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working on a transcript of the wizard maze quiz over on patreon that will also act as a map to get different endings. all patrons regardless of tier will get a copy of the transcript when it's finished, you can check it out and support the animals here if you're interested <|:•)
hey folks, there is now a wizard patreon !! if you are interested in behind the scenes stuff, WIPs, physical wizard mail, or supporting current and future wizard projects (and getting sneak peaks and first looks at those along the way), please check it out! you by no means have to join, this blog will remain active as the public face of wizards the animals, probably more so with the extra support <|:•) if you've enjoyed the maze, animal facts and sightings, silly art, or any other wiz biz, this is a place where you can say thanks and help support the animals and their future projects while getting some neat stuff in return. there's a lot of stuff in the works in the wizard's tower we're excited to work on and share! many, many thanks for the support, the wizard animal✨
hey late night 'zards... <|¦•)
tinkering around w making a patreon to support the animals and future projects, wanted to very softly launch it n see what people think. no need to reblog this, it's just for the night crowd. if all feels good will make a larger announcement post about it later, thank you sleepy wizards
what is the button machine? /gen
a few months ago i opened donations for a button making machine to make wizard buttons with, and folks here very generously donated toward that goal. anyone who donated was promised a free button of their choice before buttons are officially being sold, and i'm finally trying to get hold of everyone or ask them to get in touch with me so we can chat about which buttons they want.
you can peruse the #wizard info tag for previous posts, it's maybe 9 or 10 posts deep you'll start seeing posts about it
i'm ready to start production on buttons which means i am finally asking anyone who contributed to donations for the machine in august to get in touch for the free buttons promised !
you can fill out this form here to get in touch. once i hear from you i'll reach out with information and button designs you can choose from and keep folks updated about button and shipping progress.
buttons will be up for sale to the general public within the next couple of months, thanks all for your patience !
alternatively you can shoot me an email at wizardsisananimal@hotmail.com with the subject "button donation" and a screenshot of your donation, your preferred name or alias, and an address i can ship a button to and i will be in touch with additional details <|:•D
i'm ready to start production on buttons which means i am finally asking anyone who contributed to donations for the machine in august to get in touch for the free buttons promised !
you can fill out this form here to get in touch. once i hear from you i'll reach out with information and button designs you can choose from and keep folks updated about button and shipping progress.
buttons will be up for sale to the general public within the next couple of months, thanks all for your patience !
closing the wiz shop for a bit, all current orders are finished and i'll mail them this weekend. trying to figure out.. maybe some other way to do button and sticker sales etc since ko-fi routes through paypal and it took nearly 20% of what people paid me since it got marked as a business
anyone have ideas for sites/aps to use to do store stuff/commissions ? ko-fi/paypal's 20% thing is ludicrous not to mention misleading to people who buy stuff. i've heard venmo or cashap works but idk if they have as smooth of a store feature ?
closing the wiz shop for a bit, all current orders are finished and i'll mail them this weekend. trying to figure out.. maybe some other way to do button and sticker sales etc since ko-fi routes through paypal and it took nearly 20% of what people paid me since it got marked as a business
i said i'd make a post about this eventually, so here it is. i'm having major surgery next week and won't be able to use my arms fully for a while, likely weeks but it could be over a month; there's no way to anticipate exactly how recovery will go.
i scheduled stuff so i could get the 1st round of buttons out before surgery, but a housing emergency pushed the timeline back 3 weeks. if i were to try to squeeze in buttons now it would give me only 1 week to make and mail out buttons, on top of prep myself and my home for a big surgery. it is important that i be able to recover with minimal stress and that means not having button orders hanging over me the entire recovery. the timing is unfortunate, but i feel this is for the best so i don't rush recovery and nobody is waiting on button orders.
i will still be making and selling buttons sometime in the next few months, and anyone who donated to make the buttons possible will still get a free button once they are in production ! thanks all for the support i've already gotten it means a lot !
i am considering doing some sort of rough cut stickers this week if that's something people are interested in ? where i'd mail out wiz stickers that have been roughly cut that people would finish cutting out all the way themselves. i'd be able to pre-make and mail a set number of them which would be easier on my arms since i need to rest for surgery. (sticker examples:)
[ID: stickers depicting 3 legged animals with witch hats and speech bubbles that say "wizards is an animal." they are cut out roughly. end ID]
it was out of my control but i still feel bad i couldn't release the buttons this month and a number of people have asked for stickers and thought i could at least do this if people are interested
gonna drop some wiz stickers in a moment
i said i'd make a post about this eventually, so here it is. i'm having major surgery next week and won't be able to use my arms fully for a while, likely weeks but it could be over a month; there's no way to anticipate exactly how recovery will go.
i scheduled stuff so i could get the 1st round of buttons out before surgery, but a housing emergency pushed the timeline back 3 weeks. if i were to try to squeeze in buttons now it would give me only 1 week to make and mail out buttons, on top of prep myself and my home for a big surgery. it is important that i be able to recover with minimal stress and that means not having button orders hanging over me the entire recovery. the timing is unfortunate, but i feel this is for the best so i don't rush recovery and nobody is waiting on button orders.
i will still be making and selling buttons sometime in the next few months, and anyone who donated to make the buttons possible will still get a free button once they are in production ! thanks all for the support i've already gotten it means a lot !
i am considering doing some sort of rough cut stickers this week if that's something people are interested in ? where i'd mail out wiz stickers that have been roughly cut that people would finish cutting out all the way themselves. i'd be able to pre-make and mail a set number of them which would be easier on my arms since i need to rest for surgery. (sticker examples:)
[ID: stickers depicting 3 legged animals with witch hats and speech bubbles that say "wizards is an animal." they are cut out roughly. end ID]
it was out of my control but i still feel bad i couldn't release the buttons this month and a number of people have asked for stickers and thought i could at least do this if people are interested
i said i'd make a post about this eventually, so here it is. i'm having major surgery next week and won't be able to use my arms fully for a while, likely weeks but it could be over a month; there's no way to anticipate exactly how recovery will go.
i scheduled stuff so i could get the 1st round of buttons out before surgery, but a housing emergency pushed the timeline back 3 weeks. if i were to try to squeeze in buttons now it would give me only 1 week to make and mail out buttons, on top of prep myself and my home for a big surgery. it is important that i be able to recover with minimal stress and that means not having button orders hanging over me the entire recovery. the timing is unfortunate, but i feel this is for the best so i don't rush recovery and nobody is waiting on button orders.
i will still be making and selling buttons sometime in the next few months, and anyone who donated to make the buttons possible will still get a free button once they are in production ! thanks all for the support i've already gotten it means a lot !
finalizing button designs, made a quick survey to get some feedback from folks before i choose the final designs and start doing tests. if you'd like a peek at possible button designs and to help give some feedback you can fill it out here, thanks ! <|:•)✨
if you donated to the button-maker fund on kofi would you still be able to get a free button once the shop is open? how would one go about that? tysm I love these little animals
absolutely !! whole point was that you weren't donating without getting anything in return <|:•D anyone who donated to the button maker fund will get a free button on top of whatever you order. i can make a separate post about this or reblog this one a few times w updated info, but before buttons launch i'll make an announcement (and circulate it frequently) asking folks to email me or message me w a receipt of their donation and i'll give them the list of buttons to choose from. might do a thing where i open up sales to folks who donated before the general public so that i can make sure to get those orders sorted out first, still working that out
i'm also working with a real weird schedule right now because (and i'll make a separate post about this) i'm getting surgery mid october and won't be able to use my arms for 4-10 weeks. it's weird timing but nothing i can do about that ! so trying to figure out if i should do a limited launch so i can mail everything out before my surgery but to fewer people, or if i should delay buttons until after i'm recovered enough to make and ship them which would be well into November or December, which would get complicated w the postal system being overwhelmed at that time of year. thoughts are welcome here but again ill make a separate post at some point w more info.
finalizing button designs, made a quick survey to get some feedback from folks before i choose the final designs and start doing tests. if you'd like a peek at possible button designs and to help give some feedback you can fill it out here, thanks ! <|:•)✨
updated the link with an additional question that answers pricing questions a couple people had
finalizing button designs, made a quick survey to get some feedback from folks before i choose the final designs and start doing tests. if you'd like a peek at possible button designs and to help give some feedback you can fill it out here, thanks ! <|:•)✨
taking a poll real quick on what button styles people are most interested in over here (link). options are speech bubble with text, wrap around text, no text, or both speech and text. if you prefer both with and without text, let me know in the replies if you have a text style preference (bubble or wrap around) or like all 3. here's an example image of a button design, altho placement of text isn't finalized.
[ID: 3 circular button designs depicting some hedges with a white, 3 legged animal standing beneath them wearing a witches hat and smiling. the first design has a speech bubble with "wizards is an animal." in it, the second has the text "wizards is an animal." wrapped around with "wizards is" on top and "an animal." on bottom. the last button has no text, just the animal under the hedges. /end ID]
adding some tests i did of both versions with text. personally i think the wrap around text is more readable but wanted to see what people were interested in