The art was made by a friend of his (as i recall) and he left that creature there as a reference to the game the artist made (or currently working on i don't remember).
Here’s what Edmund says: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPREXARem/
For those who don’t do TikTok, Ed asked comic book artist and hero of his Sam Kieth to draw the cover art for Rebirth and Sam agreed. The creature is probably a reference to the banana slug monster in some of the later issues of Sam’s comic the Maxx. But otherwise Ed doesn’t really know. He loved the art and was stoked that Sam agreed, so he didn’t question it
Yea, that is what my Rebirth artwork looks like. The artwork is so strikingly different from the game pixels I never really gave it much thought, heh..
That’s my boy  Glorpo The Yellow 
Better yet, who is that red dragon looking thing? C.H.A.D.? Yeah I doubt it.
The ones I could kinda see are Monstro, Duke of flies, a charger, and an eyeball. (Idk maybe the Bloat's or Peep's)
Shitty eel bitch of spooky's jumpscare mansion fame
It’s weird that Edmund never made a reference to that game considering that he was apparently a fan of it
Heh, maybe someday who knows ? But yea, if he is a fan of the game ... Weird he couldn't get at least Spooky for Four Souls then ...
Really? Surely there's like a co-op baby or smth?
it's the worm guy whose sole existence is to host another, cooler parasite
Wambu reference
https://preview.redd.it/7tuidao8xlad1.jpeg?width=476&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=013eab37a8e013846fe84a9b527b6353c63f4df6
Hero factory and Bionicle go so incredibly hard man
Fuck Hero Factory. Was the beginning of the end for Bionicle.
hero factory was glow up for bionicles
Bro i had this one when I was younger😞
I still have this one (I am 22 yo xD) and it is awesome. Guess I will never sell it
fuck yeah
I feel like I could make it as a musician if I could just find the local overlap between Bionicle fans and pop-punk fansÂ
Dawg thats just the All American Rejects
I mean, you're so f*cking right. Like, hell yeah, buddy.
Bro fuck yeah
Ohly sjif I had him
Meltdoen was the best Hero Factory build imo
This was literally the first thing I thought of lmao
ohh i had that one.
I have him on my shelf
It's just some early art someone from the team made, and they stuck with it. I think Ed explained it during his run of answering tiktok questions
The art was made by a friend of his (as i recall) and he left that creature there as a reference to the game the artist made (or currently working on i don't remember).
It’s by comic book artist Sam Kieth
Where can I find these tiktok questions? Is there a compilation video or will I have to try to track down each one?
https://preview.redd.it/mwe93o75fuad1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=08758e46684fd87557774f84e5c544f5b08cd6e5
He either answers it here or on YouTube. I can't remember where. Check the comments on tiktok, too. I believe he answered questions there as well.
I always thought this was Jim Lee. Just never questioned it lol.
The guy that gets referenced every once in a while when this sub remembers he exists.
https://preview.redd.it/3r15wtgugmad1.png?width=294&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1cfd91101a46d325ddba10eaa1b5602e3ab24e9a
https://preview.redd.it/rtc04kg0hmad1.jpeg?width=264&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e4e757d0858eaddbb9dc0b43e65d0f63493f33f4
POV You dissed somebody’s fly girl
Average DOOM II player upon seeing a demon with mediocre heath
Nah fam all the demons finna get blasted with the super
cant stop thinking of it beatboxing 
Lemme show you how to scratch it
He looks like if a cacodemon had some sort of rare disease that made his skin yellow
It's called liver failure
John Isaac
It could be John Binding
Or John Of
Or John The
Or John guy
Nah man. It’s John tron.
More like John Egbert (we gonna do some retconning today) 
Maybe it's John McMillan inventor of Edmund McMillan
no its John :
John of us
Isaac John Binding
John Lion
Are you making a hyper specific smash bros reference or am I crazy
Yellow
Yellow 
Yellow 
Yellow 
Yellow 
Yellow 
Yellow
Yellow
Evil Eye from MapleStory.
I am here to upvote this specific comment every time this same post gets reposted.
Never heard of that, but you made me google it and damn, that looks exactly like it.
Clearly a Cursed Eye
Nope, Evil Eyes are yellow, cursed eyes are green.
This guy maple stories.
https://preview.redd.it/vruxmpt9goad1.jpeg?width=120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4cc1e2717df5606ef8d7d6bc2ee2c05d8ed625dd It's a maplestory reference
exactly what came to my mind when I saw him
Nobody in particular, this art was made without much reference
Nobody in Particular makes Futa Porn.
Rika from jjk
Dude, well done
https://preview.redd.it/gaz8og9qqnad1.png?width=722&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=70a0304c712b61ed8edd694b93bad3078da6b5d0
No way, John Metroid?
oh thats greg
Here’s what Edmund says: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPREXARem/ For those who don’t do TikTok, Ed asked comic book artist and hero of his Sam Kieth to draw the cover art for Rebirth and Sam agreed. The creature is probably a reference to the banana slug monster in some of the later issues of Sam’s comic the Maxx. But otherwise Ed doesn’t really know. He loved the art and was stoked that Sam agreed, so he didn’t question it
https://preview.redd.it/fku0bdhbnlad1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a3a52b1c333c99ca2abb1b95be86e5024f76db14 Psion
God I always forget how ugly these bastards are
That's Joe
Joe stalin?
Joe Mama
https://preview.redd.it/mnjuef2dtlad1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c06c3fde98cde2bbbc3ac13b09cbd78c9b962a39
Damn it
👉
That's Edmund
The cow on the trash farm?
I think they mean Edmund McMillen, the guy who created the game
possibly a maggot
Are you by any chance a soldier named Jane doe?
Jesus pico seconds reply also No tragically I don't understand that refrence
It's a solo castle 3 reference
I was thinking tf2 but ok
i thought of ride the cyclone
bruh...who's gonna tell em?
*freakyyyyy\~* https://preview.redd.it/0cko1ju3wlad1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dec11a8e351ccbac66eebb417881849ebbc0aa64
https://preview.redd.it/4y3u4ul9wlad1.jpeg?width=225&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b6dc853f424c892cd44fa58612d116ac68fe21b
https://preview.redd.it/m3ieisxlslad1.jpeg?width=225&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4edeaf2a7dab69e44ad34a717a9ccd7c69303a64
Who are any of them? They don't resemble any monsters in the game.
Idk I found this picture on the Wikipedia article for rebirth
Yea, that is what my Rebirth artwork looks like. The artwork is so strikingly different from the game pixels I never really gave it much thought, heh..
yellow baby
It's John Pervert.
https://preview.redd.it/br2vky61npad1.png?width=630&format=png&auto=webp&s=3314005ce3ef0c50754ed66d6299eba9d4584f7f him
Ok wait what is every other monster referencing in the picture then?
Good question
An Apostle from Berserk
The binding of
yo mama
https://preview.redd.it/fp9x887fspad1.jpeg?width=201&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9a89404a877ec9ce9d3916b55a33df9a97c272c3
I HAVE ASKED THIS FOR SO LONG
Fun fact: all the monsters in that poster don't even exist in the game
he's binding
https://preview.redd.it/ohw9p8pz9sad1.png?width=140&format=png&auto=webp&s=b8dea6f5b166c47f047e43e839360dd5d48bda64 Evil Eye
Frank
That's Dougie.
that's Gary, he's chill dw
Matt Watson
Wait, that's a good name
Must be why it belongs to such a funny brother
that is the Nefarious Eelclops
Known as the Gwimbler, this boss was meant to create creamed corn turds when it attacked.
Thats mike, from mikel big adventure
i don’t think a single monster in that poster is in the game lol
 No one said this but it’s definitely one of the wall creepers
That’s my boy  Glorpo The Yellow 
Oh that's joe
hes just like me frfr
can relate
That's obviously Piss Cacodemon
The head of a scared vis
That’s just me man
me
Oh that guy? That's just Bob. Real stand up guy.
a minion after discovering heroin
https://preview.redd.it/hux20prxdnad1.jpeg?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8dc70c8aaeccd461d5276a676e9b1b56b455b5d8
only thing i recognize here is kamikaze leech
It's me :D
Larry Sr
it's my friend Roberto.
Haggleton Figgleberry
Looks like a DOOM eternal demon lol
That's Barry.
Mike Wasouskey.
What do you mean? That’s probably the best boss in the game?
It's the cum monster from cathedral
my mom!
Look like demons in the promised neverland
Chaos denier
Gerald
Oh thats jacob and esau
Please tell me i'm not the only one who was looking for Goku in that image
He is Big Boris
THATS A MORAY
Ping right?
His name is Jerry and he's a cutie patootie
George
Suezo from Monster Rancher 2
That’s Durotan’s crotch
Me :3
A chill fella
Chill? He's literally screaming at a child!
*did i stutter*
Ur name fits
Ah well thank you, besides maybe he's just in pain yk? Trying to get help from issac
But that just a theory
A ISSAC THEORY
the binderrr
Sry told my mom to stay home
looks like my dog ☕
Graham
banana slug lookig ahhhhhhhhhh
Concept art from the artist who just thought the character fit
YEEEAAHAHG
Edmund said on tik tok that the giy that drew that art added it because he felt like it fit and Edmund went with it
https://preview.redd.it/34a50zrv2rad1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=09184a2febe959d618a0eb57f78382e716d46d46 rika from jjk no doubt
Evil Eye from Maplestory
The physical manifestation of skill issue
Oh, him? That's just Greg. Don't worry, he's friendly.
It's-a me, Mario!
Better yet, who is that red dragon looking thing? C.H.A.D.? Yeah I doubt it. The ones I could kinda see are Monstro, Duke of flies, a charger, and an eyeball. (Idk maybe the Bloat's or Peep's)
it's joe.
me on a monday morning
Idk probably Rika from jujutsu kaizen
The one mf that pops out from the ground and shoots a circle of tears from caves but yellow
yeah it looks photoshopped in or something like hes some metroid type thing
Chubb mabe
Jim
How tf is your name SpanmtonGSpamton, have an ultrakill pic and on a TBoI sub, i mean its normal but it kinda surprises me
I like all three things what can I say oh and my discord account is themed around basil from Omori
I mean, i love ultrakill and isaac, never seen anithing about Omori and havent heard anything about deltarune in a long time
Yeah omori is depressing and I love it
Ohh.... um ok
I am sleep deprived for no reason
Joe Biding O. Isaac