The Creature Compendium was created as an experiment in the realization of folkloric monsters from various cultures. Each illustration is based on a figment not popularly recognized in American media so as to make them unique and independent from popular western influence. For example, I have avoided the iconic figures of Dracula and Frankenstein's monster which, although originating from foreign nations, have had their mythologies infiltrated by representations in media to the point to where those connections cannot help but be made in the mind of the viewer. In choosing slightly more obscure figures such as the Algonquin Wendigo, a cannibalistic spirit that feeds off of human greed, or the Krampus, a demon in service to Santa Claus who kidnaps and whips naughty children, I hope to draw attention to the variety of perspectives that other nations allow in terms of myth while also using characterization and similarity of style to unite them.