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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:

☠️🐉We did it! Haunted Derpy Dragons have funded! Now what?🐉☠️
14 days ago – Sat, Nov 02, 2024 at 09:49:36 AM


Greetings Hoarders,

We did it. You blew this campaign right out of the sky. Thank you all for your support!


So what now? 

Over the next 2 weeks Backerkit will collect your funds. While they do that I'll set up the survey, which I will send once I get the funds. As I would like to move things along quickly, I am asking these surveys to be completed ASAP so I know how many pins to order. As long as the majority gets it done by Nov 21st, I hope to finalize the order by then. 

Then we wait...not much to do but wait while the pin fairy-dragons work their magic and get our little treasures made. 

If everything goes to plan, I should have it all late Dec/early January and ship it to you before my next campaign! 

But what about my hexed bookish derpy 😭. 

Officially the blue Derpy with the pink/wine 🍷 coloured book won! Though it was a close one between the purple!

But, sadly, we never reached $11000... 😭

Not all hope is lost, however! While I can't just say he's unlocked due to the manufacturing cost, you have another chance to unlock him. I will add him as an add-on in pledgemanager. And if enough people buy him to cover the cost, I will unlock him! (About 20-25)

But what if we don't get enough people to add him? (*sad dragon face*)

Depending if we get close, I might still unlock him and absorb the cost. Otherwise he will make an appearance with the other bookish derpies in January's campaign. 

How will you know if he's unlocked? 
Fortunately, pledgemanager has this really cool bar that tracks it! And I will make an update ☺️.

When will shipping be charged?

Probably in January once I receive the pins. I don't have an exact date. But I will make an update to let you know. 
I usually start fulfillment as soon as pins arrive. And your pins will ship by early-late January.

The only exception is if you add-on books. Depending on the book, if it's the deluxe edition novels from my last campaign, they will ship in the spring, once I receive those books. 

The rest will ship in January/February provided I knew to purchase the stock (aka surveys were done early enough 😊).

Thank you from the bottom of my little dragon heart for supporting my haunted dragons!

I am always blown away by your support! And thank you to each one who voted, commented, and even checked out my Patreon

After the campaign, my Patreon is the best way to see all my new art, including my process and both early and exclusive art. Things are as conversational as my updates here and mostly include random ramblings and artistic observations. It's the only place online where I share *all* my art. 

Or you can join my Museletter for weekly finished art to brighten your inbox. I also share sales & giveaways here. 

Either way, I would love to see you there!

Until next time.

Yours in art,
Therena

While you wait, you can check out my campaigns in 2025!

Pintopia (FREE pin set when you back both of these)


Dark art book:



🐉☠️24 hours left to back Haunted Derpy Dragons!🐉☠️Vote the flame & book colours☠️🐉And first look at bookish derpies!
16 days ago – Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 06:13:01 PM

Greetings Hoarders,

There was a much more definitive vote for the hexed derpy colours this time. And the winner is:

Now you get to choose the flame colours! I kept it simple this time with only 3 choices. (Not that it'll make your life easier as I love all of them!) Which one will win this time for the final colours?

And while I was at it, I finished the other derpies too. These will be part of the bookish derpy dragon campaign in January. So here's a teaser of future derpies!


Colours aren't final, but I wanted to share them with you ☺️.

Happy voting everyone!

Yours in art,
Therena

PS: You can help us unlock the final bookish derpy "Hexed" by backing now! 

Unlocked designs:

Last chance to collect the FREE treats from Pintober!



Haunted things not your thing? Follow my next campaign Bookish dragons, and my son's mushling campaign for another chance to get FREE derpies!





☠️🐉Happy Halloween! ONLY 34 hours left to back! Vote more hexed bookish derpy colours.
16 days ago – Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 09:19:34 AM


Greetings hoarders,

Happy 🦇Halloween 🎃. 

Yesterday's poll was a nail-biter. It was so close, and there was a tie right up to the last minute. But I realized perhaps I could have presented it better as there were too many variations between the derpies & books/flames. So, I am recasting the votes for only the dragon colour and metal in this poll. 

I took your favourites, added black, and now you can vote for both the metal & final colours.
Choose between gold & silver metal. (tonight you will vote the book & flame)
There's 5 colour combos for the dragon. 

Gold metal:


Silver metal:


With the metal the text will be more visible, which was a concern for several of you.

And a teaser of what tonight's poll will include (and to show the metal contrast), here's what a 'finished' design will look like. Here's one of my personal favourite combos (because we don't have enough blue derpies yet! And I fell in love with the cool tones.):


But I love them all, and can't wait to see which derpy you will choose collectively!

Have a wonderful day.
Yours in art,
Therena

🐉📚☠️ Colourful derpies all around!☠️📚🐉Vote which colour the backer inspired derpy should be!
16 days ago – Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 08:09:17 PM


Greetings Hoarders,

The votes are in, and you guys selected the spell casting derpy as your favourite! Though the others all received a lot of love (and as such will likely make an appearance in the next campaign!)

Here is the "finished" line art for the magic derpy.

Now it's time to choose his colours! Here's 4 variations I played with. Keep in mind that the final 'shades' may vary as pins aren't always 100% the same as digital art. And I might tweak it to make it look better if the mock-ups don't look as good as I want. But, you get to choose where we start from! You can vote one of these or make suggestions in the comments by voting other. 


Tomorrow we will vote on metal colour once we know which ones you vote for today 🥰.

What happens if we don't reach the stretch goal, but you absolutely love this design? One of 2 things. First I'll make it a stretch goal in pledgemanager where if enough people buy it, I'll unlock it. Or, it'll be one of the bookish dragons coming in January!

So happy voting!

Yours in art,
Therena

PS: only 2 days left to get the mini skelly derpy for FREE when you pledge 3+ Pintober campaigns!

🐉📚☠️ Bookish Derplings and witches unite!
19 days ago – Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 05:46:51 PM


Greetings Hoarders,

The horde has spoken, and the vast majority of you loved the idea of a librarian derpy! Followed by the witch and warlock. With many wanting a combination of all the ideas 😅. 

So, I quickly sketched some concepts. These are even more rough than my typical sketches (max 3-5 mins a sketch) so they are by no means even close to complete. But there's enough that I think you can decide which direction you want the pin to take. 

And fear not if your favourite doesn't win. There's always the bookish derpies campaign in January! 

Without further ado, meet the hexed witchy librarian derpies!

Also, if you have ideas how we can push a certain idea please let me know in the comments!



So let me know which derpy you like most! I can't wait to hear your thoughts.

And I am 💯 open to feedback and ideas on any of the designs! I want to make this your derpy! So don't be shy! I might not be able to do your request, but if you don't ask, I definitely won't!

And we are so close to unlocking it too!
You can help spread the word to friends and family!

Until tomorrow.

Yours in art,
Therena

PS, check out the unlocked designs! If you are on the fence, consider this your call to adventure!