Wednesday, January 07, 2009

John D. Batten - The Demon With The Matted Hair, 1892
From a book titled Indian Fairy Tales, published in 1892, selected and edited by Joseph Jacobs and illustrated by John D Batten.
Another amazing artwork posted by Sarcoptiform.
Amazing Monster Mazes




Check out this article at Secret Fun Spot to see more from this collection of monster mazes.

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Tom Friedman - Title Unknown, 1995

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Ethiopian Manuscript Pages 17th - 18th century
"The Devil, the dragon and the lower halves of St. George and his horse. Wall painting in the old Church of St. Mary of Zion, Axum, Ethiopia."

"Ethiopian St. George And The Dragon - Detail"

"From the treasury of the Church of Narga Selassie, Dek Island, Lake Tana, Ethiopia."






See more Ethiopian Manuscript artworks in this flickr set.

One more page from what I think is the same book, found browsing google.

Monday, January 05, 2009

Eduardo Belga
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Jesse Balmer


See more on his flickr gallery.

Found thanks to Meathaus.

Sunday, January 04, 2009

Charlie White
This is from a series of photos inspired by monsters.

See more of Charlie's photos here.
Don't miss this photo.

Official? site here.

And an article on the artist can be read at Wired.com
Arik Brauer
Title Unknown, 1966
Artworks found at Sarcoptiform's flickr gallery.

Artist previously mentioned here.
Mats
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Metric Monsters - Educational Cereal Toys

Saturday, January 03, 2009

New Poll
... to the right.
Stéphane Blanquet - Flip Flap


Here's an interesting artwork from Blanquet I found on his journal. Looks like these will be for sale on his site soon.
Gustave Le Rouge Story Illustration
Artist unknown, found in this article at El Desvan del Abuelito.
Purk el Hombre de Piedra



See more in this article at El Desvan del Albuelito.

Friday, January 02, 2009

Painting Of Demons


Artist unknown, details of a painting at the museum of fine arts in Sevilla, found in this flickr set.
Quay Brothers Inventorium




Photos of a recent exhibit of the Quay Brother's strange puppets and other artifacts from their amazing films found in this flickr gallery with more pictures taken from this Quay Brothers exhibit.

More photos here.

A short article detailing the exhibit at the University of Brighton in the UK can be found at the Cine-City website.

Thursday, January 01, 2009

Happy New Year From The Bunny Monster!
Yes, I posted this last year but it's too good a picture to not use again.
Colin Johnson
There Will Be Blood #1, 2008, approx. 3-3/4"W x 5-1/2"H, mixed media on wood.

Check out this series of 31 Halloween inspired paintings.

See more at Johnson's website and flickr page.
Jörg Breu/Heinrich Steiner - drunken child chained by the devil, 1535
"A drunken child chained by the devil; the child with horns, standing on an open book while urinating on a table. Holding a short sword in his right hand and a stick from which a crown is dangling over his left shoulder. The devilish creature holding the chains on the right, flames in the background. Illustration to Johann von Schwartzenberg, 'Ain buchle wider das zutrincken', published as part of 'Der Teütsch Cicero', Augsburg: H. Steiner, woodcut"

Image and quote taken from the British Museum.