Figured I'd run a vote on here too, which two out of the three would you like to see be made this Spring? #Art #TradtionalArt #Watercolors #AnalogMedia #BrownInk #Concepts #FearsomeCritters
#MastoArt

Quote repost with art that has stars!🌟 #yokai #fearsomecritters

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5ahhz7dca4o2irpuhn4du2xm/post/3lazraijths2e

Originating from the tall tales of North American lumberjacks, the gumberoo was a fearsome critter that resembled a nearly-hairless black bear. It was said to possess a ravenous appetite and skin that was so tough even bullets would bounce off it. #FairyTaleTuesday

🎨: Coert Du Bois

#Folklore #TallTales #FearsomeCritters #Gumberoo #Bear #AmericanFolklore

Pickaliker - [ #fearsomecritters ] - a small subterranean, variant to the Ax-handle hound, known to nibble on pic-axes and other mining tools, leaving only the heads of axes and shovels behind. - Found local to the Duluth Minnesota & lake superior mines. ⛏️ Full story: samkalensky.com/products/pic...

According to the tall tales of North American lumberjacks, the Snow Wasset is a giant weasel-like beast that hibernates during the summer and hunts in the winter. Disappearances of lumberjacks in snowy woods were often blamed on this fearsome critter. #LegendaryWednesday

📷: Daniil Zameshaev

#Folklore #FearsomeCritters #NorthAmericanFolklore #TallTales #SnowWasset #Winter #WinterFolklore

Ararie - [Fearsome Critter] - An "almost" featureless ball of fur, rarely found by lumberjacks in the forks of trees. if captured, it quickly outgrows the space it is confined within. If threatened, it will speak, but it only answers with god-awful puns...
• Full story: https://samkalensky.com/products/ararie

#mastoart #folklore #Fearsomecritters #awfulpuns #Puns #ararie

The Oomph - [Fearsome Critter] - A reptile said to be about the size of a dog. It eats bird eggs, when it finds a meal it triumphantly makes a deep gutteral sound which resembles a man taking a punch to the gut, "Oomph, OOMPH!!" - Some eat rocks and lava!!🦎
Full post: https://samkalensky.com/products/oomph

#fearsomecritters #folklore #cryptid #mastoart

Gumberoo - [Fearsome Critter] - A gigantic plump, round, almost completely bald, bear-like creature with impenetrable charcoal-tough rubbery skin that causes weapons to bounce back. Prone to Fire, very combustible, even just taking a photo of the creature will cause the negatives to explode ...Wait. -AAA🔥🔥🔥🔥 Full post: https://samkalensky.com/products/gumberoo

#Mastoart #gumberoo #FearsomeCritters #folklore

Teakettler - [Fearsome Critter] - A small animal with a short temper. - Used to explain the phenomena of hearing a boiling kettle in the wild, surely sign that a "Teakettler" was nearby. - it walked backwards by choice, leaving snowshoe-sized prints.
🫖 full post: https://samkalensky.com/products/teakettler

#fearsomecritters #folklore #mythology #mastoart

The Squasholiger. - [Fearsome Critter 1922] - A friend to farmers & botanists, it Is grown to hunt garden pests! One part lion, One part tiger, One Part Squash! it might be the result of Tigrine Cat-Squashes, mingling with tom-cats. • Full post:https://samkalensky.com/products/squasholiger

#botany #cryptobotany #cryptid #folklore #fearsomecritters #MastoArt

Funeral Mountain Terrashot. - [Fearsome Critter 1910] A creature native to Death Valley, California. it has a heavy casket-shaped shell & weak wobbly legs. While migrating like lemmings across hot desert sands, one after another they spontaneously explode...
• Full Story: https://samkalensky.com/products/funeral-mountain-terrashot
• Also on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1426588213/funeral-mountain-terrashot-fearsome

#mastoart #fearsomecritters #folklore #california #deathvalley #funeralmountainrange #cryptids

Productive January! 🎉 I finished 8 new #cryptid stickers & managed to get back on my horse for art after the dreary December, cause for celebration I guess! - Next month (February) I'll be back to a yokai & urban legend focus! please look forward to it & consider supporting for more!
https://patreon.com/samkalensky
https://Samkalensky.com
#mastoart #supporthumanartists #supportsmallbusiness #patreon #fearsomecritters #folklore

The Will-Am-Alone -[Fearsome critter] A rarely talked about varmint, akin to a squirrel with a 'noxious hobby. it rolls hallucinogenic lichen into balls & then drops the round pellets into the ears & eyelids of sleeping lumbermen..
🐿Full Post: https://samkalensky.com/products/will-am-alone
🍄 etsy: https://www.etsy.com/ca/SamKalensky/listing/1386651876/the-will-am-alone-fearsome-critter

#mushroom #mushroommonday #folklore #fearsomecritters #cryptid #mastoart

Dungavenhooter - [Fearsome critter] A Croc-like reptile, minus the jaws, it hides in the bushes & pulverizes rum-sodden loggers into a gas using its weighted tail, then, it snorts the remains through its huge nostrils leaving nothing behind...🐊

• Full post: https://samkalensky.com/products/dungavenhooter

• Etsy: https://etsy.me/3QUNZuI

#MastoArt #fearsomecritters #cryptids #folklore

I guested today on Bug in a Rug podcast, discussing the Averasboro Gallinipper, a giant #mosquito #cryptid which terrorizes lumberjacks in North Carolina!
#insects #biology #fearsomecritters #folklore #weird #FolkloreNerd
https://open.spotify.com/episode/16x6VH9zZUreY1Qos7uy4L?si=KA_Mt9WWTaSZAQGMzL_-hw

Fearsome Crittober Compilation. #art #fearsomecritters #inktober #inktober2018 #folklore #americanfolklore #cryptids #cryptid #ink #creaturedesign #creature #monster

Fearsome Crittober Bonus: The Gumberoo. #art #creaturedesign #fearsomecritters #bear #gumberoo #cryptid #cryptids #folklore #americanfolklore #inktober #inktober2018 #ink

Fearsome Crittober Day 31: The Joint Snake. #snake #snek #fearsomecritters #folklore #americanfolklore #art #inktober #inktober2018 #cryptid #cryptids #jointsnake

A snake that can break apart and then reassemble itself.

Note: While this is the last day of October, I still have two or three Fearsome Critters I wanted to draw, so I’ll be doing those over the next week as bonuses.

Fearsome Crittober Day 30: The Billdad. #art #billdad #creaturedesign #fearsomecritters #cryptid #cryptids #inktober #inktober2018 #folklore #americanfolklore

An otter-sized creature with a beaver tail; long, kangaroo-like hind legs ending in webbed toes; short front legs; and a hawk’s beak. They whack fish with their powerful tails, stunning them before going in for the kill. The sound their tails make is similar to paddling, and they are often mistaken for canoers (and vice versa).

Fearsome Crittober Day 29: The Ball-Tailed Cat. #art #inktober #inktober2018 #ink #fearsomecritters #crytids #crytid #folklore #americanfolklore #balltailedcat #cat #cats

A large feline resembling a moutain lion in every respect save for its lengthy tail tipped with a bulbous mass used for striking prey. There are many variations, including the Dingmaul and the Silvercat - the latter of which has a weaponized spike on top of its bulbous tail-end.