Tag: Art and artists

The Weightless Ones

They are coming for you and you can’t hide from them… ever.   (Art by Alexey Andreev)

Black Queen VI

Black magic was one of her passions. Over time, she found the blackest.   (Artwork by menton3)

Tigerpillar

A little known creature from Chinese mythology, the Tigerpillar combined the ravenous appetite of both creatures.

Worldbuilding Wednesday 10/25/17: Bogies

They are the things that make children wake screaming, blind with fear, in the middle of the night. They are the things that slip through the cracks under bedroom windows, the things that turn the knobs of bedroom closets and push them open with agonizing slowness, while the children cower under their blankets and pray …

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Out of Death

Out of Death, something beautiful.   (18th century carved horse skull)

Black Queen V

Cruelty was actually one of her better qualities.   (commission__dark_priestess_by_skyzocat-d935u3r.jpg)  

Worldbuilding Wednesday 9/27/17: Arabian Nights

Many people, myself included, have thought that the book of Middle Eastern fantasy tales, One Thousand and One Arabian Nights, is a unified work of one author or compiler from the 16th century, ala The Brothers Grimm. But it isn’t. It’s a far older collection of folk tales and poetry from a far wider range …

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Black Queen IV

What Galadriel became after she was seduced by the power of the One Ring.

Heartlight

Turn on your heartlight Let it shine wherever you go Let it make a happy glow For all the world to see…   Venus, by ceramic artist Kate MacDowell

Eye Irritation

I thought I felt something in my eye!