The Morae River

November 9, 2009 11:18 AM

Brynn Metheny is a freelance illustrator based in Oakland, California who loves to draw imaginary creatures. Metheny has taken this fascination with made-up animals and extended it to the point of conjuring up an entire continent, Orcura, through which flows The Morae River. The river basin has a bestiary and a Classification of Species to describe the animals that inhabit it. (via) (speculative zoology previously)
posted by HumanComplex (9 comments total)

Barracuda has blocked as porn... does that mean there are speculative furries?
posted by munchingzombie at 11:36 AM on November 9, 2009

Excellent!
posted by Harald74 at 11:36 AM on November 9, 2009

If the Gigatus were real, I would insist upon annihilating it. Conservation be damned. That this is scary.
posted by jefficator at 11:43 AM on November 9, 2009 [1 favorite]

The Gigatus could never grow that large with an exoskeliton. Also it would make a lot more sense for it to pull up the prey then to lower it's body to pick it up.

Very beautiful drawings though.
posted by delmoi at 11:54 AM on November 9, 2009 [1 favorite]

This reminds me a lot of "The Future Is Wild". Theoretical Evolution at its finest.
posted by punktorah at 11:58 AM on November 9, 2009

The Gigatus could never grow that large with an exoskeliton.

Maybe not on YOUR WORLD, PUNY HUMAN.

These remind me a bit of Olduvai George, who does real-but-no-longer-living creatures.
posted by Greg Nog at 12:06 PM on November 9, 2009 [1 favorite]

Greg Nog, thanks for that link. These (original post included) are great.
posted by six-or-six-thirty at 12:44 PM on November 9, 2009

It's like a Codex Seraphinianus that makes zoological sense!
posted by aeschenkarnos at 1:06 PM on November 9, 2009 [1 favorite]

The best DM ever!
posted by SPrintF at 7:54 PM on November 9, 2009