The Goatman Action Figure

The Goatman has long been a legend in Prince George's County, Maryland. According to one variation, the Goatman was created as a result of an experiment that took place at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center that went awry when a half-human, half-goat creature known as the Goatman was created. You can learn more about the origins of the Goatman legend on the Wikipedia.

Here's my first promo video about the Goatman.

I originally drew my own version of the Goatman because I had an idea of creating small dolls that people could sew themselves. I would sell this DIY fabric that people could sew a Goatman doll themselves through the Spoonflower shop. Here is what I drew using ink.

I took my drawing and traced him in Inkscape (which is the free open source alternative to Adobe Illustrator). Here is what I came up with.

I then took my Goatman vector drawing and divided the parts up, again using Inkscape. The idea is that the person would buy the fabric, cut up the Goatman parts and sew him together. I also printed instructions right on the fabric on how to put him together. Here is the DIY Goatman doll that I sold in my Spoonflower shop.

The DIY Goatman doll failed to sell on Spoonflower and I abandoned the project. A few years later I would revisit the Goatman when 3D printing became a thing. So I took my old vector graphic of the Goatman and created a 3D graphic version of him reimagined as an action figure.

This led to the birth of the Goatman action figure. Each Goatman is 3D printed and is available in a variety of colors.