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A bright green sea serpent, facing and looking forward, head directed down. A crown of spiny fins extend from the back of the head . The body extends up, arcs down, then loops and coils to the left. The end of the tail points up and is arrayed with spiny fins. Fins also arc along the top third of the serpent’s back, and another set closer to the tail's end.

A turtle with an open-mouthed smile, seen in left profile. The forelimbs are visible. Bunches of purple flowers with five petals surround the turtle.

A hatchling dragon with a lizard-like body and bat-like wings seen from the left. Behind the head is a small frill. One big eye is visible. The wings are folded down but held away from the body.

A woman seen from the right side and waist up, looking forward. Her right arm is bent, fist covering her nose and mouth, holding an axe over her shoulder. The axe’s double blades form the shape of butterfly wings. The same shape marks the handle's end. She wears a wrist cuff with a monarch butterfly motif. Her eyes are orange, complexion gray. Her hair is tied in a long braid with pink, blue, and green locks.

A male narwhal (seen from the left side), a small whale whose males have a single long spiraling tusk extending from the top front of their heads (looks a lot like a unicorn horn).

Arrayed in a circle are depictions of the phases of the moon, the glowing full moon at top, dark new moon at bottom. Eight circles total. Framed within is a woman seen from shoulders up, turned to the right. Between her hands she grasps the three-quarters moon, and gazes up at it. The moon’s glow strikes her dark hair. She wears a diadem made of glowing orbs.

The hippocampus: a mythical beast whose front half is a horse and back half is a fish (seen from left side). The mane is replaced with a spiny dorsal fin, and the hooves are replaced by fins. The forelimbs are bent in mid-gallop. The tail arcs toward the front. The creature’s coloring is vivid and shimmering in pinks, blues, and purples.

A merman, top half human and bottom half a fish. He is bare-chested with sea green complexion and hair. His tail curves up behind him to his right. He wears a gold belt and wrist cuffs or vambraces. In his left hand, he holds a golden trident.

A creature with the shape of a pterosaur but with the coloring and long tail feathers of a parrot, specifically a blue-and-gold macaw. The creature faces right, feathered wings extended forward.

A stegosaurus hovering in mid-air (seen in left profile). The dinosaur’s mouth is open in a smile, eye looking at the viewer. The bony plates along the dinosaur's back are split open, and pairs of delicate veined wings like those of a fly or beetle emerge from within.

A man seen from waist up, facing forward, hands on hips, a crooked smile, and eyes closed. He wears a pigeon costume. The pigeon head lies over his head. His arms look like pigeon legs, with the feet forming cuffs around his wrists. At his waist is a band of overlapping feathers, and on his back are two large folded wings.

Emerging from a translucent cocoon is a humanoid butterfly. One thin arm and two slim and graceful legs fold out of the cocoon. Two more legs and both wings are still folded inside the cocoon. But one wing has begun to emerge. The antennae are pointed forward. Perched above the figure’s head is a golden crown with seven points.

A person seen from waist up, body turned to the right, facing forward. The figure wears gloves, coat, scarf, top hat, and glasses with round lenses that each depict a glowing clock. The right arm is bent up, hand loosely gripping the hat’s rim. The left arm is folded under the right. The complexion and hair are pink. The apparel is teal blue.

A person whose bottom half is a zebra and top half is a woman, wearing a black leather jacket, hands in pockets. Her complexion and hair bear the black-and-white pattern of zebra stripes. Her hair is worn in a Mohawk style, a strip of upright hair in the center with sides shaved. The zebra half is seen from right flank.

His name is Angel. And he's a good boy. A part-dog and part-piranha creature, sitting up, head turned to the right with mouth wide open, and a pointy outstretched tongue. Red eyes and a long tail with fins, wearing a studded collar with a tag that reads “Angel.”

A microscopic animal called a tardigrade, more commonly known as a “water bear.” Bilaterally symmetrical, with a long capsule-shaped body, four limbs on either side that end in hooks or claws, and what appears to be a face with mouth-like protrusion. It's in a desiccated form, where the body shows folds.

A figure who is part woman and part chicken. Her face has a beak. Her legs are chicken feet. She wears the traditional dress of a Slavic woman and brandishes a broom pointed toward the viewer. This is a depiction of a kikimora, a household spirit from Slavic lore.

An underwater creature that's half woman and half shark. Facing forward with hands planted on the floor, tail bending right. Right eye is missing from the bleeding socket. Her open mouth is filled with shark’s teeth. Part of a second mouth grows out of her first. A disembodied eye trailing a nerve stalk lies on the floor in the foreground.

Sketch of disproportionately sized animal bones assembled in the form of a tree. The trunk is elephant leg bones. Sprouting from the bottom are curled horns. From the trunk come human hand bones fingers splayed out like branches. Bones of cat tails, bat wings, and penguin skulls extend from the branches.

A gaunt human-like figure with pale skin and glowing eyes, a missing nose, and some missing teeth in the parted mouth, crawling forward on all fours.

Two halves of a cracked egg lie next to each other on a bed of sand on a dish. The egg contains terraced farmlands under a star-filled night sky, and scales erupting in a tendril or root.

Four gingerbread men, three angry and one smiling, gaze out of a window. Reflected on the window is a giant gingerbread man breathing fire and wreaking havoc.

Butterfly seen from above with the wing pattern and shape that looks like a combination of a monarch and a swallowtail.

Four panels in two rows and two columns showing the left hand in the same pose but different skin tones with index finger raised. Above the finger each panel shows each of the four elements (air, fire, earth, water.)

A ladybug in foreground left perchs on a curling fern stem. A stream cuts through a hazy grassy meadow. Forests and mountains are visible through purple haze. The sky glows with sunlight.

Digital drawing of a gray wolf's head from neck up, facing and looking forward.

Six heroes flee from a dragon who is breathing fire down on them. Scanned watercolor painting.

Warrior standing in snow seen from the back, holding out a sword with the left hand, long hair and cloak flowing back. The warrior’s right hand has been severed and the stump is bandaged. Behind the warrior, two fallen fighters and a sword, all half-buried in the snow. Approaching the warrior three more fighters. Scanned watercolor painting.

Warrior standing in snow seen from the back, holding out a sword with the left hand, long hair and cloak flowing back. The warrior’s right hand has been severed and the stump is bandaged. Behind the warrior, two fallen fighters and a sword, all half-buried in the snow. Approaching the warrior three more fighters. Scanned watercolor painting.

Several mirrors scattered and floating at various distances, angles, and orientations. From the largest mirror, at center, a person hangs with one hand. Objects or antennae partially emerge from other mirrors. Scanned watercolor painting.

A man in a cap and robe with a long white beard that brushes the ground looks through a large telescope angled upward. Behind him, another man sits at a drafting table. Sketches depicting planetary orbits are posted on the wall between them. Scanned watercolor painting.

A gray wolf standing with left flank visible, facing forward. A figure in a red cloak with the hood drawn up stands behind, face obscured in shadow. They are surrounded by fog and snow.

A gray wolf standing with left flank visible, facing forward. A figure in a red cloak with the hood drawn up stands behind, face obscured in shadow. Snow falls over them.