Good afternoon, gang! I'm off to go clean four inches of snow off my car and close up, but, I got a few minutes.

Our Protogen, Kobold, and Sergal coin pins are options for everyone. Not a bad turnaround!

At this point, we're $370 away from our next stretch goal, Disney Dogs. While our Corgi's been unlocked early by a sponsor, we'll need to hit $10k for the German Shepherd, Husky, Dalmatian, and Labrador Retriever coins.


Sponsor pins have been going pretty steadily in the past few days, so I went ahead and tossed a couple more sponsor slots on there. If you're interested in adding something special to the campaign, go check those out. I'll have sketches to show off to you guys tomorrow.

If you wanna help boost up that number without spending a whole car payment... we have sticker addons now!


Grab a 2" vinyl sticker of any unlocked C3 coin for $2 a pop. These are the usual suspects, weatherproof, waterproof, damn near nukeproof vinyl - good for water bottles, cars, and almost any other application under the sun.

I'm off to work. I'd like to have some stuff to show you guys late tonight, but with roads how they are right now, I'm not sure I'll get home with enough time for sketches. 

Take it easy today, and if you're in the Northeast like I am, drive slow and drive safe.

Good evening, gang! Frankly, most of you will be reading this in the morning. Or, I hope you are. Jesus, man, go to bed.

I have some policies about custom stuff. No designer dogs, no OCs, and no recognizable characters that'll get me sued.

So, here's a fun question for everyone: what happens when the owner of fun, well designed recognizable characters comes up to you and asks you to make pins? Hmm. Tough. That's a crisis.

Evan's always a breath of fresh air for custom work, since I started this Backerkit thing. So making some fun 80s sappy-sweet pins together was a no-brainer the second it hit my inbox. Thank you, as always, for being quick, transparent, and most importantly: letting me ask real annoying questions about pantones and legal shit.

If you're not familiar with Evan's Snughouls, and you like gushy cute cartoon critters, go fix that. If you're here from his stuff, let's clear up a couple details for peace of mind!

I want to thank you guys who are here because of Snughouls real quick, too. You have very quickly turned around a week full of hair-pulling cancellations and fraud on its head. 

We seem to be back on track, as of right now, with funding momentum. We're also back on track for stretch goals.

Including...

Our Western Dragon, Eastern Dragon, Unicorn and Gryphon coin pins are now available to all backers.

Thanks to the 'ghouls surge (and another sponsor we'll be showing off tomorrow), these popular options are up for grabs. Which one is your favorite? Honestly, the Eastern Dragon is one of my favorite designs in the campaign, and the Gryphon is a tribute to a certain other bird artist whose work I love. This is a heavy hitting tier, for sure, and I'm grateful we got here.

Less flashy: we're going to have sticker addons tomorrow. I need to do some basic artwork for 'em, and get the addons set up, but they'll be there. Every unlocked critter coin will get one.

I do need to address the fact that Pintopia is having an issue with mass, high tier cancellations This is a developing situation with several artists, and with BackerKit as a whole - as a banner leader, I want to let you guys know that it's affected several campaigns.

Please don't be surprised if a project you love has a giant dip in revenue. Some campaigns have lost stretch goals. This isn't from a lack of faith, it is from one situation we're trying to get to the bottom of. If you don't hear an update, it's good news, and it was handled privately. 

I'm going to bed. I'll see you guys tomorrow. Our next stretch goal is the original species tier - the Protogen, Kobold and Sergal. You think we're gettin' there?

Remember... we have the big $20k goal down there. How's that poll looking?

Good afternoon, gang!

I had a few minutes last night to bang some rough sketches out for our $20K STRETCH GOAL vote.

The current top contenders are Monsters (werewolf, chupacabra, jackalope, jersey devil) and Domestic Cats (tabby cat, solid-colored cat, long-haired cat, calico cat - cats is cats, not breeds!)
 
Our monsters are in the lead, but only by 2% - if you want the cats, it might just be a few "hey, look at this"'s away. 

You have just under 24 hours left to vote, if you want to turn the tides!

Right now, I'm cooking some artworks to add stickers to the campaign. Expect those as addons shortly. We're looking at the same prices as CRIMES mugshots - $2 each for 2" stickers. Each funded design will get one.

Depending on how the next few days go I might call it and add the winning pin vote tier at $15k instead. With the amount of attention the poll got, it only seems fair to make them a little bit more obtainable.

With things slowing down in general, I'd also like to give some other PINTOPIA buddies a boost. We tend to get most of our backers in the first 48 hours of each campaign.

Here's a couple of my favorites this time around - go check 'em out!






I'm having a little trouble finding their banner, but, you should check out Tiny Birds, Big Hearts. These tiny little shits are simple, small, wearable, and spark rare joy in my cold, dead heart.

Please look at these cockatiels.


I've gotta run to a closing shift, but, I'll check in with you guys tomorrow. We have some sponsors to talk about...

Good afternoon, gang!

It's whiter than my forearm outside, and you're crazy if you think I'm going out there. I'm too short to brush the snow off my truck. So, you get to deal with me all day today!

On a shitty, cold-ass, snowy day, it's only fitting we unlock the cat with a built-in warming blanket. We take it!

Anyways, funny story, the only reason we're there, is...

You know, if you REALLY like a pin later in the campaign, and you can't come up with anything creative... you can always buy a sponsor pledge and grab someone out of the later tiers like a claw machine.

That's what Roundbirdart did. Bribery always wins!

The Corgi 1.5" pin is available to all backers!

Here's where we're sitting on unlocks right now. Poor corgi is sitting all alone down there... maybe we should unlock his buddies for him, huh?


This is your reminder that, this is a Pintopia 2026 project, and we're partnered up with Henrieke Goorhuis' THE HYENA FAMILY! You're eligible for two free pins if you back us both, and we'll be able to combine shipping for USA + EU backers to give you even more bang for your buck.

Grab your 1.75" exclusive gold and pastel HYENAS group pin, + this adorable cockatiel. You can also grab an antique version of the hyenas from our "big pin" addon - they're a little big more earthy-colored, with antiqued metal.


Our next stretch goal, with the dragons, gryphon, and unicorn, is about $750 out as I'm typing this. Go check that out, go check our new options, and I'll see you when we get that set!

Last thing, our $20k stretch goal vote's going for 3 more days. Monsters are leading, with house cats close enough to be a problem. If you wanna get in on that, get in on it! 

If you guys are good, I'll do a couple sketches for those tier options and we'll see if they light a fire under everyone's ass a little. I think we can get there!

I'm off to go get a few more coffees and punch my printer until it starts doing black properly. Stay warm out there, everyone.

Good evening, gang!

Day 2 check in...

POINTY BIRDS tier was unlocked super late last night. I didn't want to get out of bed to write an update, so, I dropped a post on Bluesky and passed the hell out.

We're not doing too bad! If you've been waiting on a specific set of critters unlocked to back, now's a good time to check in on what's ready - and what, at our current pace, will be ready to buy soon.

25/52 1.5" pin options have been unlocked, so we're a little under halfway there. We're getting some good attention on the $20k goal poll, too, so, keep that up and keep telling me what you'd like if we reach that milestone. Right now, domestic cats and monsters are battling for first place.


I haven't gotten emails from our sponsor tiers yet, so, I'll be sending those out before I go steam myself in the shower. 

It's a balmy 8 degrees over here right now... I know most of the US of A's getting shafted with a cold front right now, and I hope you guys are staying warm.