Greetings Hoarders,

Apologies for my absence, but I am back with more celestial shenanigans and derpy stories!

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Today's star sign is Taurus! Welcome, stubborn, loyal, and reliable Taurus weirdlings! (April 20 - May 20)


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You stalk home after a long day. The wind rips at your coat, but you ignore it, your sight set on the path leading you to that warm mug of tea waiting for you.

"I saw the future in your stars," a little voice calls from your right. "Come with me. I can foretell your fate"

You see the glint of torch light reflected in the creature's eyes before they quickly turn and hobble into a dilapidated room built of sticks and stones.

You hesitate, changing course isn't something you like to do once you have your mind made up. But, what is the worse that could happen? You decide to follow the creature.

Lifting the tapestry, which serves as a doorway to a strange little hovel, you enter a dimly lit room filled of pure chaos.

You watch as the creature settles behind a table covered in debris. Little horns peek out of his cloak, large reptilian eyes peer up at you. The creatures pulls out a pouch filled with rocks and bones, scattering it on the table in front of you.

Stubby clawed hands wave over the scattered bones. The single burning candle flicker as the creature grins and holds up its other claw.

"One gold, and I'll tell you what I see"

You roll your eyes. You're not paying for this. You turn to leave, annoyed you deviated from your regular routine.

"Wait!" the creature calls after you. "You should hear this!"

Do you turn and listen? (Back the campaign!) Then read on for Taurus Derpyhoroscope

Of course you do, you already committed to this path, and sheer stubborness makes you curious what he has to say.

🐂♉Taurus Derpy-scope ♉🐂

"Genuine bonds are formed over shiny trinkets and honest interactions."

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Thank you for coming to my unhinged and unprofessional opinion. Scatter to your day and I shall return in 2 days with the next edition of Derpy-scopes! In the meantime vote the next Derpy to have their fortunes told! And don't forget...bring that coin of gold (Back today!)



Yours in art,

Therena

Greetings Hoarders,

The world might be on fire, but the Derpies will add a little celestial light into your world with sparkly shenanigans. Or at the very least some attitude you can relate to!

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Today's star sign is Leo! Welcome, my bold, self-assured, and powerful weirdlings! (July 23 - August 22)


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You strut down the road on your way home from a long day. Everywhere you go, people lift their heads, noticing you, drawn by your natural magnetism and charm.

A little creature bumps into you.

Suppressing a snarl, you glower at it. 

"I saw the future in your stars," it said from beneath a heavy cloak. "Come with me so I can foretell your fate."

Before you can comment, the creature quickly turns and hobbles down an alley, dissapearing into a dilapidated room built of sticks and stones.

Annoyed, but slightly curious, you follow it. Don't let it be said you aren't brave!

You lift the tapestry to enter a dimly lit room filled with lots of books, trinkets of dragons, dangling crystals, and skeletons of various creatures displayed as art.

The creature settles behind a table covered in stacks of books and junk. It pulls out a pouch filled with rocks and bones, scattering it on the table in front of you.

Stubby clawed hands wave over the scattered bones. The single burning candle flicker as the creature grins and holds up its other claw.

"One gold, and I'll tell you what I see"

Do you pay? (Back the campaign!) Then read on for the Leo Derpyhoroscope

Of course you paid. You are a courageous Leo afterall.

🦁♌ Leo Derpy-scope ♌🦁

"Don't look so serious, you might scare the chickens!"

A roar rumbles through your chest. You paid one gold for this!?

"Out, out, out!" The little creatures shoos you away.

"Worst gold spent, ever," you grumble, leaving for your home.

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Thank you for coming to my unhinged and unprofessional opinion. Scatter to your day and I shall return in 2 with the next edition of Derpy-scopes! In the meantime vote the next Derpy to have their fortunes told! And don't forget...bring that coin of gold (Back today!)



On a slightly unrelated note, and because I want to share something positive with you guys. I entered a short story writing contest (1000 words and other specific details we had to meet) and the results came in today. Out of over 2500 entries, my short story was one of the top 5 finalists! And I was the only one who didn't use the bonus points in that group. To say I am buzzing with excitement is an understatement!

As someone who writes epic length books (170k + words) this was an enormous challenge, but I did it! Just finishing a story in 1000 words felt like an impossible achievement.

You can read the story here on my Patreon ^_^(Warning, the story has profanity in it)



Yours in art,

Therena

As you go about your day, you should definitely check out the other awesome Pintopia campaigns! Below are some of my favourites!

Greetings Hoarders,

You guys are blowing these stretch goals out of the park and soared past the 9th yesterday!

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Zodiac Adventure...

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It's late, your parents told you to stay indoors where it's safe. But you know, beyond those walls exists life and adventure. You put on your sturdiest boots and climb out of the window to your room. You've done this many times afterall. Each stepped planned, mapped in your perfect analytical mind. (you rebel!)

Pulling up your hood, you slip into the alley and bump into a stubby creature cloaked in shadows.

"Sorry," you mumble, ready to bolt to your favourite place in the entire world--the library, who hosts a secret night reading group where you can devour the most delicious smut. (Hey, I had to corrupt my little virgo somehow!)
 
"I saw the future in your stars," the creature's words catch on the wind. "Come with me. I can foretell your fate." The glint of lantern light reflects in the creature's over-large eyes before they quickly turn and hobble into a dilapidated room built of sticks and stones further down the alley.

Frowning, you decide to follow the strange creature despite it taking you off your perfectly plotted route.

You lift the tapestry to enter a dimly lit room filled with lots of books, trinkets of dragons pinned to tapesties, dangling crystals, and skeletons of various creatures displayed as art (okay, fine, I'm describing my room).

Nerves tingle down your spine, but you are curious as the creature settles behind a table covered in books and baubles.

Your lip pulls up in a sneer...someone needs to show this creature how to organize their life! How do they even find things in this disaster?

Oblivious to your critical thoughts, the creatures pulls out a pouch filled with rocks and bones, scattering it on the table in front of you.

Stubby clawed hands wave over the scattered bones. The single burning candle flicker as the creature grins and holds up its other claw.

"One gold, and I'll tell you what I see"

Do you pay? (Back the campaign!) Then read on for Virgo's Derpyhoroscope

Of course you paid. You have come this far, and you will see it to the end.

💃🏽♍ Virgo Derpy-scope ♍💃🏽

"Creative opportunities are strong this month."

That's it?  You wonder as the creature shoos you out of their home. What kind of cheap fortune teller is this?
 
Shrugging, you give the creature a final glance, resuming your well planned route to the library. There is a good book you've been craving to read all week. And after this strange encounter, you are ready to get lost in a delicious book with the warm tea the librarian provides during the reader group. 

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Thank you for coming to my unhinged and unprofessional opinion. Scatter to your day and I shall return in 2 with the next edition of Derpy-scopes! In the meantime vote the next Derpy to have their fortunes told! And don't forget...bring that coin of gold (Back today!)



Also, if you are like Virgo and love smut, you should definitely check out my Patreon's Naughty Muse tier or try my Romantasy novels! Click the new achievement below to be taken to it!



Yours in art,

Therena

This campaign has the cutest little dragon creatures!

Snuggly dragon friend <3

Welcome Hoarders to the 7th Derpy Dragon Pin campaign!

The campaign is live, and we funded in 90 minutes! I am so excited to have you here for all the derpy shenanigans and fun! In typical Derpy fashion, I will take you on a journey with almost daily updates. And this time the Derpies are reading your stars/horoscopes!

(Disclaimer: I am no psychic, nor do I claim any power over your actual future, and the Derpies are not professional horoscope readers - your future is in your hands!)

To kick things off, I want you to tell me which of the signs you are in the poll below! And tomorrow, I will do that sign's horoscope in the update! This will also be the sequence we unlock the designs for stretch goals.



My goal is to unlock all 12 signs, which we will do as soon as we hit $12,000. (one design for each $1000 milestone) And as of writing this update, we are 40% there in only 5 hrs!

In the meantime, I want to highlight some really exciting special things for this campaign. (You can't tell by how informal I write, but I'm actually an author...I blame Derpy-brain)

You might have noticed some locked tiers for Patreons. These tiers offer BONUS rewards as a thank you to my Patreons! It is not too late, you can still join my Patreon to unlock those tiers!

The list is updated weekly. If you already backed a tier, and joined my Patreon after, you can reach out to the Backerkit support team and they can switch you to the Patreon level tier.
This is still a beta program, and much of this process is done manually, but eventually this will be an automatic process. In the meantime, we work with what we got and celebrate that I am able to reward my Patreons 💙🖤.



Have you checked out my collaboration partner's campaign yet? If you love books and dragons, then you defintely should! You will get both these EXCLUSIVE 1.5" colourway pins for free!



And since we already know you love dragons, you should definitely check out the other dragon hoarder campaigns! You get a free sticker when you back 3+! I will highlight them over the course of the campaign as well. There are so many amazing creators as always! 



If you haven't backed the campaign yet, we would love to have you join us! The sooner we can unlock all 10 designs, the sooner we can unlock even more stretch goals!
(Yes, I have a lot planned!)

In the meantime, tell me which Star sign is yours so that Madame Derp can bring out her crystal ball and read your fortunes!

And everytime you like a post, comment on updates, or vote in polls, you help unlock zodiac derpy colouring pages as stretch goals!

After you are done voting, tell me which zodiac is your favourite (doesn't have to be your own!)


Until tomorrow my starry weirdlings.

Yours in art,
Therena

PS: If you haven't backed yet, here is the link!