Hi everyone!

I am really happy to announce the pre-launch page of our two Winton Kidd books on Kickstarter. There will be more about this below, but in short, you can follow this link to sign up on the page and not miss the launch!

More importantly, I want to remind everyone to start working on or submitting your #hardcover2026 #folklore entries. It is important that you start early this year, as I will not be able to send personal reminders again. I will also not be able to provide extra time or any of the past helpful measures I took, as I simply will not have the time this year. And I mean, there is still plenty of time left :)

In other news, there is a new #hardcoverchallenge live, and again, you can find out more below.

Some exciting news: We launched a collaboration with Mindworks to present the first #hardcover giclée prints we've ever produced, featuring two of our amazing artists, Pauline 'Skadivore' Voss and Abigail Larson. What a dream! You can preorder the pieces on the Mindworks website, and the prints are signed by the artists. We hope that you will like the motives we picked!

Have a great week, and stay safe!
Spiridon

You have until the 6th of May to send your artwork for this year’s edition!

We are happy to announce the next topic in our #hardcover series. This time, we are exploring the topic of #folklore. For more information, including what this might mean and other details, please refer to the submission page. Have fun!

(And please. start early this time lol)

Hard to imagine a NSFW space without the legendary Winton Kidd, and we are honored and excited about the chance to work together with him. Especially since we will be publishing TWO books in this campaign, his comic and his artbook. Stay tuned for more info and sign up for the pre-launch page!

This is the first time we are collaborating in this kind of way, and there could be no better partner than Mindworks. You will be able to get an otherwise hard-to-promote “secret” print by our amazing Pauline ‘Skadivore’ Voss and Abigail Larson, featuring adult artwork, giclée-printed on Hahnemühle archival paper.

Feel free to tell your friends about it, but in the current online climate, it will be tough to reach anyone.

Check out the links under the images to see more details about the prints!

The month is almost over, but the reference shot for the January challenge comes from the amazing RazorCandi.

Make sure to check out our Discord server to connect with other participants!

Starting this year, we will no longer select “winners”, as this never made sense. There was nothing really to win in the first place (other than a possible inclusion in the premium extended section of the #hardcover books). But now we will just highlight some of the really outstanding pieces submitted during the challenge.

Here are the outstanding submissions for January 2025.

We joined Bluesky, and you can follow our account there for interesting art shares, updates about #hardcover, and all kinds of stuff :)

We chose Discord to allow progress posts for pieces submitted to the books and to connect with other artists working on the challenges and our contest #hardtober.

You are invited to join the Spiriverse server, share your work, and connect with like-minded people who are interested in NSFW art, other projects, and art books in general.