THE DAILY MONSTER

BETAPALOOZA: THE NEW OPEN SOURCE MONSTER SECTION IS NOW ONLINE

Good morning. Remember how you used to have to send me your Open Source Monsters and then wait for me to get off my duff to post them to the blog? And remember how that sometimes took forever? Well, that's all in the past now. No more of that! Friend of the Monsters Tim Moraitis has been working overtime to cook up a whole new upload interface for you. Now you can post your Monsters without having to wait for anybody! It's a new feature!

It's a beta right now, so please let me know your thoughts. Tim has posted some of the existing Open Source Monsters already, and we'll add most all of them in the coming weeks. But that's the archival stuff. I'm excited to see what new Monsters you'll cook up. To that end, there is a new Open Source Inkblot waiting for you in Album 24.

Why? Because 344 LOVES YOU

GIUSEPPE'S BEARDED MONSTER

ZOE'S BIRD MONSTER

Good morning. 11-year-old Monster fan Zoe
sent in a very cool bird monster. Check it out!

Thank you very much, Zoe! I love it! Great beak, in particular.

I hope you're already on your way into a great weekend.
Please make a note that 344 LOVES YOU

39 NEW OPEN SOURCE MONSTERS (FINALLY)

Good morning. My face is crimson with shame. Over the past five months you've sent in hordes of great Open Source Monsters, and I've not been posting them. What can I say? I fell asleep at the switch, and I have no excuse for it. But if nothing else, I can finally make it right and post, post, post!

Please say Hello to 39 brilliant Open Source Monsters!

Amazing, no? Again, my apologies from keeping these drawings from you for so long. I hope you'll forgive me, and believe me when I say that 344 LOVES YOU

OPEN SOURCE MONSTER GALLERY 23

Good morning. What with all the preparation for the Monster Book and the Return of the Daily Monster I've been shamefully remiss in posting for you all the great Open Source Monsters that have been coming in over the last few weeks. Well, that's about to change right now. Feast your eyes on a whole menagerie of excellent creatures! It's no surprise that 344 LOVES YOU

BONUS FEATURE

James Hardaker created this great monster wallpaper
in three handy sizes. Please click on the links
below the image to download the files:

Download 1024 x 768

Download 1280 x 960

Download 1280 x 800

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UPDATE: Sue just sent me two bonus monsters, so I thought
I'd add them here instead of making you wait for them.

OPEN SOURCE MONSTER 23

Good evening. How are you? While I'm noodling around on Weekly Monster 123 for tomorrow, I thought I'd finally post the great Open Source Monsters you sent me for Blot 22, along with a new blot for you to play with.

If you haven't thrown yourself into the giddy frenzy of monster creation, maybe this is your week! Here's how it works:

Download OPEN SOURCE INK BLOT 23, print it out, and have at it in any way you like: Draw, paint, origami, film, sculpt, create a dance for it. Just scan, photograph, or otherwise document the result and send it my way at opensource@344design.com and I'll put the result on the blog right here. If you can, please make your file 480 pixels wide. If you can't, don't worry about it.
I'll resize it for you.

In the meantime, please take a look at these excellent drawings for OSM22:

I got in on the action, too:

Kyle Yost bypassed the Open Source Blot
and just made his own damn monsters!
Kudos, Kyle! Nice work!

As always, you guys astound! What excellent monsters! Thank you very much for all your brilliant energy and your most fearful creatures! No question: 344 LOVES YOU

COOL NEW MONSTER BY MEANNA BLOG

Good morning. Happy New Year! I hope you've entered 2008 in high spirits and high style. A new Weekly Monster is going live this afternoon. In the meantime, please check out this cool new creature by Meanna Blog:

No wonder 344 LOVES YOU

NEW OPEN SOURCE MONSTERS (FINALLY)

Good evening. How are you? I hope the holiday madness is beginning to settle into more of a holiday coziness. If you're a giver of gifts, I hope they're all wrapped and/or mailed, and that you can finally take a breath. So it is with me over here at Monster Headquarters. I'm skipping the festivities myself, but those who are getting gifts from me are taken care of. Except for you, of course.

Over the past two months I've been shamefully remiss in keeping up with the Open Source Monsters. Emily, Tiffany, and James sent beautiful new monsters well over a month ago, and as you'll see the Watkins Clan is poised to become for the monsters what the Carter Family were to country music. Well, now that things are a bit calmer around here I finally had the chance to format all the monsters for display, and to catch up on a few of my own.

I also have a new Open Source Ink Blot for you. So if you're in need of a little escape from your yuletide obligations, you can go to town with this PDF right here.

I can't wait to see what you come up with! If you haven't made a monster of your own yet, maybe the slow days between the holidays are the perfect time to get in on the action. Here's how it works:

Download OPEN SOURCE INK BLOT 22, print it out, and have at it in any way you like: Draw, paint, origami, film, sculpt, write an orchestral score for it. Just scan, photograph, or otherwise document the result and send it my way at opensource@344design.com and I'll put the result on the blog right here. If you can, please make your file 480 pixels wide. If you can't, don't worry about it.
I'll resize it for you.

Here are some drawings that should give you plenty of inspiration:

Here are my own versions of Open Source Blots 7, 17, 19, 20, and 21. I already did No.19 a while back, but it slipped my mind, so I did it again. Luckily, it turned out completely different from the first time. See what you think:

Lastly, art student Chris Comper asked me if he could make a few of his own monsters for a school assignment. Who am I to say No? Take a look at the cool monsters he came up with:

HAPPY HOLIDAYS everybody! Have yourself a really good one! And don't forget to check back in on Wednesday. I'm cooking up a special Year End Edition of the Weekly Monster for you. Why? Do you still have to ask? Because 344 LOVES YOU

GALLERY: OPEN SOURCE MONSTER 21

Good morning! HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Thank you for checking in on the monsters on this most ghoulish of holidays. A very special Halloween Monster is rendering for you right now, so please check back in a little bit later to be properly tricked and treated. For now, I hope you'll enjoy the excellent monsters you sent in for Open Source Blot 21. They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky. Hell, they're all together ooky. See for your self:

Fine, fine work, everybody! Thank you so much for another batch of fabulous drawings. I can't think of a better way to ring in the day. As I said, please stay tuned for a very special Halloween Monster in just a few hours. Until then, please rest assured that 344 LOVES YOU

OPEN SOURCE MONSTER 21

Good evening. Finally! Finally! With much delay,
here is a brand new Open Source Ink Blot for you.

If you haven't taken a stab at making a monster of your own---and with Halloween right around the corner---this may be the perfect week for you to get in on the action. Here's how it works: Download OPEN SOURCE INK BLOT 21, print it out, and have at it in any way you like: Draw, paint, origami, film, sculpt, write a screenplay about it. Just scan, photograph, or otherwise document the result and send it my way at opensource@344design.com and I'll put the result on the blog right here. If you can, please make your file 480 pixels wide. If you can't, don't worry about it.
I'll resize it for you.

For now, I hope you'll enjoy this week's monster gallery.
I know I am. And you know that 344 LOVES YOU