Monsters Take Over New York City in Artist's Creations

Forget about checking under the bed, or calling the Ghostbusters — these goofy monsters are the type you want to befriend.

New York illustrator and product designer Sadi Tekin adds a little paranormal activity to ordinary pictures of the city by drawing in colorful, friendly-looking beasts. "I started randomly drawing monsters on New York pictures that I took and people loved them," Tekin told Mashable in an email.

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Deciding that it was time to share his creations with more people, Tekin launched a Facebook page in late July. Less than a month later, the page now has nearly 20,000 likes.

Tekin, 37, uses the ArtStudio app on an iPad to illustrate the monsters, and while he mostly uses his own photos, he does collaborate with other photographers if an image of theirs stands out.

"I wanted to make people smile, see the city in a different way, hoping to see a monster around someday," Tekin said, adding that he also has plans to release a storytelling app with the monsters.

Check out Tekin's artwork in the gallery, below; then tell us what you think in the comments. You can find more of these monster-mashups on the Monsters of New York Facebook page, and on Instagram.

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Images: Sadi Tekin