Snughouls Series 3

Happy Friday, critters!

I apologize for my absence yesterday. I underestimated how many submissions there were to go through (over 300 as of today!!) and so it took me a good while to get the drive fully updated.

‼️ALL DESIGN A SNUGHOUL ENTRIES‼️
(if you don't see your design in the drive, you can bump your email so I see it 💖)

The creativity on display here is truly unmatched-- you guys are incredible! I feel like its important to say this now: if your design isn't chosen to be one of the finalists, it is absolutely NOT a quality issue. There are many things that factor into our decision, like having a wide variety of snughoul species, themes and colors in the final poll, snuggliness, our ability to translate a design into a plush with as few changes as possible, and so on.

That said, it's still going to be a tremendous struggle to narrow it down to just 5, which is why I'm increasing the finalist count to 6! It's still gonna be a struggle, but I really wanna highlight as many of your awesome designs as I can 😅

Don't forget, SUBMISSIONS CLOSE AT 10PM CST, TOMORROW 10/25‼️‼️‼️
 
Polls will open on the 26th, and in the interest of fairness there will be two rounds of voting. The first round will consist of the 6 finalists, and then the two designs who receive the most votes will go head to head in a final poll to decide which one becomes the physical plush!

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NOW, I would be remiss not to mention we're less than 3k away from unlocking the pink guardian lion??? 😲 We got this in the bag, critters!!

Did you notice we're only 94 backers away from unlocking the gold foil adoption certificates too? AAAA! I wouldn't be surprised if we hit our goal before the end of the weekend 🎉🎉🎉

Happy hump day, my friends! 

First off, I received an awesome surprise today-- the gold foil adoption certificate samples arrived and they're SO COOL! The gold has a beveled edge, making it look somewhat like a wax stamp and I love it so much??? I was NOT expecting them to be so tactile and fun, but I'm really glad I took the plunge and had them made 💖

We're also only 150 backers away from unlocking them for everybody, so let's gooo! 🎉🎉🎉

And now for the real meat of this update-- EVERYTHING we've unlocked over the past 3 weeks, in one place! It's even more impressive when its all on one page 😍

‼️Remember you'll make your selections post-campaign when the surveys go out.‼️

While not all items will be sampled before the campaign ends, surveys will remain open and editable until everything is finalized! At no point will you be locked into an item or plush that no longer speaks to you.

Contest updates coming tomorrow, and the five finalists will be revealed this Sunday! Get those submissions sent in if you haven't already 💖

The jersey devil is OFFICIALLY unlocked!! Thank you so much, critters! 🎉🎉🎉

With 10 days to go, I think we have time for a couple more stretch goals so last but certainly not least, let's welcome the pink guardian lion and patchwork bat!! For anyone concerned we might not hit these goals, please remember preorder store sales also count towards the final tally 😉 We'll get there, it's just a matter of when!

Incidentally, I also finished the artwork for an adorable capricorn accessory! This is now available as a keychain, sticker, and enamel pin 🥹 Which cryptid would you like to see receive the accessory treatment next?
 


Tomorrow I have a round up planned to go over everything we've unlocked so far, so stay tuned!

The notdeer is (almost) done!! I've made some tiny edits to these photos to reflect the final changes (they used the wrong nose shape mainly), but the actual plush will look pretty much exactly like this!

I love them and their creepy aura, and can't wait to start on the watchful notdeer next  🥹



We're also less than 2k away from the Jersey Devil now, yippee!! 

I've been a bit under the weather over the weekend, but I'm sitting on a lot of new ideas for illustrations and hope to get back to drawing/sharing more concepts with everyone shortly 💖 Our 2000 backer reward sample should also be finished and delivered later this week (currently being printed and packed!) so we have some fun GIFs to look forward to in the next several days.

See you in the next update, critters!

Critters!! I received the final Nessie photos last night! This sample should be on the way home to me soon so I can get some better photos and flop them around like the adorable water puppy they are 🙏



I also heard your feedback in the last update, and have some new notdeer merch to share! This will be available as a keychain, sticker and pin (excluding the background). I adore how this weird lil guy turned out, and should have a plush version to share tomorrow as an added bonus! 🦌🔦



And remember, we're only 4k away from unlocking the Jersey Devil!! Let's get this critter unlocked so they can officially join the snughoul fam 💖