Creature Design

Creating believable imaginary animals using the anatomy of real ones as a guide.

The Beast of Bray Road/Dogman, a "real" werewolf reported throughout the American Midwest. Featured in a Tetrapod Zoology article by Dr. Darren Naish.
The Van Meter Visitor, Iowa's only homegrown cryptid, as a humanoid mix of bat and pterosaur, complete with the monster's trademark glowing horn.
The Van Meter Visitor as a giant sword-nosed bat which grows bioluminescent fungus on its face to attract prey. Not real, but a fun speculative exercise.
The Queensland Tiger, a famous cryptid from Australia. Commission for an article by Dr. Darren Naish in The Biologist magazine.
The 9 hypothetical sea-serpents imagined by Dr. Bernard Heuvelmans in the 1960s. Personal work, later featured in The Biologist magazine.
The Chupacabra as a huge, spikey vampire bat.
Mothman, the famous West Virginia cryptid. I gave it owl-like legs as a nod to the original sighting being a misidentified barred owl.
The Loveland Frogman, a strange cryptid that allegedly carries a glowing, sparking wand. Yeah, it's a doozy...