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This project is one that I've been thinking about for over a year! I origionally considered doing it for Pintopia 2025, but felt like the designs needed to be worked over more. Over the summer, I considered releasing them for Pin Quest, but they still felt like they where yet to attend a final form. Now with Pintopia 2026, these pins are finally ready to be released after 3 complete redesigns!
The Pin Details:
* Each Pin is it's own size so that the collection looks good together. On their longest side, with two-three backing posts for stability, gold-plated, and glitter in the body to emulate stars!
Campaign launches as part of Pintopia! January 23rd - February 13
Febuary
Surveys Go Out: Estimated Date February 27th
Surveys Due: 2 Weeks Later. Estimated Date: March 13th
March-June
Production. A lot of time is added here in case tariffs or trade negotiations need to be resolved, which might take an extra month or two. If items are received sooner, grading starts sooner! This is also in case production is slowed or if there are pin errors.
🎲Dice Stickers and More - My first campaign ever! It was the starting point for my business, helping me get the supplies I needed to get started. I learned so much!
🎉I did my first in-person show!
2024
🌙 Enchanted Potions - My first pin-centered campaign! I brought to life 15 beautiful bottled potions with moths, butterflies, and a wide variety of concepts and themes.
🐉Dragons and Their Hoards (Pintopia 2024)- Pintopia 2024, my biggest campaign I ever had! I made 36 sets of enamel pins! That's one full size pin and one mini-pin!
🏳️🌈 Be Proud Campaign - My pride campaign where I made my biggest pins ever (3.5 Inch Moths). I really wanted to experiment with bigger pins, and some of my potions even got some pride colorations.
🍰Cafe Chaos - A fun set of enamel pins where I was able to work with the amazing creator Carly K on a cafe themed collab!
🎃 Cosplay Kyus (Pintober 2024)- The Halloween event I was not only was part of, but I was one of the lead coordinators for!
Hello Everyone! I'm Dakota, the artist and creator behind Wayward Enigma Designs. I love drawing, playing video games, and learning more about he world through documentaries.
What made you become an artist? I'm a stage 4 cancer survivor and find that this experience changed how I view and interact with the world. It was always my dream to do art, I even attempted to go to art school before leaving for personal reasons to study business instead. Although my love of art never went away. After my diagnosis, I promised myself I'd work for my dreams if I survived. And I did! My art business is a promise to myself, and a way to send my art all over the world! So if anything ever happens, I can leave the world knowing I left an artistic handprint behind.
Did you go to art school? I did for one semester, but due to personal reasons left, so I moved back home and studied business instead.
Do you do art full-time? I wish, and one day I hope to. For now, I work in fiscal services by day and work on my art at night and weekends!
Do you go to events? I do! In 2025, I did and will do many events in Illinois. In 2026, I'll be flying further than I ever have before!
What are your socials? I'm going to start posting more in the future!
InstagramandFacebook- Keep up to date on my adventures, new projects, life, and other stuff.
Tiktok - Follow the progress, triumphs, and struggles as a new artist and business owner if you're interested in following my journey.
This project is participating in the BackerKit event Pintopia 2026, a celebration of enamel pin, plushie and ITA bag project featuring an all-star lineup of creators crowdfunding together from January 22 – February 12, 2026.
Spaced Out
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Free Spaced Out Banner Stickers — Back 3 or more Spaced Out banner campaigns to receive one FREE special effect sticker (holographic, glow-in-the-dark, glitter, etc.) from each creator you backed!
