Mr Toad Is A Goddamn Idiot

there’s this one illustration in charlie and the great glass elevator of a vermicious knid and I’ll literally never create something with the power that that image held over me as a child. im talking spiritual.

《Creative ways to use up a new ink pen》

Many of the motifs in this starry sky are hijacked from the illustrations of Harry Clarke:

poulwebb.blogspot.com

Harry Clarke - part 1

Art and Artists, Paintings, Painters, Prints, Printmakers, Illustration, Illustrators

thank you Harry Clarke

plein airpril ⚓️

I’ve been working on my own httyd oc story just for fun, but I thought I’d share these :]

Idk what to call them, but these are just some notes for my own original species of dragon (more below if you’re interested!)

The goal was basically to create a dragon that has really good senses; all but sight (their eyes are kinda sensitive to light, which makes it difficult for them to see sometimes, particularly in full sunlight)

They usually don’t have to worry about light bugging them though, as they travel in small packs either at night or in drifts of fog

They are omnivores! They eat whatever is available, which obviously changes as they change location, but they prefer fruits and fish

I based the physical appearance on bats (you can probably tell heh)

I’m thinking these guys would be both tracker and mystery class

They have two sets of ears, but they only use the larger sonar pair when in extremely low visibility

They can use an advanced form of echolocation! The little hairs on their bodies let them sense vibrations from all sides

There’s more but I’ll be quiet now lol, just me being cringe and free <3

Mutants of Cherry Creek (pt 2)

Some MORE mutated critters from my YA lovecraftian horror comic set in 90s New England.

Mutagenic ooze is seeping into the town of Cherry Creek and mutating normal New England wildlife into terrifying monsters. The Cherry Creek Middle School Paranormal Investigation Club sets out to discover, catalogue, and tame all of the mutated cryptids and hopefully find the source of the toxic ooze before it permanently infects everything (and everyone) in town.

Northern Short Tailed Shrew — one of only a few venomous mammals

Brown and Black Bears - walk on two legs, climb trees, intelligent

Eastern Crayfish - present in the fossil record for at least 300 million years Eastern

Moose - huge but stealthy

Eastern Newt (Red Eft) — can secrete a strong smelling chemical from glands in its skin

At first, the animals just seem weird, strange, a little “off”. Over time, exposure to the ooze causes these creatures to get bigger, meaner, and much more dangerous. (all the beginning stage creatures shown here are newly mutated, their final stages are after only a few weeks of exposure)

I also love folklore and cryptids and I really love the idea of this club of dorky middle school cryptid hunters assigning names like “bigfoot”, “mothman”, and “hodag” to these monsters so can try and contextualize something they don’t really understand. Soon the club realizes these aren’t fun isolated critters but symptoms much larger impending ecological disaster!

I picture it like pokemon evolution, going from a cute water turtle to a kaiju which is a lot for a ten year old to handle.

Which is your favorite? What cryptid would you wanna see? What animal should I “Cryptify” next? lmk what you think!

what a strange-looking crab

The Students of Illip Arts High, by Backbone

Acanthonus armatus

fish 135 - bony-eared assfish/a. armatus

Meanwhile in a parallel universe...

George and Wally (c) PBS Arthur

MUTANTS OF CHERRY CREEK

Mutagenic ooze is seeping into the town of Cherry Creek and mutating normal New England wildlife into terrifying monsters. The Cherry Creek Middle School Paranormal Investigation Club sets out to discover, catalogue, and tame all of the mutated cryptids and hopefully find the source of the toxic ooze before it permanently infects everything (and everyone) in town.

I want to base all the “cryptids” the Club discovers on real animals in New England’s different ecosystems. At first, the animals just seem weird, strange, a little “off”. Over time, exposure to the ooze causes these creatures to get bigger, meaner, and much more dangerous. (all the beginning stage creatures shown here are newly mutated, their final stages are after only a few weeks of exposure)

I also love folklore and cryptids and I really love the idea of this club of dorky middle school cryptid hunters assigning names like “bigfoot”, “mothman”, and “hodag” to these monsters so can try and contextualize something they don’t really understand. Soon the club realizes these aren’t fun isolated critters but symptoms much larger impending ecological disaster!

I picture it like pokemon evolution, going from a cute water turtle to a kaiju which is a lot for a ten year old to handle.

Which is your favorite? What cryptid would you wanna see? lmk what you think!