Series 18! Gettin' close to the big 2-0. 
If you're anything like me, your high school and college notebooks were chock full of dorky little sketches. For this set, I wanted to theme the characters after the kinds of silly drawings you'd find in notebooks, and as I worked on them, I realized I had a ton of old characters that were actually created within the pages of my old notes! I'd been wanting to draw them again anyway, so this was the perfect chance! I also included a lot of little references to other characters within the random doodles along the border. ...Hopefully this set doesn't come off as too self-indulgent.
Anyway, six of these designs are old characters, and three are new designs that feel typical of notebook sketches. Can you figure out which are which? It might not be that hard--it's probably pretty obvious that Zero wasn't designed in this decade.
If you're anything like me, your high school and college notebooks were chock full of dorky little sketches. For this set, I wanted to theme the characters after the kinds of silly drawings you'd find in notebooks, and as I worked on them, I realized I had a ton of old characters that were actually created within the pages of my old notes! I'd been wanting to draw them again anyway, so this was the perfect chance! I also included a lot of little references to other characters within the random doodles along the border. ...Hopefully this set doesn't come off as too self-indulgent.
Anyway, six of these designs are old characters, and three are new designs that feel typical of notebook sketches. Can you figure out which are which? It might not be that hard--it's probably pretty obvious that Zero wasn't designed in this decade.
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In some future time and place, might you consider doing a Creepazoid set focused on Things and creatures from Mythological folklore?
If you were (or weren't) Might I suggest a particular favourite of mine, The Nuckelavee. A monstrous, skinless demon from Celtic myth, that came from the sea, and could kill crops and livestock, cause a disease known as "mortasheen" (LOL) amongst horses, and cause droughts.
It appears as a malformed centaur, with a human torso, arms, head and all, jutting out of the back of a regular, skinless horse. I cannot accurately describe it to you, as I am tired and quite drunk, but I assure you that with a quick google search, and a love of the macabre, It'll fit right in.
I guess they're not really the same thing as the Creepazoids, since each one is an individual character, and they're a bit less cartoony/whimsical, but it gave me a chance to draw a wide variety of mythological figures from different cultures. But yeah, the Nucukelavee is a crazy-awesome monster! I had actually gotten several suggestions for it for the Mythos series, and I had always meant to get to it, but haven't really had a chance to work on them for a while. Whenever I pick them up again, you can bet this crazy bastard will be one of them, though!
It would be AMAZING!
I could try in assist creating the site, or something simple like this!
Oh, really? What did you have in mind? That could be interesting!
(runs away)
Ah, that's an interesting thought! What do you have in mind? Like each one represents a different subject? Like math, science, English, etc.? That could be interesting!
-As I said before, a series based on famous legends and Japanese mythology, including a new version of Fox Fire of the second series.
-A series based on several types of cartoons such as black and white, superheroes, anime etc, like Drawn Together
-Something similar to the previous one, but with famous video games like Super Mario or Pokemon
-A series based on elements of hospital, doctors, diseases, forensic etc.
-One based on festivities such as Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day or Halloween
-One based on characters from famous books of history such as adventure, terror or romance.
-Yeah, I've got a couple different variations of Japanese sets in mind. I've also thought about doing a Cryptozoology set, so some of the yokai might fit into that pretty well.
-The cartoons could be interesting! I've actually got a similar idea for a set, but featuring different comic book styles instead, like golden age, silver age, manga, modern, indie, etc. I've actually been wanting to get to that one fairly soon!
-I actually have a set in mind for the video game theme, too! The major delay for that one is figuring out how to reference video games without the characters looking too much like fan art--I want to make sure the characters are original, with maybe references to other properties, and don't come off as just cartoony versions of familiar characters.
-the hospital set could be interesting! A nice clinical, clean look... that could be cool!
-I've thought about a holiday set, too! But again, my concern would be making sure they're new character concepts, and not just cartoony holiday characters we're already familiar with.
-And I've actually thought about the literary set, too, but ran into the same problem the more I thought about it. I wouldn't want the characters to just be fan art for literary characters, but maybe reference tropes or styles associated with those books instead. I'm still thinking about that one!
Thanks for the suggestions, man! I'm actually coming up on series 20, which will be all fan-created characters, so if you want to design a Creepazoid, let me know!
I dunno, just a thought.
- His name is Fandomstein, he's a strange mix of other Creepazoids, he has Frenzy's head, Clocky's torso and right arm, Prickle Joe's left side, The KIng's waist, Velocity's legs, Tiger Dolphinl's tail and Le Gris's hat
Do you envision the concept as if someone chopped those Creepazoids up and sloppily sewed them together, or would it be more like they were all melded together seamlessly? That is, how "Frankensteiny" should he look?
Yeah, go for it! I would LOVE to see your set of Creepazoids! Your style is great!
That sounds amazing! I can't wait to see what kind of Creepazoids you come up with! Did you need anything from me, like poster dimensions or the little Creepazoid logo for the top? You don't have to include that, but if you want to, I can send you the file!
And yeah, just let me know what you have in mind for the series 20 Creepazoid, and I'll add it to the list! You've got time--I haven't even started series 19 yet.
But yeah, that sounds awesome!!! I'd love to see a set of all Arabian characters! Great idea for a theme! I look forward to seeing what you do with it.
Yeah! I came across that word randomly in the Dictionary one day, and it seemed like the perfect name for a little grim reaper I had drawn in my high school notes.
And hmm, if I have this right, I see Slash ended up quite different over the years after he removed two letters from his name
Ah, yes! Sai's early days.
And wow, I forgot you drew Bile a few times already. Out of curiosity, how powerful do you imagine him being?
Yeah! He made a cameo in the Monster In My Pocket series.
Hmm... that's an interesting question! I'm not sure yet if Sai is impervious to pain and attacks, or if he's just so skilled that he can dodge any attack. He'd be a prime candidate, but I'm not sure who else might be that strong... maybe Renaissance from my comic. I could see him taking attacks from others but he still wouldn't miss a beat. Just kind of absorb it and keep going.
And yeah, I figured Sai was a rather strong candidate for that.
Yeah! There's a scene I haven't gotten to yet in the comic, but he helps defend the good guys' home base from a huge legion of clone soldiers. They're horribly outnumbered, and the battle starts to go in the soldiers' favor, so Renaissance has to fight as his full power to keep the good guys from getting killed, and he takes quite a few shells in the process. Normally he'd be skilled enough to dodge them, but this is after a long fight, and he's more concerned with shielding his friends than surviving the battle. I haven't decided yet if he ends up dying during the fight...