Unleash your inner beasties! | Unlike their villainous cousins, the monsters in this book exist to make people smile, not scream. Wonderfully weird and relatively harmless (aside from the occasional nibble on a toe), these are some of the most likeable monsters you'll ever encounter--from Stephanie, who wants to wrap her tentacles around you in a big hug, to Patience, the bug-eating rock, to Peeperpillar, a cute caterpillar-parakeet. They are the quirky creations of three professional monster artists, here to share their techniques and character-building processes. With a fun, anything-goes approach to monster-making, they show you how to bring to life the beasties running wild in your own imagination. Draw 43 crazy-cool monsters step by step! Learn to draw a variety of eyes, mouths, horns, legs and feet, and make mix-and-match monsters. Create four breeds of monsters, including freestyle, alien, mashups and robots. Spot monster-making inspiration all around you, from animals and insects to jelly beans and toasters. No humans were harmed in the making of this book.