Thread:Fishbird/@comment-26163780-20161108161123/@comment-26163780-20161110043412

Why do you always use the most obvious animal combinations or really obscure/prehistoric/extinct animals when coming up with characters? Shag makes me think of Thig and Thog as well as this one monster Jim Henson used in a commercial for a brand of soda called Mirinda, aptly named The Mirinda Craver. The Sunny Day Monster appears to be named after Beautiful Day Monster, judging by his description he looks like a hand-puppet sized version of the character Splurge (research more obscure Muppets, that'll help you with more original character designs) Does Larry the Dairy Monster only eat dairy products? And you say he's a red version of Cookie Monster with eyebrows? Looks to me like a Cookie Monster/Oscar the Grouch hybrid. Speaking of CM, his predecessor the Wheel-Stealer's design was used as a template/prototype for Avenue Q's Trekkie Monster (basically picture a green Cookie Monster cosplaying as Spock from Star Trek) The very same design evolved into a character called Arnold who eventually became the cookie loving fiend we know today.