# smithsonian cooperhewittdesignmuseum monsterdesignmonday chndm museumarchive openaccess monsters creaturedesign artwork

Skeledillo rolls up and hides in plain sight in the desert until prey wanders by.

Cryptodon doesn't hide. Run.

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2021-01-05

Slimecha
a larvacean and 4 hagfish piloting a slime-voltron. and you KNOW that it can shoot slime

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2021-01-05

Bellowulf
A large awful canine that can inhale and exhale with extreme force. Yes it's literally the Big Bad Wolf

I know lots of people out there probably have the hots for this but personally I think being swallowed alive is one of THE SCARIEST ways to die

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2020-12-29

It's the last Monday of the year, so here's a lineup of all of the young Monrades I've shared so far! Note that there is some size tweaking from the last version.

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2020-12-29

Black-and-White Mottled Bird on Tulip Stem, with Daffodils and Butterflies, ca. 1800–1830 https://t.co/esvgbZrGfn

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2020-12-28

Title Page, from "L'Art Universel des Fortifications Françoises, Hollandoises, Espagnoles, Italiennes et Composées", ca. 1660 https://t.co/rDv3EcKLVI

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2020-12-28

Spirouette

based on ballerinas and peacock spiders. This could also just as easily be a fairy/bug type fakemon because yeah most of my monsters tend to just be pokemon anyway

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2020-12-22

Yellow-and-Blue Bird on Bouquet with Rose, Tulips, and Daffodils, with Butterflies, ca. 1800–1830 https://t.co/6pEuu4dggf

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2020-12-18