Hey astronomers!

Happy Valentine’s Day!!

Today’s update is quick. To celebrate Valentine’s Day, I wanted to share the sketch for the final kiss image - the one I’m sure we have all been waiting for!

These two finally made it to the makeout stage! 😳



They definitely look like they’re enjoying each other this romantic holiday, huh? Maybe we should give them some privacy…🤣

Once I have these both colored, I’ll be putting them all into the final photo strip format! I think all 4 are going to look so cute together!

I hope you all have a day full of love, chocolate…or whatever else you enjoy eating!

Cheers,
Rain

Hey Astronomers!

WE DID IT!! We ended the campaign with over $51k funding and I couldn't be happier with how this went. Y'all made this my best campaign yet and I am feeling very humbled and grateful to all of you. I know I say this every time, but I couldn't have gotten to this point without you all. 💖

With the campaign reaching over 500 backers AND over $50k funding, that means we did it - WE UNLOCKED THE LAST 2 SUNxMOON KISSES!! I will be the first to admit that I felt this goal structure was a bit silly but I wanted to be a little self-indulgent considering how well everything else went.

I really wanted to be done with at least the sketches of both the remaining images before the campaign finished, but alas, the good ol' executive dysfunction hit today. However I did manage to at least get the next sketch done!

So, for reaching 500 backers, here is the sketch of The Sun & The Moon kissing each other on the mouth!




Also, since we did end up reaching all 4 kiss goals, as promised, all 4 images will be turned into a physical printed photostrip, something akin to a bookmark. I'm looking into options for materials now and I hope to have more details soon. 

Now onto some very important post-campaign stuff!

Payments will start going through in the next 24 hours or so. PLEASE make sure your payment method is up-to-date and that you have the funds available for your pledge. If your payment is declined, you have 1 week to fix it on BackerKit, and after that you'll have to wait to fix it through the survey.

As a reminder, if you pledge & fail to pay for 3 successive campaigns of mine, I will contact BackerKit Trust & Safety and block you from participating in/pledging to any of my future campaigns. No exceptions.

Within the next couple weeks, you will receive a survey from me through BackerKit that you will need to fill out to tell me what pins you want to receive with your reward. For example, if you pledged for the Standard Pin tier, you will use the survey to choose which standard pin design you want to receive.

During the survey, you'll also:

Filling out your survey is MANDATORY and extremely important. If you don't fill out the survey, I can't send you your rewards, even if your payment went through.

As another reminder, I do not offer refunds for backers who fail to fill out their survey. You can see the campaign FAQ/Disclaimers section for more details about my refund policy.

That about does it for now - I'll try to have the final 2 kiss images and the final artwork for the foil art print done as soon as possible and I'll share it all when I can!

Thanks again for an incredible campaign, and talk to you again soon!

Cheers,
Rain

Hey Astronomers!

Only 1 day remains for Celestial Incarnations and I'm so excited with how this campaign has gone! It's my most funded yet and I'm honestly still reeling with how much funding we've raised.

This has been a fun 3 weeks with you guys and I'm really looking forward to bringing these pins to life.

I'd of course still love it if we could get to those final 2 goals in these final 24 hours, but even if we don't, this was still an INCREDIBLE campaign, and thank you all so much!

Since this has gone so well, I've gone ahead and decided to include a free Celestial Incarnations logo sticker for every physical pledge. This is something I've done for almost every campaign I've done on BackerKit, I know a logo sticker isn't much, but it's become something of a tradition, and I want to include it as a small thanks for supporting the campaign and my work. 💖



The sticker will be shiny reflective gold! Because of course I can't resist making everything shiny haha.

That's it for this update. I'm hoping that by the next update, I will finally have the foil print artwork finalized as well so I can show you all.

And...I might have one final surprise up my sleeve, but I won't spoil that yet!

If you haven't pledged yet, you still have time to here: Celestial Incarnations Enamel Pins

Thanks so much for being here, and have a wonderful rest of your week!

Cheers,
Rain

Hey astronomers!

We are about halfway through the campaign with 10 days remaining. The last week, the campaign has been fluctuating a lot with backers and funding so we are not really much closer to hitting our next "goals" yet, but we still have over a week left and I still think we can get there!

Sharing the project around is super helpful during this slow period of the campaign, and is very appreciated <3

Meanwhile, I have something really fun to share with you today! One of my Pintopia banner mates, Arcane Moon, surprised me yesterday with fanart of The Sun and The Moon! I was super surprised and did not expect this at all but gosh I love them so much!

Aren't they gorgeous?! Thanks so much Arcane Moon for giving me this surprise fanart, I love them so much!

Arcane Moon has her own campaign for Pintopia as well, Zodiac Goddesses! Let's go give her campaign some love and support as thanks for doing this amazing fanart 🤩

That's it for today, thanks for reading! 

Cheers,
Rain