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Hydrangea macrophylla and Puya alpestris, as dragons!

Check out the rest of the series so far ~

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Mirach and Altair, two of my G1 dragons on Flight Rising ~

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I know some folks missed out on the Kickstarter or couldn't pledge due to regional restrictions, so I just wanted to put it out there that I have preorders open for them on Etsy!

My plan WAS to close these on Thursday, November 14 (which is... tomorrow), but I completely neglected to post this here ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ So I'll probably keep them open into next week. This is the last chance non-backers have to get them at Kickstarter prices and they'll be a fair bit more expensive when they're available again next year.

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These dragon buddies are going trick-or-treating! They've had great luck so far, but anyone who refuses them candy might have a minor haunting in store for tonight...

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Little butterfly pea flower 🦋

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It's been years since I drew some of the og Dracoflora designs from my senior portfolio, even though they're the entire reason I started down this path in the first place

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Alternate colorways of designs from my Dracoflora II series! These dragons are destined to be enamel pin-ified and are currently available for preorder on Kickstarter until October 24th.

(Preview image is unusually crunchy so hopefully that doesn't translate to upload quality RIP)

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Seedling dragons from my Dracoflora II series! These designs are destined to be enamel pin-ified and are currently available for preorder on Kickstarter until October 24th.

These were the winners of the backer vote for a new board filler set -- they're a lil too big to be considered "board fillers" anymore, but they're still cute as hell and I had a lot of fun designing them.

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Dandelion dragon from my Dracoflora II series, inspired by Taraxacum officinale! This design is destined to be enamel pin-ified and is currently available for preorder on Kickstarter until October 24th.

Full-stop my reason for making dandelion the campaign freebie is that I'm the kind of person who would find it extremely funny to put weeds in everyone's packages

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Ghost pipe dragon from my Dracoflora II series, inspired by Monotropa uniflora! This design is destined to be enamel pin-ified and is currently available for preorder on Kickstarter until October 24th.

These grow everywhere in the woods around here during late summer/early autumn. They're often mistaken for fungi because they're so odd looking, but ghost pipes are actually plants! They have no chlorophyll and thus don't photosynthesize, so they get their nutrients from mycorrhizal fungi. This fungi forms a symbiotic relationship with tree roots, but the ghost pipes are purely parasitic and don't contribute anything to this exchange.

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Crocosmia dragon from my Dracoflora II series, inspired by the "Lucifer" cultivar! This design is destined to be enamel pin-ified and is currently available for preorder on Kickstarter until October 24th.

This design has changed a little since I made this preview image for Instagram -- after I saw it next to the others, I realized just how blazingly Red this dragon was and felt it needed some tweaks. This guy has a special color variant inspired by a separate cultivar too, colored like a lil yellow cornsnake!

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Prickly pear dragon from my Dracoflora II series, inspired by Opuntia macrocentra! This design is destined to be enamel pin-ified and is currently available for preorder on Kickstarter until October 24th.

I'm a desert girlie (gender neutral) at heart and I really wanted to do some kind of cactus for Series II. The first Dracoflora set was focused on succulents but didn't include any actual cacti, which is something I've regretted for years.

Most of these dragons take inspiration from more than just plants, such as animals, concepts, objects, etc., and this guy is also inspired by a horny toad! (and... Godzilla. My favorite animal) It was a tossup between that or a gila monster but the shared spikiness won out in the end

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Water lily dragon from my Dracoflora II series, inspired by Nymphaea nouchali! This design is destined to be enamel pin-ified and is currently available for preorder on Kickstarter until October 24th.

This guy (aka Egyptian lotus or lotus of the Nile -- though it is not, in fact, a true lotus) is actually a revamped version of one of my earliest Dracoflora designs, pickerelweed. I've meant to update it for years because everyone always thinks it's lavender, and this is where it finally found its new look!

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Parrot tulip dragon from my Dracoflora II series! This design is destined to be enamel pin-ified and is currently available for preorder on Kickstarter until October 24th.

I tried to capture the flowiness of betta fish fins with this guy since parrot tulips remind me so much of them!

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oh hi, i didn't know you were on tumblr! i have your ace of spades pin, your art is so cool!! :D

Hello!! I've used Tumblr on-and-off for a while but this is actually my first time posting my art here, so you caught me fairly early. Thank you so much! <3

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Croton dragon from my Dracoflora II series, inspired by Codiaeum variegatum! This design is destined to be enamel pin-ified and is currently available for preorder on Kickstarter until October 24th.

Very loosely inspired by the dream tiger trend that was kicking around earlier this year! I was so busy (being the slow artist I am) that I didn't get a chance to throw my own interpretation into the ring, but I thought it was a really cool moment for the online art community

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My Dracoflora: Series II enamel pin Kickstarter is in its last few hours!

This project has been a serious labor of love over the past couple months and it's wild to me that the campaign is somehow already drawing to a close? I'm still kinda in awe at how positive the response to the little guys has been -- I feel like these dragons are some of the best designs I’ve ever made, and it makes me incredibly happy that folks are so enthusiastic about something I'm so proud of.

The project ends at 12pm EDT on October 24th, so if you want to take a peek and admire some dragons (inspired by real-world plants!), or even pick some up yourself, you have till then to do it!