HOME | DD

chill13 — Cryptid Hunters

Published: 2013-10-17 21:11:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 7720; Favourites: 58; Downloads: 11
Redirect to original
Description These are a few of the main characters from Roland Smith's books 'Cryptid Hunters', 'Tentacles' and 'Chupacabra'. Great adventure books that'll keep you flipping pages as if your life depended on it and then laughing so hard you rupture a gut. Dinosaurs, giant squid, robotic dragonflies, poodles, dolphins, genetically modified creatures, dark jungles, experimental submarines, evil zoos, secret pasts, hidden agendas, futuristic devices....these are all things you'll find in these books!

There aren't any official pics of these characters so this is just how they look in my head.

Marty O'Hara: Artist, cook and survivalist extrordinair! He's a chipper 13 year-old with a sense of adventure and humor that just won't quit. His best catchphrase is "Duh du jour!"

Grace: Marty's twin sister (Uh...yeah, that's all I'm going to say lest I give stuff away to those who haven't read) She's brilliant but afraid of everything. And is quite unhappy when her and Marty's journalist parents go missing in the Brazillan jungle and they are forced to leave the boarding school they've lived at for years to stay with an uncle they didn't even know they had.

Travis Wolfe: AKA the mysterious uncle. Wolfe is a cryptid hunter. As in a person who searches the world for creatures that have not yet been proven to exist. His theory is that if he can prove these animals do exist he can convince governments to protect them. He has worked for the government at some time in his life and owns a small island off of Washington. To fund his animal work he and the island's resident genius run a business called eWolfe that creates high-tech gadgets for mostly governmental use.

Noah Blackwood: Think of a cross between Steve Irwin and the KFC guy. He's known for his tv show 'Wildlife First' and his beautiful zoos filled with rare animals. In the public eye he's a conservationist who fights for the rights of animals. His true agenda, though is simply to make money on rare creatures at his zoos before he has them stuffed for his own private collection. He too is interested in hunting cryptids but certainly not for their conservation. He has never forgiven Travis Wolfe for eloping with his daughter and disappearing into the Congo. He is infinately wealthy and can have ANYTHING done with the snap of his fingers......not a nice person.

Butch McCall: Butch is Blackwood's henchman. He will do anything as long as he gets paid. He can track a grain of sand in the desert and is at home in even the most hostile environments.......REALLY not a nice person. The only thing on the earth he is afraid of is Noah Blackwood.

Luther Smythe VI: Luther is Marty's best friend and former roomate. He's hyperactive, slightly annoying (in an extremely entertaining way) and has hair that's a color that is not found in nature.

Ted Bronson: The genius behind all of eWolfe's inventions. He has created a machine called the Gizmo that makes smartphones look dumb, a tiny nuclear powered submarine that looks like a big cushy beachball, a tiny remote control bugging device called the dragonspy and a self pressurizing holding tank for a giant squid!

Great GREAT books. Maybe PG rated for some scary situations.

>>>>PLEASE DO NOT SWEAR IN COMMENTS<<<<<<
Related content
Comments: 66

Moviemonitor57 In reply to ??? [2021-12-17 06:12:33 +0000 UTC]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

chill13 In reply to ??? [2021-02-08 16:56:09 +0000 UTC]

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Moviemonitor57 In reply to chill13 [2021-12-17 16:03:58 +0000 UTC]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Cryptidhunters [2018-02-20 19:05:18 +0000 UTC]

Do a sketch on Yvonne and the hatchlings

👍: 0 ⏩: 2

Moviemonitor57 In reply to Cryptidhunters [2021-12-17 06:13:01 +0000 UTC]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

chill13 In reply to Cryptidhunters [2018-02-20 19:20:19 +0000 UTC]

That could be coool!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

jebens1 [2017-07-21 20:52:54 +0000 UTC]

This reminds me of Gravity Falls

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

chill13 In reply to jebens1 [2017-07-21 20:53:40 +0000 UTC]

Never seen it.  But it is a SUPER fun set of books!  I like the first one the best.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Moviemonitor57 In reply to chill13 [2021-12-17 06:13:41 +0000 UTC]

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

chill13 In reply to Moviemonitor57 [2021-12-17 15:54:26 +0000 UTC]

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Moviemonitor57 In reply to chill13 [2021-12-17 16:02:12 +0000 UTC]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

AzrielEver [2015-04-13 17:04:18 +0000 UTC]

Oh my god I remember this book
Four words: Green eggs and mamba

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

chill13 In reply to AzrielEver [2015-04-13 17:24:28 +0000 UTC]

Duh du jour!  

Have you read the sequels?  There are three other books after Cryptid Hunters.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

clarkeco6 In reply to chill13 [2017-05-30 06:04:55 +0000 UTC]

Three other books??? I need to catch up!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

BaryMiner [2015-03-15 20:08:14 +0000 UTC]

I must say that Chupacabra is probably my favorite book of all time. However, it is also the only book in the series that I have read. But I plan to get Mutation later today, actually

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

chill13 In reply to BaryMiner [2015-03-16 01:19:45 +0000 UTC]

Ooooh!  Chupacabra was good but the first one is the best.  Such an awesome series!!  I'm in the middle of Mutation right now.  

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

BaryMiner In reply to chill13 [2015-03-16 04:14:21 +0000 UTC]

I can't wait to read the first one

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

artfromtheheart92 [2015-01-14 17:45:48 +0000 UTC]

Amazing! The way you depicted Wolfe is exactly how I pictured him in the series

Marty...Idk why, but for some reason I keep thinking he and Roland's other character "Q" look like this wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450…  

For the life of me, I can't remember Blackwood's other "hench" uhm "woman" But have you attempted to depict her yet?

Oh! And I know this deviation is way old, but did you know that the series has ended? Plus, there's a bit of another book of his in the final one...

👍: 0 ⏩: 2

Ellostephan In reply to artfromtheheart92 [2015-02-28 19:48:38 +0000 UTC]

Blackwoods other henchwoman was yvonne.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

artfromtheheart92 In reply to Ellostephan [2015-03-01 20:37:51 +0000 UTC]

Ah! Yvonne yes Now I remember
Thanks.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Ellostephan In reply to artfromtheheart92 [2015-03-12 21:53:02 +0000 UTC]

your welcome

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

chill13 In reply to artfromtheheart92 [2015-01-14 18:07:53 +0000 UTC]

Oh!  I could totally see Marty looking like that.  I remember that show

No.  I haven't drawn her.  Wasn't she only in Chupacabra?

Yeah.  I know.    I'm in the middle of Mutation, right now.  Cryptid Hunters, the first one, is one of my favorite books EVER.  I just love the characters.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

artfromtheheart92 In reply to chill13 [2015-01-14 21:04:56 +0000 UTC]

Heheh, yeah! I dunno but I just locked onto that image in my mind's eye for him And Quest in the I.Q series

Chupacabra and Mutation, I believe.

Yeah...I'm kinda bummed too that he ended it but here's hoping for some kinda new little series
OH DEFINITLY I AGREE!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

chill13 In reply to artfromtheheart92 [2015-01-14 21:20:26 +0000 UTC]

I haven't read Quest or I.Q. yet.  My roomate has them and I've been meaning to read them but haven't got around to it yet.

He said on his Blog that he won't be starting any more series.  But he will keep writing.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

artfromtheheart92 In reply to chill13 [2015-01-14 23:09:38 +0000 UTC]

Ah OK Yeah, its a pretty good action spy kind of series, in my opinion.

Awh really? :/ Well....at least he'll still be writing stuff.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

WorldBuildersInc [2014-12-19 19:28:46 +0000 UTC]

YESSS FINALLY I'M NOT ALONE AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE READ THOSE BOOKS!!!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

chill13 In reply to WorldBuildersInc [2014-12-20 15:57:08 +0000 UTC]

Yay! I still need to read the last one. But 'Mutation' is in my house and ready to be read. It's the next book I'm gonna read.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

WorldBuildersInc In reply to chill13 [2014-12-20 16:19:02 +0000 UTC]

Mutation.... HE MADE ANOTHER?? :'D

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

chill13 In reply to WorldBuildersInc [2014-12-20 16:39:02 +0000 UTC]

Yes. The last in the series. Cryptid Hunters, Tenticles, Chupacabra and Mutation.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

WorldBuildersInc In reply to chill13 [2014-12-20 16:40:48 +0000 UTC]

WELP.... goin' on the Christmas list! XD I swear though some days my hair is like a darker "Luther" 'do....

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

chill13 In reply to WorldBuildersInc [2014-12-20 16:45:03 +0000 UTC]

Ha! Awesome! I love Luther!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Saberrex [2014-12-16 06:37:42 +0000 UTC]

Totally cool. Glad to see someone drew the characters at last. i ended up doing One and Two, (the two Mokele Mbembe hatchlings), after reading the books, both as clay sculptures and as drawings. i kinda went with the idea that they were quadrupedal theropods when I drew them based off their descriptions in the books and described them as such. 

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

chill13 In reply to Saberrex [2014-12-19 03:36:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. I LOVE those books!

How cool! Always nice to see book fan art!

👍: 1 ⏩: 1

Saberrex In reply to chill13 [2014-12-19 03:37:30 +0000 UTC]

thanks. i will be posting One and Two soon.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

chill13 In reply to Saberrex [2014-12-19 03:43:25 +0000 UTC]

Give me a heads up.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Saberrex In reply to chill13 [2014-12-19 04:16:51 +0000 UTC]

I'll be posting it tomorrow.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

ElkTheStarr [2014-10-25 02:05:39 +0000 UTC]

awesome!!!!!! love these books

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

chill13 In reply to ElkTheStarr [2014-10-25 02:19:16 +0000 UTC]

Me too!!  I'm anxious to read Mutation, but a friend has it before me.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

inafairytale [2014-10-16 22:31:41 +0000 UTC]

Oh my gosh this is amazing!! I love it!! You're drawing are spot on and I just seriously love them! Also, it's great to find another fan of the series. There just aren't enough of them out there. Last but not least, have you read the fourth book yet? It came out not too long ago. 

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

chill13 In reply to inafairytale [2014-10-17 00:45:09 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!  Such great books.  I love them too and recomend them to everyone I can.  

No I have not.  My BFF bought it but she read it then loaned it out.  But I'm next!  So I will be reading it soon.
Got a signed copy of Chupacabra!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Pterosaur-Freak [2014-07-16 02:28:47 +0000 UTC]

The first one has to be one of the best books I've ever read. You captured how I imagined these characters almost perfectly.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

chill13 In reply to Pterosaur-Freak [2014-07-16 16:24:41 +0000 UTC]

I completely agree.  I can read that book over and over again without getting tired of it.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

jandjdoglover [2014-04-19 05:56:30 +0000 UTC]

 These are amazing! Just how I imagined them! And I love the 'Wildlife First!' next to Noah.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

chill13 In reply to jandjdoglover [2014-04-19 06:12:18 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much! Glad you like! I can't wait for the fourth book to come out!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

LaylaRForever [2014-03-04 19:55:25 +0000 UTC]

Oh my god this is amazing. They look exactly like I imagine they would look. Amazing job!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

chill13 In reply to LaylaRForever [2014-03-05 18:43:19 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much!  I just love that book!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

PrincessHarknessPond [2014-03-02 02:00:59 +0000 UTC]

AAAAAHH! Another Cryptid Hunters fan! I love this!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

chill13 In reply to PrincessHarknessPond [2014-03-02 03:02:52 +0000 UTC]

One of the best books ever written!  Have you read the sequels?

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

PrincessHarknessPond In reply to chill13 [2014-03-02 03:08:24 +0000 UTC]

Yes! I've read most of Mr. Smith's books!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

chill13 In reply to PrincessHarknessPond [2014-03-02 03:12:08 +0000 UTC]

You know he's writing a fourth one?

👍: 0 ⏩: 2


| Next =>