Your Friend is Sad by Jason Anarchy

Pledged: $55 CAD + $10 CAD shipping
Rewards: Physical card game, Print and play, “Life Meeple”, Surprise slip cover, Die-cut sticker, All reached stretch goals
Kickstarter start date: June 8, 2020
Kickstarter funded on: July 9, 2020
Estimated delivery date: March 2021

Context:

I recognized some of the artists behind this card game project, including Shen Comix, Extra Fabulous Comics, KC Green, Explosm (Cyanide & Happiness), Mr. Lovenstein, etc., so I decided to back this card game as they were involved.

Result:

TBA.

Inkulinati – a turn-based strategy with medieval animals by Yaza Games

Pledged: $15 USD
Rewards: Digital copy of the game (Steam), Name in credits, Wallpapers, Thank You email from developers
Kickstarter start date: May 27, 2020
Kickstarter funded on: June 26, 2020
Estimated delivery date: June 2021

Context:

The game’s art style looked neat, with medieval animals fighting each other, so I decided to back this project.

Result:

TBA.

Commission of Walrusmedia: Ink

Paid: $51.18 AUD
Commission: A low-poly, rigged and textured 3D model of my OC, Ink.
Date of order: May 26, 2020
Date due: June 3, 2020
Date of delivery: June 1, 2020

Context:

I was looking around Fiverr for someone who could make a low-poly version of my character Ink for my video game Weathered Wasabi Warehouse. I settled on Walrusmedia after seeing other low-poly characters they made.

Result:

This is how the low-poly model turned out. They even took creative liberties to add an ice-cold light-blue tail. Very cool!

Commission of Shiftybeans: Ink

Paid: $71.26 AUD
Commission: A detailed and rigged 3D model of my OC, Ink.
Date of order: May 26, 2020
Date due: May 28, 2020
Date of delivery: September 3, 2020

Context:

I was looking around Fiverr for someone who could translate The-F0X’s key art of my character Ink into a 3D model. I settled on Shiftybeans after seeing their work and saw their usage/knowledge of Unreal Engine.

Result:

The following model was delivered, but due to reasons, could not be textured or rigged. Still a good job, regardless!

Colors Live with Pressure-Sensitive Pen for Nintendo Switch by Jens Andersson

Pledged: 565 SEK
Rewards: Nintendo eShop Code for the game, Colors SonarPen with choosable cable color, Colors SonarPen carrying pouch, Colors Live beta access for Windows, Private developer forums access, 3x Superlikes in Colors Gallery, Name in the credits, “Patron” gallery badge, “Backer” gallery badge
Kickstarter start date: May 13, 2020
Kickstarter funded on: June 12, 2020
Estimated delivery date: August 2020

Context:

Heard about this Nintendo Switch sequel to the Nintendo DS/3DS series of art-making apps from scrolling through news on Google and Twitter. It also comes with a pressure-sensitive pen for the Switch’s touch screen this time around, so I figured I’d try it out.

Result:

The game was distributed digitally via Nintendo eShop code, and I received my Colors SonarPen in mid-November 2020. Here are the contents of the box containing the pen:

And here is my name in the credits:

NeonWabbit’s name in the credits of Colors! Live. Listed in pink as “Darien Brice Dickinson”.

Aqua Deck – The Invisible Playing Cards by Make Playing Cards – MPC

Pledged: HK$ 150
Rewards: Deck of clear/waterproof cards
Kickstarter start date: May 8, 2020
Kickstarter funded on: June 22, 2020
Estimated delivery date: July 2020

Context:

From scrolling through Kickstarter, I saw that MPC (a company that I’ll later ask to produce the cards for my own upcoming card games such as F0X Trumps and Studio RGB-Newt’s Shipment) had a campaign for a see-through set of waterproof playing cards, and I figured I could grab a deck.

Result:

The cards arrived in the latter half of 2020, and they look like this!

Aqua deck card pack with the Ace of Spades partially slid out.

Protodroid DeLTA by Adam Kareem

Pledged: $15 USD
Rewards: Digital copy of the game, Name in the credits
Kickstarter start date: April 30, 2020
Kickstarter funded on: TBA
Estimated delivery date: November 2021

Context:

Someone on a Discord server I’m on randomly shared a link to this Kickstarter, and I decided to back it after seeing its animated art style, and that it’d be similar to some Mega Man games.

Result:

TBA.

How to THINK when you DRAW BOOK 3 +REPRINTING SOLD OUT BOOKS by Lorenzo Etherington

Pledged: £50 (+£22 shipping)
Rewards: “How to THINK When You DRAW Vol. 3” hardcover, “How to THINK When You WRITE” hardcover
Kickstarter start date: April 28, 2020
Kickstarter funded on: June 4, 2020
Estimated delivery date: November 2020

Context:

My brother owns the earlier volumes in this series of art and writing tutorial books, so I figured I should get the rest.

Result:

The two new books arrived earlier than the estimated delivery date above!

Here they are on the shelf next to my brother’s copies of Volumes 1 & 2.

They also included an alphabetical Table-of-Contents for all three volumes!

Commission of Gekikara: The-F0X’s Carin (NSFW)

Paid: $20 USD
Commission: A black-and-white drawing of The-F0X’s OC, Carin.
Date of payment: March 22, 2020

Context:

While Gekikara was doing the first commission I asked of him, I also asked him to make a specific image involving The-F0X’s OC, Carin, in a risqué situation.

Result:

The final image was delivered on March 22, 2020 and payment was then made.

It can be found on his @Tomboy_sama Twitter account (NSFW) here.