the Beasts on Skates

Where Roller Derby and Mythical Beasts Collide!

So we’ve got a judge from the Windy City Rollers! We’ve got 4 pairs of derby tickets to go to our winners (and yes first place still gets a mug) and for the first time we’re, not limiting you to one particular Mythical Beast. Draw one, draw 12, do what you must, I just ask that you put em in some f*ing roller skates and don’t just make this sh*t up. All you have to do is follow the same guidelines i do when picking our weekly beasts… there should be some reference to the legend of said beast somewhere, a book, the interweb, tattooed on your grandma’s behind… do i need to see it? No… but will i know that the Tri-socks-alot is just a made up beast from your 2nd grade young authors book… probably… and who needs that embarrassment?

1st, 2nd & 3rd All Get FREE Tix for Saturday the 19th’s
Windy City Rollers All-Stars vs Detroit Derby Girls Allstars
At the UIC Pavillion

Odds are there are going to be some new faces floating through this week so as a really brief refresher, this is a drawing contest based on “good-ness”, not talent, winners are picked by our judges for whatever criteria they deem appropriate, whether it be humor, nudeness, or as one judge phrased it “quantity of obvious social disorders displayed per drawing”. So don’t try too hard and have fun with it, cause that’s why we’re all here.

judgement Is Complete

our judgeOur Judge this week was Windy City Roller, Beast draw-er and now officially a Mythical Beast Drawing Promoter, Bork Bork Bork! I really appreciate the cross promotion, I look forward to watching everyone skate tonight and beyond that I don’t know a ton more so let’s get to judgement!

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Supreme! It’s not just for tacos and witches anymore! And I’m sure a well practiced Roller Dragon has no issues landing but you have to assume there were some pretty humorous falls in that learning process!

Judge’s Commentary – Roller dragon has some amazing fire that he is puking onto that unfortunate planet. I really like the angle, it’s almost as if he is disdainfully attacking.

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Haha! Tiny drivable skate cars always funny! My one complaint is with the aquatic and the underground dwelling criss crossed beast genes I’m going to bet he’d need knobby tires on that F’er to utilize it properly.

Judge’s Commentary – The expression on mole rat’s face is so incredibly aloof and conceited, I
crack up each time I scroll by it.

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Ha! Ok Faun Connery is a pretty solid joke, and look at how meaty those nipples are! pair that with the custom hoof skates and the stern look of a grizzled forest beast and I’m sold!

Judge’s Commentary – Faun Connery is third because well, puns used to be the highest form of humor, and the dopey ears and sharply down turned eyebrows are excellent attention to detail.

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Beasts On Skates Entry # 1

Snuffleupagus, the resident mythical beast of Sesame Street. – Little drawn fact about Snuffy, his eyelashes actually curve down… I bet lacing skates with a trunk blows… get it? Like cause it’s a trunk… it blows… just making sure…

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Beasts On Skates Entry # 2

Sweet! The traditional derby Thunderbird! I think it really depends on what decade you watched cause I totally remember em in the Packers style green white and yellow… Regardless the f*er is flying! and Props for the unique collie like tail!

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So he has really big feet, that’s kind of his deal so he has to use skateboards for skates, only you cant really see that cause i ran out of paper… so you know… imagine with me

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Attention judge! If you were enjoying this… please stop now… forget what you’ve seen and move along… there’s nothing for you here… But the rest of us can appreciate the hell out of it!

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Yes a lil character development even! And it’s funny I really think Sleepwalkers gave cat people a bad rep in my mind of incestuous shut ins… but if you put the pieces together one would assume the speed, agility and spine crunching capabilities would serve the derby well! Also points for getting the word tampon in there!

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Beasts On Skates Entry # 8

Yes a Medusa on skates! And since she’s part serpent I’m totally giving you a pass on the wibbledy wobbledy bone structure! Biggest issue I see is having to find an entirely new, not turned to stone, fanbase for each event…

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Beasts On Skates Entry # 9

I’ve killed a lot of brain cells over the years but I’m pretty sure this is Domo’s first appearance on the site… I’m especially fond of the flower pot shape of his skates… cause you know, he has no real feet, just your standard issue, japanese monster style, leg tubes.

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So call me silly for caring but those are some damn fine buckles you’ve doodled there… I just worry that without a friend to push him, nor any fingers to unlatch said buckles, this could be the first frame in one of those really sad time lapse sequences…

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Beasts On Skates Entry # 11

I like this! 4 beasts in one, well 3 beasts and a myth shaped like a beast at least… unless there’s an even smaller but much faster beast hidden in the trojan beast… that would be some very clever scheming!

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Beasts On Skates Entry # 12

This is Booga-Wooga. She has ten eyes, twelve noses, and four mouths. She wears one roller skate and one ice skate. – and this is another one who wishes not to be judged as they have tix… I’m personally impressed with the swiss army knife style skate selection and call me crazy but i only count 11 noses ; )

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Beasts On Skates Entry # 13

So it’s no secret I love the faint lined ghost sketch, I feel it leaves much more to the viewers imagination… this could be a pumpkin holding headless horseman on a purple rollerskating pegasus, or it could be a dragon rushing an unconcious rollerskating icarus back from the sun? I mean is either a bad option?

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Extraneous animals and plants are provided for scale. – Damn straight! that’s one hell of a giant skating bug beast… And added for scale or not, at least this beast seems to be able to coexist with the rest of the forest… I’m not so sure you could say that about Faun Connery…

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Ooh you guys leaning heavy on the faun/satyr types all of a sudden, And this one looks like the non-connery sean! I mean who’s to fault you! they’ve obviously got sexy furry legs capable of elegant skate manuevers, they aren’t afraid to go topless, and when the worlds power goes out he’ll still be able to play xanadu on his flute!

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Now always a gamble calling this on unkown contributors but I’m leaning young ‘n on this one, as I find two types of folks sign their names upside down on their art, people imaging making money on it at some point and kids who dont care what the top of a drawing even is… regardless i love that its kinda half hand turkey and half turtle monster, I just wish i knew where to look for the skates.

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So honestly, your guess is as good as mine, I’m assuming we’ve got some sort of play on the word cracker sounding like a duck noise… but possibly it’s a statement on poor doctors just skating by, while falling through the cracks of the system?

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Beasts On Skates Entry # 19

You know in the past, I’ve had these weeks go too lewd, or too racist, but rarely this across the board – weird… This is what appears to be a giant lemon with a mustache and roller skates… So I’m just going to sit back, enjoy the ride and love him!

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Beasts On Skates Entry # 20

Came with Caption – I wanted to make something spoooooky because we are so close to halloween. This could be interpreted as an encounter with a Thing-like creature, or maybe the aftermath of a run-in with a rollerskate thirsty beast…. Personally I love the laces!

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