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Quinn Red

@quinnred.bsky.social

I am a Canadian graphic designer and artist who has a particular passion for creature design. I'm a big fan of science fiction and fantasy content, as well as the natural world, which is all often evoked in my art.

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04.03.2026 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Another illustration from @lostincult.co.uk's upcoming book "Perfect Organism" a celebration of Alien Isolation written by @ultrabrilliant.xyz! Illustrated by me!

Go check it out now! (Link in bio)

03.03.2026 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 696    πŸ” 173    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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Here are some of my ideas for variants on how the Andalites (from the book series β€œAnimorphs”) could look in a film or tv show, exploring different possibilities for their alien, centaur-like anatomy!

28.02.2026 07:25 β€” πŸ‘ 328    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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A Canadian classic.

I recall trying to redesign the Things when I was forced to endure it with some pals.

26.02.2026 06:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I remember quickly trying to hide it from my boss as I was working on it.

23.02.2026 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If I was the DM for the D&D game this is for, lord knows it'd be even more Oddworld.

23.02.2026 06:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Post your contextless "Photoshops".

23.02.2026 04:11 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
Tall figure with gorillan build dressed in fancy velvet green and gold. They are dressed militarily, with an embellished helmet and gilded sword sheathe.

Tall figure with gorillan build dressed in fancy velvet green and gold. They are dressed militarily, with an embellished helmet and gilded sword sheathe.

Tall and wide figure dressed in a shiny green butler uniform. Gold ropes embellish the suit and a velvet mask with a leafy pattern covers their snouted head entirely.

Tall and wide figure dressed in a shiny green butler uniform. Gold ropes embellish the suit and a velvet mask with a leafy pattern covers their snouted head entirely.

Mooks for a DND game I'm in.

Gondluks & Gondmen are the product of years of perfecting a will-eating opiate on vulnerable peoples by the colonizing and industrious SootheSaint herbal company.

Their masks both hide their personhood and swiftly supply herbal vapor into their airways.

22.02.2026 08:53 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Tall figure with gorillan build dressed in fancy velvet green and gold. They are dressed militarily, with an embellished helmet and gilded sword sheathe.

Tall figure with gorillan build dressed in fancy velvet green and gold. They are dressed militarily, with an embellished helmet and gilded sword sheathe.

Tall and wide figure dressed in a shiny green butler uniform. Gold ropes embellish the suit and a velvet mask with a leafy pattern covers their snouted head entirely.

Tall and wide figure dressed in a shiny green butler uniform. Gold ropes embellish the suit and a velvet mask with a leafy pattern covers their snouted head entirely.

Mooks for a DND game I'm in.

Gondluks & Gondmen are the product of years of perfecting a will-eating opiate on vulnerable peoples by the colonizing and industrious SootheSaint herbal company.

Their masks both hide their personhood and swiftly supply herbal vapor into their airways.

22.02.2026 08:53 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A horse rider with spear and an incredibly badass conical goblin helmet

A horse rider with spear and an incredibly badass conical goblin helmet

A woman in some kind of blank faced habit with the top of her head on fire, she looks like she’s manipulated genetic lines for 10,000 years to make sure you were born and you turned out to be a soft as shit dickhead

A woman in some kind of blank faced habit with the top of her head on fire, she looks like she’s manipulated genetic lines for 10,000 years to make sure you were born and you turned out to be a soft as shit dickhead

A load of couriers all wearing face mask sat around a yurt at the feet of a dude in a gold suit sat on a throne with his own face a pitiless void

A load of couriers all wearing face mask sat around a yurt at the feet of a dude in a gold suit sat on a throne with his own face a pitiless void

A dude on a horse, the horse has fucking antlers and somehow that’s not the gnarliest thing here, again his helmeted head reveals a terrifying Stygian abyss where his face should be

A dude on a horse, the horse has fucking antlers and somehow that’s not the gnarliest thing here, again his helmeted head reveals a terrifying Stygian abyss where his face should be

Seen a couple of clips the past week from some 1995 Kyrgyzstan documentary The Universe of Manas and had to check out the whole thing. Just absolutely fucking unreal levels of drip here

youtu.be/jgJZCaOI5KE?...

21.02.2026 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 829    πŸ” 235    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 13
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Whenever dragons are discussed on socials such as Twitter or Bluesky, as well as in movies, shows, games, books etc
At some point I always see this classic mentioned.
But I don't think I've ever seen anyone mention this other one.

19.02.2026 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 1
In its more horrific method of retribution, the mob will sometimes dress victims as mimes, place them in glass
boxes, and let them perish slowly in full view of the public.

In its more horrific method of retribution, the mob will sometimes dress victims as mimes, place them in glass boxes, and let them perish slowly in full view of the public.

In its more horrific method of retribution, the mob will sometimes dress victims as mimes, place them in glass
boxes, and let them perish slowly in full view of the public.

18.02.2026 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 408    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 6

Congrats man!!!

18.02.2026 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh hell yeah!

18.02.2026 03:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

By technicality!

16.02.2026 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Gonome and Proto-Gonarch standing side by side.

The Gonome and Proto-Gonarch standing side by side.

The Gonome has heavily mutated it's human host body, making it far more predatory. Claws are hooked and limbs elongated for better speed and grip. Back muscles and shoulder muscles now hunch over to protect the head. The chest wound of the Zombies has now developed into a true mouth, with a modified digestive system to launch acid at distant targets.

The Gonome has heavily mutated it's human host body, making it far more predatory. Claws are hooked and limbs elongated for better speed and grip. Back muscles and shoulder muscles now hunch over to protect the head. The chest wound of the Zombies has now developed into a true mouth, with a modified digestive system to launch acid at distant targets.

The Proto-Gonarch is already developing it's tanky chitin, though still in the process of being a birthing machine. It relies on whats left of the host to hobble the hefty creature as it gorges on meat delivered to it by suitor Gonomes. 
Zombies and Gonomes will crowd and protect the Proto-Gonarch, though it's shell is already bullet-proof, the egg-sac host is vulnerable and without it will cripple the Gonarch.

The Proto-Gonarch is already developing it's tanky chitin, though still in the process of being a birthing machine. It relies on whats left of the host to hobble the hefty creature as it gorges on meat delivered to it by suitor Gonomes. Zombies and Gonomes will crowd and protect the Proto-Gonarch, though it's shell is already bullet-proof, the egg-sac host is vulnerable and without it will cripple the Gonarch.

Close up of the Gonome "head". It has grown primitive eye bumps in order to better hunt prey and aim it's stomach acids.

Close up of the Gonome "head". It has grown primitive eye bumps in order to better hunt prey and aim it's stomach acids.

My fan redesign of the Half Life Gonome and a early stage Gonarch.

Due to the destruction of the Suppression Field, Headcrabs could mature to the next step of their lifecycle.

XYs would fuse into and improve the host body, XXs would increase their own size and reduce the host to an egg sac.

16.09.2023 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Am emerald green and iridescent chitinous skeletal creature with a raptorial body plan. It's lower jaw is a saw like tongue that extends into a loop. The last digit on each hand is extended into serrated whips. Violet rib like spines protrude from the lower back.
The creature emerges from a hollow pig creature.

Am emerald green and iridescent chitinous skeletal creature with a raptorial body plan. It's lower jaw is a saw like tongue that extends into a loop. The last digit on each hand is extended into serrated whips. Violet rib like spines protrude from the lower back. The creature emerges from a hollow pig creature.

A fan mutant concept of @rythaze.bsky.social 's Repha setting.

Born from a single afflicted Meal Pig stock, Ichneumon have spread across the world as high speed serrated mirage predators.

They primarily exist in loose packs, flightless males guarding pig larvae to impress an airborne female.

23.06.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A skeletal and scaly creature that shines like steel chrome, with large wings that shimmer like an insect's. Instead of a lower jaw it has a bladed tongue.

Extra sketches depict a heart-shaped placental pig "egg" and a semi-transparent feather-like larvae.

Below are sizes compared to the male creature and a human man.

At the bottom is the entire tongue unfurled.

A skeletal and scaly creature that shines like steel chrome, with large wings that shimmer like an insect's. Instead of a lower jaw it has a bladed tongue. Extra sketches depict a heart-shaped placental pig "egg" and a semi-transparent feather-like larvae. Below are sizes compared to the male creature and a human man. At the bottom is the entire tongue unfurled.

Fan concept of
@rythaze.bsky.social's Repha setting.

Sow Ichneumon are larger, stealthier, and more predatory than the Boar, a highly reflective shell hiding her skybound presence.

More fearsome than her talons is her payload of larvae, eager to dig into warm bodies in hopes of maturing.

26.01.2026 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 138    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Terraforming prototype, Infused with 4 new type nervous system, it erratically began warping the steal and structures of the colonys it was being produced under, green shimmering chitin and multi colored fleshy sinew's erupting from every fiber, seen as "unethical" better kept as a source of energy in the post war period that birthed it, its combat capability's  remain untested.

Terraforming prototype, Infused with 4 new type nervous system, it erratically began warping the steal and structures of the colonys it was being produced under, green shimmering chitin and multi colored fleshy sinew's erupting from every fiber, seen as "unethical" better kept as a source of energy in the post war period that birthed it, its combat capability's remain untested.

Psycho bio custom
γ€Ž MRX-quad-ten 』

13.02.2026 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 180    πŸ” 76    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s some sketches exploring one of my ideas for the creature from β€œThe Terror” by Dan Simmons, and how I imagined it could work as a supernatural element while still able to be mistaken for a polar bear at a glance or in the distance~

08.02.2026 05:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3403    πŸ” 772    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 18
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Some variants I made on how the creature from Dan Simmons’ book β€œThe Terror” could look like, it was a lot of fun imagining different versions and how they might work on film~

Huge thanks to the great @guydavisart.bsky.social for ever so generously sharing his knowledge and invaluable feedback!

08.02.2026 04:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1358    πŸ” 299    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 3

LOVE the shape of the bottom left one!

06.02.2026 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

LOVE this!!!!

06.02.2026 02:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It was fun to try and learn how to make something look kinda chrome!

26.01.2026 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A skeletal and scaly creature that shines like steel chrome, with large wings that shimmer like an insect's. Instead of a lower jaw it has a bladed tongue.

Extra sketches depict a heart-shaped placental pig "egg" and a semi-transparent feather-like larvae.

Below are sizes compared to the male creature and a human man.

At the bottom is the entire tongue unfurled.

A skeletal and scaly creature that shines like steel chrome, with large wings that shimmer like an insect's. Instead of a lower jaw it has a bladed tongue. Extra sketches depict a heart-shaped placental pig "egg" and a semi-transparent feather-like larvae. Below are sizes compared to the male creature and a human man. At the bottom is the entire tongue unfurled.

Fan concept of
@rythaze.bsky.social's Repha setting.

Sow Ichneumon are larger, stealthier, and more predatory than the Boar, a highly reflective shell hiding her skybound presence.

More fearsome than her talons is her payload of larvae, eager to dig into warm bodies in hopes of maturing.

26.01.2026 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 138    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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owlbear spec bio... :V #art

08.11.2024 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 271    πŸ” 110    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
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doodles of some manticores

21.01.2026 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3147    πŸ” 875    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 9
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I Will Miss Her Smile A repurposed war machine reflects on friendships, on its new emotions, and what it means to be alive.

my personal site is finally up and running! i'll be posting short stories, worldbuilding, and other fun things here. in the meantime, here's a short story i wrote for #writingbattle that didn't make the cut, but i still enjoyed it all the same

deltahexagon.com/2026/01/04/h...

18.01.2026 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

THE BEST THERE IS!

19.01.2026 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0