Professionally Silly Art

Since you all voted for Ashley to be featured in the next update, here’s some more info about her!

Ashley is super nice and talkative and tries to get along with everyone! She knows the best way to cheer someone up and gets stressed when she can’t be the one to mediate an argument. If you’re looking for her, she’s probably at the mall! She loves the variety of different stores and food vendors. Similar to Jessica, her style is also influenced by teen magazines. (but from the 90s this time!) she loves bright colors and busy patterns. Ashley can be seen as childish at times but she can’t help her love for handheld video games and collecting stickers. She really admires Lisa’s talents and likes to play games with Jessica. 

Im going to include another poll so you can pick which character you want to learn more about next! Feel free to ask any other questions in the comments as well :)

I’m super grateful for everyone who decided to support me! Whether you’ve been following my project, said hi to me at a convention, or pledged, your excitement around my art means the world to me 🫂 

I was being kind of a downer in my last update but there’s still things to celebrate.
We hit 1k! That’s a lot for my first crowdfunding campaign. And I couldn’t have done it without you!
We have 50 backers! That’s a lot of people 🥳 

And now, we’re 85% funded! That’s super close. We’re also super close to “unlocking” Ashley! I know she’s a lot of your guys’ favorite 😊 (even though technically all 6 pins will unlock at once.. oops) 

I also want to start sharing some backstories behind Decade Dogs and all six characters. 

Originally the pin designs were feral (on four legs) dogs but the designs were a little too complicated for a first timer like me so I turned them into the stickers instead! You can get those designs as either a pledge or an add on to your existing pledge. 

Anyway, I used my choice in design change to incorporate a third interest of mine on top of animals and different time periods: fashion!
The characters being anthropomorphic lets me dress them up in their unique clothing styles.

I collect fashion dolls and toys so some big inspirations for these character designs are Pinkie Cooper, Littlest Pet Shop, and Bratz.

And since Jessica was the most voted for on the last poll, I’m going to share some information on her here. 

Her style is influenced by clothes I found in ads for cassette players and fashion in real magazines from the 80s! I also wanted her clothes to let her move around easily since she’s the sportiest of the group. She can get real competitive when she’s skateboarding or playing video games at the arcade. Her intensity can make her kind of intimidating but i promise she’s a real softie and is always there for her friends. :) 

I hope i can flesh out these characters some more as time goes on. Originally I wanted to make a small zine or mini comic that people could purchase as an add on and learn more about my characters. I’m still coming up with the Decade Dog’s origin story and I didn’t want to rush the process. As always, you can follow me on my socials to stay updated on things like that and when I do finish it, I’ll have it available on my regular online shop and at conventions so I can yap about my characters in person.

I’m including a poll here so you can choose which character you want to be highlighted in the next update! Feel free to ask any questions in the comments.

Again, thank you so so much for your support and for reading another long update 

Hey everyone, this isn’t the announcement I wanted to make but I should be honest about my mistakes and there are a lot of them 😬

The biggest one, I misunderstood how to set a goal for my enamel pin campaign. What I should have done was set the goal to fund the first one or two pins and had the rest of them be optional stretch goals. What I actually did was set the goal to be the highest amount needed- the amount to fund all six pins. And the goal can’t be changed so unless I make $242, (or more to cover cancelations and payment failures) Backerkit goals are all or nothing which I didn’t know before starting so there’s a chance I might not make any of these pins.
I could talk to Backerkit, get my project taken down, and then relaunch but I think that’s more trouble than it’s worth honestly. 
I feel really embarrassed because I’ve been hyping up my first enamel pin project on every single platform and I’ve been super excited about it ever since I had the idea to create it.

I really hate asking people for money in times like these but that’s kind of what crowdfunding is 😭hopefully after this, I won’t have to ask any of this again. 
If you haven’t pledged already, there’s 15 days left so anyone who wants to still has time!

What you can do: share/repost my posts about my enamel pin campaign on any platform you can. 

I’m mentally preparing myself to admit that my success is not guaranteed and this kind of thing is probably above my skill level but also I don’t want to quit. I’m currently trying to figure out a way where I can pay the rest of this out of pocket since Backerkit doesn’t let creators pledge to their own projects. 

Sorry for the super long announcement. Thanks everyone for all your support. I appreciate every single one of you!! <3

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/professionally.silly.art?igsh=N2hnZngwYzQ3emVo&utm_source=qr

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@professionally.silly.art?_r=1&_t=ZP-93Qh1CKqqQY

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/psaart.bsky.social

Hello, everyone! I’m super grateful for all the support I’ve gotten so far with this project! We have two more pins to unlock and 16 DAYS LEFT!!! please pledge if you haven’t already! Sharing or reposting any of my posts on any platform helps a bunch!!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/professionally.silly.art?igsh=N2hnZngwYzQ3emVo&utm_source=qr

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@professionally.silly.art?_r=1&_t=ZP-93Qh1CKqqQY

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/psaart.bsky.social

Plus you can always directly share the link to Decade Dogs/my Backerkit 
We can do this, yall! 

I really appreciate everyone’s support so far!! It means a lot to me :3 we’ve just got 2 more goals to reach so it would be amazing if you shared my social media posts and this campaign with anyone who might enjoy it.
@professionally.silly.art on Instagram and tik tok
@psaart.bsky.social on Bluesky

All my other art is available for sale on professionallysillyart.com/shop

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