News: FibroShark Hungry, custom paper & other holiday gifts, encaustic season

A number of FibroShark stickers

In case you missed it, last week was a bit of a fucking nightmare, pardon my Klatchian. Because of said nightmare, there wasn't any news, so here's two weeks of news.

• FibroShark Hungry update
• I also made some stamps & stickers
• And a flipbook!
• Some ideas for your gift-giving needs
• Stay tuned for an update to the store, just as soon as I get a moment to take care of that
• Encaustic season is around the corner, so last chance to jump on those pieces from last year!

I'm feeling much better this week, so I think I should be able to get quite a bit of work done! Also, Happy National Coming Out Day to everyone who was able to come out! (And to those who weren't, thanks for keeping yourself safe.)

❤❤R

Latest production sheet. Most of this won't
mean anything to anyone but me.

Update on FibroShark Hungry

Overall, it's about 75% complete. Illustrations are at 90% with one comic to build from scratch, two to redo, & one that just needs coloring. The text is around 90% too, with some very valuable editing done by a few very valuable people.

After that work is done, I'll need to scan the artwork & put everything together in Publisher before it goes off to the printer. It's all becoming quite real, & I'm very frickin excited about it... or I would be if I wasn't also terrified.

You can still pre-order the book in the SSA store, but if you want to wait til the last minute, I'm sure that would be okay too.

Sharkydinks, stamps, & stickers

I had a lot of downtime last week, since my brain kind of... oh, decided that it didn't want anything to do with me for three days. During that time I made shrinkydinks, stamps, & stickers all with a FibroShark theme. They turned out really cute, & I'm certain that I'll be using them for various things to do with the project itself. Using the large stamp to make multi-colored sharkydinks was quite easy, & I think sharkydink necklaces might be on their way. 

it's kinda hard to flip a flipbook with one hand, but I think you get what I was going for #FibroSharkHungry #flipbook #postit

A video posted by Rachel Setzer (@rachelsetzer) on Oct 8, 2015 at 8:00pm PDT

Additionally, I will probably digitize the large stamp to make it into labels people can add to their copy of the book - & one of these days, when the book is done & all the rewards are completed, I'll probably add a plush FibroShark to the store too. After the book, no number of plush sharks will every be as much work.

Holiday gift-giving ideas

Are you a creative type? Do you like to make your holiday gifts? Do you want some handmade paper as a starting place for those gifts? If so, you can order a dozen 9"x12" pages of handmade paper for $40! It can be customized by color, with glitter (or without), & made to include such bits of plants like bamboo, flowers (ground or whole), & other bits of magic. Orders can be ready in as little as a week. 

 Sale on last year's encaustic pieces!

As soon as I've finished the FSH illustrations, I'll probably be getting back to the griddle & painting in encaustic again. So, starting 10/15, all currently available encaustic pieces will be $25 (plus $5 for shipping), & when I update the store, I'll even be adding the Relative Time & Space pieces everyone seems to love. Pieces that don't sell by the end of the year will be scrapped & never seen again. Even that TARDIS piece. Point is, buy now or risk never being able to.