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Haunted Dragons

Created by Therena

The shiny dragons have come out to play in the Spooky town of Pinners Hollow. They lurk in the shadows, waiting to be adopted and added to your hoard. Enter the graveyard if you dare and see what shiny treasures you will find!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

🐉🌟Pins arrived! 🌟🐉 Charging cards 🐉🌟Sneak peek
11 days ago – Mon, Jan 06, 2025 at 05:27:26 PM


Greetings Hoarders!

Exciting news, the haunted dragons & derpies have arrived!
It's better than Christmas when I get pin mail, and when I can finally hold these derpies in my hands.

They all turned out so pretty!


I'll share close ups at the end of this message. But first some house keeping.
 

Charging cards & locking addresses:

I'll start processing cards later tonight and tomorrow. Also double check your addresses, please. 

Fulfillment:

Over the next 2-3 weeks I'll be sorting and packaging the orders for each of you. And as I complete your orders I'll be marking them as fulfilled once I ship them. 

Expected arrivals:

Expect your derpies to start arriving late January/early February until late February depending where you live. US & Canada shipping is tracked, international shipping is not tracked. 


EU GPSR:

If you live in the EU, this campaign should be grandfathered into the program as it was "on the market" before the implementation of the new policies. I am looking at options going forward to get a representative so I can continue shipping pins to EU backers. 

Check out the pins:

3D - stained glass limited edition pin:

I love them all!
Which is your favourite?

Now, it's been requested that you guys might need a place to display your Derpies. Well, I just ordered some custom Derpy Dragon banners which I'll sell in the next Bookish Derpy Dragons campaign!
Here's a look at the design and mock-ups. 

The design will eventually join the Dungeons & Derpies campaign as a pin in the spring. 

Below you will find the upcoming derpy dragons campaigns you can follow for 2025. I already revealed 3, but to kick off the year I started sketches for a 4th one in the fall. (I  can't help but sketch derpies) These will be all about life derpies. Starting with these two concepts:

But more on that campaign on another day.

While you wait for the haunted derpies & dragons to arrive, you should check out my Bookish Derpy Dragon campaign which launches in just over 2 weeks!



Spring 2025: Dungeons & Derpies


Summer 2025: Festive Derpies


So there's a lot of derpies to adopt this year. And I hope you will join the adventures with me! 

Until next time. Have a wonderful evening. (And make sure your addresses are up to date!) 

Yours in art,
Therena

🐉 Happy New year 🐉 🎊 and an update or 2.
17 days ago – Tue, Dec 31, 2024 at 10:25:10 AM


Greetings Hoarders,

Happy new year! (Well I'm only now waking from the final day in 2024, but I know some of you are already celebrating the future 😄 😅)

To start, I wanted to thank all of you for making 2024 the best year possible. It'll forever mark the year the derplings were born and side quests became main quests. And all this was possible because of your support! Sometimes when you are in the middle of life you don't realize how much you accomplished until you look back and reflect. And I am so grateful for everyone who not only encouraged but also supported my dream of becoming a professional artist & author. Whether backing campaigns, commissioning art, being a Patreon or buying art/books/pins at markets.

This year I did:
🌟52 full personal illustrations
🌟50 commissions
🌟49 Derpy Dragons
🌟18 kids book illustrations
🌟8 fantasy photoshoots
🌟5 successful crowdfunding campaigns (4 were dragon pins/3 derpies)
🌟1 kids book published
🌟1 novel fully written and almost ready to publish as well as one and a half in draft!
🌟Read 51 books

Seeing this list only encourages me to do even more next year! And I have a headstart with some of the derpies. 


But first the good news:


All the haunted derpies have shipped and will be here in about a week 🥰.

I can't wait to hold the haunted derpies!
This also means that I'll start charging cards once they arrive in the next week as I'll start fulfillment as soon as they get here.

There's only 5 surveys which weren't completed, if it's you, you will have received a reminder email today. Without the survey I can't send you your pins!


Now, looking ahead at 2025 Side Main Quests & more Derpy Dragons:

(Because we can all use more derpies in our lives!)


Launching Jan 23- Feb 13 : Bookish Derpy Dragons 

10 dragons are all ready to join your library next month! With more to come. (You can see them all in my Patreon if you want a better look)
Plus as part of pintopia you can get this Derpy set FREE when you back both me and my son's campaign (plus only pay shipping once!)

So be sure to follow his campaign too:


I am still in the process of designing a Derpy Dragon canvas banner for your pins for the bookish campaign. So once I have that ready I'll share it here.

I mentioned side quests earlier. Well, as I was drawing a bookish derpy, this little guys emerged:


Which led to a whole series if side quests... because Dungeons & Derpies deserve it's own campaign!

D&D is a way of life in my house. And my family wholly encouraged the creation of these derpies:

Dungeons & Derpies will launch in the spring. Sometime late March. 

But it'll only be a 2 week campaign. As you can tell from the banner, there will be regular dragons as well. You can see them individually on my Patreon as well to start planning which one you want to hoard. 

And just when you thought Christmas was over - I had alluded to a Christmas in July Festive Derpy campaign. Well, the first 4 derpies are ready to be revealed! 


Festive Derpies will launch end of June/July 2025. 


This will also be a 2 week campaign. With more designs coming later. But it'll be perfect so your derpies arrive for next Christmas season!

So there you have it. The currently "planned" Derpy Dragon quests for 2025. I can't guarantee there won't be other side quests as these Derpies seem to emerge like daisies popping out of the ground. But I love these dragons so much, I can't help myself from drawing them.

But with 49 finished derpies, it means we are halfway to making the derpy dragon art book! (I'd like 100 at least 😊🙃) And who knows, maybe a derpy dragon Oracle card deck 😅.

But those are future me dreams. And I hope you will join me on this grand adventure!

Speaking of adventures and art.
I'd love to invite you to follow my Patreon where I share all my art. You can "follow" for FREE or join any tier. And I have a 25% off your first month sale on now with the code YEAROFART.

Or if you would rather receive a weekly Museletter with new art (usually illustrations vs derpies), announcements and giveaways, you can join it here.

Well, until next year! Have a wonderful New year's Eve, and I can't wait to share more derpies with you in the coming year. 

Yours in art,
Therena



🐉☠️Sneak peek at samples!☠️🐉 Seasons Greetings 🐉🎄More Derpies!
about 1 month ago – Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 12:47:03 PM


Greetings Hoarders,

Today I get to share exciting progress news, as well as early looks at the pins!

But first timeline:
Pins are expected to ship to me by Jan 7th, so I should hopefully have everything by the 14th and start shipping by the end of January!

Stickers arrived and are so cute! I unlocked the hexed sticker too, so those who ordered it will have him 😊.


All the postcards also arrived, though I haven't sorted it yet. But they all look amazing!

And now for the pin sneak peek! (Keep in mind these aren't the best quality photos as some are blurry, but these were sent from my manu.)


And as a special treat, I upgraded the "Hektor" custom Derpy to be glow in the dark eyes for the dragon and pumpkin! Like a real Jack-o'-lantern! And the weirdling tribe is grey pearl swirl for the dragon 😊.

I can't wait to add these to my own collection!

In other Derpy news 

I have completed even more derpies for my bookish derpy dragon campaign in January. Bringing the finished designs to 6, plus 2 collab design sets. That's 8 possible new Derpies 😁. I tweaked the text for the "Shhh" derpy and it's now "I read banned books", which I think really suits him. 
I also added the "tortured artist/author" Derpy, which is based on the sketch I made while my son was in the hospital after being run over by a car. 

I plan to make 4+ more derpies based on bookish quotes before the campaign, or at least during it. But here's a peek at the full collection so far:

As always, backers will vote on which ones to unlock and I will make an 11th backer inspired derpy as well, once we hit that stretch goal. So start thinking of favourite bookish quotes you'd like as derpies! And share them in the comments!

I had a lot of fun drawing the stretchgoal bookshelf for these Derpies and can't wait to share it with everyone in January 😉. (Though you can see it on my Patreon in the meantime.)

You can follow the campaign here:

Like before, I will have early bird stickers and returning backer stickers. I will have a limited super early bird 10 pin tier again and returning backers will be invited to early access 24 hrs before the campaign launches.

So keep your eyes on your emails on January 22nd.

My next update will likely be when the pins arrive in January, so I wish you all a wonderful holiday season and happy new year!

I look forward to making more derpies for you in the new year! (And even the possibility of a derpy art book in the pin style art! Thanks to a backers' suggestion!)

Yours in art,
Therena

PS: here's my son's campaign to follow as well to claim this Curious Inky Derpy set when you back us both:

🐉💀📚Orders locked, pins unlocked📚💀🐉
about 2 months ago – Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 08:19:28 AM


Greetings Hoarders,

Exciting news! You guys unlocked both the "Spells" - hexed bookish derpy AND the weirdling tribe pin! 

Just look at all the pins you guys! They will look so good together 😍.



I have locked all orders now, and sent final numbers to my manufacturer. You can still complete the survey, you just can't change anything except your address. 

So who was the favourite? 

I've honestly never had such close results for every single pin!
But here's the winners:
Skelly mini (with an unfair win and therefore disqualified) - 105

🌟3D lantern dragon - 60
🌟Shadow derpy - 57
🌟Hektor - 43
🌟Grim Reaper - 40
🌟Voodoo - 36
🌟Spells - 36

The rest all ranged between 21-30!

Next up: production 

I'll finalize any little tweaks to designs and pay for manufacturing. There's only 3 minor tweaks to designs so it shouldn't take long to fix.

And then it's a matter of waiting for the production fairy-dragons to work their magic.

In the meantime, I have been hired by 3 other creators to draw their pins for Pintopia 2025! All of them authors who needed pins for their merch. I'll share those once they have their campaigns set up.

Plus I'll be working on my own bookish derpy dragons in the  meantime. I have 4 official designs and my two collab stretch goals with my son finished. Which means I need to make 6 more bookish derpies. And I welcome any ideas as always! You can either comment here, or email it to [email protected] 



On a completely side note, who has watched Arcane? I don't often get inspired to do fanart, but I just had to draw Jinx😅. I want to draw VI too, but first I need to get through commissions and editing my novel 😅. 



And since it's Black Friday 🛍️ you can get a 10% discount off my store with the code BLACKART10 between now and Mon!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Yours in art,
Therena

It's not too late to get these derpies! Pre-order store is open!

Pre-order store is open:

☠️🐉Funds arrived & surveys are on its way!🐉☠️ IMPORTANT INFO INSIDE
2 months ago – Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 01:49:10 PM


Greetings Hoarders,

The funds have arrived, and I just finished setting up the surveys. Once the amazing BK staff have made sure everything is honky dory, I will send out the smoke test, followed by surveys. So expect those sometime next week. 

Please complete the survey ASAP 

Why is it so important to get this done so quickly? 
The surveys give me an idea how much of each design to order. I typically order 100 of each design, but sometimes you guys seem to favor one design and I have to bump it to 200. If there's a lot of late surveys, I may not have enough pins to fulfill your choices. And there's no way to see who completed it late so it's not fair to your fellow backers if I have to delay fulfillment to order more.

Unmet stretch goals

You will have a second chance to help unlock the hexed bookish derpy by adding it to your cart.
 


Only 25 need to be added to cover the manufacturing costs. And there's a progress bar in the add-ons so you can see when we unlock it.
I also added the sticker as a stretch goal.

What happens if not enough people order it? I will see how close we are to unlocking it to see if I can absorb the cost. If not it'll be cancelled, and you won't be charged for it. In that case I'll add him to my bookish derpy dragons campaign in January 😁

What about my freebie pin?

If you backed 3+ Pintober campaigns you will find it in your cart when you check out. If you missed him or want a 2nd copy, you can add him as an add-on
 

There were 94 of you who qualified for the free mini pin! And I just wanted to say thank you for supporting all of us creators. We know it's a lot spreading yourself between so many campaigns, and it means the world to us when you pick us! 

Returning backers 

We had 77 returning backers this time around! Wow! I can't express my gratitude that you have chosen to return and get more dragons. 

Unfortunately, we didn't quite reach the 100 needed to unlock the free upgrade to the weirdling tribe pin as your rewards 😔, but you will still get the super cool holographic sticker.

I still really like this pin design, and will add it as a stretch goal to the add-ons. And we can try again in the next campaign to get the silver one for you guys. 


Now it's not all near hits. There was another custom commission unlocked in this campaign, and a brand new derpy will join the horde! 

Presenting "Hector" the pumpkin skull derpy


He will be added to the add-ons for you to collect! Unfortunately, as he's a custom commission, he's not available as part of the pledge tier designs. But, if you add him during the survey, you will get a backer discount. 

I'm so glad that the pumpkin derpy will now have a friend. And I just wanted to take a moment to thank Cassirole for yet another fun derpy commission! (She also commissioned the Shadows are Friends derpy for you guys!)

Failed pledges 

There were several failed pledges this time around. But all hope is not lost. You can still claim your derpies and dragons by completing the surveys and letting me know which pins you want so I can order enough. 

Shipping/add-on charges 

I hope to order the pins by the end of next week after the majority have completed surveys. Which means that I should receive them sometime late Dec/early January. I'll charge cards once I receive the pins as I start sorting and fulfilling right away. I will make an update when this will happen. More than likely the first week of January. 

Exception: Shadows are Friends tier.

Since I have these pins already, I will lock and fulfill them right away. Unless there's other haunted pins /freebie pins in your cart, in which case fulfillment will still be in January.

Well, I think that is all the important stuff. Keep your eyes on your email next week for those surveys.

Until next time.
Yours in art,
Therena

PS: Did you miss the campaign? You can still pre-order the pins in the pre-order store. You can also help us unlock the hexed bookish derpies!
https://haunted-dragons.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders