Saturday, December 09, 2006

Vladimir Kirin - Croatian Tales of Long Ago

Friday, December 08, 2006

Jesse Simpson - Noiserover





















Lots of strange paintings and cartoons on this site. Check out Death For Lunch and Bowl o' Evil.

Link found thanks to Fufu Frauenwahl

Zdzislaw Beksinski's Home
Here are photos from the place Beksinski spent the last years of his life painting before his sad and unfortunate end. Also check out the films on this page to see video clips from a gallery show of Beksinski's art.

Thursday, December 07, 2006

Felix Labisse





















Lots of weird looking lifeforms in this gallery.

Link found thanks to Phantasmaphile

Brain Sludge Monster!
I found this in the third issue of Epic Illustrated.

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

"Adventures of Abdi" Illustrations by Olga Dugina and Andrej Dugin
Here are some very large scans from a recent book illustrated by the amazing Dugin Duo. To read about the story behind the illustrations or to purchase the book they are from, click here.

I found the human headed deer in the bottom left of this image really creepy.

The Art Of Paranormal Experience

Crypto Zoology Mysteries
This gallery contains 465 images relating to strange creatures of the real and imaginary variety.

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Jon Chandler's "Online Knightmare Adventure"






















I noticed Jon has a new comic on his site made in the style of old choose your own adventure books like Zork, really damn cool. Check out more of Jon's comics here.

Videogame Monster Week





















Another block of themed imagery I'm planning for this blog is videogame monsters. From Gannon and octoroks of the original Zelda to the giant stone beasts of Shadow of the Colossus, I'll be posting about some of the strangest and more spectacular monsters from videogame history. This should be ready around January and I'd appreciate any suggestions on the topic anyone might have.

If you like the image above then check out this gallery of giant vectorized arcade graphics. The images come in layers that work on Adobe Illustrator.

Eaten By Ducks!!!
Some art friends and me have a new blog going where we post random artwork, check it out.

Monday, December 04, 2006

Keith Thompson





















This artist has a fully fleshed out fantasy world on display at his website. Next to the incredible artwork, the most interesting thing about this gallery is the text that most images are displayed with that describes what or who is in each picture.

Click below to see some of my favorite drawings from the site.

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Check this disgusting thing out

This floating creature functioning as a makeshift hot air balloon is awesome.

Ree Treweek





















The artwork of Ree has been amazingly animated in the short film featured on this site. I hope to see a feature length animated film in this style someday.

Check out this image by Ree.

Paul Flora
Austrian artist Paul Flora has made hundreds of dreamlike drawings. According to his website his early works were influenced by the symbolist artist Alfred Kubin.

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2nd Gallery

Sunday, December 03, 2006

Mat Brinkman - Online Comics
Having recently discovered that the Highwater Books website still has its comics archive onlline, I found this great collection of Mat Brinkman comics. He was one of the first artists I posted about here back in mid January. Check out the incredible Paper Rodeo contributions Mat has made over the years at the Fort Thunder website.

If you enjoy Mat's comics be sure to pick up "Teratoid Heights", a compilation of various mini comics he's done. It's available in this list of comics for purchase.

And check out these 2 great colored drawings by Brinkman.