AKIRA, cut. no. 2211, Final production background Hiroshi Ohno, Poster colour on paper, 50 x 36 cm

I just wanted to make a post showcasing some of my favorite illustrations by Keith Thompson for the Leviathan Trilogy.

The art went so hard in these books, it’s crazy. The plot is basically an alternate universe WW1 about the major two powers, the Darwinists, and the Clankers. The Darwinists genetically engineered animals to fight for them creating huge flying whale battleships, while the Clankers made huge robot mechs and powerful guns. A few historical people and places show up in these books, like Nikola Tesla.

But my favorite parts of the books were the art, truly breathtaking, it was beautifully grotesque at times. But that’s not unexpected, after all Keith Thompson helped create the design of Moder from The Ritual!

MERCURY

Pulp sci-fi illustration by Italian artist, Aldo Di Gennaro (b. 1938).

This is probably the most culturally important thing I’ll ever seen in my lifetime if I’m being honest. I want this affixed over my mantle, embroidered into my denim, and emblazoned into my flesh so that generations to come may never forget this 1938 gem of an illustration. Put this on my gravestone and name my children after Alfo Di Gennaro. This is what it’s all about.

Artist was obviously a leg man, but I have never seen a female alien love interest designed as THIS alien before. She’s uniquely hairy, bugged-eyed, lines would indicate at least a partial exoskeleton, she has escaped being saddled with the mammories that a non-mammal being would not have, yet she’s got it bad for Space Force Leatherhead and he is so into her. I can practically hear his prose of her cabochon eyes of nebula violet, glowing with the passion to know and be known, in the starlight. The green of her body turning more vivid as discovery (and carnal knowledge) consume her conscious mind.

To suggest a red-blooded, human man could love Greedo’s cousin? Desire her??

This is fantastic, in every sense. How many lives did this change forever?

30 Minute Speedpaints (6 of 9) - Diana Franco

now we know the source fellas please appreciate and acknowledge the artist for all ur memes

Sue and Winston for @bonesmarinated

Thank ye for commissioning me again o/*✧∘* ✧･☢

Amano Yoshitaka

Moebius

There are countless Syd Mead artworks that could qualify for Space Crowd Saturday. Here’s one example of the type of inscrutable futuristic party he often created, from the buffets to the fashion and architecture.

taking care of it

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Smol Scale

purple haze

Rose O'Neill knew what was up

you Wish you has a monster wife as big and tender as this

Yes this is the same Rose O'Neill who invented Kewpies

A quote from O'Neill: “The buffoonery of the Kewpies and the passion of my serious drawings playing side by side is unusual, but not too unusual. In this droll existence, the Hamlet and Lear have always consorted with the clown.”

Here’s some more of her “Sweet Monsters”. This series was very personal to her, and she meant to keep all these drawings private until Auguste Rodîn insisted she show them.

You can read about this collection HERE and see more in person if you’re ever in the Ozarks.

Cool!

Kilian Eng (b. 1982), A Dream of the Reef

Another old, traditional piece I did.

One of the greatest joys and honors for a paleoartist is to illustrate a new species for the press release. You are the first person to bring this animal back to life outside the minds of the researchers. In this case it was Wihenvenator, a large megalosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Germany. Formerly known as the "Monster of Minden".

I show it here in the environment it was found in, with evidence of lots of dead wood, big ammonites and marine crocodylomorphs all found near by.

“Encounter,” by Frank Frazetta