Less than 48 hours to go. Thanks so much to everyone who has backed, posted about, shared or clicked on the Kickstarter link, mentioned it to friends, followed the @armadillostock.bsky.social socials, and just thought about what a game-changing endeavor this can be. THX! Now who will be backer 100?

With less than 48 hours left in our Kickstarter, we'd like to take you on a quick tour of our wireframe!

Only 3 days left in the Kickstarter, and we'd like to introduce you to more of the team! Meet Thom (thomhines.com), a great designer and real sweetheart who joined our UI/UX team a few months back. Thanks for sitting down and talking about the project with us! 👋

Only 3 days left in the Kickstarter, and we'd like to introduce you to more of the team! Meet Thom (thomhines.com), a great designer and real sweetheart who joined our UI/UX team a few months back. Thanks for sitting down and talking about the project with us! 👋

With 6 days left in the Kickstarter, we want to introduce you to some of our team members! Meet @cassidy.social, the newest developer to join the Armadillo Army. With an eye for design and a full-stack set of skills, we're lucky to have her! 👋

Gonna boost this again to let other independent artists know about this upcoming platform! This is probably one of the most promising licensing websites I've seen, especially because they go all in on protecting artists from AI and not nickel-and-diming us in fees. Please consider supporting them!

Definitely keeping an eye on this! I have a huge catalogue of old illustrations that I'd love to license out but not sure how to go about offering them. Having a place to source licensing for those who want to avoid genai would be amazing

We've reached our Kickstarter goal with a week remaining! Thank you for supporting our mission to build a licensing website for illustrators. What is licensing? Glad you asked!

I'm so proud of the entire Armadillo team, so grateful for the community support, and so ready to build the best licensing website we can build!

🎉 We did it! The Armadillo Kickstarter is funded! 🎉 To celebrate, we can finally reveal our mascot's name, as chosen by you. Meet Arlo Strawberry Armadillo, or Arlo for short. This was a true grassroots campaign, and we can't thank you enough. You still have 9 days left if you want to support us!

We're so close to our goal!! Help us cross the finish line so we can build an alternative licensing website for illustrators!

The @armadillostock.bsky.social Kickstarter campaign is getting real close to its funding goal. Even a tiny amount helps get this licensing platform by illustrators, for illustrators, off the ground. Let’s blow by the 🤑 goal and do something positive for a change! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dia...

Proud to be a @kickstarter.com support of @armadillostock.bsky.social ! They’re so close to their goal! Support the new illustration licensing platform built by illustrators for illustrators! I’m so excited for this market to finally be filled kck.st/45Dqcsl ✿┊【 #kickstarter #noai 】

An interview with @michelerosenthal.com, founder and driving force behind @armadillostock.bsky.social, the alt licensing platform. Read and support the Armadillo Kickstarter campaign. Big THX to @julienposture.bsky.social. open.substack.com/pub/julienpo...

The Armadillo Ambassadors are the talented group of artists featured on our site who supported us early on. Thank you @paulheaston.bsky.social, Kendyll Hillegas, @breelundberg.com, @sonnyross.bsky.social, @feanne.bsky.social, @alannaflowers.bsky.social, and @michelerosenthal.com! 1/2

I’m so excited for this to be a THING!!

Oh. Have I mentioned the @kickstarter.com campaign to fund @armadillostock.bsky.social? Well, this new illustration licensing platform built by illustrators for illustrators, needs your support. Follow the link to find out how you can help. THX! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dia...

Our Kickstarter has reached over $5k, and our goal is in sight! But we still need your help. What should we name our mascot? We've narrowed it down to Arlo and Strawberry. (Honorable mentions to Dilly, Indy, and Stockton.) Let us know your vote, and we'll announce the winner in our newsletter!

THX to all the illustrators, cartoonists, designers who have backed the Kickstarter campaign for @armadillostock.bsky.social. They know Armadillo is a free to use licensing platform for illustrators by illustrators. -NO AI -100% 💰 to artists -Community support www.kickstarter.com/projects/dia...

Here are answers to a few common questions we've gotten. Let us know what else you'd like to learn about the project. And thank you for helping us reach over 3/4 of our goal, let's keep it going!

I just backed Armadillo: Licensing for Human Illustrators on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/dia... @armadillostock.bsky.social

Thank for a great first week! We're already well over 2/3 of the way toward our goal! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dia...

Sincerely wishing the best for this project. 🤍 Green flags: - No A I - Artists keep 100% of earnings - Free to use platform - By artists for artists - Clients can bookmark

20 days to go for the @armadillostock.bsky.social Kickstarter campaign. Help fund a new idea in art licensing…one where illustrators do it for themselves. -NO AI -100% fees to artists -FREE to use Please support the hard work of the volunteers who support you. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dia...

Thank you so much for supporting a licensing platform for illustrators! We're well over halfway there, and we couldn't be more grateful! #illustration #kickstarter #noai www.kickstarter.com/projects/dia...

It’s day 6 of the @armadillostock.bsky.social Kickstarter campaign. Thanks to everyone who backed so far! Help spread the word of a new licensing platform by artists for artists. -No AI -100% of fees direct to artists -Community support -Free to use platform www.kickstarter.com/projects/dia...

Day 5 Labor Day edition of @armadillostock.bsky.social Kickstarter campaign. Please consider supporting a new licensing platform made by artists for artists. -No AI -100% of licensing fees go to artists -Artist created -Community support & education initiatives www.kickstarter.com/projects/dia...

Want to learn more about Armadillo? @michelerosenthal.com sat down with Julien to discuss stock illustration, licensing, organizing, and more! Give it a read (or a listen if you prefer audio), and don't forget to support our Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dia...

It was so wonderful to talk to Julien about @armadillostock.bsky.social, illustration licensing, artist organizing, and more! There's even audio if you prefer listening to reading. Thank you for the opportunity to talk about the things I love!

We're over halfway funded! Thank you for helping us build a licensing site for illustrators! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dia...

Day 3: @armadillostock.bsky.social Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. We’re slowly but surely getting to the $ goal. Click link and see what a fresh take on illustration licensing looks like. NO AI 100% fees to artists Artist driven Artist supported www.kickstarter.com/projects/dia...

I am honestly so excited for the POTENTIAL this project has. Been telling all my art friends about it. Passive income is something so many of us want, and having spaces for us run BY us is just lovely. 🤞

After one day, we're about 50% funded!!! I'm so proud of the work we've done, and excited to finally share what we've been planning. I hope you'll support us and help spread the word!

Wow, after one day, we're about 50% funded!!! Thank you for all the enthusiasm and support, it really means so much to us. Let's keep it going! 💪

Day two for the @armadillostock.bsky.social crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. Halfway to the modest goal. Thanks! If you haven’t done so yet, hit that link, smash that donation button, back this new illustration licensing platform! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dia...

I recently joined the dev team for Armadillo Stock and it's a been a really fun project with a great group of people! Help us get it off the ground!

Just backed this! Grateful for people who have the drive and bandwidth to put legs on good ideas. I’m excited to see Armadillo Stock get started.

The kickstarter of Armadillo is OUT, Do you want an AI free website for licensing art?! Do you want to support a project that exists soley to support artists?! This project will surely be what you want!!!!

I'm in! I've been looking for a place to make my original (non-commissioned) art available for licensing, but being mingled with genai slop and poor pay percentages have kept me away. This looks AMAZING!!!

This is legit exciting

I've worked with stock images on and off for a couple decades - and let me tell you HOW DANG EXCITING this project is. Chip in if you can, ofc, but also please spread the word to get this seen as a thing that'll exist!

Considering every other place you can put licensable work up on is filled with slop. A platform where it's explicitly just, not allowed, is a great idea.

We LOVE this idea, and it just so happens to be a potential solution to some of the issues we keep seeing come up in the survey we are running about the Furry Economy.

Oh my god please back this project, this is exactly what we artists need. LICENSING PLATFORM!

I’m one of the ambassador artists for Armadillo Stock and have seen the project coming along over the last couple years and think it’s an awesome idea! Please check out the Kickstarter!

This is a very exciting project by and for illustrators and an excellent example of bottom-up organizing among freelance workers! Go check it out, share and support if you can!

The Armadillo Kickstarter is LIVE! Help us launch a community-built, free-to-use platform for licensing human-made art directly from illustrators! Find out more: kickstarter.com/projects/dialmformichele/armadillo-stock

Our Kickstarter launches TOMORROW, and we can't wait to share what we've been cooking!

Our Kickstarter launches in two days—don't get left behind! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dia...

Armadillo Stock is building something from the ground up. Something different — a community-run stock illustration platform that educates about usage rights while facilitating direct license negotiation between artists and buyers. We won't allow AI, and we won't take a cut. Support the Kickstarter.