Hark, an otyugh!

Been working on non-cute, D&D-esque monsters lately too. Here's my first one, an otyugh. Otyughs are Dungeons & Dragons monsters that live in refuse piles and collect treasure. I'm kind of a junk hoarder myself, so I can relate.


I finished this dude a while back, but it took me a long time to get pictures and transfer them to where I could post them. It's a prototype (his eyestalk doesn't stand up on its own... oops), but full of valuable lessons for the next round.



A guy I played Living Forgotten Realms with a few weeks ago told me sight unseen that he would buy a handmade plush otyugh. I hope there's more like him!

Cycloptopus

Saturday I made my favorite monster yet: Cycloptopus. It's not actually that tricky, but it does embody the sudden, unexpected confluence of a lot of things I've learned.

Very little of my output is unusable -- it's hard to screw up something that's meant to look monstrous. But I see more blemish than finish in most of my production.

This guy is different. I'm pretty proud of him!