Create your very own crazy creatures using basic lines and simple shapes like circles, wave and wiggles! Follow along as professional cartoonist Steve Barr shows you how to draw everything from awesome aliens and dancing dinosaurs to one-eyes monsters and friendly gremlins. More than 20 step-by-step lessons for drawing crazy cartoon creatures. Includes 7 bonus coloring activities. Use any drawing tool you like--pens, markers, colored pencils or even crayons. Complete with a certificate of accomplishment at the end of to show everyone that you're a "certified" crazy cartoonist! Create creatures according to the instructions, or use the book's tips and tricks to transform them over and over again with different shapes, lines and colors. They can be scary, silly, weird or wacky. The possibilities are endless!

If you're ready to meet a dizzy duck trying to fly south, a dog desperately digging to find a bone, and a cat plagued by a fiendish flea, then this collection of three animal picture books in one volume is just what you're looking for! The rollicking rhyming stories from Jonathan Long are brought to life by award-winning illustrator, Korky Paul.

A little boy tells of all the crazy creatures that live around him, including those in the clock, those behind the furnace, those deep in the lake, and others.

Chopped, slammed, channeled, blown . . . in the late '50s and early '60s all of these features lent themselves nicely to the rise of hot rod art that caricaturized the already severe design traits associated with these cars. Usually, the rods and customs in this art were piloted by slobbering, snaggle-toothed "monsters" with bulging, bloodshot eyes. Thanks to the iron-on T-shirt boom of the '70s and a raft of younger artists working today, hot rod monsters have persevered. Now award-winning car-designer Thom Taylor and legendary kustom culture figure Ed Newton reveal the tricks and techniques used by masters past and present to render these whack rods and their warts-and-all drivers. Beginning with a brief history of the form, the authors examine figures like Stanley Mouse, Ed Roth, and Newton himself, then reveal how those pioneers influenced modern artists like Keith Weesner, John Bell, and Dave Deal, to name a few. In addition to offering chapters covering topics like equipment, perspective, light sources, and other technical considerations, Taylor expands on the cartooning, proportion, and color chapters from his previous works, applying them to the subject at hand. Also includes dozens of examples of the form from many of the above-mentioned artists and more.

All Creatures Weird and Dangerous describes the author's experiences as a veterinarian drawn by chance to care for a variety of cryptozoological creatures. As a practicing veterinarian, the author is called upon, as if by strange forces, to care for a Chupacabra, Sasquatch, Lake Erie's monster Bessie, mermaids and fairies in Newfoundland, and eventually a unicorn in the Highlands of Scotland. Drawing on his experiences as a wildlife rehabilitator and exotic-animal veterinarian, the author cares for these odd creatures, describing his work in accurate medical detail and touching on the importance of compassion and the need to respect all creatures on our planet. An homage to James Herriott's All Creatures Great and Small, while touching on stories equally appropriate for an episode of the X-Files.

Rediscover a more child-like approach to creating with Drawing and Painting Imaginary Animals! Through fun and creative exercises, Carla Sonheim teaches you to draw a variety of fun animals and creatures, including: - Dogs - Birds - Elephants - Fish - Cats - Rabbits - And many others You'll also find a variety of unique mixed-media techniques to help you bring your creatures to life, resulting in a unique finished art piece. Improve your drawing skills, expand your creativity, and learn new art techniques—and have loads of fun doing it!—with Drawing and Painting Imaginary Animals.