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: