Over The Years,

films and books have brought us so many mystical creatures, 

 and plants like the Triffids and above “Audrey II Study.” from The Little Shop of Horrors, all images © Chet Phillips,

  Austin-based illustrator Chet Phillips is offering his own taxonomic studies for some of pop culture’s most iconic characters as part of his Unnatural History series, above Left: “Hippogriff Study.” Right: “Alien Study”

 through vintage-style illustrations, the artist renders a flying monkey from The Wizard of Oz, “Flying Monkey Study”

 Left: “Skull Island King Study.” Right: “Krampus Study”

 those killer rabbits get everywhere! “Killer Rabbit Study”

 “Warthog and Meerkat Study”

You can browse the entire Unnatural History collection and pick up your own print on Etsy, Phillips also shares much of his work that’s based in contemporary culture on Behance and Instagram, and I now know what a a hippogriff looks like close up!