A favorite past time of mine is drawing monsters. I started creating them in college, and have since continued in various forms. Most of these are drawn in Keynote on the iPad with an Apple Pencil, but many are in sketchbooks drawn in a variety of media. I print them as stickers and magnets. If we meet in real life, be sure to ask me for one!
Would you like a monster of your very own? Send me an email with your mailing address, and I’d love to send you one.
- Feeling “the feels”, from last Friday monster
- Late Friday Foofa-like Monster
- Friday monster, third in a row, can you believe it?
Gosh, what a week! - Friday monster, drawn last Thursday, with small legs
I drew this monster last Thursday. I tried to think of a body shape I haven’t drawn before, and I think the legs are unique. - Friday monster, drawn on Thursday, with pretzel nose
I drew this monster last night on the iPad while listening to music. Don’t the eyes look 🥹. - Monster inspired by Little Island
This monster is a Saturday monster and it’s supports resemble those of Little Island. - Family Monster
This family monster is a classic. Especially in these cold temperatures, the apparent warmth and comfort of the baby monsters is enviable. - Graph traversal monsters
Monsters representing breadth first search, depth first search, and a stack data structure. - Graph Theory Monsters, Bipartite Graph
Bipartite graphs as monsters: We who are different are connected. - Almost Birthday Monster
This monster is almost one year old. - This holographic monster would love to be on the back of your phone
Gotta love this monster’s candid expression! - Extremely cute "box programmer" stickers / new personal card!
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
If you’re ever frustrated, feeling like, “No one is listening to me!!” just look at this sweet monster. - Emo-shapes #1
This shape embodies the illusion that everyone else knows exactly where to go, and fits perfectly into what they do. - Saturday, plant-based monsters
These monsters are enjoying the weekend so far! Looks like they won’t be going anywhere. - Friday monster
A friendly monster to welcome in the weekend! This has happened before. - Story time monsters
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
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
Do you know the one I’m talking about? Boba fet, maybe? - Monster with flower boogers
Look at this nice monster with flowers coming out of its nose. A+ boogers. - “Say hello to the weekend” monster
Well, hello there, weekend! - “Didn’t order a burger in Dayton” monster
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
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
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
This monster made an appearance as a sticker, and it has been the most popular so far. Just look at that sweet face! - Squidward-esque monster
I drew this monster for a slide about how “Naming things is hard” in CSS. It looks a bit like Squidward from Spongebob. - Monster inspired by koi fish
Have you ever watch koi fish eat and noticed how hilarious their noses/mouths are? This monster (and possibly many monsters before it, but subconsciously) were inspired by the gaping mouths of koi. - Likeable, 3-eyed monster
This monster appears on the slide where I have FizzBuzz written in CSS. What a friendly face! - A helpful monster
Look at this gentle giant, giving some friends a ride somewhere. How nice. - Future water monster
This is a water monster, and for one reason or another, it represents the future. - Possibly elderly monster
I think my late grandfather is channeled in this monster – he was a jokester, to be sure.