Design Inspiration that Goes Bump! Monsters and Creatures

I thought we’d start off the week with some different kind of design resources to fuel your inspiration. What do you feel about some imaginary creatures and monsters… cute, or otherwise? In my opinion, being able to imagine something completely different from other existing creatures is a special trait. So we’re going to appreciate these unique beings and designs and see where we can get some for individual projects.

Here’s a preview of the kind of things that we usually see in our dreams and will also be seeing in this article.

Dragons fit quite well in this category, although they’re probably not always this cute.

Now let me introduce you to some of those awesome imaginary creatures I was telling you about:

And a group picture for our graphic design album!

In case you’re wondering how these monsters are made…

They might look like the things that go “bump!” in the night, but they are actually really friendly.

They also have friends, just like us.

Some of them try to eat their friends… But hey, no one’s perfect!

But they definitely have feelings…

Now, I promised I would tell you where to get illustrations with these cool creatures. Here are a couple of brushes and vector packs that are guaranteed to quench your monster “thirst”.