Bedtime Bestiary - Plush beasts from myths and legends!

To those of you who have noticed the launch day change almost half a dozen times now-- I'm so sorry 😅

July was a mess and kept setting us back, but we are FINALLY locked in and launching on 8/11 @ 10am PST!!! Everything is finished and ready to go, so there's nothing holding us back this time 🎉

As usual before a launch I keep vacillating between excitement and absolute terror, but I really love this little project I put together and I hope you enjoy it too! To thank my returning backers, I even have a special lil' sticker ready to go 🥹



Early birds, you know I have something for you too!! I asked Charmsey to draw something so blindingly cute you couldn't help but go 'awww' and of course she delivered. Everyone who backs in the first 48hrs will receive this 1.5" enamel pin featuring a sleeping kelpie completely free!



The one upside to all these delays is that more samples had time to arrive, and oh boy I'm so glad they did. Would you just look at these tiny cuties?? I've always been a bigger is better kinda guy, but these pocket pals are really growing on me. 



The werewolf puppy is also almost finished!! The colors look a bit strange here because I altered them digitally to reflect the changes I asked for, but that's the only thing we're waiting on! At this rate they'll definitely be finished before the end of the campaign-- stay tuned for that deluge of pictures lol



The tatzelwurm and kelpie are taking a bit longer, with the kelpie concept art requiring a pretty intense overhaul to effectively communicate what I want to the designer. I do think the next version will be much, much better though!



Who are you most excited for and/or what creature do you want to see the most? We all know I'm deeply biased towards werewolves, but I can't wait to see the finished kelpie myself. I just know they're gonna be the floppiest lil carnivorous seahorse when they're finished 👀💖

Hello critters!! I've been holding off on a big backerkit announcement for a good while now, but I think it's finally time.

Our next plush project, Bedtime Bestiary, will be going live at the end of the month! Originally the plan was to launch on the 10th, but due to prototyping taking longer than expected I think it's wise to wait a bit longer as we wait for more samples to arrive and others to be started.

On the bright side, we do already have several finished friends and I'd love to share them now! First up is the gryphon that started it all, a floppy amalgam of red panda, lemur and borb. This critter is 20" not including their tail, understuffed and lightly weighted with beans in their paws and belly.



Next we have the purple potato that threw a wrench in our timeline with their incomprehensibly round shape. Seriously this manticore went through so many revisions to achieve their perfectly squat and robust physique I thought we might never reach something that resembled the concept art-- but we did! And I love him.

The manticore is also roughly 20" from snoot to butt, with hefty paws that double as a bludgeoning weapon in a pinch. 

Around the time we were putting the final touches on the manticore, I decided I needed to complicate things further by introducing mini versions of everyone. Hear me out though-- they're freakin' adorable. 

Minis are the 10" versions of their 20" counterparts, designed with portability and space efficiency in mind! Every bedtime beast will have a mini version to make them all as accessible as possible. 

 

This next creature is still a BIG work in progress, but one I am extremely excited about. Say hello to the tatzelwurm!! They're a bit longer than the others to compensate for their noodliness, and just as adorable. I can't wait to hold this one in my grubby mitts and hope we have the finished sample in hand before August!




And then next up will be the werewolf and kelpie! I'm hoping these will be a bit more straight forward (knock on wood) and come together quickly. 



That's all for now, but don't forget to sign up for notifications if you haven't already! In the days to come I'll be sharing more critters and campaign goodies, including early bird rewards and other backer incentives. I've been having a blast brainstorming on these guys and have quite the backlog of concept art and other doodles to share.

See you in the next update, critters! 💖