Hello everyone!

I know it's a bit late right now, but hopefully if any of you see this in the morning or wherever you are, you could take a look and provide some feedback. This is mostly to those who have Espeon/Umbreon and Espurr ordered or were considering having Espeon/Umbreon and Espurr ordered!! 

I wanted to get the input of those who either had these pre-ordered or were potentially interested in it. Of course all feedback from everyone is welcome, but I mostly wanted to prioritize those who had their eyes on these kitties - do you like the colors?
I was going back and forth with some of my friends about the colors for Espurr and Espeon and we can't decide if we like it or not.. I need fresh eyes! Especially those who adopted them.

I've included a poll in case some of you are shy and would rather not say anything!
(However, if you did buy them, I would greatly appreciate your thoughts through a comment since I'm not able to see who answered what, so it's hard for me to gauge the reception of those who actually are planning to adopt them or have already adopted them.)

I wasn't sure if I wanted to make Espeon pinker or if she was OK like this and I wasn't sure if I should also make Espurr darker. :') This may add additional time to production, but I wanted to make sure that I was able to produce something that both the buyers and myself were happy with and now I need to soundboard with y'all HAHA. 

Additionally, I wanted to share with you the Lugia, he looks awesome!!!

I'm really happy with how Lugia came out. :D Big white baby. c: 

Any feedback for Espurr and Umbreon/Espeon is welcome!! (and appreciated)

Hi all!

MOCHIMON UPDATE

I just wanted to touch base with everyone for a quick bit since I couldn't show a lot last time. This time I still don't really have a lot to show off since my manufacturer is working on the rest still in terms of mass production and wanted to show me photos of everything after it's done. A lot of the photos that they sent recently were all of the pins that I already showed off before - and while they look great - I mostly was hoping for new stuff to show :') 

However - I did get two new photos - I wanted to show off Dragonite's final sample as well as show off Oshawott who is fully finished. I have asked my manufacturer to see when production will be fully complete and they mentioned that it should be finished by no later than mid July and I'm on track for an August fulfillment. 

NEW KICKSTARTER:

This is also the time that I wanted to communicate that I'll be launching a new kickstarter soon called "Girls Who Really, Really Love You" and it features primarily anime girls. For many of you, the Mochimon project was probably your first introduction to me - I'm primarily an anime artist first and a Pokemon artist......... 50th or so. This was my first time drawing a lot of Pokemon, so the Girls Who Really, Really Love You campaign is more in-line with what I normally do.

It was originally set to launch in early to mid July, but it's likely that it will be launching earlier than predicted. I did want to communicate my new project not only to promote it, but rather also additionally communicate the expectations of my Mochimon project.

Please note that I am starting a new project while waiting on the fulfillment of the Mochimon pins. I want to emphasize that I am still actively working on the project but at the time of me writing this, ALL designs have went into production and my job of overlooking the samples, etc. is generally complete. I am generally un-needed during this time of mass production and will resume my job once the pins are arrived and when that happens I will go into full-on grading and fulfillment mode. Please do not worry.

All of my backing cards are already in-hand as well as my packaging materials were all prepared ahead of time, so as soon as the items arrive I can undergo the quality control, packaging, and mailing process.

*I want to emphasize this as I understand that enamel pins have seen a high tick of really unprofessional pin makers in the fandom space and I want to emphasize and reassure the community that I am known for juggling multiple projects for over 5+ years as well as daily uploads on Patreon all very consistently, and have successfully fulfilled all of my projects, well before my enamel pin projects, so juggling multiple projects should not be a concern. 

I am always available all week and you can reach me at any time as long as I am awake.

If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to me [email protected] or leave a comment here. Thank you!

Hello everyone!

Thanks for tuning in to another update - this is our end of May update! Progress is running smoothly, we've had multiple designs be sent in for mass production and around half of those have been completed.
 
The ones that were awaiting a second edit have had their edits made and are underway for mass production as well. I hope to have some photos in June of the rest.

For now, I have some photos of three more to share, these are all complete for production.

Free Patreon for Merch & Pin Project Updates:

I also wanted to turn your attention to anyone who may be a Patreon user!
 
For the "free" tier on Patreon, you are able to access WIPs and updates on enamel pin designs.  

Paid Patreon:
If you are interested in supporting me further, the $5+ tiers receive new exclusive art and WIP's almost every weekday - it is by far my most active platform! As of to date, we have over 2000 posts that can all be accessed upon joining. The posts are almost always anime art though (as I'm an anime-focused artist first and a merch maker second).  
 

I aim to try to have a newsletter before the end of June this time (as opposed to our monthly update) as we're coming up on completing mass production for multiple designs so I'll ask for photos when applicable to reveal the completion of multiple designs next :)

Thank you all for your support and patience on this project. I hope everyone will be enjoying their Summer! 

With love,
Jin

Hello everyone! 

Happy end of April! Here's our monthly update with the Mochimon project~ 
Thank you all so much for all of your patience!

So as of today, I have received sample #1 for all designs -
These were approved to be mass-produced: Please note that dragonite has a WIP over it because Dragonite is 90% done, but I wanted one slight color change, but dragonite is pretty much done otherwise.

Everyone else seen here has been approved to go into mass production (except dragonite, honestly I just wanted to show how cute he is... yaaaay).
 

For the designs that ARE NOT listed here, I received sample #1 for them and was kind of "we can do better". So I ask for a little more time as I go around looking for color changes or slight edits to their designs to make them perfect. They should have new samples sometime in May and I'll be working to see if we can approve of them then. Otherwise, these little babies above are done (minus dragonite) and I hope you like them! 

I'm sure that many of you are aware and have heard this like a broken record from the artists that you've been supporting, but tariffs have greatly affected all small businesses, including mine. Rest assured that I will not be asking for any more payment from what you've agreed to pay for this project, but it may affect future projects as well as the time-line for this project.

Initially I had estimated that shipping would begin in LATE AUGUST and this is still going according to plan. I do not see this being pushed back as I actually padded in extra time since many of us artists already had a spidey-sense that things would go awry. However I know that the political climate is constantly evolving and constantly changing so while I'm aware that things can change - I do think that the late August shipment would not be an issue for me. 

I do want to let you know that because things are constantly evolving, once the pins are finished, if things continue to be shaking back and forth and chaos ensues, then there may be a delay in which I will communicate with you as the backers. Nevertheless, we will do the best that we can! 

Got any questions? Feel free to comment here or email me [email protected] <3
 
Thank you all, I hope you all are taking care of yourself during these times!!

Love
Jintan