Category: Monsters

One of my favorite past times is drawing friendly monsters.

I often draw them after work, on the couch, and with a beverage. These days, my medium of choice is the iPad / Apple pencil combo in Keynote for easy use in slides.

Monsters have also made an appearance in sticker format! I usually keep some on with me, so if we ever meet in real life, let me know and I’ll surely give you one.

This holographic monster would love to be on the back of your phone

Post author By nodoinet
Post date March 13, 2020

A hand holding a set of holographic monster stickers

Gotta love this monster’s candid expression!

Extremely cute "box programmer" stickers / new personal card!

Post author By nodoinet
Post date February 24, 2020

Stickers containing an illustration of a monster doing a puzzle of boxes, and an arrow pointing to the monster saying "Box Programmer" and Lara's information

This is possibly the cutest thing I have ever created! The middle illustration peels off into its own sticker.

Monster who is genuinely interested in what you have to say

Post author By nodoinet
Post date January 25, 2020

If you’re ever frustrated, feeling like, “No one is listening to me!!” just look at this sweet monster.

Emo-shapes #1

Post author By nodoinet
Post date December 29, 2019

This shape embodies the illusion that everyone else knows exactly where to go, and fits perfectly into what they do.

Saturday, plant-based monsters

Post author By nodoinet
Post date November 23, 2019

Three monsters with square heads that are holding hands and growing out of the earth

These monsters are enjoying the weekend so far! Looks like they won’t be going anywhere.

Friday monster

Post author By nodoinet
Post date November 23, 2019

Purple monster waving

A friendly monster to welcome in the weekend! This has happened before.

Story time monsters

Large light blue monster on the left is holding a pink book reading a story to several small mutlicolored monsters that are peaking their heads through holes in the ground. One of the small monsters is saying "CSS is so cool!" and another one saying "I know!"

Another slide from my talk, this image represents the end of a short story about how a CSS algorithm saved the day!

Monsters working on a house of cards

Post author By nodoinet
Post date June 16, 2019

A red monster on top of a yellow monster positioning a new card on a stack of teetering cards. The yellow monster has a speech bubble that says "OMG careful!" They both look very nervous.

These monsters are working on a house of cards, an experience similar to working on a code-base that has not been tended to appropriately over the years! This is a slide from my “Algorithms in CSS” talk.

Monster reminiscent of a Star Wars character

Post author By nodoinet
Post date March 20, 2019

Do you know the one I’m talking about? Boba fet, maybe?

Monster with flower boogers

Post author By nodoinet
Post date February 10, 2019

A blue monster with a long neck and trunk-like nose that has a bouquet of flowers coming out of its nose

Look at this nice monster with flowers coming out of its nose. A+ boogers.

“Say hello to the weekend” monster

Post author By nodoinet
Post date January 11, 2019

Orange monster with one eye and big ears peaking into the image frame

Well, hello there, weekend!

“Didn’t order a burger in Dayton” monster

Post author By nodoinet
Post date January 8, 2019

A purple worm-like monster with eyes and nose at either end inside burger buns with some lettuce

I drew this monster while having dinner at a nice bar in Dayton, OH called “Lucky’s”. The burgers didn’t look like this…err on second thought, I didn’t order one so I don’t know!

Young, potentially overexcited monster

Post author By nodoinet
Post date December 30, 2018

Green monster with wide eyes peaking into the image frame

This monster is ready to welcome in 2019 with wide eyes and a hopeful smile. Is that how you feel about the new year, too?

Somewhat sleepy monster

Post author By nodoinet
Post date December 24, 2018

Blue monster with curly nose and heavy lidded eyes

This monster looks like it just woke up from a nap. That curly nose is reminiscent of an elephant seal’s, for sure.

Most popular monster so far

Post author By nodoinet
Post date November 10, 2018

Blue smirking monster with large eyes

This monster made an appearance as a sticker, and it has been the most popular so far. Just look at that sweet face!