Want to create your very own monster?

Now is your chance! Follow this tutorial by this year’s BC Summer Reading Club artist, Meneka Repka! Watch the video tutorial to the right to learn how to roll your own monster.

Illustration of five children of diverse backgrounds looking with wonder and amazement.Contest Details

Share your monster with us and enter our draw a dinosaur contest from July 15 until August 9. We’ll post submissions on our website and Meneka will select a winner and 2 runner-ups that will be announced on August 19. The winner and the runner-ups will receive exclusive BC SRC swag. Follow the instructions and submit your drawing via the submission form at the bottom of this page.

Meneka’s Top 3 Picks

It was so incredibly tough to decide on just three favourite monsters. If at all possible, I would like to thank everyone for submitting their work, and let them know how difficult it was to pick. They were all so unique and all had some excellent characteristics. I wish I could let everyone know how awesome their art is! That being said, here were my top three picks…

A drawing of a monster with added googly eyes and pompoms, a pink real feather tail, and a rainbow body.

Elodie, Age 8, Whistler Public Library

What Meneka had to say:

This one showed a very creative use of materials/ media, as well as a strong understanding of colour. The monster is fun and eye-catching; the artist took the tools from the roll-a-monster game and really made an original, visually engaging piece.

A drawing of a monster that is the shape of a big circle with one gigantic round eye, two ears, two arms, and legs with pink shoes on the feet. The monster has its mouth open and a pink tongue is inside. The monster is very colourful with pink and oranges. The background is big, green mountains and a bright blue sky.

Britton, Age 9, Fraser Valley Regional Library

What Meneka had to say:

This one caught my attention because of the free and gestural mark-making. The background and the monster were well-considered, but most of all, I loved the textures and looseness of the marker/pen strokes. I also love how this monster is looking up, but the audience can’t tell what is being looked at- this creates an interesting, narrative quality.

A drawing of a pink monster with a large mouth and decorations in the background

Aoife, Age 7, Okanagan Regional Library

What Meneka had to say:

The sense of fun and playfulness in this one really stood out to me. There is a sense of magic in the background shapes, and the blood detail on the teeth gives it a bit of mystery and spookieness. This one has a nice balance of more careful, detailed areas, as well as quicker and more unrestrained areas.

Supplies

  • Dice (Don’t have physical dice? Try an online version)
  • Paper
  • Pencil or pen
  • Coloured pencils/markers/crayons or whatever you’d like to use for colouring
  • Instruction sheet (printable version)

You are also welcome to participate using a digital drawing tool (tablets, computers, etc.).

Instructions

  • Roll your dice
  • Draw the feature that corresponds to your dice roll
  • Continue for at least 5 rolls until your monster is complete
  • Colour in your creation
  • Share your work with us if you’d like!

Submission Requirements

  • Must have your parent or guardian’s permission to enter the contest and share your work
  • Submit a clear scan of your hand drawn artwork OR a digitally drawn image
  • Preferably a larger drawing
  • PNG, JPG, or PDF format only
  • Must be original and not copied from someone else
A worksheet featuring images to roll a monster. Follow the dice roll to create your own creature.

Monster Gallery

A drawing of a purple, cloud shaped monster with yellow and orange striped horns and dark purple arms and legs on a tan coloured background

Swara, Age 9

A drawing of a rainbow monster with different colour arms and legs and a rainbow horn in the middle of it's head. On a light blue drawn background.

Lok, Age 7

A drawing of a monster with a green body, brown legs and blue arms and colourful shapes in the background

Mohammed, Age 10

A blue monster with three eyes, and a wide open mouth, two arms and a tail.

Alina, Age 10

A pencil drawing of a round monster with a horn, two teeth, and five legs.

Losana, Age 6

Navrisham, Age 9

A drawing of a monster with colourful horns, a brown body and colourful blobs all over it's body.

Isabella, Age 9

A drawing of a woman monster in a red dress with red horns and long hair on a brown and white swirled background.

Anonna, Age 13

Violet, Age 5

Nadine, Age 11

A drawing of a colourful striped monster with colourful striped horns, a big toothy smile and four legs. The background has a sunshine, clouds and grass.

Olivia, Age 6

A drawing of a a mint green monster, with one gigantic eye, a pink moustache, two striped horns, and two legs with red shoes. The background is a nighttime city scape with buildings that have lights on, a dark sky and a big moon.,

Elliotte, Age 12

A drawing of a monster that is the shape of a big circle with one gigantic round eye, two ears, two arms, and legs with pink shoes on the feet. The monster has its mouth open and a pink tongue is inside. The monster is very colourful with pink and oranges. The background is big, green mountains and a bright blue sky.

Britton, Age 9

A drawing of a monster, in the shape of a tear drop with yellow and orange thick stripes, wings, horns in the center of the body, two arms and two legs.

Fin, Age 7

A drawing of a colourful monster with pink and green legs, and pink arms. It has a big, toothy smile, and three eyes. There is a bright, yellow sun above the monster's head.

Hailey, Age 6

John Lucas, Age 6

A drawing of a pink bodied monster with a blue and 4 red eyes.

Jaasritha, Age 7

A drawing of a pink monster with a large mouth and decorations in the background

Aoife, Age 7

An illustration of a circular monster with three eyes and a pointy nose.

Zara, Age 13

A drawing of a monster with added googly eyes and pompoms, a pink real feather tail, and a rainbow body.

Elodie, Age 8

Birdie, Age 9

An illustration of a blue monster with a single eye.

Abby, Age 8

An illustration of a yellow monster with wings and two eyes.

Nora, Age 5

An illustration of a colourful octopus monster

Sophie Khue, Age 12

An illustration of a red monster with wings

Keshav, Age 11

An illustration of a purple monster with a Santa in its belly.

Finnley, Age 6