First things first, I wanted to tease one of the survey unlock pins for yall đź’•
Second, I will do my best to get the survey out next week but it may have to be delayed by a few days. This is because I got extremely sick coming back from Akai (swollen shut ear, lymph nodes the size and hardness of a marble, fever, etc etc etc all the fun stuff) and I want to make sure I can deliver the best survey pins I can!! Especially since some of the asks are going to take a bit more mental power (Like the Chocobo because god, birds are so hard for me to draw lol!)
Next, I wanted to poll yall and see how yall feel about me using a third party fulfillment service for this campaign. I was looking into White Squirrel, they’re an artist run fulfillment service. https://www.whitesquirrel.com/about
I know a LOT of other crowdfunding pin and plushie folk use them. đź’•
Their own little personalized excerpts from their page!
It’ll mean you’ll get the items a lot sooner and I’ll have more time to work on more art, animations, one off comics, and maybe… eventually… set up a vtuber model… I do still have the other 2 artists and my sister in my employ but all the above have their own jobs and obligations that come first. And considering right now I have about 650 open orders, another 92 for helluva portrait soon, and another 400 for this campaign + about 10-20 shop orders a week, White Squirrel could be a huge relief. However, this said, I also know how much I love receiving personalized messages from the artist. I don’t believe either option is wrong. And your vote is anonymous ❤️ regardless I will continue to chat with yall here and as always yall will always be an important part to my process, whether it’s deciding pins or operational decisions! You guys made me who I am today and I will be hard pressed to forget that. What matters to me most is that you all have a safe place here and have fun and get fun shiny things.
Thank you guys!! I can’t wait to not be sick and get to working on the other new pins! - Winterra
