Hello! Order changes have been locked so this is your reminder that cards will be charged TOMORROW for add-ons in surveys! This is to allow the full payment for pin production as it begins on MONDAY! 🎉 As pin production update photos come in I will share them here as well.
I am optimistic all pins will be completed by the end of August or beginning of September for an end of September fulfillment date, per the project timeline. However, there are some complex effects pins in this campaign and sometimes these more complicated designs take longer in production. Should any delays come up I will share them here.
Thank you all again for your support of this project! My next update (June) will have even more stickers, sticker sheets, and shaker charm photos to share with you!
As promised, here are the Harmonic Future Wolf stickers:
Uridim Sticker
Ghost Sticker
Rocky Mountain
And a bonus Bat Harmony!
Sunlight Sticker
These stickers were originally going to be in a sticker sheet, but they were ordered as individual holographic stickers instead, so anyone who pledged for the sticker sheet will instead get all 3 stickers!
Thank you everyone for filling out your surveys and selecting your add-ons. Pin production will begin on the 18th, so surveys will be closing with cards charged on and after May 15th for these add-ons! Surveys will remain open for the next two weeks so if you have any changes or new selections to make this is the time.
Thank you once again for all your support! The next update will be about card charges and production! Starr Vipi
PS: Follow my next backerkit campaign here, Riot Dogs: Famous Dogs of JUSTICE! Backers who follow the campaign before launch will get a bonus sticker free with your pledge, plus returning backers who pledged to this campaign and Riot Dogs will get a bonus jet tag!
Stickers coming in! Pins and patches next to be ordered!
Hello! I didn't realize there were surveys that did not go out in March and I apologize. I believe this to be corrected now, thank you to those who let me know! Any missing surveys should be received no later than Wednesday. If you do not find yours in your email or listed in your pledges on backerkit as available please let me know and I will link one to you directly via email! Typically it takes about a month for all survey results to come in and I honestly did not realize my error.
Stickers have been ordered in batches, and some are arriving this week! Once I get them I'll have photos to share of all their fancy effects. Pins and patches are going into production early May, and I will share photos of those as they are available. I'm so excited to see some of the new effects in these pins!
Thank you all again for your support of this project! I'll be back next week with some ✨Deluxe Sticker pics ✨ Starr Vipi
For starters, here's the artwork for Ancient Cave Cheetahs and Clever Cow: Veronika!
Modern Variant
Duality Variant
Mummified Variant
Clever Cow Veronika
Thank you for your patience while I make these designs the best they can be! I am so excited for them! The Ancient Cave Cheetahs design now has swirled translucent fill in the Mummified and Duality variants to highlight both the mummy earth tone and the radiograph red. For Veronika I had to shorten her broom to fit the medium constraints so I added her chain to give her pin some flair. I hope you like them!
Smoke test surveys will be going out over the next week! Small modifications usually take place as surveys go through, but I don't anticipate finding anything major. I've reviewed the pledge manager a few times over at this point, so if all goes well the remaining surveys will be going out around March 20th.
The next update will be for all surveys going out, thank you again for your support of this project! Starr Vipi
Hello! Thank you everyone with errored pledges that corrected them, I have been talking to my manufacturer about these designs and I'm very excited to get them into production! I was hoping to have all my remaining artworks finished by today to send out the smoke tests but the convention I had over the weekend really took it out of me, which I didn't expect. Because of this timeline setback, I've committed the next few days to get fully caught up on the artwork, graphics, and making sure everything is added correctly to the surveys. I've also added two 'buffer days' to give me extra time without needing to post an updated timeline again. (You don't want that, I don't want that, let's just not!) So here's the new timeline: ✅ February 17-21 Backerkit emails about errored pledges, second charge attempt This step has concluded! Additional attempts will now fall on the backer's side, which you can complete by filling out your survey!
February 18-25March 2-6 Artwork Update posted to Backerkit with final stretch goal designs In the mean time, here is Veronika's pin sketch! I want to make her chain a part of the design, so I'm modifying it a bit for the final pin.
Veronika sketches
February 25-28March 6-14 Smoke Test Surveys go out, upon success all surveys go out (date depends on success)
✅ March 1-31 My website Bi-Annual Sale & Coloring Contest Coloring contest pages are available here if you'd like to enter, and the Bi-annual sale will start automatically on SUNDAY, MARCH 1ST!
Thank you for your patience as I fine tune these designs! I really want them to be the best they can be for you all! Starr Vipi
Campaign End Update: Funding, Stretch Goals, Important Upcoming dates!
Hello, and thank you all for making this campaign my most successful to date! 🎉
I wanted to post this as an update to the campaign instead of an email so you all could reference it should you have any questions later or just want to check in on things. I'm sure if you've pledged to multiple campaigns in Pintopia you have had a fair share of emails in the last couple of days, which is why I wanted to wait for things to calm down before sending this one.
Funding & Errored pledges
First, the last 48 hours have had mostly successful pledge collection for this project. If you had your pledge error out for any reason, Backerkit automatically will reach out to you directly within this coming week to correct it. If the problem is on your financial institution's side you likely just need to confirm the charge is legitimate with them. Should the pledge remain unsuccessfully posted after Backerkit's attempts, don't worry! I am keeping all the Backerkit pricing the same for the preorder store. If you missed out somehow you can still get Backerkit pricing that way. However, there was about $500 in errored pledges which puts us significantly further from our final stretch goal.
Stretch Goals
I'll be keeping an eye on the errored pledge amount and if it can be significantly recovered, that will help with funding the Speaking Dogs pin. I still want to make sure this last Backer's Choice design has the possibility for funding and creation, so I will be adding it to the preorder store and pledge manager. You can add this design on to your pledge there. If you are in a complete/inclusive tier, this design will be included automatically, just like the other stretch goals in the campaign. Right now I've estimated there would need to be about 10 sticker preorders and 20 pin preorders to fund this design, so that is what I've set the preorder goal to within the preorder store and pledge manager. As errored pledges are corrected, these numbers will be adjusted down to reflect funding needed.
Artwork & Pin Designs
This week I will be finishing up the artwork for the last stretch goal designs to add to the graphics for the preorder store and pledge manager. Between the end of the campaign and Valentine's Day (a busy time for me as someone who sells Valentines) I slowed down this week, but I'm glad to say I'm sketching our favorite cow Veronika right now! This possibility was built into my project timeline and surveys are still set to go out in the next two weeks.
Timeline: Important Upcoming Dates
TL;DR here's the whens February 17-21 Backerkit emails about errored pledges, second charge attempt February 18-25 Artwork Update posted to Backerkit with final stretch goal designs February 25-28 Smoke Test Surveys go out, upon success all surveys go out (date depends on success) March 1-31 My website Bi-Annual Sale & Coloring Contest! Everything on my website will be 30% off for the month of March, Vaulted Limited Edition variants will be available, last year's Coloring Contest winning pins will be available, and this year's coloring contest will be OPEN FOR ENTRY! The coloring contest is free to enter, and the winning design, chosen by popular vote, will be produced. This year I'm adding The Harmonic Future Wolf, Ancient Cave Cheetahs, Video Dogs, and Tigers Set as options to color and make your own variant! All the details will be on the Coloring Contest page on my website next week, February 18th.
I'm so excited to start making these designs a reality! My next update will have art in it for you next week.
I can't believe it was so close again but with the split of votes between the two polls the winner is Deluxe Chained Pin Set ! This option will have a design poll up through this weekend, with the final pin artwork displayed next week. These pins are available to add to your pledge now!
With so many votes between this and the last poll for the set, this outcome makes sense to me. I'm so excited to sketch out the variant options for these fast bois!
Even though the designs aren't finalized, I have added the Ancient Cave Cheetahs Deluxe Chained Pin Set to both pledge levels and add-ons. If already know you know you're going to want them, you can add them now! B Grades are also available in limited quantity as both pledge levels and add-ons. If you are pledged to an inclusive tier you will now see this set listed among your rewards. You can add-on one set for $50 in the variant of your choice, or add all 3 variants for the even further discounted price of $115!
Here are the options to choose from for the Ancient Cave Cheetahs poses:
A: Running
B: Stalking
C: Seated
Thank you for your support of this project! Starr Vipi
Three poses to choose from for the Ancient Cave Cheetahs Deluxe Chained Pin Set. Choose the pose set you like best, and the winner will be refined into a pin design added to the campaign!
Here are the two sketches to choose from for the Armored Komodo Dragons design. Choose the composition you like best, and the winner will be refined into a pin design added to the campaign!
This project was funded in just 3 hours and I am so grateful for your support! I have a list of variants and a variety of new designs that YOU backers can choose for stretch goal designs as the project reaches $4,000+ in funding. A new stretch goal will be added at each $1,000 mark beyond!
How can I choose the design?
First, back the campaign! That will list you as a project backer, giving you access to the backer-only polls I'll be using. Then go to the Community tab of the project and select "Polls", and vote! New polls will be released as designs are selected and finalized and funding goals are reached.
The first 5 stretch goals will be "Variety", brand new designs to the campaign. Following that, stretch goals of $9,000+ will be "Variant" goals, or different color schemes for existing designs. Before the goal is met, a Variant or Variety poll will be live. Once the funding is reached (see achievements for progress) the poll will close, and a new poll for the design category will open. This category poll will be open for 48 hours to give people time to review the options. The sketch poll will be released after that, to determine the final design. Once the design is added to the campaign a new Update will be posted to begin the cycle again!
How do I add these designs to my pledge?
Important! Pledging to the Ultimate Collector or Complete Enamel Pin Set (Standard & Deluxe) tiers WILL INCLUDE THESE PINS AT NO ADDITIONAL COST. In other words, as stretch goal pins are added to the campaign, inclusive tiers will not go up in price but will include more rewards. This is also true for the Complete Sticker Set tier. Each design will have a matching sticker made and the Complete Sticker Set tier will include ALL stickers from the campaign with no change to the pledge tier price. This pricing is EXCLUSIVELY available to Backerkit backers, as without your support these pins would not exist!
What are the designs to choose from?
I have a list of designs I had considered already, but will be adding to this list based on what YOU are interested in! Go to the project, or reply to the stretch goal update and comment what you want to see and I will pull up relevant research to see if it fits the series. If it does, I'll add the paper here as *BACKER SUGGESTION* so you can spot them right away!
I missed the last update, can I still make a suggestion?
I am always accepting Backer Suggestions, you can comment them on updates or directly to the project and I will see them! If I have 👍 your comment that means there is a match to both relevant research and it is on theme with the series. Please bear in mind they will not be added until the next poll goes up, which will be once the current poll ends or the next goal is reached, whatever happens first. Otherwise any answers that do not win will still be in the rotation of upcoming polls, unless there is an overwhelming amount of Backer Suggestions. Polls will have 10 or fewer options each time to keep it manageable.
Here is a list of variants of existing designs I considered, but did not use, for this project:
Queen of Wolves 926F Spitfire (Harmonic Future Wolf Deluxe Pin Variant)
Chocolate & Black Lab / Community voted service vest text (Dog Video Call Variant)
White Tiger Duo (Melanistic Odisha Tiger Chained Pin Set Variant)
Gothic Cathedral (Black metal with red stained glass effect fill Bat Harmony Variant)
Here is the list of papers I saved, but did not use, for this project:
Here are the two variants for the Harmonic Future Wolf Deluxe stickers. Which color do you like more? (For a larger photo, check the update!) Backers within the first 48 hours will get this sticker for FREE with their pledge!
These stickers are also available as add-ons in the campaign and will come with any Harmonic Future Wolf LE: Uridim pledge tier
