#leeds devil

[octahedral-chaos]

"Leeds Devil"

Sakura pen and White gel pen on Sketchpad paper. 2024

This was another fun thing I did... wondering if to allow requests for these kinds of doodles...

[thevondoom62]

These Jersey Devil sightings are starting to get ridiculous.

[pengold]

Mothie, Leed, Bloop, and Biggie going into town!

This is a concept for a cryptid children's book/comic I'm working on!

[joitiks]

scavenger on the wind

[fiona-lawton]

The Leeds Devil

I was commissioned by @pengold to draw their Monster Prom OC in the style of the art in the game! It was a ton of fun working on this, and within the confines of the art style

[violetmagician]

The funding goal for my kickstarter has been reached! meaning the jersey devil pin has been funded! You can find the kickstarter here to help unlock the stretch goals and other pins: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/violetmagician/cryptid-carousel-enamel-pins For now though here’s some info on the Jersey Devil

The legend of the Jersey devil starts with the Leeds family of New Jersey.  Daniel Leeds began publishing almanacs, which were considered heretical by the surrounding Quaker community due to things like references to Pagan gods. The Quakers censored the books, but Leeds decided to continue, moving to the area he would name Leeds Point. His son, Titan, would continue to publish almanacs while feuding with Benjamin Franklin who would go on to falsely predict his death and then claim him to be an impersonator. The accusations of the community probably led to the Jersey Devil legend with some of the traits coming from the Leeds family crest which contained wyverns. The Jersey Devil himself AKA the Leeds Devil, is said to be the 13th child of “mother Leeds” (thought to be a reference to Debora Leeds who had 12 children)

Though various sightings of the Jersey Devil were reported throughout the 1800s, a number of reports in 1909 are the main source of the legend as we know it today. Newspapers of the time printed multiple articles about the creatures, showing trains of hoofprints or reporting on attacks. One man was even said to have caught and displayed the creature, though later in life would admit that he had merely disguised a kangaroo.

[briefbestiary]

A legend approximately 250 years old, the Jersey Devil haunts the Pine Barrens of the Garden State.

[nickysfacts]

When you’re such a bad neighbor that the locals start to believe that your wife gave birth to a literal devil!

😂😈