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Famous Animals (and Insects) of Science 3.0

Created by Vipi Ink

Famous Animals of Science is BACK with NEW paddle boarding dogs, glasses wearing insects and animals cloned back from extinction?! Learn about more animals and insects in this 3.0 series!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Campaign End Update: Funding, Stretch Goals, Important Upcoming dates!
5 months ago – Sat, Feb 14, 2026 at 07:00:29 PM

Hello, and thank you all for making this campaign my most successful to date! 🎉 

I wanted to post this as an update to the campaign instead of an email so you all could reference it should you have any questions later or just want to check in on things. I'm sure if you've pledged to multiple campaigns in Pintopia you have had a fair share of emails in the last couple of days, which is why I wanted to wait for things to calm down before sending this one. 

Funding & Errored pledges

First, the last 48 hours have had mostly successful pledge collection for this project. If you had your pledge error out for any reason, Backerkit automatically will reach out to you directly within this coming week to correct it. If the problem is on your financial institution's side you likely just need to confirm the charge is legitimate with them. Should the pledge remain unsuccessfully posted after Backerkit's attempts, don't worry! I am keeping all the Backerkit pricing the same for the preorder store. If you missed out somehow you can still get Backerkit pricing that way. However, there was about $500 in errored pledges which puts us significantly further from our final stretch goal. 

Stretch Goals

I'll be keeping an eye on the errored pledge amount and if it can be significantly recovered, that will help with funding the Speaking Dogs pin. I still want to make sure this last Backer's Choice design has the possibility for funding and creation, so I will be adding it to the preorder store and pledge manager. You can add this design on to your pledge there. If you are in a complete/inclusive tier, this design will be included automatically, just like the other stretch goals in the campaign. Right now I've estimated there would need to be about 10 sticker preorders and 20 pin preorders to fund this design, so that is what I've set the preorder goal to within the preorder store and pledge manager. As errored pledges are corrected, these numbers will be adjusted down to reflect funding needed.  

Artwork & Pin Designs

This week I will be finishing up the artwork for the last stretch goal designs to add to the graphics for the preorder store and pledge manager. Between the end of the campaign and Valentine's Day (a busy time for me as someone who sells Valentines) I slowed down this week, but I'm glad to say I'm sketching our favorite cow Veronika right now! This possibility was built into my project timeline and surveys are still set to go out in the next two weeks. 

Timeline: Important Upcoming Dates

TL;DR here's the whens
February 17-21 Backerkit emails about errored pledges, second charge attempt
February 18-25 Artwork Update posted to Backerkit with final stretch goal designs
February 25-28 Smoke Test Surveys go out, upon success all surveys go out (date depends on success)
March 1-31 My website Bi-Annual Sale & Coloring Contest! Everything on my website will be 30% off for the month of March, Vaulted Limited Edition variants will be available, last year's Coloring Contest winning pins will be available, and this year's coloring contest will be OPEN FOR ENTRY! The coloring contest is free to enter, and the winning design, chosen by popular vote, will be produced. This year I'm adding The Harmonic Future Wolf, Ancient Cave Cheetahs, Video Dogs, and Tigers Set as options to color and make your own variant! All the details will be on the Coloring Contest page on my website next week, February 18th. 

I'm so excited to start making these designs a reality! My next update will have art in it for you next week. 
 
Thank you all again for your support! 
Starr Vipi

It's the final few hours! Here's a Komodo Dragon Skull for you!
5 months ago – Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 08:31:43 PM

Hello!
So sorry I didn't post anything the last couple of days I got sick. 🙃 Of course the two designs I was working on were some of the more complex of the campaign, but the Armored Komodo Dragons design is complete!



He looks very cool, I'm super happy with him. If it looks like he has too many teeth that's because Komodo Dragons replace some of their teeth while others are permanent. You can see the permanent teeth are attached to the bone of the jaw.

The Cheetahs are more complex so they are taking me longer to finish. I try to get any anatomy as close to accurate as I can and anything involving bones I need soooo many references for. As you can imagine, there's a bunch of diagrams and museum references of running cheetah skeletons, sitting cheetahs not so much. I do get actual scientists who buy my art on occasion so it's important to me that I represent their field as accurately as possible, and that detail takes time. I hope that I can finish them before the campaign ends, but if the design is revealed later you will still have access to the backerkit pricing in your survey! I am still so very grateful to those of you who already added them to your pledge, you are so awesome!



Cows! Dogs! I will be working on these designs also, but they will for sure be revealed after the campaign is over, just due to time constraints. I am getting over my illness at this point but it is still slowing me down cognitively so I am not going to attempt to summarize research until I'm able to do so well. 

Home stretch now, thank you again for your support!
Starr Vipi

Cows! Cheetahs! Maybe ONE MORE STRETCH GOAL???
5 months ago – Mon, Feb 09, 2026 at 03:02:18 PM

I can't believe there's 72 hours left in this campaign! So much has been unlocked and it wouldn't have been possible without your support! Thank you for your engagement with this project, it is so meaningful to see you all vote and make suggestions, and read the papers. My sister and I have a saying, "Community is a verb", and you've put community into action on this project!

The winning design(s) for the final stretch goals are...

Flexible use of a multi-purpose tool by a cow [NEW Published January 2026] & *BACKER SUGGESTION* Soundboard-trained dogs produce non-accidental, non-random and non-imitative two-button combinations! Cows finally won, they were so close in so many polls; congratulations cow fans! I've taken the top two poll designs so I can work on the Soundboard Dogs in the next couple of days. Right now we're a mere $700 away from unlocking them, but who knows what will happen in the next 3 days! Should we break $8,000 that design will also be produced. That would mean ALL stretch goals would be unlocked for this campaign, as variants have already been added for multiple designs (see last update)!



With the artwork I have in front of me, and the turnaround of 48 hours ahead, I'll be designing these last two without sketch polls. However, if you have followed me in the past you know that I host an annual coloring contest. This year, I will be adding some of the designs from this campaign which will allow YOU to color your own pin variant. The contest runs through the month of March, which is also when I hold my bi-annual sale. I'll post an update or send an email when it's open so you can read all the rules and enter if you wish. Collaborating with my community is one of my favorite things about being a creative so I hope you'll celebrate with me!

Our Ancient Cave Cheetas pose will be...

Seated! Look at those relaxed cats.


I'm so excited to get these pins and their variants added! Thank you everyone who's already added them to your pledge, you're awesome!

I shall return with pin design reveals later,
Starr Vipi

NEW 150+ Backer Reward UNLOCKED! Backers Choice Design #4 Poll NOW LIVE! NEW VARIANTS now available!
5 months ago – Sun, Feb 08, 2026 at 04:30:08 PM

FOUR DAYS LEFT! 2 NEW STRETCH GOALS UNLOCKED! 


The poll for Armored Komodo Dragons has closed and the winner is... Antique Silver Skull ! 




This design will be refined into a pin and added to the campaign soon, including updating all-inclusive tiers to show this reward. The Ancient Cave Cheetahs poll is STILL GOING, so if you haven't voted for a pose yet please do!

NEW Stretch Goal UNLOCKED: 150+ Backers!

Thank you all for your support of this project! Now that there are over 150 project backers, each pledge will come with a BONUS Science is Bitchin' sew-on patch. This patch design is inspired on my classic Science is Bitchin' pin that was made as a reward for the first Famous Dogs of Medicine & Science campaign.

The patch itself will have a new metal font and updated dog design, but don't worry, he'll still have his goggles for protection. Lab safety is important! These pins will be available as an add-on in the backerkit poll once the campaign ends.

NEW Stretch Goal UNLOCKED: Backer's Choice Design #4!

At time of writing this update the campaign is at $6,994 in funding so I feel comfortable unlocking Backer's Choice stretch goal design #4! With your help we've unlocked  Sweet Ethiopian Wolves, Ancient Cave Cheetahs, Armored Komodo Dragons, and now one more design. Due to the campaign ending in just 4 short days, this poll series is on a tight timeline and this first poll will be closing TOMORROW! 

NEW Variants Added to the campaign

I wanted to make sure the people who voted for variants in the first Variety VS Variants poll would have some additional colorways to choose from. The following variants are available, and of course included in complete reward sets. To add them to your pledge, select the design as an add-on then you will indicate the variant of your choice once the campaign ends via the rewards survey:



Service dogs come in many shapes and sizes, these variants allow more specific selection in coat color when you fill out your survey!



In addition to the 'black' tigers in the campaign, there are also two named historic white tigers I discovered in my research! Popsy ( 'Queen of Cat Canyon' ) was a pseudo-melanistic white tiger that lived in The Cincinnati Zoo who lived to the impressive age of 22, exceeding the expected lifespan of 15-20 years. Artico is the most recently recorded rare "stripeless" white tiger; born in Spain's only wildlife recovery center, he was eventually sent to live in Las Vegas as a part of the now closed Mirage White Tiger Habitat.



Bat Harmony Deluxe pins also have new variants available! Silver metal with blue and green details for the Spring Migration variant to compliment the autumnal colors of the original Gold: Sunlight variant. The third variant is inspired by the Gothic aesthetic that draws so much from its architectural namesake paired with contemporary red and purple undertones. 


Thank you all again for your support of this project, I hope you like all the new additions!
Starr Vipi