31 Days of Monsters: The Nachtrapp

The German Nachtrapp is a giant bird that only comes out at night. It searches for naughty children, which it abducts from their beds and takes home to tear apart and devour. The Nachtrapp has no eyes, only empty sockets, and if you look into them, you will die instantly.

31 Days of Monsters 2014: The Owlman of Cornwall

In 1976, two sisters were walking through the woods near a cemetery in Cornwall when they spotted a large owl-like creature hovering in the air over a church. After their story became known, more sighting happened around the region with details added by keen-eyed, or perhaps, more imaginative "witnesses". Noted hoaxer, Tony "Doc" Shiels' involvement in the early reports make many skeptics believe the Owlman is nothing but a prank. The whole story would have died out completely, but in recent years, sightings of the creature have begun again in Cornwall. Is Shiels behind the recent sightings, or is there really a large humanoid raptor lurking in the forests and fields os Cornwall?

31 Days of Monsters 2014: Harpy

In Greek mythology, a harpy was a vicious half-bird-half-woman monster that punished evildoers, or anyone who displeased the gods. Famously, Zeus set harpies to plague the blind seer Phineas after he revealed too much about the activities of the gods. Dante imagined a place in Hell filled with harpies that punished suicides.

31 Days of Monsters 2014: The Snallygaster

It's October 1, and thus begins 31 Days of Monsters 2014. Each year I challenge myself to draw a different monster every day. It helps flex my artistic muscles, refine my style and of course share my vision of some of the world's creepiest creatures with the world. As always, send me any ideas you have for future monsters and, in general, let me know what you think.
To begin with, we have the Snallygaster. A cycloptic, tentacled, bird-like creature from the woodlands of Maryland, the Snallygaster likes to swoop down onto its prey, snatch them into the air and quickly drain them of their blood. The monster's name comes from the German for "quick spirit." It is said that President Teddy Roosevelt, an avid big-game hunter, heard tales of the creature and almost postponed an official trip to catch the beast. 

31 Days of Monsters: The Roc

The Roc was an enormous predatory bird of Arabian legend. White and pale blue in color to help it blend in with the sky, the Roc was large enough to pick up elephants and carrie them away to it's mountain nesting grounds. It is said that sailors marooned at sea would disguise themselves as cattle by wrapping themselves in cowhide, in order to lure a Roc to pick them up and carry them back to mainland. This sounds like a plan of dubious merit since, I imagine many of those sailors ended up as breakfast for the terrible Roc.