Free Online Color Palette Tools
Published: October 29th, 2019
Last modified: February 24th, 2021
Let’s talk about color! I don’t have a lot of color intuition, and as an artist, I tend to work in black-and-white first without much consideration for colors. I definitely rely on setting a palette to help guide myself.…
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Favorite Gen 4 Pokémon
Continuing my highlighting of favorite Pokémon from Generation 3, let’s take a look at my favorite Pokémon designs from Generation 4, Diamond/Pearl/Platinum.
Cricketune
I love that this dapper little bug simultaneously looks like a musical instrument and an orchestra conductor.…
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Reinvigorating Classic Monsters
I, for one, am not pleased with the modern focus on pop-culture and cartoon characters and raunchy jokes as Halloween costumes. Celtic Samhain, from which many modern Halloween traditions and the date are derived, marked the initiation into the “darker half” of the year – when the fae folk (NOT the Tinkerbell variety) and spirits have more power.…
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Webcomic Launch – Fear of Flying
Today marks the launch of my webcomic project, Fear of Flying! To put it REALLY simply, Fear of Flying is about people who turn into dragons and then fight ghosts, the government, social injustice, and crippling social anxiety.
Update 10/19/2021: So sorry, but the plugin I was using to run the comic, Comic Easel, was causing issues on the site.…
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Monstober 2019 – 31 Monster Design Prompts
It’s here. It’s October. There are lots of great design and art prompts that circulate through social media during this month, like the famous Inktober which prompts you to draw 31 inked pieces, one each day.
I would like to present to you MonsterBrainSoup’s Monstober, 31 monster design prompts that can be “filled” in any way you desire – a written design description, a short story, artwork, a Pinterest aesthetic inspiration board, an edit/repaint of a figurine, or, really, any other form of creative expression.…
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Monster Categorization
The Halloween season is officially upon us, and I am just rip-roaring excited to collect this year’s completely unnecessary spooky merchandise.
In honor of this, the most fantastic holiday season, let’s talk about monsters a little more in-depth.…
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The Weirdest Dragons in Media
Published: September 17th, 2019
Last modified: February 24th, 2021
Welcome! We will get started right at 10am. Please make sure you are connected to computer audio so that you can hear us! If you don’t see an icon next to your name in the Participants panel, go up to Audio > Audio Conference and click the “Join with Computer Audio” button.…
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A Review of HTTYD Dragon Species
Published: August 27th, 2019
Last modified: February 24th, 2021
The How to Train Your Dragon franchise is just behind Game of Thrones for public media recognition of the word “dragon”. It’s exciting to see an entire world based around the existence of dragons of all shapes and sizes.…
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Favorite “Flight Rising” Familiars
I’ve already reviewed the dragon species of the Flight Rising world, so let’s take a look at the familiars, the non-dragon companion critters (okay, let’s be real, they’re petpets). These vary greatly from fairly-normal animals to intelligent, sentient, clothing-wearing fantasy peoples.…
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What Makes a Monster Scary
Big teeth, big claws, and big glowing eyes should work, right?
Meh.
Simply mashing together hyper-predatory traits isn’t scary. It’s just cool. A monster that can devour me in one bite may be threatening, sure, but it’s not frightening.…
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