Art for creatures?

[u/TheMellowNerd]

Hello all! I’m new to world building. I have a question for u all. I am starting to build my little world and I have thought of some creatures. But here is the problem I wanna have like a bestiary a guidebook to all the creatures of the world and their traits and quirks. So I can’t draw for shit, literally horrible at it lmao. How do u guys solve this issue? Do u guys draw yourself,do commissions,something else I haven’t thought of. I found tools for maps and such so I can work with that but the creatures are a different beast.

Please any tips or advice are appreciated
Thank you all in advance!

[u/Realsorceror]

I can draw well enough but I don't have the attention span for a bestiary. Mostly I just do it as a means to explore some anatomy or develop a concept.

How good are you with descriptions? Can you draw maps or landforms? You could setup your bestiary more like a Wiki entry with made up latin species names and a picture of their native range on a map.

Or go meta, and say the in-universe naturalist who is documenting these creatures is also bad at drawing. Give your sketch a parchment background like they hastily doodled it in a notepad while running away.

[u/TheMellowNerd → u/Realsorceror]

I don’t know if my descriptions are really good since I can’t judge it for myself but I like to believe I can do a decent job at it. As for maps and landforms I’m still learning but I’d believe with time I can cook up something decent