Post "Patreon Update - Sticker Ideas?" by "smartereveryday" from patreon

Brian Steely

How about a Smarter Scrubber-shaped sticker? I love mine!

Zach Albert

New Subsciber but I work at a copper mine and would love to put the sticker on my hard hat. I've found smaller round stickers or rectangular/triangle shapes to fit best.

Daniel Venz

Are the stickers and baseballs shipped worldwide? Im from Germany and did not receive anything yet 😅

Winnie Tan

has anyone not received a sticker yet? i haven't seemed to received mine :/

Philip Diven

So far stickers have ended up on my table saw, laptop, bicycle.

SudoYETI

I'm holding onto my stickers until I get a house where I can make a sticker wall.

Daniel Turner

I received my stickers last week. Thank you.

TP

Just received the stickers today, and they're immediately going on my laptop.

Samuel Svendsen

My moneys on an Eclipse sticker.

Samuel Svendsen

And one with the bit, "Well they say it's 9, but it's probably 12 tanks..."

Samuel Svendsen

YES, mine as well.

Samuel Svendsen

Me to.

Samuel Svendsen

Same. ECLIPSE STICKERS!

Samuel Svendsen

I highly agree.

Samuel Svendsen

YES!!!

Samuel Svendsen

Someone answer these two questions, I'm new, so I don't know the answers, really. How often do stickers come out? And when do the branded baseballs come?

Samuel Svendsen

Not yet..

Samuel Svendsen

I could design a sticker...

David B. Hill

Just watched "We Don't Know Why". My 10¢ (used to be 2¢, but, you know, tariffs) is that it's black body radiation. I haven't been a practicing engineer for 35+ years, but I would be very interested in looking at a finite-element analysis that took the kinetic energy of a voxel of polycarbonate and converted that energy into heat. Back-of-Envelope: The Heat Capacity of polycarbonate is 1200 J/Kg*K (from a random google searched page) and we want a temperature of 2700 K (like you can find in a light bulb at the store), you would need an impact speed of ~2320 m/s of the polycarbonate slug to create that temperature in the leading edge of the slug. Can you go back to the high speed camera feed and get an estimate of the velocity of the polycarbonate slug?

Joseph Luhn

Got my stickers in NC yesterday; they look so good in person! Now I just gotta figure out where to stick em...

Ben Coulter

Thank you for the stickers Destin! Received them in the mail today. 😁

Adam Haskin

The stickers arrived for me. Don't know how much variety there was in what was sent out, but I got a cicada, eclipse progression, and a rocket cicada sticker. All good stuff.

French Brown

Anyone get stickers?

Jeroen Keesom

Here the same. Not received them 😢

Benjamin Wenzel

I literally was logging onto patreon this evening to see if I was the only person to not get my stickers

Smarter Every Day

Not shipped yet!

Payperheirplain

I checked and even the lowest tier says sticker included so probably not shipped.

Andrew Luchenbach

I'm also at the low tier and have not received them yet, but have historically gotten the stickers every year. Hopefully they just haven't been shipped yet this year!

Payperheirplain

Did you guys ever get stickers? I never did. If I misunderstood the "everyone who supports on Patreon" part maybe that's why. I believe I support at the lowest tier but to my knowledge of the definition of everyone that would include that tier.

Jim Theis

Hope i didn’t miss out on the sticker for 2024…. I’ve been a supporter for years but my payment for November and December was rejected…. It’s been fixed…hopefully I get the new stickers…. I will get over it if I don’t but I have loved every sticker to date.

Conner Alameda

I got my letter for the stickers but no stickers 😢

Danny Haws

I am on the Prince Rupert’s drop tier and am curious if I will ever get a reward. Not that I need to, as I genuinely love supporting your content but I am curious.

Vojtech Sarik

Same here (Czech Republic) .. i could accept gift from US with no customs fees if its sent as gift by private individual and they might want proof that its a gift. Otherwise we have to pay customs fee for everything from US. Baseball was around 20$ for me .. it was some general price i guess because they wanted delivery note of some sort or how much did I pay for item form us as it was sent by company. I had nothing so they calculated fees themselves.. somehow ..

zirrus

Same issue here (from Spain), customs fees were pretty high for the baseball. I would also prefer something that fits in ordinary letters. The last shipment of stickers arrived via ordinary letter and was fine (i.e., no customs).

Sean Kelly

The new tractor video has an update on them.

Ricardo Köhler

I didn't pay costums for a stickers so that should be fine for you too!

Matěȷ

When I got the Patreon baseball, I had to pay much money for representation in the customs process. I would prefer that the stickers would be sent as an ordinary personal letter in an envelope to go around the customs process. Would it be viable? Although I am not sure how the process works, so I don't know what exactly is the optional solution.

Sean Kelly

Just updated my address, so I hope they haven’t been sent out yet.

Tyron Mascini

Make a sticker of the eclipse!

Olie Bosley

Something photography related. I know the Kodak smarter was over a year ago (it felt like it was just a few months ago). With the interview with Don and Matt I think you could have a really cool photography related sticker. But I know what ever ends up being the design I will be pleasantly surprised will a letter from the US reaches me in the UK and I’ll add it to my collection!

Jacob Kaiser

Eclipse chasers!

Leroy Johnson

Submarine!

Jay Mweller

Have you done a video of butterfly wings under the microscope (spectrascope?)? Those videos you made were so amazing and colorful.

Ashith Hegde

Maybe a sticker on the Kodak Series. That was a long series that was the highlight this year

Jason Hagenow

I know I’m late to the party and there are so many great options!!!! You could do a sticker for every episode in reality…you simply do such a good job at bringing complicated topics down to earth!!! I really think this year was kind of space heavy though…so it might be fitting to have it focused on that…you started the year with telling NASA how umm…up a crick without a paddle they are and then the spacesuit and the rocket and the eclipse … it would be the year of space! As I was checking out YouTube though just now I had forgotten Natures Motor… I mean that thing is freaking cool that it certainly deserves consideration…maybe a combo big/small??? Kind of a ying/yang thing… universe/nano-verse???

Josh Monroe

I have two sticker thoughts. I love the idea of the cicada sticker, but I think the flagellar motor video was one of my favorites of the year.

João Pedro Gomes

An eclipse theme for sure! <3

Echo

I would love to to see the eclipse across the coupala.

Jose Pappie Gonzalez

Eclipse/ Space themed sticker would be great!

Andrew Pearson

I’m not sure my input is needed, since the eclipse series seems to be highly requested, but as a huge fan of both film photography and eclipses, I finally joined your Patreon this year to get access to that incredible shot. I would love to see it as the sticker this year!

AssultTank

I'd like to put my name in the pool of votes for the Eclipse Team. <.<

Ryan Massey

Eclipse sticker idea 💡

Warren Spiker

Just think about that for a second. The privilege we have of seeing the curiosity around Nature and our support allowing Destin and team to produce all these amazing works and topics, from Kilimanjaro, to the epic closeup of an insect to interviews about the 'how I do my job' on a space station. It's a bounty of riches for us and I am very thankful and happy to support this work. Stickers are sooooo extra.

Jamie S.

I agree, eclipse!!

Kyle Ritchie

I shall join those suggesting the eclipse for a sticker. I had considered joining this Patreon for awhile, but that was the final nail that got me in.

Brian Pedersen

After seeing this last video, I really would love something with the ISS cupola and part earth part space (perhaps with a slice of moon included?)

AP

+1 for the eclipse series photo! Iconic moment from this year!

Elizabeth Yarmark

Definitely the eclipse series photo. 👍 Thanks, Destin. 🙂

Rob Howard

TY for making amazing content for people. I share your work with several prospects in my life. Well done, and It's a bummer you have to present legal information like that. BLAHHH

Michele Douville-Boyd

The Eclipse PLEASE!!!!!!! Diamond ring or any phases.

Scott Gagnebin

Eclipse!

Nathan Vrubel

I would double vote this one. The quality of your stickers is solid, and makes me want to up my game.

Kody

Hard to choose between the eclipse and Kilimanjaro since I just watched those two again, but those have been my top 2 videos of the year for sure!

Bryan Frye

My stickers land on camping coolers.

GilligansGhost

Eclipse for me! Make it all shiny like!

Zach Wiggin

I like the flagellum, manufacturing, or eclipse ideas.

Trevor Valentine

Ooh, that would make it great!

bpatb

Yes! And the ISS overhead

Trevor Valentine

Sticker idea - A silhouette of Kilimanjaro overlaid with a pot of boiling water with a thermometer sticking out.

Nathan Foster

How about making it about our temporary "second moon"? Or maybe something to do with or incorporate the aurora borealis because of our solar event where most of the country got to see them? Or just something to do with solar maximum in general. Just a couple ideas!

Nelson

Eclipse sticker sounds best to me. Maybe something about cicadas for a secondary sticker? I thought your slow-mo video of them was cool

d shaw

Thank you. Just got my Trash Panda baseball. Keep doing what you do.

Grayson Mobley

We need a video on the process of creating stickers, and then make a sticker of a robot making a sticker

Coulton Goldade

Eclipse sticker is my vote for sure!

Jonathan Boring

We need a smarter every day MVP disc. Also we need a disc golf sticker please 🙏

WhiteMtHomesteader

Flannelgram Diver Stickers

Philippe Tremblay

How about a manufacturing sticker to go with the series?! Being a manufacturing engineer myself, I'd love that!!

Greg Strike

Hey Destin, all good here on the billing change. You normally have a once a month schedule anyway, so it doesn't really change much. We're here to support you, not necessarily for stickers (even though they are cool).

Pair Of Jesters

Don't really care about the stickers. Most of our subscriptions here are "per creation". This change is unfortunate. "Content" is already a flood, per-creation let us support less frequent but more interesting channels.

jahr

I REALLY like the idea of mini disks

Mathieu Abrahami

The eclispe combined with some Kodak views could be awesome for the stickers. And you could add the Moon streched by some industrial robot from the manufacturing videos. Thanks for the videos.

Brian Botterill

First choice is eclipse for sure! If you make eclipse stickers I’m going to have to get an extra Patreon sub somehow so I can give a set to my dad. Second choice is RBM!

Nasi Feles

I also struggle to apply them, I have intended for 3 years to apply them to my water bottle, but first I was waiting to get a new one, then I forgot and needed to clean it, then I dropped it a bunch and dented it all over, and thought I will wait till my next one. I have followed that cycle 3 times... This year I swear it will be different, I will find a home for ever year's sticker lol!

Nasi Feles

100% this is a great idea!

Bob Coombs

More eclipse, more better.

James B

I proudly display my "SED" holographic sticker on my laptop lid!

James B

Ok, I tried again with a different prompt, trying to get Grok to put an engineering drawing of a flagella motore superimposed on top of a full solar eclipse. I don't think Grok knows what a flagella motor is. Maybe Copilot does. Anyway, it did produce something interesting you might want to consider for the base of an idea..... enjoy! :) https://x.com/i/grok/share/jJklpf4Fv3n85P3fe6jOnHswv

David Macauley

Kyle took my answer :)

Kyle

Team Eclipse here. Rare occasion, and I imagine a good portion of supporters (myself included, and my first eclipse) had the chance to get to experience the event themselves. I know for me, my personal experience with the actual event would increase my connection to the sticker.

Insidehardware

Curious on what your budget is. Cost of goods shipped per unit/patreon. Should you ever consider parting ways for a year from your “sticking to your patrons” analogy. Maybe get the frisbee guys to make you a few hundred mini disc (like 2-4”). Or as mentioned in another comment, something with your iconic hat. Idk

Insidehardware

Honestly, I struggle to apply them. Don’t want to “waste” by applying in the wrong location. So they sit safe in my drawer along with my Apple products stickers. Anyone else? Maybe just me verbally processing my insecurities. Second, I think you have done multiple rounds of 3 stickers. So theoretically, if you have the artwork, they could all be different topics. You could host a poll. I think the flagella would be visually cool with holographic effect. But then I need to watch the video again so I can explain it to viewers. If I actually apply the sticker. Eclipse would take my vote story wise but struggling on the “turn it into a sticker” idea, graphically.

Derrick Loftus

Love the dichotomy between eclipse and flagella motor. But have no idea how to pull it off artfully…

Paul Granger

I don’t know what the old stickers were, but I would suggest a blue and white baseball hat. That is all. Simple brand recognition.

Tucker

In reference to the artimemis project, a rocket on the moon and the quote “We’re really doing this, right?”

Gryyphyn Crosthwait

Ooh, that's a good one... I was thinking about covering one of my water bottles with some exposed film, like a dedicated shoot never digitized.

David Sallge

You could do a sticker in Kodak film format, three images side-by-side, with side perforation. The eclipse would be the middle picture. On the sides a cicada and the flagella motor perhaps?

Harper Nelson

I really like the flagella motor idea! You should make it holographic and rotate as you look at it from different angles. You could also do the same thing with the eclipse. Make the moon slowly move in front of the sun as you look at the sticker from different angles.

Greg

A set of properly sizes stickers for each common film format.

Jeff

The eclipse photo was so epic, and screams 2024, so it gets my vote for this year’s sticker!

Martin -Querk- Ličko

Eclipse, disc golf

Trevin Beattie

Squirrels? 👀🐕

John Hammond

A cicada in red and yellow Kodak silhouette

Travis Boop

Reepicheap with the verse

Ariana Estariel

I'm also voting for the eclipse photo sticker.! ☀️+🌚=🥳

Travis Boop

Sticker ideas "Interested people are interesting" D. SANDLIN

Chase Flint

Eclipse sticker would be awesome! Also, if you haven't already looked into it, a SmarterEveryDay disc golf disc seems to be the most logical next step to the SmarterEveryDay x Trash Pandas baseball! Would absolutely LOVE one of those!

Dean

Have you considered a lenticular version? I’m sure it’s much more expensive, but that would be super cool. I’d pitch in a little more for one of those.

Joshua Shaw

Here's a couple Sticker 1. A condensed version of the eclipse photo 2. The Flagellum Motor

James B

How about.... a cicada, wearing a spacesuit, in front of an eclipse....? I asked Grok to draw that up real quick... here's an idea of what that might be.... :) https://x.com/i/grok/share/6oz7vKGp9X9tnZF6px1g4mmxS

Swimavidly

Sticker Ideas: * A flagella motor inside an eclipse inside a disc golf disc. * A Smarter Every Day logo in a fish tank from fish game. * A Kodak Film negative of a stamp press making a rocket.

jahr

Same here. Most stickers become magnets. Trash Pandas baseball sits right behind my keyboard to remind me it is Trash Can, not Trash Can't.

Andrew Luchenbach

Maybe something with rockets? Could be standalone or referencing 'to the moon' (because we'll support you to the moon and back 😁). Related to the lunar EVA suit, Artemis, and Vulcan videos. Could even throw in an eclipse one since the moon shows up there, too!

Steve Jones

I am personally glad for the one/month billing.. I always had a "what if" in my head that wondered what I'd be paying if you suddenly made 10 videos in a month and blew out my patreon budget!! :-) I think I speak for most dedicated fans that even if you skip a month, I'm happy to pay because I know you're doing things behind the scenes to make the next video even better!! I'll have to think about the sticker idea. My baseball is displayed proudly on our piano, and the stickers so far all go on my gun safe..

Tom Dupuy

I concur. The Eclipse was one of the highlights of my year, and I always loved cicadas

jahr

What about something graphical, like rotating the eclipse phases panoramic image around the center until you have a circular sticker? I also like cicadas as a timely idea.

Dale

I convert all of my stickers into fridge magnets. Some go on the fridge in the campervan and travel with me, others go on the whiteboards around the house. I've replied to one of the other comments but I like the idea of a NASA style Smarter Every Day "mission patch". Eclipse or space suits seem the obvious topic.

Matti Loimaranta

Yes something like that or even just a simple SED-logo patch to sew on something! In Finland we have this pretty weird university tradition where everyone gets their own coveralls with an assigned color based on their studies (i.e. green for economics etc.) and then you cover them with a bunch of patches to portray what your interests are etc.

Donald Wert

Same.

Ben Johnson

Fish game stickers!

Dale

I'm assuming this is what you mean but I really like the idea of a NASA style Smarter Every Day "mission patch".

Backlot Bob

Two words. Laminar Flow.

Jason Lee

Fgv

Sean Heller

I gotta have more eclipse baby

David Hathaway

Use the totality image and put your little brain logo in the middle.

william bumgardner

What about the eclipse diamond ring shot with a cicada flying across it like the mystery satellite from the video

Nathaniel Gerlek

It’s got to be a bullet striking a match, right? I’m no graphic designer, and even I can tell it might not be an easy sticker to make, but here’s why I’d love that: 1. It’s awesome. 2. One of the greatest parts of the channel is the fact that messing around in the garage with an old buddy is given just as much significance as a personal tour through a freakin’ rocket factory. Both need to be represented. 3. The point is “sticking with it”—and a present-day throwback to something you first tried thirteen years ago is a perfect reflection of that. 4. It’s awesome.

Smarter Every Day

Cicadas are an interesting choice

David Plunkett

Sticker idea: gecko toe-pads, e.g. https://phys.org/news/2012-06-sticky-gecko-toes-arose-independently.html

Jon Georg

I came here to mention the eclipse for the sticker idea, but am happy that others beat me to it.

Cousin Vinnie

Thank YOU, Destin! Love the suggestions of the eclipse. You only need a single frame to reference that amazing thing. Also, I saw a comment about adding slit in back to make peeling easy. I concur.

Cousin Vinnie

But, Destin, we KNOW what it references, so a single frame might work.

Cousin Vinnie

Dood! Nice. B-)

Sebastian Gorgon

Can you start posting on threads again? Twitter is long gone and what's left is best abandoned.

Brad Keener

Supersonic baseball that is also the eclipse.

chromicacid

For the sticker, either the eclipse or the supersonic baseball cannon

Matti Loimaranta

Totally the eclipse multi-exposure picture drawn as a sticker! I would also love to see a SED patch being something I could purchase, I sent a DM about this if you’re interested in hearing more!

Scott Cloutier

Sticker idea: two options: 1. A SCUBA diver’s mask with the reflection of an astronaut in it, or 2. An astronaut mask with a SCUBA diver reflection.

Smarter Every Day

I tried to sticker-ify it and the partial phases were too tiny… you couldn't see them. Even tried to make a slim pano. It was just too small and didn't translate well to the sticker medium unfortunately.

Will P

It has to be the eclipse… right? The eclipse composition was epic.

Jamie Walton

You should do a sticker that’s holographic and represents the clock on your map. It would be awesome if every sticker represents a different time.

Keith Miller

Sticker idea: The mouse icon at the end of each video or your SED brain logo with either your established year or a verse. Also make the sticker with a slit in the back for easy peeling.