Tranimal does not have a set look, says photographer Austin Young, who enlists help from gay nightlife icons Squeaky Blonde and Fade-Dra Phey to transform people from all walks of life into tranimals ? weird and wonderful, drag-meets-monsterminded living art.It's how we feel in the moment. It's always a risk. We are open to the cosmic possibilities, to unknown chaos and beauty. What makes the project is a desire to create. We are artists and we live to make art. Tranimal is chaotic freedom of expression. Tranimal is an adjective that describes an energy of the people???who are there and the way we come together.

Read about Young and his collaborators' recent Tranimal Workshop, held at the recurring late-night arts event Sleepless: The Music Center After-Hours ? Free Radicals, here. And enjoy these exclusive shots of tranimals and more from Young's upcoming photo book, to be published by Tweeterhead soon.