Hugo Simberg

Fairy Tale 2, 1896

The Angry Ram At Niemenlauta

Väinämöinen and Ikiturso, 1897

Peasant and Death at the Gate of Heaven and Hell, 1897

King Hobgoblin Sleeping, 1896

Fear of the Woods, 1896

Devil In Front Of A Pot, 1897

The Serpent, 1899

Sean Äaberg's Dungeon Degenerates Monster Drawing Club

I originally shared Sean's art on here ten years ago. Since then Sean has been busy building his Pork Army and Empire.  His incredible Pork zine can be found in all self respecting record shops around the US. If you don't have access to any stores that carry the zine, you can order a subscription here.

Lately, Sean has been working on stacks of amazing art inspired by old school fantasy role playing adventures for his own table top game, Dungeon Degenerates.  As part of his promotion for the game, Sean is running a month long contest for anyone to contribute art inspired by various beasts and strange characters taken from his upcoming game. The following is Sean's description of Dungeon Degenerates..


THE WÜRSTREICH - AN EMPIRE IN DECLINE, WHERE SURVIVAL IS AN ADVENTURE UNTO ITSELF. ONCE THE PINNACLE OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION, IT NOW TEETERS ON THE BRINK OF TOTAL DOOM, HAVING COLLAPSED INTO CORRUPTION, DECADENCE, DECAY & MADNESS. EVIL WIZARDS PERVERT THE VERY FABRIC OF NATURE, BRINGING GIBBERING MADNESS FROM BEYOND SCREAMING INTO ABSOLUTION & AN ENDLESS MENAGERIE OF MONSTERS FIGHT FOR DOMINATION! IN CHAOS - THERE IS OPPORTUNITY! THE FECUND STENCH OF THE ROTTEN REALM OF THE WÜRSTREICH BECKONS! HAVING ESCAPED THE MOLDY DUNGEONS OF BRÜTTELBERG, YOUR DEGENERATE ADVENTURERS MUST USE WITS & WEAPONS TO FIND THEIR FORTUNE IN THE MONSTER & MADNESS INFESTED BADLANDS - FATE DECIDED BY THE LUCK OF THE DRAW & THE ROLL OF THE DICE! IN A LAND WHERE ROT RULES, ONLY THE DEGENERATES SURVIVE!

DUNGEON DEGENERATES IS A FANTASY ADVENTURE BOARD GAME FROM GOBLINKO. BLENDING A DARK & DIRTY OLD SCHOOL ROLE PLAYING GAME AESTHETIC WITH AN EASY TO LEARN, FAST MOVING & ENGAGING BOARD GAME SYSTEM, DUNGEON DEGENERATES DELIVERS THE DARK FANTASY ADVENTURE YOU WANT, WHEN YOU WANT IT.

DUNGEON DEGENERATES IS BY SEAN AABERG & ERIC RADEY. WE GREW UP ON OLDSCHOOL ROLE PLAYING GAMES & LOVE OLD GAMES WORKSHOP IN PARTICULAR - AS AN ART FORM. WE'VE WORKED FOR CHAOSIUM AS WAREHOUSE SLAVES. WE WERE IN THE MOST CHAOTIC NOISE PUNK BAND IN OAKLAND. THE OLD WAYS ARE BEST & WE ARE GOING TO DRAIN ENOUGH BLOOD TO BRING THEM BACK WITH DUNGEON DEGENERATES!

THE DUNGEON DEGENERATES MONSTER DRAWING CLUB STARTS TOMORROW!!! INSPIRED BY #THINGSYOUMIGHTFINDINADUNGEON” - WE’RE DOING A MONSTER A DAY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AS WE BUILD IN CRAZED ANTICIPATION OF THE DUNGEON DEGENERATES KICKSTARTER LAUNCH! REGRAM! DRAW! HASHTAG! JOIN THE MONSTER DRAWING CLUB! A MONSTER A DAY KEEPS THE NIGHTMARES AT BAY!

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Der Orchideengarten (1919-1921)

John Yunge-Bateman

Illustration from 1930 edition of King Lear - Act IV, Scene 1.
Crazy Edgar, now calling himself Poor Tom: “Five fiends have been in poor Tom at once: of lust, as Obidicut; Hobbididence, prince of dumbness; Mahu, of stealing; Modo, of murder; Flibbertigibbet, of mopping and mowing, who since possesses chambermaids and waiting-women.”

Norman Lindsay

The Dream, 1923

Enter the magicians, 1927

Tom O'Bedlam, 1918

Walpurgis, 1924

To the Festival, 1934

Moonlight's Piper, 1925

Visitors to Hell

Adventure, 1921

Self-portrait, 1930

Joseph Bennett - Odin's Afterbirth

ODIN'S AFTERBIRTH from Joseph Bennett on Vimeo.

Antonio Rodríguez Luna (1910 -1985)

The Carlist Militiaman, 1937

The Dictator, 1937

The Falangist, 1937

The Inquisition [of the Church, 1937

Land-Owner, 1938

Herbert von Reyl-Hanisch - Bad Dream (Böser Traum) 1931

Another painting by the artist was previously shared on Monster Brains.
 
Artwork found at Imkinsky.

Erik Theodor Werenskiold (1855-1938)

Per Gynt and Roadblocks, 1893

"Then they both laughed heartily, as if they already had the lad on the stake." Illustration for "Companion" in P. Chr. Asbjørnsen , Eventyrbog for Børn . Norwegian Folkeeventyr , Copenhagen, 1887

Troll in the Woods, 1895

The Troll Lured the Girls with Gold

" 'Ugh! Ugh! I smell the smell of Christian blood, ' said the troll." Illustration for "Soria Moria Slot" in P. Chr. Asbjørnsen , Eventyrbog for you Children II . Norwegian Folkeeventyr , Copenhagen, 1884

Troll Witch and Three Princesses, 1900

Pierre Roche (1855-1922)

The Nightmare, 1895

Skinned Cat, 1895

Mélusine, 1900

Siren, 1896

The Medusa, 1912

Centaur

The Palace of Dreams, 1909

Apocalypse, 1901 - 22

La Délivrance, allegorical altarpiece, 1905-1911

"This altarpiece, made of lead and bronze reliefs embedded in a large wooden structure and framing a plaster bust, shows the taste of Pierre Roche, artist solid scientific background for experimentation and invention of original processes and reflected his interest in the bas-relief and the links between architecture and sculpture. By 1904, the artist dedicated to victims of the Russo-Japanese war four visions that model the following year under the title of Pride, Envy, Wrath and Greed. They enlisted the three reliefs of La Gourmandise, of Lust and Sloth, and a bust of a woman with braided hair, the hands cut off at the wrist are pasted on the ears, and this has all seven deadly sins in 1905 under the title of Deliverance. In 1910, he will confront his allegorical during the Seven Works of Mercy. idealistic profession of faith and anti-determinist, this Symbolist Vision advocates prayer and introspection to escape the contingencies of everyday life and the bad influences of the outside world." - quote source


"Pierre Roche (Paris, 2 August 1855 - Paris, 18 January 1922), pseudonym of Fernand Massignon, was a French sculptor, painter, ceramist and medallist. He was the father to Louis Massignon.

Roche first studied medicine and chemistry in Paris, but then switched to studying painting at the Académie Julian 1873-1878 under Alfred Roll, and exhibited at the Paris Salon 1884-1889.

In 1888 Roche tried sculpture to compete for a monument to Georges Danton, leading to encouragement by sculptor and teacher Jules Dalou. He went on to produce a number of commissioned works, like the fountain April (1906) in the Musée Galliera gardens, and L'Effort (c.1898) in the Jardin du Luxembourg." - quote source



Images found at Gallica and Roubaix La Piscine.