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I Created An Account Where Professional Artists Recreate Children’s Monster Drawings Each Week (35 New Pics)
I am a full-time professional illustrator who has created 45 picture books for children. In 2016, I wrote a book called "Monsters Go Night-Night" in which all the character designs were based on monster drawings my 5-year-old son Elijah had made. To celebrate the book's release, I invited artists to redraw those same 7 original kid drawings in their own styles and post to social media. The response was so astounding that I dubbed the challenge "Monsters Go" and for the next three years continued to share a new monster prompt each week, now provided by all six of my children. During these years, I launched another personal project, which I continued to refer to as "Monsters Go." In this iteration, rather than many artists drawing from a single monster prompt, instead I as a single artist would redraw many monsters submitted by many kids.
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Gerard Neaux 4 years ago
The Firedream is always dreamt by a Firedreamer of age no more than 8 for the entertainment of the whole village. Set up a circle of Firedreamers and they can dream a whole pyrotechnic drama by the village's central hearth.
I received an overwhelming 20,000 designs submitted by kids, and redrew 300 of them from 2017-2018. In 2019, I wound down the online challenge for artists to redraw my own kids' monsters. But when the pandemic hit, I began receiving regular requests from artists asking for its return, folks who were looking for both joy and creative inspiration in difficult times.
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Kiddo 4 years ago (edited)
Awwwww:) where can I get one? It’s adorable! Also, can we all agree it needs a name?
I received an overwhelming 20,000 designs submitted by kids, and redrew 300 of them from 2017-2018. In 2019, I wound down the online challenge for artists to redraw my own kids' monsters. But when the pandemic hit, I began receiving regular requests from artists asking for its return, folks who were looking for both joy and creative inspiration in difficult times.
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So in late 2020, the Monsters Go Instagram account jumped back to life with weekly prompts and highlighted responses. I was running low on my own kids' monster drawings to use as prompts, so I began pulling from the 20,000 drawings that I had received from my other project. Since 2016, over 1,000 artists have played along, and around 4,000 pieces of artwork have been created from these prompts.
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ima cat 4 years ago (edited)
Looks like Madame Hagfish from an episode of Spongebob Squarepants.
MRS PrezConSioux 4 years ago
she looks like she's getting ready to ask for a cloth sack, a baseball bat, & a possum....for little timmy, of course.
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Ilyes Syko 4 years ago
the dream catcher goes from home to home takes bad dreams and leaves good ones. fights its nemisis the dream-monger who wishes to plunge the world in endless sorrow and despair traping all humans in never ending bad dreams.
Kyle Ryu Caan 4 years ago
The name of this creature is Inter galactical whishimaker of destiny i thought of it myself
James Pasquini 4 years ago (edited)
The dream catcher. Oops! Post this before I saw Ilyes' post.
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Jody Whitmarsh 4 years ago
And his pet slug dissolved his homework in slug acid
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Lissy 🤘 4 years ago
Omg.... like little noodle things that taste like choc cheerios called Nija Noodles. Please tell me if you like it, cos then if you don't I'll delete thus comment to save me from embarrassment.
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Bacony Cakes 4 years ago (edited)
FEZ-CAPE-MAN: The new robot master you never knew you needed!
Kyle Ryu Caan 4 years ago
When i see this art the first comes to mind is that the mad is saying bleh bleh bleh countless of times hahahahahha
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Kiya McEachin 3 years ago
My friend copied it but add these type of looks to make it look like lights on it, it was soooo pretty
My Name Is Mars 4 years ago
Reminds me of both Stephen King's novella The Mist and Mr. Waternoose (spelling?) from Monsters Inc.
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Gerard Neaux 4 years ago
The T-Rex/megalodon combo we all knew in our heart of hearts must exist if there's any justice in this world
Ruler Of The Meme Overlords 4 years ago (edited)
Me: I like sharks, dinos, and nature. Artist: I got you
My Name Is Mars 4 years ago
This creation would make a most excellent SCP!
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B. B. 4 years ago
Stay with me on this one...The Cheshire Beagle...yeah. no. 🤣
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Samantha Melnychuk 4 years ago
Can you imagine the sneezes and boogers this guy would put out during allergy season? A tissue mascot if I ever saw one! 😂
Kara Amundson 4 years ago
The fact that both before and after terrify me should not be overlooked
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Vu Ngoc Ngoc (K17 HL) 4 years ago
Wait- i dont think this a monster, more like something familiar😭
Kyle Ryu Caan 4 years ago
It's a green alien version of scp-999 cause itss soooooo cute!!!! 😍😍😍😍
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Chandelure F-5 4 years ago
I officially dub this creature the Chaos Underling, and there is not a thing that you can do about it.
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Josiah Koniecki 4 years ago
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Kyle Ryu Caan 4 years ago
Common man the drawing of the child is cute but when you do this it look awesome it's a combination of a rabbit goblin a mini troll and a soul of a human
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Gerard Neaux 4 years ago
The Fire Langur is the twice removed cousin of the Golden Langur, except he's a telepath. He also accidentally sat in a fire.
Dyzio Da Chubby BUNBUN 4 years ago
Oh I thought the second picture’s drawing is mad and farting out fire
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Alexander Smith 4 years ago
I like this just because the child's drawing makes me as nervous as the adult's drawing is impressive.
Klaatu Verrata (Cough) 4 years ago
Actually like the kid's drawing better. Reminds me of what doctors wore during the plague. Or some creature facsimile of those.
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Itź-Hàzèl -Thè mòønlight dèmön 4 years ago
The tree of the dead or the tree of the bones and leafs...
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Kara Amundson 4 years ago
Love how the kid is feeding it a bit of fire. Def a cool rifle on training a dragon.
Christine Maxfield 4 years ago
It’s not a tail, the wings are down because it’s not flying!
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Kara Amundson 4 years ago
"Don't worry, little bud, I'm relish every minute of tearing those bullies to shreds!"
Rosie Mroczynski 3 years ago
the artist interpretation seems like it missed the energy of the child artist's drawing
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Kara Amundson 4 years ago
"I got lost on my way to the stylist, but then I just followed all the streams of beautiful people."
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Kara Amundson 4 years ago
Again, SO diggin' both of these severely. Just glad they're not under my bed.
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Kara Amundson 4 years ago
Though the ginormous skeletal bird arm might make for awkward moments
Load More Replies... Itź-Hàzèl -Thè mòønlight dèmön 4 years ago
The mechanical serpent princess... or the pink electricity wielder....
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Lisa Johannesson 4 years ago
This one didn't pay enough attention to the drawing. The dragon clearly only has two eyes, and those blobs are just plain wrong. They even removed the wings.
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Leah Williams 4 years ago
The pink one in the right is freaking me out hahaha
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My 3 granddaughters painted some rocks the way the child above did. My DIL has them in her flower garden. And they don't even look out of place! They sort of "dress up" the flower bed. This spring we're having them do some for Grandma's & Grandpa's flower beds. (I've already purchased the acrylic paints, brushes, etc.) lol!
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Jody Whitmarsh 4 years ago (edited)
His name is Ben. Short for Beneath the Glass. His trusted steed is Oscar, who defends and transports Ben to his ever important Intergalactic Flea Federation meetings on various shag carpet planets. Oscar is grateful to work for the enemy as he does not get bit
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Emmie Jensen 4 years ago
These are amazing! I really love the variety of art styles and how each artist interpreted the child's art in their own unique way!
Goth mouse (they/them) 4 years ago
These are awesome! I kept my weird drawings from when i was little i might have a go at re drawing some!
James Pasquini 4 years ago
What would be really cool is if these could be printed out, framed and given to the children that drew the original pictures.
Perry Edward Matthew Franz 4 years ago
It’s too bad when we have to put our imaginations away to deal with the real world; maybe it would be easier to deal with reality if we used our imaginations like these kids did.
Caroline Blundell 4 years ago
Wow, these are amazing the creativity of children and the talented artists who illustrated them. Watch out film designers.
Emmie Jensen 4 years ago
These are amazing! I really love the variety of art styles and how each artist interpreted the child's art in their own unique way!
Goth mouse (they/them) 4 years ago
These are awesome! I kept my weird drawings from when i was little i might have a go at re drawing some!
James Pasquini 4 years ago
What would be really cool is if these could be printed out, framed and given to the children that drew the original pictures.
Perry Edward Matthew Franz 4 years ago
It’s too bad when we have to put our imaginations away to deal with the real world; maybe it would be easier to deal with reality if we used our imaginations like these kids did.
Caroline Blundell 4 years ago
Wow, these are amazing the creativity of children and the talented artists who illustrated them. Watch out film designers.
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