Greetings Hoarders,

I can't believe we have only 3 days left!
And I managed to get the 10th derpy dragon design finished just in time. Presenting the "Have you tried common sense" derpy. The hardest of all of them to conceptualize due to limited reference resources out there 🤔.

I tried to incorporate as many suggestions as possible as you guys voted on a "combination of everything" 🤣 (way to be indecisive, you were supposed to guide me🤣).
For this one's text, I have to UV print the text to make it readible.

All the derpies look so cute together!

I'm already plotting where I should display them!
(The answer is everywhere! I'll probably keep like 3 or 4 each for multiple displays, it's purely for 'marketing' purposes, not because I'm obsessed with dragon pins at all...)

And because I'm trying to start getting an idea for how many pins I need to buy, the next 3 polls will ask for your favourite derpies! Starting with your #1 favourite now that you know all the designs 🥰.

Have a wonderful Tuesday!
Yours in art,
Therena

PS: If you haven't joined the fun yet, you still have 3 more days to help us unlock the final 2 derpies and be part of the campaign! Back today!



And after you voted go check out and follow my next two campaigns!

Greetings Hoarders,

You guys did it! You officially unlocked all 8 original designs! And we are well on our way to the 9th.

We're in the home stretch, with 2 more possible designs to unlock. And based on your vote yesterday, most of you all wanted a purple not-a-damsel. So here she is.

And off course I just HAD to request glitter. Which will make her the 3rd special effect dragon once we unlock her. It was really hard keeping the colours to 8...almost impossible. So her shirt & art print will look a tiny bit different.

Well, what do you think? She will likely be fully rendered (I mean chances are all of them will eventually be, but she's up there on my list.) I think my favourite part is still her smirk.

Next I need to draw the common sense dragon, and you guys all had wonderful suggestions. But he's definitely still percolating in my mind for his final look. In the meantime you can vote on his colour. Keep in mind he's a sea dragon.

I can't believe this campaign is almost done! This has been the most fun I've ever had with a campaign, and it's all thanks to you guys playing along and interacting with my posts and polls. So thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for being my tribe and the most epic people an artist can ask for!

I'll be back tomorrow, hopefully with the final derpy!

Yours in art,
Therena

Greetings Hoarders,

While I was spending much needed time with my family yesterday, you guys unlocked the 7th design! Which means that the drama-dragon design will now be joining the hoard as a pin. 🥰😍🥰



I never doubted you would unlock it and we are so close to the 8th one. Just as I have no doubt we will unlock the final three designs. Speaking of which, based on your votes, here are the preliminary sketches for the not-a-damsel dragon!

Introducing the "not-a-damsel" sketch. She will be the 9th design we unlock.

As I drew the first lines of her face U burst out laughing. These dragons have brought so much laughter and fun into my life. And I'm so happy I can share them with you!

I tried to combine as many of the things you guys voted for. I'm thinking she might need a larger head though 🤔. I love everything about her, especially her little flared pinky holding the tutu 🥰.

Today you get to vote on her colours. Now I've been told that pink bunny slippers were non-negotiable by my husband and daughter. (I was originally going to let you vote, but alas my family put up  with my shenanigans so they should get some say). Which means you guys need to vote on the colours of the dragon herself. So help me decide. What colour is our little not-a-damsel? Vote below!

Until tomorrow, happy hoarding.
Yours in art,
Therena

PS: if you haven't backed yet, now's your chance! We only have 5 days left!
 

Greetings Hoarders,

Well it seems that we all love slippers and tiaras...so the "not-a-damsel" derpy dragon will have both! (And a tutu 😊)

I'll try to get a sketch for you by the end of the weekend 😊. But first I need to get some commissions off my plate as I had a sudden rush of authors for Booktopia! 

While you wait for the sketch, help me figure out the common sense dragon. 

Is the derpy dragon a wizened dragon who actually has commin sense, or is he more like his kin with no common sense? 

I've come to the conclusion that representing "common sense" visually is as elusive as a dragon. This one is definitely a wild card for how it will turn out!

In other exciting news, we are ONLY 1 BACKER AWAY from unlocking the 7th dragon 🐉 🥰😍. And so close to the 8th! 

So if you know anyone who needs derpy Dragons in their life, share the campaign with them! 

I won't be making an update tomorrow or possibly on Sunday as I'll be spending it with my family and at a farmer's market. So I'll be back again on Monday with the next vote and a derpy sketch or two 😊

So enjoy the weekend and happy voting! 

Yours in art,
Therena

Greetings hoarders,

I hope you are having a wonderful day so far. I know I am, it's windy and finally cooling down a bit. And I had a wonderful bike ride beside the ocean this morning where had lot of time to dream up the next derpy dragons based on your votes.

The not-a-damsel dragon will be an adorable western dragon with stubby wings and arms & legs. And today you will "dress" the not-a-damsel dragon. It was very interesting as all the comments and suggestions were basically what I had already thought of, so we are all on the same wavelength! (Which is awesome ^_^) I can't wait to see what you guys pick for this derpy dragon!

The common-sense dragon will be nautical style, aka sea serpent. ^_^ This one will prove a bit more challenging as I haven't done any serpentile derpies yet! Whereas my Gilded Dragons campaign had a lot of serpants 🤣.

Tomorrow we will dress the common-sense dragon. So give me suggestions in the comments. Keeping in mind it is a sea dragon! So anything you can think of related to common sense and nautical things. (This will also be today's question ^_^)

Another question I have for you guys since many said they would be interested in stickers as add-ons during the pledgemanager. I am thinking 3x3" would be a good size to be able to read the words. And later on I will do a vote on whether we should do vinyl or holographic as holographic is more expensive. But how do you guys feel about 3x3"? Or do you prefer larger or smaller?

Oh, and I almost forgot! I have a super awesome stretch goal I would love to hit for this campaign, and I think it is totally doable. (At least if the graphs are to be believed) My goal is to hit $21,000 for this campaign or 300 backers. And we still have 9 days to do it. (Can you believe we are only halfway done?)

And for the stretchgoal, I decided that I would make a special backer pin, which will be added to all backers if we reach it! Obviously this would be a backer exclusive/limited edition pin since it has the year on it. (Though it would be a SUNenamel pin - the design would be printed on the metal pin vs having raised metal elements like my other pins)   

So, aside from unlocking the last 4 designs (Which we are so close to the next two! Only 3 more backers and less than $500 away!) There is the possibility of EVERYONE getting a FREE pin if we hit 300 backers/$21000!

So share the word about the campaign! And lets get this pin unlocked (Because I really want it too ^_^)  
And if you haven't backed the campaign yet, you can do so here:


Here are all the designs so far!

Until tomorrow! Happy voting and enjoy your aftenoon!

Yours in art,
Therena

PS: Before I say goodbye, I wanted to share some of the artwork for my novel campaign this September! If you love epic romantic fantasy novels and deluxe books for your library, consider following the campaign! I will also have some pins in it (I will share the designs later this week)! And yes, the book has dragons and sea serpents in it and lots of art by me ^_^!