Monsters!: Draw Your Own Mutants, Freaks & Creeps

by Jay Stephens

Docktopus, the aquatic nibbler; Skeeterman, the campground creep; and Spook Ook, the attic thumper: these and other creatures lurk on the pages of this quirky how-to. And they’ll reach out and grab kids, “drawing” them into the world of monster art. There’s a ton of great information here on creating weird eyes, strange skin textures, bizarre legs and arms, and a host of creepy facial features so kids will have no trouble creating their very own freaks of nature. See how to add extra limbs, tails, horns, wings, scales, and other effects too! It won’t be long before you’ve brought to life a gallery of fleshed-out monsters.

64 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2007

Reviews

[Sarah Sammis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sean loves to draw monsters. For his birthday his grandmother gave him a copy of Monsters! Draw Your Own Mutants, Creeps and Freaks by Jay Stephens. It teaches to draw monsters by focusing on body types, parts and textures. It has a number of tutorials to help teach the basics of drawing.

By focusing on a single detail, the book teaches how different eyes, different mouths, different ears and so forth can drastically change the appearance of a monster (or any other creature).

The book is one of series of drawing books. The others include Robots! and Heroes!

[Shane Knysh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Monsters! doesn't go into deep details on technique but it gives a great introduction and inspiration. I can't wait to sit down with my daughter grab some paper, some felt pens while we flip through these Jay Stephens books and just have some fun.

[Cyrus · Rating 3 out of 5]

needs a bit more how-to, but good overview.