68 Imaginary Creatures That I Photoshopped By Fusing Two Existing Ones

I started making hybrid animals during the pandemic lockdown as a hobby to do while I was stuck at home. It was inspired in part by Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake and by an old film called The Island of Doctor Moreau.

Initially, I used an old editing program called “Pixelmator” which is where the name Pixelmated Animals came from. Later I switched to Photoshop, but the process is still very similar. I choose either a background or a face and then scroll through Adobe stock looking for options that either blend well or look absolutely ridiculous. It’s only a few steps away from collage-making in that I cut out the parts I’ll use and overlay them onto the new image. Then erase, blend, and color correct until they fit together as seamlessly as possible.

Generative fill is a brilliant new tool to enlarge and expand images, but it is the only AI element I like to use.

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Here is me with a weird-looking poodle

#1 Cowpup

#2 Pandacat

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#4 Alpacat

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#6 Whino

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#8 Lab Moose

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#11 Teacup Hedgelion

#12 Mooseal

#13 Detective Sheepdog

#14 Orcat

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#17 Juniper Squirrelfox

#18 Capybaroose

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#21 Dandy Owlion

#22 Sealkittie

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#26 Quacking Squirrel

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#28 Orcaguin

#29 Hedgedog

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#32 Pixel

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#40 Land Seal

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#44 New Friends

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#48 Dogfish

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#51 Elkpup

#52 Doggophant

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#57 Tucker The Pupchick

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#63 Amanda & Finnbear

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