Some speculative aliens from a National Geographic magazine special
Some of the cast of Takashi Murakami’s new film, Jellyfish Eyes. Taken at the Wonder Festival - Winter 2013 in Chiba, Japan.
A quick rundown of some old, miscellaneous monsters I love and couldn’t otherwise fill an entire article with.
These aren’t all just cool designs; a few of them have downright brilliant powers and abilities, or thoughtful and endearing personalities.
Monster Recommendation
If you like live action monsters, I urge you to check out Jacko as a Pun.
I discovered it recently, and it’s full of interesting creature designs that I’d never seen before. Nothing is too obscure for this blog.
Other fun blogs with similar content are Monster Man, Monster Brains, and good ol’ Bogleech. I’m also currently running a monster marathon on my secondary blog.
A while ago I had a dream my blue lava lamp came to life like a Tsukumogami and licked my face. Tsukumogami are a type of Japanese Yokai (supernatural spirit). They are objects that have come to life after reaching 100 years old. Of course my lava lamps aren’t that old, and I don’t think this phenomenon can apply to new, electrical objects anyways. But it was so cute and I was inspired by this dream to paint all my lava lamps as if they were Tsukumogami. My favorite Tsukumogami is Karakasa Obake, an umbrella creature with one eye, one leg, and his tongue sticking out. I think this influenced how my lava lamp appeared to me in my dream. It was fun showing their personality in the painting and I always love painting bright colors and goopy stuff!
i had the dude bottom left, never really knew what it was if im honest. but his eyes pop out.
The Evil Horde in She-Ra! The bottom left guy is Mantenna.
Basilisk - student short film by Ami Thompson (Sheridan college).
She had been intern at Ghibli and Disney studios.
THAT LOOKS FANTASTIC AAAA ANIMATIONTHIS IS GORGEOUS god I really love the design on that monster too
kind of like a chameleon/tardigrade hybrid with a little axolotl tossed in too
