PFPDF Update!
over 1 year ago
– Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 02:01:01 PM
As of this moment, this campaign is now 333% funded! Thank you all so much! Some updates to the campaign:
Finalized the variants that will be available at $3.5k, $4k, and $4.5k. Each will have a gold plated finish and alternate colors with a soft, pearlescent shimmer finish. The mock-ups are available below!
Additionally, I'm nearly complete with the line art for the Smilodon print that has now been unlocked! The final artwork will be available August 4th. Here's a peek at the progress:
So, why the smilodon? Mostly on a personal level, they're simply my favorite extinct animal, and I have a lot of great memories attached to them. When I was young living in southern California my family would take my fossil-obsessed self to the La Brea Tar Pits often where thousands of these awesome creatures were found, alongside other extinct mammals of their day. The George C. Page Museum is next to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art If you've never been there, there's some awesome sculpture and relief artwork outside the museums. (You can read more about the LACMA and Page Museum's exterior installations here.) I remember smelling the tar lake pit as we'd drive down Wilshire Boulevard. In the illustration, I imagined a (possibly inaccurate) large cat walking among tall, ancient sequoias - Sequoia and Redwoods also being a fond childhood memory of mine. Essentially, these animals coupled with poppies and tall trees feel like home to me.
Scientists believe from fossil bones the smilodon could roar similar to a modern-day lion's roar, although much louder.
The smilodon has no direct descendants today.
The teeth can reach up to 11 inches in length, about the same length as a tyrannosaur tooth.
On average the animal may have weighed over 650 lbs. Largest of the species may have weighed nearly 900 lbs. and stood nearly 40 inches tall.
The Smilodon is one of over 100 species of saber-toothed cats, or the felidae subfamily Machairodontinae. Other saber-toothed cats include Dinofelis and Homotherium.
All rewards unlocked!
over 1 year ago
– Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 12:01:09 PM
Hell yeah! Thank you all for making this all possible! This update is going to be short and quick.
As mentioned in the previous update, I will be including some add-ons to this campaign. The add-ons are outlined below, as well as the main campaign page.
[$3000 TO UNLOCK] - SABERTOOTH ILLUSTRATION - 8"x10" print of Smilodon californicus among poppies. Sketch will be available soon!
[$3500 TO UNLOCK] - Alternate colors of the Smilodon californicus (Sabertooth cat) and poppies pin.
[$4000 TO UNLOCK] - Alternate colors of the Megaloceros giganteus (Irish Elk) and shamrocks pin.
[$4500 TO UNLOCK] - Alternate colors of the Entelodon and scabiosa comosa pin.
[$5000 TO UNLOCK] - NEW PIN - Megalodon and Orange Blossoms.
Thank you all again, so much, for all your support on this project. There's still a lot of time left for this - feel free to share this campaign! Next post will be sharing some cool facts about the creatures featured in this campaign.
Wishing you all a great week!
First 36 hours
over 1 year ago
– Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 10:08:24 AM
Wow. This took off REALLY strong. Again, I can't thank everyone enough who has pledged, shared this project, all of it. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
In the first 36-ish hours we've unlocked all but one pin and the print. That leaves only one pin remaining in the set - Epicyon heydeni and the saguaro blossom. Isn't that amazing? Since the momentum keeps going on this project, I will include add-ons like an additional illustration (or two), pin varieties... I will be out of town to vendor at a wine and metal festival (hell yeah!) over the weekend, so I will be back Monday with an update to add-ons.
Thank you all again, wishing you a wonderful weekend!
100% in 12 hours!
over 1 year ago
– Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 01:26:57 PM
Wow!! Thank you so much for a wonderful first 12 hours! That means the initial set of 3 pins will be produced and we are well on our way for the art print to be available - just $70 away from our next goal!
Massive megafauna-sized THANK YOU to everyone who has pledged and passed (and still sharing!) this around!
