May 31, 2010

Adorable Hybrid Musical Animals

Scorphone by <a href="http://www.worth1000.com/artists/SeryOne">SeryOne</a>

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So there’s this wonderful website called Worth1000.com that, consistent with its title, holds little contests encouraging people to create photo illustrations on all sorts of themes. I caught onto W1000 via this blog item, which showcased Worth1000’s collection of Photoshopped animal hybrids—which I want as pets! (And you can’t get mad at me for this, because they’re not even real—not like ligers and zonkeys!) Anyway, while browsing W1000, I discovered a collection of animal-musical instrument hybrids and thought I’d share it with y’all. There are three Instranimal contests here. Some entries are feeble, but there are enough good ones to make it worth browsing. I pasted a few more below. (See the latest contest here, and click at the bottom for past ones.)

 

Trumpeter Swan: By dollyllamaTrumpeter Swan: By dollyllama

 

   

Lute Beetle: By ZTNiKrO

 

 

Froghorn: By multichannelerFroghorn: By multichanneler

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