shiny bones in the future after all, but I'll keep you updated!

Tome/Statue/Flower: I will also be lightening the darkest grey on the Statue and the Tome. The grey does not seem to be correctly matched to the Pantone. The outer petals on the Flower are also a bit too dark for my liking. Though the Pantone is close, I'm hoping we can get it a bit closer by lightening the color a bit.

Ichor Eye: The color shifts in this one are too subtle I think. The Pantones seem properly matched, but I chose ones that are too dark! I'll be brightening the red goo for little more contrast and color variation.

I think that's it for changes! I think these will be simple fixes. I'd also like to have a new sample of the Deer and the Statue at the very least, but I think a photo from the manufacturer will suffice. 

I did receive sticker samples weeks ago and I've been working to get them reprinted. For one—they're too dark, an easy fix—but I also found them to be too transparent. After testing them on a few different surfaces like a notebook and water bottle, they just didn't look all that great, especially in comparison to other stickers I've received from other artists...

Anyway, the kind folks who made my stickers are reprinting them with 20% more white ink, to see if the opacity is  better. I am also getting samples from another company as a back up. Apologies for the delay on proper photos! Getting these reprinted has been a very slow back and forth with customer service, due to the time zone difference. But I'm confident I'll get good clear stickers made, even if I need to use a different company. :)

During the campaign, I asked what sort of effects charm enjoyers like. Holographic was the clear winner, but I recognized it might be hard to determine how this would look without a mockup. Well, instead of a mockup I'm getting samples instead! Star holographic and plain clear samples to compare.

The folks making my sticker samples are also making my charm samples (I've received charms from them years ago and loved the quality), so these samples have been delayed since the back and forth has been slow. However, we're in the proofing stage and I hope to have charm samples next week.

Look at that spooky guy! This is a pre-production sample photo from my manufacturer and I love it.

I'm going to double/triple check surveys and put some sample photos in there for good measure. Then, I'll get the survey to Backerkit for review first thing next week. After their review, a small number of surveys will go out as a "smoke test" to make sure everything is working properly. Then, all the surveys will be sent out! 

Any news on color fixes and other samples will be posted here in an update as usual. I'm sure any kinks can get ironed out as the surveys are being filled out.

I think that's all 🫠 Thanks for being so patient with everything!