I've been wanting to do a cryptozoology calendar for years now, and I think this year I'm finally going to do it.

Here are my thoughts so far:


1. In order to narrow it down, I am considering only doing N. American cryptids.

2. I want to avoid just covering the classics - Bigfoot, lake monsters, Thunderbird, el chupacabras - but I don't feel I can leave them out entirely. I've considered doing a less well known version, for example the Sarasota skunk ape or the Wisconsin dog-man instead of the classic Sasquatch, or Underwater Wildcat Mishu-pishu instead of the usual Loch Ness type plesiosaur lake monster.

3. I'd like to have exmples of native creatures like the aforementioned Mishu-pishu, shunka warak'in and so on, "fearsome critters" from tall tales, things no one really believes in like the Jersey Devil, snalligaster and Goat Man, and vaguely scientific, sorta believable things like Bigfoot. I'll probably leave out UFO alien things like the Dover demons, or supernatural things like ghosts. I also want to do at least one man-eating plant, which will likely be the Mexican snake tree, because plants are almost completely ignored.

Some of the ones I'm considering are the waheela/shunka warak'in, the ahklut (which I've already drawn once), the piasa "bird" (really more of a manticore dragon), the snalligaster, Goat Man, the Mexican snake tree, the Wampus cat, the cactus cat, the hodag, the squonk, the Jersey Devil (again, I've painted him before), batsquatch, the Lee County lizard man, and the Beast of Bray Road.

Any input is appreciated!


2.21 Updated sketch-a-thon list:

Murrahnithahn-i-ia
Demonwolf
Mirabelle0
Dr_Nathaniel_J
Moatsquirrel