Hello, Adventurers! We've been on a JOURNEY with these Mythical Bards and I'm so excited to wrap up this series with all of you! Thank you again so much for your support of the campaign both now and in the past. They've been so fun to create!
It's been (another) minute, so I wanted to write in with a quick update, namely that surveys and the pre-order store should be launching this week!
As noted in my last update, I had two other earlier campaigns that were going through production/shipping in early August, one of them because of a number of production hiccups it had been running into that then, unfortunately, continued into August. Fortunately, those hiccups are all now resolved, both of those campaigns have now officially been wrapped, and I have been intentional about not launching any new work until I can get all of you these beautiful pins so we're absolutely full steam ahead here and running into production and fulfillment ASAP!
Thank you all so much for your patience, and my sincerest apologies for the delay here. You should be receiving an update from me later this week with surveys, pre-order store, and more updates.
Hello, Adventurers! We've been on a JOURNEY with these Mythical Bards and I'm so excited to wrap up this series with all of you! Thank you so much for your support of the campaign both now and in the past. They've been so fun to create!
It's been a minute, so I wanted to write in with a quick update on where we're at:
First, surveys and the pre-order store are being built out now. I'm hoping to officially launch those next week and will send an update as soon as everything is ready. I have two other campaigns that are wrapping up/being packed over the next few weeks so those are quickly wrapping up which will free up even more energy that I can focus on the bards here.
Second, I'm hoping to include some new bard-y stationary as add-ons when the surveys launch - and a new poll is available to help! I've been wanting to make some bard journals and/or notepads and/or sketchbooks for ages and I'm excited that the timeline for those might be aligning with the timeline for the pins. What I've waffled over, though, is if there's a preferred form for a journal or sketchbook featuring the dragon bard. I've opened up a new poll to gain your insight and we'll see what I can do!
Bonus: If there's other bards you'd REALLY love to see on stationary, please leave a comment and let me know! I've been leaning into the dragon bards since they're the only ones not playing an instrument and favored a more writerly storytelling path, but every bard in this series is a storyteller, too!
The next time you hear from me I'll have a recap of all the Mythical Bard 3 designs, the surveys and store all built out, and a whole host of next steps! You should hear from me again very soon ^_^
Hello, Adventurers! Thank you so much for your support so far! We're just under a day and a half remaining in this campaign and I am making art as quickly as I can. A few updates as we head into our final hours!
First, I'm thrilled to share the fully completed design for GRIFFIN! Griffin is playing a series of bellows-powered fanfare trumpets (and adding a bit of its own calls to the mix). Every time I see this one's face I make a joyful griffin-y squawk XD Hopefully griffin brings joy to you, too!
On MERMAID and MINOTAUR - I'm working as quickly as I can to wrap these designs up before the campaign closes but, transparently, I'm not sure I'll manage to wrap them up in the next 30ish hours. They will still be made, I'll continue sending updates, and I'm going to do everything I can to get them done as early as possible, just want to be transparent here as you're making decisions on your campaigns that you might not see the final designs for these two before the campaign ends.
On that note, I did want to share the (almost) full collection of Mythical Bards below! The ones in boxes (Griffin, Kelpie, Kitsune, Kraken, Mermaid, and Minotaur) are new ones being made through this campaign, all the other bards are from rounds 1 or 2 and are available as add-ons. I'm not currently planning any additional bards past this set of 15, but how cool do they all look together!
Lastly, if you hadn't seen them yet, I do have several freebies for this campaign for returning backers, early birds (backers who pledged in the first 48 hours), and Pin Quest backers (backers who pledge to 3+ Pin Quest 2026 campaigns). Take a look at all of them below!
Hello, Adventurers! We're quickly running up to the end of the campaign so I have a few quick updates for you!
First, I'm thrilled to share the fully completed design for KELPIE! Kelpie is playing a bagpipe and favors dark, misty vibes with lots and lots of seaweed. I'm also working as quickly as I can to wrap up the designs for the final three bards ASAP - sketches and/or current WIPs of the pins are in the campaign story. Griffin is very nearly done, too!
Second, the voting poll on our remaining two bards has closed and we're officially moving ahead with MERMAIDand MINOTAUR, which will wrap up my entire Mythical Bards series of pins.
Thank you all so much for your input! I wanted to make sure I ran a version of the poll with sketches to confirm interest once you could see the direction the pins would go in, I've done a few in the past where a character received an overwhelming amount of votes pre-sketch but ended up having less interest in the end. In this case, I'm so glad that many of you still loved my more fish-y take on the mermaid! And minotaur will add some super fun rock and roll to the group.
Our third poll is up, now with sketches of the three possible final bards. I've included the sketches below, as well. I know my sketches are rough, but please vote and let me know which you prefer now that you can see what they might look like!
Mermaid playing a lyre: My take on mermaid is a little more fish than you're typical mermaid, with fins and gills and seaweed and lots of greens. The specific shape of the tail might still shift, I'm not necessarily sold on the tail loop here, but I am leaning toward a sort of koi-like patterning on the tail, too. A little more unique, with earthy/underwater-y vibes.
Minotaur playing a battle axe electric guitar: All metal vibes all the time! This minotaur is fully embracing rock/metal musician. I'm also partial to a battle axe guitar myself, so this one should be a lot of fun!
Unicorn playing a pipe flute: Not much else to say on this one - pan flute hanging around the unicorns neck, will probably lean into woodsy/flower details around the unicorn.
