Slippery Sam

Monster #: 45,230

What Is It: A very large sea snake.

What Does It Want: To live it's life peacefully in the ocean.

How Slippery Is He: Very slippery.

How Slippery is "Very Slippery": Extremely slippery.

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!

Tembo

Monster #: 7,003

What Is It: A curious monster.

What's He Looking At: Something off screen. From his expression it looks like it's pretty amazing.

What's With the Snake: The snake is probably guarding the thing Tembo is looking at.

Does Tembo Notice the Snake: No.

Uh Oh: Uh Oh, indeed.

Slyther

 

Monster #: 9, 456

What is It: A very large, very hungry snake.

What Does It Want: To hide. For now.

What Happens When It's Now: That's when it eats.

What Does It Eat: Whatever it wants.

The Snake

Monster #: 1

What Is It: The snake from the Adam and Eve story. Duh.

What Does It Want: To corrupt mankind.

Wait, So Does This Mean The Bible is Literally True: Nah. Cavemen evolved into Adam and Eve.

Wait, How Does That Work: I don't know. Ask a real scientist.

Sylvia the Snake

Monster #: 73

What Is She: A friendly little snake that wouldn't hurt anyone.

Really?: Well, unless you're a mouse.

What Does She Want: To live her life the best way she can.

Don't We All?: Indeed we do.

Monster #842

Name: Medusa

Likes: Foolish heroes, Snakes

Dislikes: Perseus, Moongooses

Favorite Hair Care Product: Finding one that deals with snakes is just impossible

What to Do if You See Her: Too late, pal

Monster #381

Name: Strictor

Likes: Eating People

Dislikes: Not Eating People

Length: Too Long

Last Seen: Slithering Around Subway Tunnels