MetaFilter posts tagged with creatures

"Characters with Unusual Pets and their Unusual Circumstances"

quin — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:55:52 -0800

"The Secret Pet Society" is an fantastical series of paintings with descriptions by artist Travis Louie which features Victorian-era styled people posing alongside their mythical creatures. Arrested Motion has an interview with the artist. [previously] [via]

What do you get when you cross ...

mrgrimm — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:34:20 -0800

"Mythical Creatures" by Jim Unwin and Dylan Carline. * Manticore (Human + Lion) * Griffin (Lion + Eagle) * Echidna (Human + Snake) * Cockatrice (Snake + Eagle) * Harpy (Human + Eagle) * Pegasus (Horse + Eagle) * Centaur (Human + Horse) * Unicorn (Horse + Narwhal) * Mermaid (Human + Narwhal) * Camahueto (Bull + Narwhal) * Minotaur (bonus video) (Human + Bull) * Mermahuataur (Human + Bull + Narwhal) * Cynocephalus (Human + Dog) * Orthrus (Dog + Dog) * Cerberus (Dog + Dog + Dog)

Asterisk-Eating Ball is cute!

JHarris — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:53:26 -0800

Here are a variety of strange creatures, realized by the surreal Swiss mime troupe Mummenschanz: 1 2 3 4 5 Previously, and Muppetly. MLYT

HP Lovecraft Creature Lab

brundlefly — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:48:39 -0800

In September, Jon Schindehette [previously] and Lars Grant-West [wiki] issued a challenge to students at the Rhode Island School of Design: "Create a creature based upon a non-humanoid critter from H.P. Lovecraft's literature. The creature should have a fully resolved form, convey motion where appropriate, and be believable. Creature can be shown as either 3/4 view or 'turn-arounds'." Here are the entries and here are the judges' comments. The winner of the challenge was Craig J. Spearing's depiction of a Shoggoth. Via io9.

Verminology

cjorgensen — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 08:23:14 -0800

Verminology is a specimen garden of monsters and beasts of the most pestiferous and meddlesome sort, drawn by fingertip on iPhone, using Brushes app. New additions daily. Also be sure to check out Toadbriar for dolls, paintings, sculpture, and Faerie fun! From MeFi's own Lou Stuells. [via mefi projects].

Naive beach campers often fall victim while sleeping

taz — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:49:30 -0800

This a fast offensive predator. First described by Reinthal, 1993, as voracious and a threat to shipping. Diurnal, collecting in dense aggregations along reef walls at night to sleep. Oweni is an insatiable consumer of almost everything of animal origin. Suspect in many human "shark" fatalities, although remains of victims have never been recovered - Field Notes and Drawings of Marine Creatures Captured or Observed by Xisle Expedition Biologist & Artist William Russell Curtsinger, PhD. ......... I actually came across this page while searching for something about marine bioluminescence, and was taken in for a tick or two. I hope a lot of other people fall prey in the same way and are lured into the same delicious wtf?-moment, because I think it's kind of adorable. Based on the species names, I think these might be tributes to friends and colleagues. FF users, right click in images and select "view image" to see larger versions of the drawings.

Edo period creepy crawlies

p3t3 — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:11:01 -0800

Japan's National Diet Library Gallery has been mentioned here before, but the Pink Tentacle blog came across some fantastic late Edo period illustrations in the NDL Gallery by Kurimoto Tanshu (栗本丹洲, 1756 - 1834). Apparently he was a doctor, but he seems to be better known for his hundreds of biological illustrations. Many are of sea creatures, but there are also quite a few other plants and animals. ranging from realistic renditions to bizarre creatures. A huge and varied collection, but all are equally fascinating.

Museum of Fantastic Specimens

jonson — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 21:18:37 -0800

The Museum of Fantastic Specimens is an online (virtual) museum of taxidermy specimens of imaginary creatures, all created by hand by Japanese artist Hajime Emoto. The museum itself can be difficult to navigate, as all the links are in Japanese, so the link in this post goes to an unrelated overview page in English.

Himmapan Creatures: Beasts of Asian Legend

Gator — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:28:39 -0800

Himmapan.com features illustrations and photos of artistic depictions of the creatures of the legendary Himmapan (or Himapan/Himaphan) Forest of the Himalayas. Fantastic chimeras of Asian mythology.

fantastic folk monsters of Japan

madamjujujive — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 09:28:13 -0800

The Obakemono Project - a Gaijin's guide to the fantastic folk monsters of Japan. (via oink)

Stoopid Creetures

eustacescrubb — Fri, 08 Aug 2003 19:05:25 -0800

"These are the conditions under which I will not immediately throw away your donation: all socks are welcome, though I prefer colorful, interesting socks with a different colored toe and heel. a little hole here or there won't hinder the creaturfication process, but threadbare socks with big worn patches you can see through are not preferred. Send no pantyhose or nylons, please." John Murphy used to make beasts out of clay. Now he makes them out of socks.

Beautiful, open source creativity at levitated.net

taz — Wed, 02 Jul 2003 03:47:10 -0800

Walking Things is an environment that generates small, walking computational organisms. "Each walking thing is built up from totally random conditions. Appearance, behavior, and walking characteristics are all assigned from a range enabling effective, functional mobility. Click on a walking thing to permutate its characteristics".

Just one of the very many wonderful (open source) creations at levitated.net (more bugs with bling here). Kick off your shoes, fill your coffee cup or wine glass, and dip in.

Sea And Sky:

Fabulon7 — Tue, 05 Nov 2002 06:22:15 -0800

Sea And Sky:
Sea news, sky news, great photos, NASA Mission Insignia Patches (including Skylab), info about deep sea creatures, exploration timelines, and tonnes more.