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Samize — Cthulhu fhtagn no more

Published: 2012-08-04 04:06:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 54865; Favourites: 990; Downloads: 0
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Description 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:
samize.deviantart.com/art/Cthu…

This painting was published in this beautiful book:
www.flametreepublishing.com/Ct…
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Comments: 77

Shang-Tsung-Fi In reply to ??? [2013-06-17 16:16:43 +0000 UTC]

Or, a most horrific concept (already imagined by many) of it needing someone... another conscience being to establish the connection... the hand on the other side of the mirror so to speak.

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Shang-Tsung-Fi In reply to ??? [2013-06-17 10:46:29 +0000 UTC]

True, that's to me what art is and attempting to display it by different forms of media.

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WriteNRun In reply to ??? [2013-05-22 02:30:46 +0000 UTC]

Awesome composition and colors !
I am a Lovecraft fan and I love your interpretation of Cthulhu and his minions.

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Synski In reply to ??? [2013-04-22 13:50:42 +0000 UTC]

simply incredible!

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CreepySeb [2013-03-24 19:21:24 +0000 UTC]

This is excellent. Nice and disturbing.

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PinkFloydian1 [2013-03-19 01:26:56 +0000 UTC]

This is the best represation of cthulhu for me. I really love it!

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AntonSpohn [2013-02-25 22:26:27 +0000 UTC]

Wow, one of the better portrayals i've seen of the Least of the Old Ones.

What is the elephantine creature in the background of the Deepones? Is it another being from the Mythos?

I particularly like the detail above. It looks like an "Eye of the Storm" beginning to form over it's head as a suggestion of what is going to happen. Sweet detail.

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Samize In reply to AntonSpohn [2013-02-25 22:30:10 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! And yea, the elephantine creature is meant to be a "Shoggoth" from the Mythos.

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Jayjanusz [2013-02-21 22:00:44 +0000 UTC]

Awesome. I agree human arms and legs aren't the way to go.

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BrightOcotillo [2012-10-22 05:38:14 +0000 UTC]

Nice.

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Lunatickus [2012-10-18 20:47:12 +0000 UTC]

coooool...

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PeterSzmer [2012-09-30 10:32:08 +0000 UTC]

Really powerful piece.

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newmanaccount [2012-09-06 21:17:26 +0000 UTC]

Well spoken. And well crafted! Awesome work! I love it

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loki-5000 [2012-08-15 18:25:35 +0000 UTC]

totally awesome!

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klownhed [2012-08-09 15:18:08 +0000 UTC]

wickedly wonderful!

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nightserpent [2012-08-08 21:37:37 +0000 UTC]

Very impressive, as the number of Cthulhu paintings increase I become harder to wow..... but, WOW! I love the enormous sense of scale as well as the dreadful legions of deep ones coming to shore. Great lighting and atmosphere, too!

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madvisigoth [2012-08-06 15:27:31 +0000 UTC]

...it's about time!

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godofwarlover [2012-08-06 01:00:39 +0000 UTC]

We're doomed

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joepfish [2012-08-05 17:07:53 +0000 UTC]

Great!

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chrysalis-of-glass In reply to ??? [2012-08-05 06:18:03 +0000 UTC]

Incredible! I love the color, and the twilight lighting and shadows.

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truewill [2012-08-05 03:02:08 +0000 UTC]

One of the best portrayals I have ever seen.

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El-Mono-Cromatico [2012-08-04 23:08:06 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome

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brentcherry [2012-08-04 20:27:38 +0000 UTC]

I LOVE this!

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Clone-Artist [2012-08-04 13:37:55 +0000 UTC]

Great stuff!

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ilTassista In reply to ??? [2012-08-04 11:46:27 +0000 UTC]

great job!

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joulester [2012-08-04 04:26:14 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!

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