The spinosaurus, ferret, and bearded vulture pin + magnet set designs are all done! Now there are only 2 more designs to go: the dragon and the mystery set! The dragon might be the hardest one since I don't have a specific design to work off of. Limitless possibilities can be intimidating sometimes!

What do you think the mysterious animal + food is? I am torn between thinking it is something no one will be able to guess and thinking it will seem painfully obvious once it's actually announced. I will give you a hint: it's an omnivore with insects as a primary protein source!

Since there's just over a month to go I'm trying to get everything locked in to final appearances. The collab pin cannibal unicorn got a very slight update! The unicorn itself is unchanged, but I made the fur on the meat white so it will pop better when actually attached to the unicorn, and I simplified the colors so it looks less like one of those simon games from the 90s.

Have you seen the design that AsherBee is going to be offering for the Rude Moods campaign? It is a gorgeous 8purple werewolf with some glow in the dark elements! I hope you will consider backing both of us to get these because they're gonna be so pretty

If you're going to be attending Midwest Furfest 2026 we're going to be vending there! You can find us at booth Q3. We're gonna have TONS of plush looking for homes, including plenty of our popular giant werewolves, grub bags, and kobolds!

I've been working on doing sizing tests for the completed pin designs and should hopefully have those on hand at the table to show what the true size of these will be. I will try to bring them to other shows before the campaign wraps up too.

Other conventions we will be attending before the campaign ends:

I would like to make the size tests available as a digital download so you can print them out at home and see the estimates yourself even if you're not heading to any of those conventions!! Before I head out, here's a reminder that early reservations for the campaign are open to secure your free Guz + Potion pin and magnet set! I have my work cut out for me so you likely won't hear from me for a little bit after this update. Next time I should be popping back in with a dragon to share, but until then farewell!

Do you already know you want to back Gnawesome Predators? If you already have plans you might as well get a freebie! Folks following the campaign before launch will get a free mini potion magnet with their items, and if you reserve your spot before launch you will get a free Guz pin too! Together that makes a free set.

Guz is about 2.5in in size (which is a pretty big pin, try looking at a ruler to understand the scale!) and both they and the potion are very colorful! They feature some screen printed markings and are the same high quality hard enamel as the other campaign critters. If you do not know, Guz is our mascot! They are a member of an original species known as Potion Dragons, silly, slippery creatures born spontaneously from cauldrons with active brews.

If you do not reserve your spot a Guz + Potion set will still be available to purchase separately, but they are more expensive than a regular set. Special pin sets (Guz and the Cannibal Unicorn) are $45, so I highly recommend backing our amazing partner campaign for the unicorn and reserving for Guz.



A couple other fun things! The coyote pin art got updated. I woke up and hated it so I relined it completely. You know how it is! New is on the right, original on the left. Tho looking at it now I'm realizing the hind leg changed color whoops. Gotta fix that!

I'm also working on making new bag designs for Carrion Baggage: Second Bite which will be launching about a month after Pintopia ends! I've been shy about sharing designs in detail as someone has, to put it politely, taken strong, direct inspiration from the Carrion Baggage line for their own bags. To the extent that not only is calling it taking inspiration very generous, but I am also worried about someone using my shared concept art before I can. These two bags are already in prototyping and my partner manufacturers are on alert for unauthorized use of my work, so hopefully sharing this small amount is safe.

A sardine tin bag and a cracked quail egg bag! The tin has sardines printed inside and the egg has a the zipper hidden in the crack, along with a yolk drip reminiscent of the trash can bag's ooze.

Carrion Baggage: Second Bite will also have an early follower and early reserve award, so if you'd like a unique bag to display your pins on in the future I suggest following! I'll be sharing about Carrion Baggage: Eat-A Bags along the way too if that's more your thing!



Anyway! Back to Midwest Furfest prep for me. Come say hi if you attend, I will have the Second Bite prototypes with their updatde hardware and I might have my pin sizing test sheets on hand if you want a good idea of the size for the Gnawesome Predators pins!