Cthulhu

"...the mountainous monstrosity flopped down the slimy stones and hesitated floundering at the edge of the water."

Cthulhu Idol

Cthulhu Seated on Pillar

Another update: Added blue 'vapor' swirls. Update: played with color and lighting.

One of my favorite renditions of Him so far. Update: tweaked his legs, the tuna, the background, the wave highlights, and made his eyes and the sigil blue.

I drew a tuna to add for scale... I didn't want to just pilfer a photo, didn't feel right. I did base this on another artist's rendition, but redrew it in Illustrator.

Portrait of Greg Ewald

Update: Did a good bit of tweaking to lots of elements, toned down some colors, darkened sky and landscape. Update 2: added an integral matte to improve appearance.

Wireframe view of head:

My long time college friend passed away last March. I have been working on a portrait to commemorate him since May of that year... Put it away for a while, came back to it. I am pretty pleased with it overall. Lots of symbols from Greg's life and work, as well as some favorite obsessions. The tornado is for his brief stint on Oklahoma, when a twister took all of his art, and almost, his life. The gateway on the hill was a favorite motif of Greg's, poorly imitated by me here. Cthulhu himself is appearing out of the rain and mist. The giant tentacle and the orca are for Greg's love of sea life, especially cephalopoda. The black wolf chasing the little girl is for his obsession with La Bete, a legendary French monster, kind of like the ultimate Big Bad Wolf. He always meant to visit France and do research on the stories. The skull and flower are for a painting he did. The clown is Pennywise from Stephen King's 'IT.' The airship is for Steampunk, a more recent enthusiasm of Greg's and the gasbag is shaped (probably inaccurately) like a cichlid, on of Greg's favorite fish groups.  The snake is for one of his favorite painting motifs, a snake (always meticulously accurate, unlike mine), twined in tree branches. The hills of Sedona are in the background, one of Greg's favorite places.

Here's a link to download the high resolution image.

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...

Mechanical Coelacanth

I did this for a friend, who asked for a coelacanth picture for her son.

Cthulhu on Acid Series

I started playing with Photoshop's brushes and effects, and what better subject matter is there than Cthulhu? I have tons of these. My favorite is this grayscale one, everyone else seems to like the green guy with the dramatic blue background.