inspiration from cthulhu, octopus and mike mignola’s style — via deviantART
Ben Strawn‘s stunning exhibit Little Cloud Show
is now viewable, and available for purchase, online — via Galleries One Nine Eight Eight
Tentacle hat! 12″ x 16″ gouache on board — via deviantART
It’s actually a Nautilus, I converted its shell into Guy-Manuels’ helmet — via deviantART
— via Brandon Bird-O-Rama!
— via deviantART
The annual Sea No Evil benefit auction is fast approaching. It seems the lineup and art included in show just gets better each year (see 2010 and 2009), so you will want to be at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium starting at 6pm that night as She Wants Revenge will be playing and Captain Watson from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society will be speaking — via Arrested Motion
Fine art print on bright white, matte, ultra smooth, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using an advanced digital dry ink method to ensure vibrant image quality — via Society6
Sketch 41 of 100! For a change, I sought something as far as possible from my usual subjects. Since I tend to draw human figures the most… well, there’re little things on this earth less human-like than an octopus. 😛 Hope you like! — via deviantART
11×14″ gouache on Pastelbord
I don’t think I’ll ever tire of the cephalopods-as-cupid theme. Also, I can’t say enough about how much I like using gouache on Pastelbord. It does chew up brushes, though.
This was my first attempt to apply what James Gurney calls the Windmill Principle. It’s a subtle application, but I like the result — via CrashOctopus Blog
In Vertebrata, photographer Marc Da Cunha Lopez has placed skeletons — properties of a biology department of Paris university — in different empty spaces and interiors that he captured during previous travels around the world.
The feeling that stands out from these pictures is one of waiting. A long expectation, full of hopes and dreams that never came true. Thus, these animals naked to the bones become almost humans — via RJ TimeouT
2X5 ink/coffee on Stonehenge — via deviantART
Ink, watercolors on watercolor paper | 18×26 cm — via deviantART
The monument to the Soviet army in central Sofia is no stranger to graffiti, which pops right back up as soon as the monument is washed every spring.
But on the morning of 18 June 2011, passers-by were treated to more than just the usual graffiti tags and anti-communist slogans. The sculpture composition at the base of the monument was painted overnight to turn the metal soldiers into well-known pop culture icons; the inscription below the composition proclaimed it to be in step with the times
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Comic book characters led the way, with The Mask, Batman’s nemesis the Joker, Wolverine of X-Men fame, Superman and Captain America all featured, joined by Santa Claus and Ronald McDonald, among others. The flag held by the soldiers was painted in the stars and stripes of the US flag; — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Because we know that in his house at R’lyeh dead C’thulhu waits dreaming — via Teach the Controversy T-Shirts
I met burlesque superstar Missy Malone a few weeks ago at an event in Cheltenham, and here is what came out of it — via ben newman art
— via Articulate Matter
Another picture which was very influenced by Hajime Sorayama’s techniques. I tried some new tones for testing — via Serge Birault
Really! It’s paper. Paul Overton of Dude Craft summarises my own thoughts on the work of paper sculptor Calvin Nicholls:
Every time I think I’ve witnessed the limits of paper sculpting, along comes somebody who blows my mind all over again.
See a gallery of his amazing work — Neatorama
8×10? gouache on board — via CrashOctopus Blog
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