A Very Beastie Birthday!

I celebrated a birthday over the weekend, and I got some very special greetings from a pair of adventurous little monsters! It seems they are still speaking, despite the hiccup at the end of their last holiday… What a relief!

Anyway, I wanted to share their birthday greetings with you… and experiment with a new format. Let me know what you think in the comments!
Paddy And Plunkett Frame 1 - H Crawford/CrawCrafts Beasties

Paddy And Plunkett Frame 2 - H Crawford/CrawCrafts Beasties

Paddy and Plunkett Frame 3 - H Crawford/CrawCrafts Beasties

Paddy And Plunkett Frame 4 - H Crawford/CrawCrafts Beasties

Paddy And Plunkett Frame 5 - H Crawford/CrawCrafts Beasties

Awwww, you guys!

Hope you all had a great weekend, too! We’ll be back on Friday to share another Dublin treasure with you… Provided Explorer Beastie doesn’t party too hard on St Patrick’s Day, of course!

Is it a Bird? Is it a Plane?

SuperKatie Beastie by CrawCrafts Beasties

No, it’s SuperKatie Beastie!

SuperKatie Beastie was commissioned as a gift for a girl called Katie who is super-into superheroes. Since I couldn’t choose just one superhero to Beastify for her (and because I have a mortal fear of copyright infringement), I thought it would be fun to make her own personal hero. And here she is!
SuperKatie Beastie Close-up - CrawCrafts Beasties
Like all good superheroes, SuperKatie Beastie has a mask to keep her real identity a secret! And I had great fun designing a logo for her superhero costume, too…
SuperKatie Beastie Logo and Utility Belt - CrawCrafts Beasties

As you can see, she also has a utility belt aaaaaand…
SuperKatie Beastie's Cape - CrawCrafts Beasties
… a classy satin cape to help her fly!

Katie and SuperKatie Beastie met for the first time on Saturday. Since then, I have learned that this talented little monster is demonstrating an uncanny range of superpowers, including telekenesis! She also has a cover name (which I can’t reveal in case the forces of darkness are monitoring this blog) and has taken a day job as a vet. Oh, and her superhuman (or should that be superbeastie?) abilities came about after she took a school trip to a nuclear power plant and it was struck by lightning. That’s some origin story!

Hopefully Katie and SuperKatie Beastie will keep us up to date with their crime-fighting adventures… bad guys beware!