Friday, July 13, 2007

The Codex Seraphinianus Torrent












































































































Above are examples from the fully scanned copy of the book found in this torrent.

Torrent hosted at the tracker of the Grey Lodge

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Philippe Druillet





















Here is an unusual creature from the imagination of Druillet. The image was found at this gallery of Druillet paintings. I'll be posting other artworks found on this site for the next few days.
Beasts and Witches




















































I've had the lower 3 paintings sitting around for the past year and hadn't been able to figure out who painted them. Many thanks to Paul Rumsey for helping me identify these works. Now the crab one is still a mystery.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Ray Harryhausen Week
Monster Brains presents Ray Harryhausen Week starting next Sunday.

Monday, July 09, 2007

The Monster Of Lake LaMetrie






























"I did not fairly see the terrible creature until I had swung my machete round."






















"He turned and sped through the pass at all speed."






















"I ordered the howitzers to be trained upon the murderous creature."

The above illustrations by Stanley Wood from 1899 were made for a short story written by Wardon Allan Curtis involving a monster imagined near Lake Lametrie, Wyoming. Read the full story here.

Sunday, July 08, 2007

Roger Dean





Here are examples of some of my favorite fantasy paintings by Roger Dean. He's likely best known the album covers he created for the band Yes. He's also been involved in creating unique pieces of furniture such as the sea urchin which is described in the following quote, "It was a foam chair, which, though appearing spherical, would conform to the sitter, who could obtain a seated position of varying angles." quote source.

To see more artwork by Roger Dean or to purchase his art you can visit his official website here.

Also, if the artist or anyone associated with the artist would like these works removed from this site my contact info has already been sent to you.