The Trellump

Monster #: 56,712

What Is It: Some sort of wandering creature.

What Does It Want: Beats us. It seems to like to travel in packs.

He's Kinda Got a Smug Expression: Yeah, he does.

I Don't Care For That: Me either.

The Dragnarn

Monster #: 4,533

What Is It: A nasty monster that flies through the night.

What Does It Want: Who knows. Whatever he wants, he's pretty happy about it.

What Am I Looking At, Is It A Dream: Maybe.

Nothing You Say Is Ever Reassuring: I swear, all YOU ever do is complain.

Two Years of Monsters

Hey folks, sorry for the lack of monsters recently. I've been super busy lately (storyboard tests, job interviews, etc) and monsters unfortunately fell by the wayside

But now we're back! And this month this blog celebrated it's two-year anniversary!

I talked a little bit about the origins of the blog in this one-year anniversary post and not a whole lot has changed since then. I still produce these things pretty fast as I'm trying to tap into my subconscious. I think it's really fun to discover the monster as I draw it.

What has changed over the year is how experimental the monsters have become as I've really started playing around with different mediums and materials. I now create monsters in Illustrator and Flash as well as Photoshop and I try to use as many different dry media brushes as possible. I really like texture so any opportunity to make the stuff I create digitally look more tactile is fine by me.

I'm still learning how to be a better artist and I'm really happy this blog has managed to gain something of an audience. Ultimately, I want to entertain and I hope all of you are having a good time.

Here's to another year of monsters!

Best wishes,
Ryan

Here are some of my favorite monsters from the last year:

The Happy Bear

 

The All-Seeing-Eye

 The Lelps

Tembo

Sydney

Sydney

 
Monster #: 3,590

What Is It: A snake.

What Kind of Snake: Just a regular snake.

So It's Not a Monster: Technically no.

So Why Are You Including It: I really hate snakes.

Dude, Come On: What!?

Don't Be a Jerk: I'm not a jerk! You're the jerk
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Don't Take Your Biases Out on Us: Leave me alone!

Krakdarr

Monster #: 459

What Is It: Some creepy, giant beast from a distant planet.

What Does It Want: Who knows? I certainly don't want to know!

How Can I Avoid: Stay away from the planet Krakdaan.

Oh, So We're Good: Nah, Krakdaan's on a collision course with Earth within the next five years. So get used to it!

Gip

Name: Gip

Monster #: 67

What Is It: He's just a little baby monster.

What Does He Want: To grow up and be a big ol' monster!

He's Got a Big Head: He sure does!

Is that Healthy: Probably not. But it makes him look so cute!

Ken

Monster #: 677

What Is It: A reptilian monster with a really long neck.

What Does It Want: To be able to touch his head.

That's Pretty Sad: Yeah, Ken's got a tough life.

He Looks Kinda Funny Though: Well yeah, but we try to hold the laughter in.

We Don't Want To Hurt His Feelings: Definitely not.

The Lizarians

Monster #: 75

What Are They: A species of lizard monsters that are born either happy or sad and stay that way for the rest of their lives.

Wow, That Sounds Terrible: No wait, let me explain!

How Does That Work: The happy Lizarians keep the sad Lizarians from being too sad, and the sad Lizarians keep the happy Lizarians from being too happy.

What A Weird, Weird Relationship: Yeah, kinda.

Charlie Monster

Monster #: 833

What Is It: A large, friendly monster that lives in bedrooms.

What Does It Want: All he wants is to be your friend!

Has He Made Any Friends: No. But that doesn't mean he should stop trying.

How Does He Fit Through The Door: That's a good question that can't be answered right now. Sorry!

Krik

Monster #: 747

Who Is He: Some sort of reptile thing?

How Sharp Are His Teeth: Sharper than knives.

Yikes: Yeah, he's a "biter" too.

What's He Looking At: It's probably for the best we can't see it.