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Samize — Cthulhu fhtagn no more
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I tried to portray Cthulhu not as a creature, but as the vessel of some awesome cosmic entity.I tried to capture the Dunsanian mystic atmosphere of "Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath" mixed with the objective view of "At The Mountains of Madness."
" ...a gigantic thing "miles high" which walked or lumbered about."
It can´t be merely a creature of flesh and bone, but something alien that extends to more than one reality, and which draws its power from some distant cosmic source.
Like what a 2-dimensional creature living in a 2-dimensional world would see if we sticked our 3-dimensional finger into their world.
" ...the mountainous monstrosity flopped down the slimy stones and hesitated, floundering at the edge of the water."
" ...great Cthulhu slid greasily into the water and began to pursue with vast wave-raising strokes of cosmic potency."
It seems like a gigantic mass gliding about, like an overgrown Shoggoth.
I prefer this cosmic horror better than the hairless King Kong with the octupus head.
Alternate version:
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This painting was published in this beautiful book:
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True majesty of the outer mystery...Excellent work...Lovecraft would be proud!
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The Ominous End we all deserve! Excellent! Your Deep Ones are very batrachian, I like it. Cthulhu is nice and alien and inhuman (I don't like biceps on Cthulhu, far too human). Although Lovecraft said "simultaneous pictures of an octopus, a dragon, and a human caricature" I think he meant a very distorted, very alien caricature. Even the Shoggoth in the background is highly disturbing.
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I must say that I agree with your preferences! Lovecraftian's monsters should not be humanoid nor a combination of a bat, an octopus and a man: They should be like a nightmare, something so horrible and strange that you can't define not understand.
A great work!
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This is awesome work and you get it. As a Lovecraft fanatic since 1966.......beautiful art.
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Wonderful...and the image is paralleled (as much as their budget would allow) in the concluding scenes of the 2007 movie CTHULHU.
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WOW! Great Job! and one of the few portraits I've seen of Cthulhu that comes across as truly Apocalyptic!
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Really really enjoy your interpretation here, nailed it. "Like what a 2-dimensional creature living in a 2-dimensional world would see if we sticked our 3-dimensional finger into their world."... this is what defines the best of Lovecraft's horrors, very very well done. Love it!
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i like the scene a lot. Great one for Great old ones.
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I always assumed that the creature was supposed to be indescribable and that all depictions of Chthulhu were based upon the idol of him.
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I haven't read much of the story but im guessing these fish headed things are the deep ones right?
Also, I always liked the classic dragon-man-octopus design but this interpretation of cthulhu is really cool as well as somewhat more terrifying...
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Yes, deep ones.
In the first appearance of Cthulhu in Lovecraft´s stories, it actually is the classic giant dragon octopus, so there is credit to that. But I believe he later realized that a mysterious cosmic being fitted better in the kind of horror he was trying to achieve.
Anyway, thank you.
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it's kind of too bad how the fans turned this character into just another dumb internet meme
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First off, this is amazing! Secondly, those Innsmouth people had to be pretty messed up to have sex with these things... just saying LOL
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This is the kind of art I can look at over and over, always finding new details to marvel over. I love this piece, which I first saw in the book, love the sense of forboding of the approaching doom ...Fave, fave, fave!
And yes, cosmic horror wins over hairless KK with octopus head any day!
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Ohhh sh***ttt... Run to the hills xD
Amazing work man, the description, the art, the enviroment, everything... Great job
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Love the fact that when a small thumbnail Cthulhu looks like an odd mountain. You nailed the (un)natural force aspect of the cosmic horror.
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this is much better than most renditions, i agree with your tastes
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Cthulhu NAFL Fhtagn, as expressed in one short story "THE RETURN OF HASTUR".
Cthulhu no longer sleeps.
Cthulhu & Hastur fight it out on a lawn near the Aylesburg Pike. Hastur has metastized into a human host and the vastly bloated bulk is able to pound & pummel his half-bro and arch-enemy in full view of wretches that should have never seen such a sight !
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"I prefer this cosmic horror better than the hairless King Kong with the octupus head."
Could not put it better. Kudos!
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Awesome interpretation of Cthulhu, much more "god-creature from another cycle of life and matter" than the usual rubber-suit octopus dragon
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I wonder why you choose hte Deep Ones to be pictured with Cthulhu instead of the Cthulhu spawn. Shouldn't the Deep Ones be pictured with Father Dagon? 
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He recruited the Deep Ones to help, the spawn are coming afterwards.
Nah, you're right. I only chose the Deep Ones because they're more well-known, and look better.
And thanks.
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I suppose that is true. Cthulhu Spawn just kind of look like mini cthulhus. Having said that, the Deep Ones DO worship Cthulhu, along with Father Dagon and Mother Hydra.
You are welcome
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Waooooww this is gorgeous!! I love how you made it, and this strange color tone helps the magic. Congratulations, the dynamic of the composition is excellent, mostly with these dropped shadows on the beach.
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one of the best cthulhu rendintions i've ever seen. top notch
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have a nice day!
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This is quite possibly my favorite visual interpretation of Cthulhu, very beautiful and very inspiring! Kudos to you!
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We...are...screwed... MOMMY!!!! *Runs away screaming in terror* 
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"Like what a 2-dimensional creature living in a 2-dimensional world would see if we sticked our 3-dimensional finger into their world."
Great work BTW! I've often contemplated what that would look like...... It would simply just be... as though it had unfolded in the center in front of us. MY thoughts anyway.
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Yea, I often contemplate such things too. Imagine that this being with higher dimensions (which would be impossible for us to visualize completely) does just unfold from the center, but its unimaginable form could appear to us as an unfolding gigantic blob of flesh and whirling tentacles. Or it could just appear as a growing sphere, but that wouldn't be very interesting.
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