Since early childhood I have always had a fascination with sea monsters, the terrifying beauty of giant marine reptiles and possibility of these prehistoric animals still living in modern times. I also used to love visiting fishing docks on holidays when I was younger, curious to see what beasts had been trawled into the nets. So I thought it would be fun to merge the two together and create a world where we co-exist with mysterious creatures of the deep. Maybe one day we might catch more than we bargained for!

Dimetrodon was a pelycosaur, a non-therapsid synapsid genus that flourished during the Permian period, living between 280-265 MYA. Dimetrodon was an apex predator, among the largest of its day. It grew to up to 3½ meters (11 feet) in length and weighed 250 kilograms (550 lbs) (the size...