Strange Little Creatures

23 Sept

Herpetology dragons is live on Backerkit! The goal is to produce hognose and axolotl dragon enamel pin sets based on real color morphs and patterns! We are fully funded with all stretch goals unlocked and are currently running a poll to determine the color morph for the sixth hognose dragon pin.

23 Sept

The campaign is running until September 29th at 12pm PST for those who would like some strange little dragons to add to their pin boards!

1 July

Drawing more axolotl dragons! I’d like to have a bluegilled leucisitic, copper, and chimera morph for the collection, so gonna need some more lil guys! #axolotl #dragon #enamelpin #axolotldragon

29 June

I was cutting backing cards so that I can have a better self-serve display for Matsuricon. I just figured out that my isopod charm earrings can fit on the smaller backing cards. The smaller backing cards are much easier to display, so I’m pleased! #enamelpins #isopod #earrings

25 June

I’m working on some axolotl dragon pin designs for an upcoming campaign. I wanted to base the colors on real axolotl color morphs. So far I have a golden albino, leucistic, and lavender colors. I think I’m going to make the laying pose be axanthic. #axolotl #illustration

20 June

The finished designs for the Dragon Tide pins. I prefer sketching physically as it's a bit more comfortable for me. I brought this drawing into Photoshop to ink it, and drew the water shaping digitally so that I could more easily tweak it as I went. #dragonart #enamelpin #pintopia

backerkit.comDragons in the Garden - Enamel Pin SetOur gardens have new guests: dragons! They each rest among the sunflowers, lilies, hydrangeas, and other blooms in these 1.8–2” pins, framed by flowers and drifting clouds.

8 May

I realized that I never posted the finished designs for the Backer’s Choice stretch goals from my Elemental Myth Backerkit campaign that ran in February. For the white and red design, I am using rose gold colored plating on the metal. I’ve never used this color before! #kitsune #enamelpin

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Lilac Fox

@lilacfox.bsky.social

10 Feb

48 hours left to pledge to Dragons in the Garden! Help me finish the campaign super strong! ✨ #pintopia #enamelpins #crowdfunding #pincollector www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l...

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★Jay ✩ Funkiest Bug

@erujayy.bsky.social

10 Feb

48 hours remain!! We're so close to making these real omg 🥺🥺 The sock samples are almost in my hands now too! I will make a video once they are 💜 Thank you to everyone who has shared this #enamelpin project so far, I love ya'll so so much > www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e... #insects #sciart

5 Feb

Here are the drawings for the Backer’s Choice stretch goal for my enamel pin campaign on Backerkit.The top voted theme was Kitsune with Foxfire. I will be finishing the final artwork this weekend. As with the Wyvern Wind and Phoenix Fire collections, there will be two color variations for this set.

27 Jan

A few of the pin collections from my Pintopia Backerkit Campaign. I decided to have the molds do double-duty and make some jewelry from them as well! I did this during the Isopod colony campaign and got pretty handy around a jump ring! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

27 Jan

The campaign has been successful in funding the production of these pins, and backers unlocked two stretch goal collections that were a Backer’s Choice vote. The votes are in and the next two collections for this campaign will be Kitsune + Foxfire and Eastern Dragon + Water.

27 Jan

I’m working on getting the backer’s choice designs together, and they should be posted before the end of the campaign. It’s a little hectic to do it this way, but it was good to get feedback. Left to my own devices I would have done unicorn + foliage and gryphon + ice as the next two collections!

16 Jan

I'll be participating in Pintopia 2026 over on Backerkit! I'm creating enamel pins that feature mythological creatures and elements! Pintopia begins January 22, but if you want to follow my project early, the launch party will have updates as I create new designs: tinyurl.com/elementalmyth

11 Dec 2025

The Isopod Colony Backerkit campaign had most of its items arrive earlier than expected. I’ve begun shipping out items for early fulfillment. Packaging and packing all of these goodies is stupidly satisfying. I hope that everyone enjoys their isopod goodies!

11 Dec 2025

The fulfillment for this campaign is going so much easier than when I helped run the Flight Rising kickstarter campaign in 2013. I used to have to copy each address into the USPS website, weigh the package, pay for the postage, then print the postage’s out on paper and tape it to the package. 1/2

11 Dec 2025

Now I just export a spreadsheet from backerkit and upload it directly to Pirateship to purchase and print postage all in one go. Watching the thermal printer spit out all the labels, one after another leaves me feeling like I’m a wizard. 2/2

5 Sept 2025

The Isopod Colony Backerkit campaign will be ending soon. This week we unlocked new stretch goals; in addition to being able to produce the isopod leaf pins & jewelry, the star candy isopod pins & blind bags, we’ve unlocked a series of mini pins. #isopod #enamelpins #backerkit

backerkit.comIsopod Colony - Enamel Pin & Jewelry CollectionTerrestrial isopods serve an important role in maintaining a healthy ecosystem; many can also roll into adorable balls! Isopod Colony is a hard enamel pin collection for those who love these tiny fr...

5 Sept 2025

If you are interested in acquiring some isopod pins, jewelry, and stickers, the campaign will be running on Backerkit until Tuesday, September 9th at 3:20PM EDT. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

14 Aug 2025

The Isopod Colony Backerkit campaign is live! bit.ly/BK-IsopodCol... This campaign is for a collection of hard enamel pins and jewelry featuring isopods in two themes: earth tone leaves, and candy colored stars. #isopod #enamelpins #backerkit

I recently learned that Clip Studio can save a timelapse of your process, so I thought I’d try making some short videos. I admit that I’m still a creature of the 2000’s, and prefer still images with long blog posts and giant, threaded conversations. But this was still fun to do. #isopod #enamelpins

Isopods (among other invertebrates and reptiles) are things I enjoy researching and imagining keeping. Alas, I know my daily creature maintenance plate is full with my cat, dog, and fish. It’s still fun to learn about.

Like… I don’t need to know all of the dominant, recessive, and co-dominant ball python genes… but the research rabbit hole beckons!

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I plan on doing 3 more unique pin shapes with 1-2 variants each. Dairy Cow, Orange Dragon, Ember Bee, Gestroi, and Cuban Spikey are what I’m looking to design for next! bit.ly/BK-IsopodCol...

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Toadstown

@toadstown.bsky.social

22 July 2025

We are down to the last week on this campaign - we've got even metallic dragons! kobolds! Maybe even Bahamut, if we can crush the last stretch goal 💪 #dnd #5e #dungeonsanddragons #enamelpins 🔗https://tinyurl.com/chromaticpins

18 July 2025

I’m working on additional isopod enamel pin designs. To get the most out of each mold, I’d like to do one color variant per design I have personal favorite isopod morphs, but I’m also curious if there are any specific species or color morphs people would like to see included? #isopods #enamelpins

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18 July 2025

I’m working on a series designs for an Isopod enamel pin collection on Backerkit. (Prelaunch here: bit.ly/BK-IsopodCol...)

14 July 2025

I’m working on getting some finishing off some isopod pin designs for a project on backerkit. I have a few species and morphs I’d like to include, but if anyone has any favorites, I’m all ears! #isopods #enamelpins

14 July 2025

In May I received a couple of my isopod test pins, which had one spot color and 4 colors of hard enamel fill. So I feel good about the production process on things that don’t involve specialty finishes! (Need more experience with those for stuff like the dragon pins.)

29 June 2025

I'm creating an enamel pin to learn the process and work with a manufacturer. I wanted to do 2 variants. I'm stuck on the night variant. The pin will be hard enamel with gold metal. Do you think it looks better with pale gold glitter enamel wings, or with the white enamel wings and spot color?

17 June 2025

Some isopod studies from reference. I wanted to get some practice in before attempting to make some isopod pins. Fun fact: Terrestrial isopods have 7 main scutes (plates) before their little butt plates start. Colerase pencil and marker. #isopod #artstudy

14 May 2025

I applied to the Galaxycon Columbus 2025 artist alley and was accepted! This will be my first time vending at a con since 2010. The convention is in December. Time to make some trinkets!