I'm late to celebrate the completion of our Owlbear Plush campaign.
The reason being: During Momocon, I got sick! I had the fever, the shakes, the cough - and all the worst things imaginable. I had to drive back from Atlanta to Houston suffering through it all. I did celebrate the final countdown with my partner, however, and then went back to bed. After I started to feel better, it was crunch time on catching up with orders and, although I have a small break, prepare for more conventions. Summer is upon us, and it's busy, busy, busy! No time to rest, no more time to get sick. *knocks on wood*
That being said: Thank you for making this campaign a hecking success! I've been showing off the Owlbears, in person, at cons, and everyone's loved them so far. They're so soft and they get all the pets from owlbear lovers.
So, what's next? Right now, we're in the "waiting" period. Pledges are being confirmed, cards are being charged. This usually takes about 2 weeks. Once the 14 days are up, I'll be releasing the surveys. It will ask you what variant owlbears you want and giving you a chance to add on more to your pledge if you decide you want other things or further grow your hoard of owlbears!
I'm currently working on the surveys; they're almost finished! I think I just need to double check with the Backerkit pros (the people actually working there) to make sure all my i's are dotted and my t's are crossed.
And so this isn't just a huge wall of text.
Here's where we are for the prototype adventure-sized owlbear:
On the right side was how it was going to look line, with embroidery bordering the face. It's safe to say, I didn't like that. After some brainstorming with the plush designer, they said it's best that we increase the side of the lighter brown pattern in order to properly stitch the fabrics together instead of using embroidery. So, we did that!
From there, I had more notes: make the eyes bigger and raise the beak. Enjoy my hastily edited picture on photoshop early in the morning: And now we're here: I've asked for the beak to be lowered just a tad, but we're just about there. Hopefully, in a few day's time, we'll be able to see the final product of our clippy owlbear!
