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imagine running around like this 😩
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Not frodos golem
I always thought the idea of carving a protector from clay was a comforting concept
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cthulhu 🤔 maybe a bit too much like Davy Jones 😅
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Moony 🌙
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Let's get kraken 🐙
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mischievous little guy wit the 🔥 background
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💫 this is the skin of a killer Bella 💫
classic vamp w a bendy straw 🥤
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I know the chupacabra has been around a long time, but it always makes me think of the walking dead because of daryl dixon lol this card is one of the ones that I liked the sketch better than the card 💁♀️
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the abominable snowman and the yeti/Bigfoot always felt like summer vs winter to me so I wanted their designs to be similar and I think they look cute
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here's the grim reaper or death and tbh not super happy with this one, i only really like the bones in the hand lol
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I grew up on the mummy and the mummy returns so you know i had to draw this! I had a lot of fun playing with the colors and lighting 💫 really happy with this one!
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I was so happy with this one 😭 look at the little face on the worm, it's so cute! and the eyes and the tshirt came out so good!
another one that hurt to give back lol
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I grew up with the ogopogo in the Okanagan so of course I had to draw the lochness monster! I was really happy with how these first two came out, it was so hard to give them back lol
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Last year I had the amazing opportunity to work with Upper Deck on their Monster Masterpieces collection!
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Final sketch card showing a monster with the body of a shark and the head and tentacles of an octopus grabbing an unsuspecting scuba diver by the leg and pulling them towards its open mouth full of razor shark teeth.
Digital color sketch
Ink sketch thumbnail
My final monster sketch card done for Upper Deck!
Lusca - In Caribbean folklore, a mythological sea monster is said to exist in the region of the blue holes nearby Andros. It’s described as a half shark, half octopus.
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Afanc - A lake monster from Welsh mythology described as resembling a crocodile, beaver, or a platypus, and sometimes a demon. It is said to prey upon any foolish enough to fall into or swim in its lake.
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Finished sketch card of a seal popping their tail up happily in banana pose, but with a woman’s face coming out of its mouth as if the woman is wearing a costume
Digital color sketch
Cursed ink sketch concepts
Selkie - Seals who can shed their skins and turn into beautiful women. They may have brief trysts with men, but if you steal and hide her seal skin she will be trapped in human form, forever unhappy.
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Finished sketch card of kelpie horse standing in shallow water
Digital color sketch
Ink thumbnail sketch
Kelpie - A shapeshifting water spirit from Scottish folklore. It can take the form of a horse or a human (usually a man). Some tales are grisly, though others show the creature to be lonely.
#upperdeck #monstermasterpieces #sketchcards #celticfolklore #scottishfolklore #kelpie #copicmarkers
Final sketch card of a man’s head with wings for ears, and taloned bird feet instead of a neck
Digital color sketch
Concept ink sketch
Chonchon - From Argentina & Chile, an evil sorcerer can transform his detached head into this flying monster and invisibly carry out his malevolent activities; its cry of “tue tue tue” is considered a dire omen of death.
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Finished sketch card of Piasa Bird
Final digital sketch
Ink thumbnail sketch
Ink concept sketches
Piasa - First depictions of the were from an indigenous mural on cliffs above the Mississippi River. It’s said to have wings, antlers, a goat’s beard, scales, an extremely long fish tail, and the face of a human.
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Snallygaster - A cryptid from Maryland, this half-bird, half-reptile is said to have enormous wings, a long pointed bill, sharp teeth, claws like steel hooks, and an eye in the center of its forehead.
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Drawing of a creature resembling a mixture of a hyena, an iguana, and a bit of raccoon.
Ink sketches of final drawing
Ink concept that has more raccoon features
Initial concept sketched that are more alien and snake-like
Chupacabra - One of the newest cryptids, sightings first occurred in Puerto Rico in 1995. Its name translates to “goat sucker.”
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Drawing of a creature with a kangaroo-like body, large bat wings, and a long antelope’s neck and head
Jersey Devil digital color sketch
Jersey Devil ink sketch
On the 12th day of Christmas Cryptozoology - A Jersey Devil in the pine trees! 🎄
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A woman with long stringy black hair, red eyes, and the lower body of a red snake - Lamia from Greek Mythology
Digital color sketch of Lamia
Initial ink sketch of Lamia
On the 11th day of Christmas, Queen Hera gave to me - the curse of half a snake body. 🐍
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A bovine creature with the head of a warthog, kicking its hind feet. It has tusks and the large horns of a steer. There is poisonous breath coming from its nostrils.
Final ink sketch pose of the catoblepas.
Concept sketch of catoblepas, head on view
Some various ink concept sketches for catoblepas, more water buffalo like
On the 10th day of Christmas, Pliny the Elder gave to me - a Catoblepas with breath of poisoning! ☠️
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A beautiful woman in a belted Grecian toga, kneeling serenely with her eyes closed. She has snakes for hair and is surrounded by broken statues and Greek weaponry.
A digital color test of the final Medusa drawing.
Original pen sketch of Medusa.
Medusa: A gorgon or The Gorgon; born a monster, or turned into one; so hideous that gazing upon her will turn to stone, or beautiful with a petrifying gaze. The legend varied, but one thing is consistent - SNAKE HAIR!
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A white giant white wolf with carved wold Inuit mask. It is stepping over mountains and trees and backlit by the aurora borealis.
Color sketch
Ink sketch
Ink sketches of Inuit wolf masks
Happy Winter Solstice! Here is a festive sketch card done for Upper Deck.
Amarok - A giant solitary wolf depicted in Inuit mythology either as a benevolent guardian, a dangerous predator, or a test of strength.
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Owlman - Cornish folklore; first sighted by young girls in the 1970s as it was flying above a church. Described as an owl with pointed ears, as big as a man with glowing eyes and black, pincer-like claws.
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Harpy - Greek/Roman mythology; another half-bird, half-woman being that is a personification of storm winds. They would often steal food and sometimes humans, and were vicious and violent.
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