Thanks to an incredible backer who pledged to the Custom Pin Design tier, I'm happy to announce that we have a brand new BONUS Shroomie pin that I just finished and is now available to everyone! It was an absolute blast working with backer DB Irwin, and bringing his vision for a custom-designed Shroomie to life :) After sketching out several of his initial ideas, I'm thrilled to introduce you to the finished Shroomie that we settled on and finalized together.
Everyone, please welcome the Hippie Shroomie to the mushroom gang! ✌😎
"Hippie Shroomie" pin concept by backer DB Irwin.
— Pin Details: — ✧ 1.25 inches tall ✧ Hard enamel with gold metal plating ✧ Gradient screen print details
This chillin' lil fungi has just been added to the survey add-ons, as well as the Pre-Order Store, so everyone has the option to get it now! If you're already a backer, you can go into your survey and easily add this on via the Add-Ons page. Or, if you're new / lurking here and haven't ordered anything yet, then the Pre-Order Store is your place to go to get all the Shroomie goodies you want :)
Huge thanks again to DB Irwin for this incredibly fun design that lets me play with gradient colors some more 🤩 I hope you all enjoy this new pin as much as we do!
🚂 Shroomie Backer Train Pin
And speaking of new pin designs, I'm stoked to finally show off the final artwork for the freebie Shroomie Train pin that you're all getting:
Gosh, this was an insanely fun pin to make. I'm really thrilled that it won the vote ultimately, because there really is something adorable and special about having a linked train of little Shroomie friends, representing all of you guys who made this campaign, and the epic backer train possible. I designed it specifically with the backer train in mind, making all of the mushroom colors match BackerKit's colorful overtime mode box! 🤩
— Pin Details: — ✧ Each of the 3 linked pins are approx. 0.75 inches ✧ Soft enamel + clear epoxy coating with rainbow anodized plating ✧ Glitter and screen print details
ALL backers are automatically getting x1 of this Shroomie Backer Train pin for free as my extra thanks to you 🥰 If you'd like to get any extras though (or if you're not currently a backer, and want to get one), this pin is also now up in the survey add-ons and Pre-Order Store.
Thank you guys SO much again for making this possible, and for voting on this design! It's a huge honor and a joy to be making this pin :')
✨ Sticker Previews:
All of the individual holographic stickers are here!! You know ya girl LOVES shiny things, and I'm super pleased with the quality and shiny-ness of them. I tweaked the art a little bit (on the Mama Shroom and Baby Shroomie Trail stickers) from the initial digital previews that were shown during the live campaign, in order to make these stickers as legible and visually appealing as possible. Basically, instead of all the lines being holographic on these two designs, I opted to keep the colorful line art around the mushrooms, and just have the detailing be holographic, as well as the outer borders. I'm really glad I took the time to make these adjustments, since I feel now that there's a good balance of line art and holographic shiny-ness. Check them out!
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✏ Next Project...
Finally, I just want to say how much I thoroughly enjoyed seeing all your votes and write-in suggestions (in the survey) for my next project :) It was literally an even, neck-in-neck race between "more shroomie pins" and "tiny bottle scenery" pins until just recently when the scales finally tipped! Plushies have stayed very close behind throughout this poll as well, and most of the write-in suggestions were basically "all of the above" or "both shroomies and bottles". 😂👍
I'm honestly just super thrilled and touched that you incredibly wonderful group of people are down to see more from me in the future. I can tell you now, that I currently plan on indulging both of the top picks, and have some fun ideas to incorporate a mix of tiny bottle scenery pins and more Shroomie designs together for my next campaign! Depending on logistics, I may even be able to sneak a first plushie in there too 👀
For now though, things are still pretty open-ended, so feel free to throw your ideas at me in the comments below, especially if there are any new Shroomie concepts you'd like to see, or specific types of scenery for little bottle pins! I really love these kinds of group collaborative efforts and designing things from the mind and heart of this amazing community 🤩💖
Also, it'd mean the world to me if you clicked here and signed up to be notified when this future project launches: 👉 Lexidus Art's Next Project
Thanks a MILLION for your continued help and support! Each of you have made this such a wonderful experience thus far, and I look forward to updating you on the pin manufacturing process once progress pics start coming in.
