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Children's Book: Monsters

A book filled with monsters and legends from various parts of the world will fill this work.
More than 100 monsters will be illustrated by various illustrators, and this is my participation in the project by the incredible Editora Goiabinha.

Ilustrations: RoMario Jânio
Art direction: Cristal Recchia
Publisher: Editora Goiabinha
2024
Name: Myrmecoleão
Origin: Jewish

Characteristics: lion in front, ant in the back, and with pudenda in reverse. Jewish monster that is a lion in front, an ant in the back, and with pudenda in reverse. His story is curious to say the least. They say he perished because he didn't have teeth to eat. He couldn't eat meat or herbs, so he ended up dying of starvation.
Name: Morag
Origin: Lake Morar, Scotland

Characteristics: Similar to a plesiosaur, this monster appears sporadically in Lake Morar, Scotland. It is characterized as a creature measuring 9 meters long, with dark skin, three humps, a long neck and a snake's head.
Name: Cresce e Mingua
Origin: São Paulo.

Characteristics: Two seemingly harmless men appear and suddenly their sizes increase, taking on gigantic proportions.
Name: Three-Footed Horse.
Origin: Angra dos Reis, in Rio de Janeiro.

Characteristics: It has no head or one of its legs, but it has wings.
Name: Jaguarão. 
Jaguarão comes from jaguar (jaguar) and ao (suggests large size).

Origin: in southern Brazil, Argentina, on the Uruguay River and Lagoa Mirim.
It features an amphibian shaped like a sea lion and with well-developed claws.
Name: Haja Pau
Origin: All of Brazil.

Characteristics: scary but has no specific shape.
Name: Ipupiara.
Origin: All Brazil.
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Characteristics: Mysterious monster that lives at the bottom of the sea and chases fishermen.
Thank you for reading this far!

RoMario Jânio
Instagram: @romariojanio / @romariojanioillustrator
e-mail: romario.rmro13@gmail.com / romariojanioillustrator@gmail.com
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2024
Children's Book: Monsters
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Children's Book: Monsters

Monster design for a children's book about legends, myths and creatures from world folklore. I work with a team of several illustrators for an ar Read More

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