Queer & Here Pin Collection

Hey all,

Just dropping a new unlocked design. I did read the comments and I am working on a Queer Enough pin, but it's still in the works.

These cakes are 1.6 inches in width and come in a gold plated or a black nickel plated. The gold plated features black glitter, and the black nickel cake features a white holo glitter.

Hey all,

I am once again asking for your design ideas! I have been in a real design rut lately, and I can't seem to shake it. It's not that I am not passionate about this campaign or these designs, but work/life has been busy and stressful and the creativity is just not flowing. I'm also in the process of switching up ADHD meds, and that has been a fun little choose your own adventure (not in a good way either). 

I've attached a poll with some design ideas, please feel free to vote in the poll, or leave a comment with any ideas. I have read the suggestions from the last post and I love them, and as you can see some of them were added. Keep in mind that BackerKit only allows you to choose one option on the poll, so feel free to state your other options in the comments.

Here are some challenges I'm running into in terms of designing for this campaign:
- Some suggestions are very specific - this isn't a bad thing though, it's just that in terms of pin manufacturing and minimum order quantities, I have to ensure a design is going to sell enough to be able to meet the MOQ.
- Creating a pin specific to one identity/orientation causes some guilt? Someone may request a pin that's specific only to bisexuals, or nonbinary folk, etc. - and I'm not opposed to making those pins, but I then feel like I've left out other identities and orientations. But hey, if you really want a specific Bi pin (just an example) just keep leaving a shoutout in the comments and maybe I can make it happen. Even if a design doesn't make it to this campaign, it doesn't mean the idea doesn't go on an ongoing list for future pins.
- It's really hard to make a pride pin without throwing in all the colors of the rainbow, and I don't want every single pin to just be a rainbow. ಠ_ಠ
- Pronoun pins - I'm still thinking about it, but it's complicated. I just don't know how to make one for all the possible combinations without leaving some out.

Design Re-colors

I am putting another poll together about possibly taking a previous design and doing a recolor for all the orientations/identites.

Let me know what you want to see and I'll see what I can do to make it happen!


 

Okay so I'm back with some updated designs for the Respect Pronouns Pin. Both designs feature the same saying, but in two different designs.

It's unfortunate the last design was lost, but hopefully you enjoy these new ones more!


Beautiful Day Pin

The Beautiful day pin features a similar retro character as the last design. This time around I went with a sun instead of a heart, because it kind of goes with the beautiful day theme. This pin has a translucent blue sky (meaning light will pass through the blue parts), and a glitter accented sun. The text will be opaque white and screen printed over the blue.



Respect Pronouns

For those of you who aren't a fan of the retro character, you can get the same saying on a simpler design. The respect Pronouns design comes in either a silver or gold plated with black glitter, or a black nickel plated with white glitter. The stars on each of these designs are screen printed. 

Yesterday I posted an image and asked everyone to vote on whether they wanted to see it as a pin or not. If you checked out the poll then you know the majority was yes. However, later that day I accidentally closed that file in Illustrator without saving it, and lost the entire design (not a fun time). This means I lost my vector, which is what the factory uses to make pins. Now it's not possible for me to recreate the design, and I'm going to, but slightly differently. The wording is the best part and the essential part of the design, the cartoon character was me trying something new. I'm not opposed to the cartoon character, I thought they were cute, but I wan't to rework the design. Sooo, I'm going back to the drawing board and when I come back I'll have a newer design (with the same wording), and fully fleshed out sticker designs as well.

Please don't ask me why I didn't name the file and save it before closing the tab...

Hey Y'all,

I came up with this design on a whim last night, and wanted to know if y'all think it should be added as a design. As you can see it's not done in my usual tattoo flash style, but just trying something new.