Category: Horror

Jun 25

Out of Circulation

“I’ve been out of circulation for too long,” she thought.

Jun 18

Azathoth

British artist Ian Miller’s version of Azathoth, from the Lovecraft Mythos. Miller is known more for his Tolkien illustrations, but this one is very nice and brings to mind 1950s SF illustrator Virgil Findlay’s work.   … that amorphous blight of nethermost confusion which blasphemes and bubbles at the center of all infinity—the boundless daemon …

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Jun 11

Visual Creativity

The heart of an artist.   (Heartbrush, by Black 3G Raven)    

Jun 04

Optics

We have our eyes on the stars.

Apr 30

Skeleton Dance

Tibetan Skeleton Dance costume late 19th or early 20th century.

Apr 23

Daring and Delicacy

Follow you heart, or use your mind? To balance both requires daring and delicacy.

Apr 16

Beat-Beat-Beat

I know it’s only a cheap comic, but isn’t it creepy?

Apr 09

Something’s Fishy

Pun, trifle,Lovecraftian horror, or fine art? You decide.   (The Water, 1563-64, by Giuseppe Arcimbaldo)

Apr 02

Uncanny Valley

The Geisha robot came too close to the Uncanny Valley for most patrons to be comfortable with.   (Art by Nick Keller)

Feb 26

The Cradle Will Rock

…into the depths of the sea. (The Inundation of the Beisboch in 1421, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema)