Greetings Hoarders,

So many of you avoided adulting yesterday! Well done, I am proud of you ^_^


The "anxiety" derpy will now join the hoard, scraping in by a single vote!


We are down to the last two Derpies. Which one will win the mood contest today? We still have one design locked, so choose wisely! The "X"-rayted one counts as two pins!


Fear not, we are close to unlocking the 11th Derpy. You can help by sharing the campaign with friends and family who loves dragons or needs more Derpies in their lives!

Today I am sharing TWO letters again!

Featuring two of my favourite Derpies. "Spells" and "Witchy librarian". (No imposter mirrored text in this one!)

This brings me to possibly my favourite page in the entire book. 

They say alliteration is bad in novels. But I love them. They roll off the tongue with a deliciousness you don't get elsewhere. And what better way is there to adult than by consuming copious amounts of caffiene and cookies and intentionally misspelling words just because you can? (You probably don't need to spell check this one - I guarantee you, it's wrong!)

This book is propably not for kids who still need to learn spelling...just saying... 

Creative lisence is the best! I think I will make a chocolate covered version of the fueled by creativity pin at some point. I love those colours more than the original. What do you think? He is a part of the original Derpy Dragon collection!

I can't wait to see who you vote for!

Until tomorrow my fellow over-worked, over-tired, and overwhelmed weirdlings!

Yours in art,
Therena

Greetings Hoarders,

Guess Monday was very productive for many of you! And the rest were mostly avoiding adulting by reading smut (You're my kind of people! Though I ended up writing smut instead of reading it...so maybe that counts?) or anxiously awaiting the weekend. Regardless, more of you were responsible adults! And so the "You've got Derpy Mail" pin is the next one to join the hoard! And in typical life fashion, your options are running low for the next poll! Who will be the next Derpy to join the hoard?


PLUS, I just noticed you guys unlocked the BONUS colouring page in the DUSKMELT Zine for my backers! So you will find not one, but TWO derpy dragon colouring pages! And you can earn more by commenting, liking and voting on polls and updates!

It has also been suggested that you guys *might* be interested in a possible derpy dragon colouring book in the future. If you think it's a good idea, let me know in the comments! I personally dislike colouring because I can never stay in the lines and always felt so restricted colouring someone else's art. Also, for many years colours was a real struggle as an artist. (ok it still is...) I always gravitated to Black and White/pencil sketches. Even now, ALL my art starts as a greyscale BW image! Even my full colour illustrations! But I digress.

Featuring my "tortured author" Derpy from the Bookish Derpy Dragon collection as well as the "Inspiring Quotes by Derpy Dragons" Derpy from the same series.

Available as pins during the campaign and stickers in pledgemanager.

I know that every artist/author/creative person struggles with imposter syndrome, even now I fight against that little voice telling me I am no good enough, I don't belong, I don't have formal art education, I am not worthy. I don't think it ever leaves, but what I can do is ignore it and keep creating despite its nagging negativity and keep learning and growing. I think for this very reason my next art will always be my favourite, and never something I already created. (Though currently my Medusa art is my favourite illustration I have ever drawn...until the next one)

Defining myself as an artist is really hard...espeicially when this is what I deal with on a daily basis:


Not even I know whether the day will bring derpy humor; characters talking to me, begging me to write their stories; or realistic time-consuming epic art. Sometimes I stress that people will only like one style of my art, and I feel compelled to somehow separate them. Only, I have tried that, and it's exhausting. So I decided that there is only one me, and I will just share all of me with the world. People can either accept my creative chaos or ignore the parts that don't resonate with them, because ultimately I create because the voice in my soul won't be silenced.

All this leads to the constant companion of Imposter Syndrome. But if you do like my art and want to join me on my creative journey, my Patreon is where I like to hang out between campaigns and where I share all my art.


Regardless of whether you like my silly derpies or my more realistic art, I am grateful you are here. And you inspire me to keep creating.

Until tomorrow! Yours in art,
Therena

Greetings Hoarders,

It's Monday! Yay! Or... maybe not. You'll have to tell me in the polls today how your Monday went.

In the meantime, let's celebrate our derailed, crazy lives together as you unlocked the derailed derpy dragon!



It was inspired by this meme:


Sounds about accurate, I think.
The funniest part was that when I drew the Derpy Dragon I didn't even realize that the train wasn't even on the track headed for the cliff! (My son pointed that detail out to me😅, I'm that derailed 😂)

Featuring the two Derpies most inspired by me. (Other than perhaps the weirdling derpy)
The one with the bandaid is part of the "Dungeons & Derpies" set, and the one on the book reading upside down is part of the original Derpies set. Hard mode derpy is also a full illustration art print! (One of my favourites)


Another fun fact, we named my new little sailboat "Hard Mode" after this Derpy. 

Well that's all for today. It's been a busy one!

Until tomorrow. Yours in art,
Therena

Greetings Hoarders,

You guys did it! You officially unlocked TEN Derpy Dragon designs! And in yesterday's poll, you voted that the "Hanging in there (barely) pin will join the hoard! It was a close one between that one and the X-ray-ted derpy.


But there is more! Since a new pin design joined mid-campaign, there are now ELEVEN designs you can unlock! Which one will you pick next? Vote in today's poll!



Also, I don't remember if I mentioned this in the last update, but returning backer sticker has been upgraded to a mini pin since we have more than 100 returning backers!

I might have had a lot of fun with the lettering on this one... Did you know that 98% of the lettering for this book was hand drawn by me? This gives it that authentic hand drawn look and is just one more way I am adding my artistic touch to the book ^_^. But this also means that I can't use spellcheck...so if you see any spelling mistakes please let me know! (Keep in mind I am using Canadian spelling)

This page features a derpy from my upcoming "Festive Derpies" campaign in November/December this year. The campaign will only run for 7 days, so don't miss out!



The second Derpy is from my Dungeons & Derpies campaign which just finished! It is the little "Derpy Master (DM) and avaialble in the Dungeon & Derpies set!

Which of the pages are your favourites so far?

Yesterday I finished one of my favourite illustrations I have ever drawn, and shared it on my Patreon (linked in the achievements). And if you like dragons, you should go check it out!




Well that was what I did this weekend. I'll be running a D&D campaign later today for my family, so lots of dragons this weekend. This art will be added to my Dark Muse Art book on Kickstarter.  I don't know exactly when it will launch, but you can follow it in the meantime ^_^

Hope you have a wonderful rest of your Sunday!

Until tomorrow. Yours in art,
Therena

Greetings Hoarders,

Happy weekend! What are you up to today?

I'm working on a personal dark art illustration, and loving getting lost in the details. Doing art for me is my personal cardboard box of avoidance... but at least it gets turned into something positive. (I'll share it on my Patreon once it's done. I am really proud of this piece!)

An overwhelming number of you said you were overwhelmed yesterday in the poll. So the mama derpy will now join the hoard!


I really like this little pin. As a mother of 3 kids I am no stranger to overwhelm 😅.

Today's letter is "F" is for Freaking out. Pretty appropriate as far as my current mood goes 😅.

The featured dragons are from my limited edition pin set "misadventures" which is part of the "Dungeons & Derpies" series.

I just love the little derpy's expression in this one. In my mind the Derpies are their own little species of dragon. Humanoid in mannerisms but draconic in features. (Wait... maybe they are a type of dragonborn 🤔)

Regardless of their species origin, I think we can all agree we love them because they are so relatable. 

For today I want you to tell me which derpy mood is you today. 

Until tomorrow!

Yours in art,
Therena