Hello, I had intended for an update to be posted last month, but unfortunately I had to fly out to Washington for a few weeks to assist with a friend's funeral. It took a lot out of me and honestly the time melted away while I was there. Last week my mom had heart surgery, so I've been assisting her too. Of course, now I'm back and I'm in the middle of moving both my household and my mom in to one house! Off-kilter is how I would describe the last couple of months. This summer really hit me in a series of strange, unprecedented ways.
Nonetheless, (wow that's actually how you spell that, I never realized) I have some unfortunate news about the sticker sheets, as they are delayed in their production due to the foil effect bleeding the words and details together. I'm not sure why the cheetahs are especially washed out in their print as the tigers are fully saturated, but they have offered to make corrections so the sticker sheets will be improved in the final run.
Tigers Sticker Sheet
Cheetahs sticker sheet
So currently I am waiting for my stickers manufacturer to get back to me with new sheet proofs. The rest of the stickers and the shakers are finished, but they did not send photos before they shipped them, so I hope they are correctly saturated upon arrival.
Speaking of shipping~: Due to the timing of my move and my August convention schedule, it is likely the pins will be sent to my previous address sometime next month. I won't be returning until September 5th, at which point I'll just have to coordinate pickup from my sister. All the rewards will likely be arriving around this time to my previous address, so I will have to grade them in early September, which pushes my fulfillment into late September/early October.
August is going to be chaotic for me, but I can promise to have updated photos as I get them from manufacturers. Anything that gets shipped to me of course I won't have quality confirmation on until they are in hand, but I will certainly have one giant update to fill in the visual gaps once I do. Originally I had wanted to run two Backerkit projects this year, but sometimes life has other plans.
Thank you all for your patience as all this is happening, it's been a time. Starr Vipi
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
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
