Creature Calendar 2026
Nigel Jordan
October in the Creature Studio
The project
Creature Calendar 2026 is a 12-piece illustrated series set in an imagined world of Pacific Northwest wildlife, abandoned music studios, and the visual universe around the CREATURE album. This project was conceptualized in hand drawn art, then brought into Photoshop to use generated textures and colors from my sketches. I'd then digitally paint over the plate to use a hybrid workflow with Adobe Firefly. The months and days were all hand designed in Illustrator and InDesign.
What I created
12 illustrations, one scene for each month.
Experimental Human art with AI-assisted workflow.
Built from my home, all wildlife that lives on Vancouver Island.
Calendar concept and visual world-building.
Print-ready calendar design.
Artwork connecting the calendar to the wider Creature music project.
Each scene places a different main character animal and their accompanying wildlife, in a forest-reclaimed studio, building a single story across the year.
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Posted Sep 3, 2026
A 12-month illustrated calendar that was AI generated from original drawings and concepts, calendar rooted in Pacific Northwest wildlife and music studios.
