/r/ImaginaryMonsters

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Pictorial art of monsters from the past or present, such as angels, demons, strange WTF creatures, drooling brutes, innocent-looking oddities, mythical hybrids, an image from a bestiary, etc. Yes, you can submit drawings of your own imaginary monsters.

We strongly encourage the crediting of artists by their real name.

The Imaginary Network:

r/ImaginaryCharacters

r/ImaginaryLandscapes

r/ImaginaryMonsters

r/ImaginaryTechnology

A multi-reddit of The Imaginary Network


Pictorial art of monsters from the past or present, such as angels, demons, strange WTF creatures, drooling brutes, innocent-looking oddities, mythical hybrids, an image from a bestiary, etc. Perhaps your submission will inspire an illustrator or comic-book artist. Yes, you can submit drawings of your own imaginary monsters :) No photos, please.


No AI art

Please credit the artist by their real name and link to source. Please take 5 minutes to use Google Image Search or TinEye

Use the actual title of the artwork: Don't retitle an artist's piece, even if the relation between the title and the piece is unintuitive. Do not create a title for an untitled piece either.

No links to collections of wallpapers or a portfolio: Please link to one image, and post a link to the gallery in the comments

Self-submissions: Flair reserved for artists posting their own work (Original Content/'OC'): Click the word 'flair' under your post's title then click 'Self-submission' and Save. Leave a comment about your piece. Warning: Self-promotion without community engagement may result in a ban.

3 submissions max. every 24 hours

No shortened URLs

Reposts of submissions already posted to this subreddit are OK after 8 months

No politics, including sexual politics

No subreddit marketing

No obvious Card art

Moderators may remove posts/comments at their discretion


Reddit alumnus hueypriest said Imaginary Monsters is "awesome" in a comment about mentioning it on reddit's blog and alumna cupcake1713 says it's "one of the creepiest subreddits"


Header image: a crop of "Corak The Hunter" by Philip Herman


Requests: For payable requests, try r/HungryArtists, r/ArtStore, r/DesignJobs or Dribbble. Or you can search the deviantArt Job offers or Services forums. For casual requests, try r/picrequests


Friends: r/Art - all things art related, post what inspires you; r/CharacterDrawing - for fans of role-playing games; r/Comicbookart - an appreciation of the art form; r/DeviantArt - share your work and the work of others; r/drawing - for artists who particularly enjoy drawing; r/Painting - painting methods, techniques, and tips; r/SpecArt - Explore the visual aspects of imagined worlds; r/Wallpapers; r/WTFArt - experimental and unusual art


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/r/ImaginaryMonsters

394,884 Subscribers

192

Gatekeeper by Pasi Leinonen

1 Comment
2024/04/15
08:49 UTC

50

Baby Sea Goat by Luzia Soares

1 Comment
2024/04/15
08:41 UTC

209

Kranom, by me (2024)

4 Comments
2024/04/15
00:37 UTC

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The attempt to terminate scp 096 has failed. What to do now? [OC]

8 Comments
2024/04/14
21:50 UTC

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Portrait #0422, by me, fountain pens, 2024

0 Comments
2024/04/14
20:59 UTC

71

“The little road blocker”

2 Comments
2024/04/14
19:53 UTC

42

[OC] Exveemon

2 Comments
2024/04/14
15:21 UTC

528

the magician by me

9 Comments
2024/04/14
14:15 UTC

139

Smoking Ape by Eugene Siryk

2 Comments
2024/04/14
10:21 UTC

110

Fuzzy swamp monster by Konstantinos Kotrosos

1 Comment
2024/04/14
02:51 UTC

32

The worst monster of all

4 Comments
2024/04/13
22:36 UTC

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The chains by me

1 Comment
2024/04/13
20:33 UTC

340

Stuck in traffic by Eduardo Valdés-Hevia

7 Comments
2024/04/13
15:34 UTC

97

Dango Caterpillar

0 Comments
2024/04/13
15:33 UTC

62

Kley, the alchemist lycan

1 Comment
2024/04/13
13:43 UTC

162

Scissorhead Demon by Dan Pilla

1 Comment
2024/04/13
10:12 UTC

317

Secrets of the Forest by Emily Bland

1 Comment
2024/04/13
10:05 UTC

158

The void-dwellers - v_de_rosa

4 Comments
2024/04/13
06:03 UTC

120

Night is Coming - Baron of Gluttony by Nikolai Tiulin

1 Comment
2024/04/13
03:27 UTC

147

Dog n cat emoji designs by @revemorie

3 Comments
2024/04/12
23:48 UTC

13

Demons in the Closet by me

1 Comment
2024/04/12
19:34 UTC

128

A banshee concept, by me. Digital, 2024.

1 Comment
2024/04/12
13:27 UTC

1,445

Playstacean by Anh Dang

14 Comments
2024/04/12
09:48 UTC

107

Naval Battle by Kostis Keritis

1 Comment
2024/04/12
09:40 UTC

43

At the very bottom of everything, me, mixed media, 2024

0 Comments
2024/04/11
21:55 UTC

99

The window was open, so I let myself in. Acrylic and ink painting by me. Thank you for looking!

4 Comments
2024/04/11
20:27 UTC

37

Gerrymandering a Red Dwarf

0 Comments
2024/04/11
16:50 UTC

64

Alien Creature concept by me

1 Comment
2024/04/11
16:10 UTC

30

Found this in a drawing book - Szunyoghy

The Big Book of Drawing Book by András Szunyoghy

Its not about drawing monsters but the author chose to just put this there

0 Comments
2024/04/11
15:43 UTC

140

Nue, the Japanese Chimera, by me

1 Comment
2024/04/11
15:31 UTC

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