# The Monster Engine!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monster-engine/347350>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 7, 2006, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monster-engine/347350 "2006-03-07T06:30:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monster-engine/347350/1 "2006-03-07T06:30:36Z")

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I came upon [this](http://themonsterengine.com/openingpage.html) site recently. This guy takes children’s drawings and paints them realistically. The results are absolutely brilliant and often hilarious. They also have a sort of Tim Burton-esque feel to them.

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**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monster-engine/347350/2 "2006-03-07T06:36:12Z")

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I love that guy. I _so_ want to own one of those!

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**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monster-engine/347350/3 "2006-03-07T07:40:30Z")

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Wow! That is very, very cool.

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**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monster-engine/347350/4 "2006-03-07T13:02:41Z")

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That’s brilliant! 😃 I love how he manages to preserve the “feel” of the original drawings, as that is one of the hardest things to do.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monster-engine/347350/5 "2006-03-07T13:36:10Z")

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I want this. I must see whether The Beguiling comic shop can order it. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monster-engine/347350/6 "2006-03-07T16:21:24Z")

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I think [this](http://themonsterengine.com/art_U_alyson.htm) one is my favourite. It’s kind of creepy but I love the expression on its face.

This [pizza-eyed guy](http://themonsterengine.com/art_U_pizza.htm) is cute too.

And the supeheroes absolutely kill me. 😃