Hello hello!

MFF was SO amazing. Thank you to all who stopped by to say hi! If you ordered a commission slot from me, expect to be contacted shortly. If you do not receive an email/note/Telegram/DM from me by the end of this week, please contact me.

December will be mainly spent finishing up a large freelance project (announcements on that soon) and tying up some loose ends. Commissions will be officially reopening in January or February.

Here are my planned/confirmed conventions for 2017:

FurThe'More (confirmed dealer, volunteer)
Anthrocon (confirmed dealer)
Furry Weekend Atlanta (undecided, Artist's Alley)
Anthro Northwest (confirmed dealer, staff)
Megaplex (dealer)
FA:United (Artist's Alley)
Midwest FurFest (Artist's Alley or dealer)

Hey all! Commissions are now open for December completion, which means that if you're picking up at MFF or want to order one as a holiday gift, NOW is the time to grab a slot.
http://brimercedesart.com/commissions

I'm open for:
Pokemon cards (all types)
Animal Crossing cards (all types)
Standard Badges (digital and traditional)
Telegram stickers

More coming soon to the order form! Ask if what you want isn't listed.

https://www.kickstarter.com/project.....ckers-and-pins

Back it and get cute animal vinyl stickers! We're just $40 short of $2500!

The eighth design will be up later today.

New designs have been added, so check it out and see if you'd like to back any: https://www.kickstarter.com/project.....ckers-and-pins

Watch me stream the final design here: https://picarto.tv/BriMercedesArt


There will be a 2 week downtime between the end of the Kickstarter on Monday and reward fulfillment as I catch up on commissions and get my head back on straight. So many of you have been waiting; I did not expect this Kickstarter campaign to demand so much of my time. Thank you!

We're SO close to funding a sixth sticker design.

New designs have been added, so check it out and see if you'd like to back any: https://www.kickstarter.com/project.....ckers-and-pins


There will be a 2 week downtime between the end of the Kickstarter on Monday and reward fulfillment as I catch up on commissions and get my head back on straight. So many of you have been waiting; I did not expect this Kickstarter campaign to demand so much of my time. Thank you!

https://twitter.com/BriMercedes

https://beta.furrynetwork.com/brimercedes/

I am much more active on these two websites and I feel that I have enough of a following there to gradually phase out my FurAffinity profile. Please do not note me on FA as I will not regularly check it; either email me or send me a direct message on Twitter or FN.

We've funded a small run of 50 kiwi stickers! At $1000, we can print 200 stickers, reveal the sketch for the fifth design, and everyone who backs a deliverable item will get a surprise free sticker with their order!

The rewards include sticker art commissions, individual stickers, and combination packs. Check out what's available and help us print more designs so I can sell them at conventions this year!

Campaign page: https://www.kickstarter.com/project.....ckers-and-pins

(Not for me, I love my job! I know a few people who are looking.)

Something full-time that pays over $10/hour. We just don't know where to start! How do you break out of entry-level dead-end hell?

A few of you have been waiting for art for a while, so I apologize!! I haven't disappeared, so don't worry. Here's a rundown of the past week:

Last week the transmission went in my husband's car, so we're sharing one car among the household until I can save up for a down payment on something newer and more practical. I spent a lot of time shuttling people around with our only car, worrying, researching, and trying to figure out what we can afford and when, and what to do in the meantime- that time should have been devoted to my customers. I'm so sorry :(

So on the other hand, my Kickstarter has raised over $900 and funded three print runs of vinyl sticker designs and a small print run of a fourth (btw, all of that $900 is going directly into sticker production and reward fulfillment). Definitely NOT what I was expecting- or prepared for, either! So even though it's a huge success, it's been a lot of work maintaining the campaign. Much more than I had planned for. I'm learning a lot from this experience and I will definitely be more prepared in the future.

All these extremes really started to get to me, to the point where I was giving myself self-help advice in my own dreams. Perceived mistakes, isolation, self-doubt, and uncertainty about the future all hit me at once and became a huge roadblock. I am NOT going to let that ruin everything. All these defeats and victories... One of these days my main fursona is just going to be a phoenix. Birdfox is a birdfox because she doesn't really know what she is... but if I can prove to myself that I can conquer anything? I'd be a phoenix. No doubt. Shed the old! Take on the new as a bright shining flame!

There will be a strict schedule set up this week to make time for all my commitments (including a mandatory relaxing evening!). Thank you all for your patience, you will see completed art this week!

-Bri

https://www.kickstarter.com/project.....ckers-and-pins

You can now back the project to receive the "Actual Round Robin" design! It's going off to the printer, yippee!!

I've added four new tiers, so check out the latest update. If you have previously backed and would like to change which reward you get, you may do so at any time!

Thank you everyone for making this happen! Look for the sketch reveal of Design #3 soon!

https://www.kickstarter.com/project.....ckers-and-pins

Get a vinyl catloaf sticker and help fund the second design! The robin design will be available soon!

Once we hit $500 there will be more rewards added to include the Round Robin design! You can change which reward you receive at any time, but I won't be able to add it until we raise enough money to print it.

Thanks!

If you want the Round Robin design, now is the time to pledge and make it happen because we only need a few more people! Rewards for Design #2 go live when we reach $500. When that happens, you may change your pledge if you want to change which design you get. There will be an email sent out as soon as we reach that goal.

https://www.kickstarter.com/project.....ckers-and-pins

Tell your friends, word of mouth is the best advertisement!

We're almost there! Even a $5 pledge will help- and it'll get you a sticker in the mail!

Rewards for Design #2 go live when we reach $500. When that happens, you may change your pledge if you want to change which design you get.

https://www.kickstarter.com/project.....ckers-and-pins

Tell your friends, word of mouth is the best advertisement!

I'll be open until I get about 2 weeks' worth of work in queue. View all available commission order forms at the bottom of my landing page:

http://brimercedesart.com

Currently open for:
Model/Reference Sheets
Animal Crossing Cards
Classic Pokemon Cards
Pokemon-EX Cards
Loaf & Headshot Badges
Animated Icons

Insert money, get cool stickers! For every $250 we raise, another sticker design goes to print. We've already funded design number one and have $205 to go until our next design gets printed (a really super cute fat bird that I'm dying to produce)! Check out the designs and backer reward tiers at the campaign page below:

https://www.kickstarter.com/project.....ckers-and-pins

Tell your friends, word of mouth is the best advertisement!

This Kickstarter campaign will help cover the cost of getting some sweet new stickers printed and you'll get first dibs by backing the project! The more we raise, the more designs I'll be able to produce. Watch for an update on January 1st!

I'm opening up a preview of a kickstarter to fund the creation/production of stickers for the 2016 convention season! These stickers will be based on animal puns like "catloaf" and "round robin".

Check out the Kickstarter campaign preview and leave some feedback for me! https://www.kickstarter.com/project.....token=15aedf6e

The campaign is set to launch in the last week of December or early January. Thanks for checking it out!

Includes hi-res art, shipping, badge, card, and pin! Ships tomorrow!

Examples: http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/.....on-Card-Badges

$65; you must pay and be available to approve sketches/final art tonight if you want it to ship tomorrow.

Comment to claim and we'll make it happen!

Heads up! Today's same-day commission will take place a little early as I'm gonna be out of the house tonight. A journal will be posted at 4pm and the first person to claim the spot and get their payment in will get the spot.

$60, guaranteed completion TONIGHT! Includes NFC-functional trading card, badge, and shipping anywhere in the world (will be in the mail Saturday). Great last-minute art gift!

Reply to this journal if you want the slot. Fill out this small form:

Reference:
Birthday:
Rock/Paper/Scissors:
Pick a number, 1-6:
Holographic?: Y/N
NFC Chip URL:
Clothing:
Expression/Pose:



Examples:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17885263
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/18228089
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/18329908

Hey everyone! Instead of my traditional always-open model, I'm opening up one new digital-art commission slot per weekday in December for same-day completion. This is in addition to me finishing up everything on my current to-do list. Due to the quick turnaround, it's a great opportunity to get a last-minute Christmas gift for someone!

Openings will be announced around 6pm every weekday and it'll be a different commission type every day, including peep icons, Animal Crossing and Pokemon cards, Telegram stickers, and badges (though if I'm away or feel like I'm too busy to take another piece that night I will not open the slot). I may be tacking on a extra few dollars to the normal price as a convenience/rush fee. Shipping is extra.

Openings will be posted here and on my Twitter page: http://twitter.com/BriMercedes

All Amiibo card commissions now come with the option to include NFC! What can this do? Well, imagine...

...Meeting someone new at a convention and instantaneously swapping FA handles.
...Beaming your reference sheet directly to an artist's device.
...Having people scan your badge to download a contact card instead of giving out business cards.
...Rick-rolling your enemies with a YouTube link.
I will not program them to act as actual amiibo, as cool as that may be. Sorry folks!

Order a new Animal Crossing amiibo badge with NFC here! http://brimercedesart.com/animal-cr.....g-amiibo-cards

If you want an existing one re-made with NFC, extra copies are $7 each plus $5 shipping. Email me to re-order at brimercedesart@gmail.com!

http://twitter.com/BriMercedes

Less than 20 to go! If you don't already follow me there, now is a great time to do it!

It was about time I made one! Please let me know if something is out of place. I hope to get 5 pieces of art done per day.

https://trello.com/b/GkVllpL4/publi.....i-mercedes-art

I had a flood of orders this week, so I will be holding off on processing new orders until next week to allow myself time to complete jobs. If you submit an order this week, it will be held in a "waiting list" until I can get some work done.

Thank you guys so much!!

-Bri