The Horror At The Museum

From an obscure short story. Pencil with Photoshop highlights and color.

Lyrarapax

Lyrarapax was a Precambrian Dinocarid (terrible shrimp) whose relationship to other animal life is still murky. Recent studies link it to Velvet Worms, a bizarre group of animals that live in South America. 

Another Miniature World

This one is sort of based on Oak Creek Canyon in Arizona.

Portrait of a Friend

A little off the usual themes for me, I did a portrait as a gift for a friend. Working from a photo can be deadly, and the result lifeless. I think I put some life into it. I used custom Adobe Illustrator brushes, rows of tapering dots, for an impressionist effect.

Detail

Paths exposed in wireframe preview:

Rock Your World 2

OK, I can't stop making these!

Spindle World

Yet another floating space island microcosm. I'm kinda pleased with this one. Did not take long.

Cthulhu Rising

Detail

Cthulhu Dozing

An image I did in college, back in the eighties. Litho stone and crayon.

Cthulhu Clock

Did this back in 2003...

Sketch of Old One

Elder Thing Painting a Primate

Pencil sketch. Who knew jester caps were invented by The Old Ones?

Yithians Interrogating Peaslee upon his arrival.

A very rough sketch to get my idea down. The Yithians have no spoken language, so must devise other means of communication with their unwilling soul guests. The cello-like device is meant to be simulating spoken English.

I started building element in 3D just to get perspective, but I got carried away detailing this one.

Yithian Again

Update: Just could not love the head anatomy, so I revisited an older idea from sketches. Much happier!

I always intended to make this an Astounding Stories cover to honor the original.

Closeup of 'printing dots.'

I revisited an older drawing, and used Photoshop to give it more realistic textures and shading. I am pretty pleased with where it is going. Initial drawings here.

My idea for Yithian life cycle:

Yithian  Genders:

Better composition:

Old One

(Update: added some subsequent images I forgot to include)

One of the first images I did last year when i started futzing with Photoshop brushes in 2009.

Another version I did a bit later, more controlled.

Weird Brittle Star

Loboplectris