Elisabeth Craster Illustration
@ecraster.bsky.social
Artist
KidLit Illustrator ✏️
Animals, History & Fantasy ⚔️
Art Teacher 🎨
Nerd 🦄
PORTFOLIO: www.elisabethcraster.com
IG: @ecraster
KidLit Illustrator ✏️
Animals, History & Fantasy ⚔️
Art Teacher 🎨
Nerd 🦄
PORTFOLIO: www.elisabethcraster.com
IG: @ecraster
I think this already exists, not as religion, but as moral conviction.
I was a trembling, because I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself:"All right, then, I'll go to hell“
Twainism.
I was a trembling, because I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself:"All right, then, I'll go to hell“
Twainism.
January 10, 2026 at 4:19 PM
I think this already exists, not as religion, but as moral conviction.
I was a trembling, because I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself:"All right, then, I'll go to hell“
Twainism.
I was a trembling, because I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself:"All right, then, I'll go to hell“
Twainism.
I never had a "wolf phase" as an angsty preteen artist, so stylizing these guys felt like peeking into an alternate timeline.
January 8, 2026 at 2:14 PM
I never had a "wolf phase" as an angsty preteen artist, so stylizing these guys felt like peeking into an alternate timeline.
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day, happy 2026. These travel buddies are somewhere nice and cold and remote--far, far away from any news feeds. I do #nonfiction animal-centric #picturebooks and #middlegrade #bookcovers to keep myself feeling warm and fuzzy in more ways than one.
January 8, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day, happy 2026. These travel buddies are somewhere nice and cold and remote--far, far away from any news feeds. I do #nonfiction animal-centric #picturebooks and #middlegrade #bookcovers to keep myself feeling warm and fuzzy in more ways than one.
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Hey, artists remember this:
No matter how many pieces you made this year you're an artist, even if you only made 1.
If you are super active or if you only have time / energy to pop up once in a while, no matter how big or small, you are still part of the art community 🙌
I love u artists
No matter how many pieces you made this year you're an artist, even if you only made 1.
If you are super active or if you only have time / energy to pop up once in a while, no matter how big or small, you are still part of the art community 🙌
I love u artists
December 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Hey, artists remember this:
No matter how many pieces you made this year you're an artist, even if you only made 1.
If you are super active or if you only have time / energy to pop up once in a while, no matter how big or small, you are still part of the art community 🙌
I love u artists
No matter how many pieces you made this year you're an artist, even if you only made 1.
If you are super active or if you only have time / energy to pop up once in a while, no matter how big or small, you are still part of the art community 🙌
I love u artists
An additional panty-twister is that this neighbor of the board barn is consequence free. Good for them, no days of worry, no potential follow up visits to pay for. Total freedom from the disaster that could have been avoided with a MOWER BAG.
October 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
An additional panty-twister is that this neighbor of the board barn is consequence free. Good for them, no days of worry, no potential follow up visits to pay for. Total freedom from the disaster that could have been avoided with a MOWER BAG.
Playing in the arena while we wait for the vet.
Horses should never eat mown grass clippings, but sometimes, well-meaning neighbors think it is alright to spray said clippings through the fence. Infuriating.
Dogs, horses, anything really…if it ain’t yours to feed, don’t feed it! #horsecare
Horses should never eat mown grass clippings, but sometimes, well-meaning neighbors think it is alright to spray said clippings through the fence. Infuriating.
Dogs, horses, anything really…if it ain’t yours to feed, don’t feed it! #horsecare
October 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Playing in the arena while we wait for the vet.
Horses should never eat mown grass clippings, but sometimes, well-meaning neighbors think it is alright to spray said clippings through the fence. Infuriating.
Dogs, horses, anything really…if it ain’t yours to feed, don’t feed it! #horsecare
Horses should never eat mown grass clippings, but sometimes, well-meaning neighbors think it is alright to spray said clippings through the fence. Infuriating.
Dogs, horses, anything really…if it ain’t yours to feed, don’t feed it! #horsecare
Happy little viewers like you
October 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Happy little viewers like you
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October 3, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Eeep! Nearly missed October #kidlitartpostcard day. Can't pass up an excuse to put this #blackcat house goblin on my feed; he just so happens to rep my love of animal-centric #middlegrade #bookcovers. Enjoy the #Halloween vibes.
October 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Eeep! Nearly missed October #kidlitartpostcard day. Can't pass up an excuse to put this #blackcat house goblin on my feed; he just so happens to rep my love of animal-centric #middlegrade #bookcovers. Enjoy the #Halloween vibes.
One of the first of many glorious rants on the brain today. #scrubs #tylenol
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Tylenol
YouTube video by Mike Moore
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September 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
One of the first of many glorious rants on the brain today. #scrubs #tylenol
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youtu.be/gD6olRJ8S3I?...
The first hour of the evening. 4pm is the last hour of the afternoon.
Source: Eastern European shopping experiences. Many stores close at four. The idea is that you do your shopping and chores during the day; 5 PM and after is for dinner and socializing.
Source: Eastern European shopping experiences. Many stores close at four. The idea is that you do your shopping and chores during the day; 5 PM and after is for dinner and socializing.
September 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The first hour of the evening. 4pm is the last hour of the afternoon.
Source: Eastern European shopping experiences. Many stores close at four. The idea is that you do your shopping and chores during the day; 5 PM and after is for dinner and socializing.
Source: Eastern European shopping experiences. Many stores close at four. The idea is that you do your shopping and chores during the day; 5 PM and after is for dinner and socializing.
Hi #kidlitartpostcard day. Since real life feels like a circus right now, have a little OG Roman circus action, courtesy of my love for animal-centric #historical #nonfiction. #Picturebooks and MG #bookcovers with a little #graphicnovel flavor.
September 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Hi #kidlitartpostcard day. Since real life feels like a circus right now, have a little OG Roman circus action, courtesy of my love for animal-centric #historical #nonfiction. #Picturebooks and MG #bookcovers with a little #graphicnovel flavor.
The lesson I took from Tolkien is that these big bombastic villains are all toppled eventually by quiet, persistent, foolish little people. Have to hold on to that.
September 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The lesson I took from Tolkien is that these big bombastic villains are all toppled eventually by quiet, persistent, foolish little people. Have to hold on to that.
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Last evening of the summer.
Tenth year of teaching middle school.
And best believe I’m bummed and a little stressed, but I am not scared. And I am supremely lucky for that.
Tenth year of teaching middle school.
And best believe I’m bummed and a little stressed, but I am not scared. And I am supremely lucky for that.
August 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Last evening of the summer.
Tenth year of teaching middle school.
And best believe I’m bummed and a little stressed, but I am not scared. And I am supremely lucky for that.
Tenth year of teaching middle school.
And best believe I’m bummed and a little stressed, but I am not scared. And I am supremely lucky for that.
I love the who, how, and why. Plus form=function. But I got the impression that most game art (where fantasy migrated?) doesn’t want a researched look, it wants sexy. And life before plumbing was not sexy.
What I’m saying is that if anyone knows where I can go to rant about wheel types on carts…
What I’m saying is that if anyone knows where I can go to rant about wheel types on carts…
August 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I love the who, how, and why. Plus form=function. But I got the impression that most game art (where fantasy migrated?) doesn’t want a researched look, it wants sexy. And life before plumbing was not sexy.
What I’m saying is that if anyone knows where I can go to rant about wheel types on carts…
What I’m saying is that if anyone knows where I can go to rant about wheel types on carts…
Reposted by Elisabeth Craster Illustration
Ceffyl Dŵr - Water Horse from Welsh folklore that lures lost travellers on its back before diving underwater, never to be seen again.
August 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Ceffyl Dŵr - Water Horse from Welsh folklore that lures lost travellers on its back before diving underwater, never to be seen again.
August 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Happy last minute #worldlionday post, #kidlit style.
August 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Happy last minute #worldlionday post, #kidlit style.
Humor take. The photos of my cat, posted between postcards, get far more engagement anyway lol.
August 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Humor take. The photos of my cat, posted between postcards, get far more engagement anyway lol.
Hi #kidlitartpostcard day! I do #nonfiction animal-centric #picturebooks and #middlegrade #bookcovers. <3 history and animal science!
These #dolphins are giving this #shark the what-for. Probably for using obnoxious Chaloops type. Sharks aren't generally gifted at graphic design. He tried.
These #dolphins are giving this #shark the what-for. Probably for using obnoxious Chaloops type. Sharks aren't generally gifted at graphic design. He tried.
August 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Hi #kidlitartpostcard day! I do #nonfiction animal-centric #picturebooks and #middlegrade #bookcovers. <3 history and animal science!
These #dolphins are giving this #shark the what-for. Probably for using obnoxious Chaloops type. Sharks aren't generally gifted at graphic design. He tried.
These #dolphins are giving this #shark the what-for. Probably for using obnoxious Chaloops type. Sharks aren't generally gifted at graphic design. He tried.
Sniff snarfin' for evidence. #sketch #sketchbook #kidlit #kidlitart #dog #drawing #illustration #characterart #animalart
July 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Sniff snarfin' for evidence. #sketch #sketchbook #kidlit #kidlitart #dog #drawing #illustration #characterart #animalart
Oh, like you would never. #artistproblems #weirdreferences #sketch
I thought my obsession with ankle booties was just a personal problem; from now on it's "research."
I thought my obsession with ankle booties was just a personal problem; from now on it's "research."
July 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Oh, like you would never. #artistproblems #weirdreferences #sketch
I thought my obsession with ankle booties was just a personal problem; from now on it's "research."
I thought my obsession with ankle booties was just a personal problem; from now on it's "research."
Indeed, mother, I require your undivided attention.
July 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Indeed, mother, I require your undivided attention.
July 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM