Fear is the mind-killer

Fear is the mind-killer (WIP)

Repainted the ground, hope it looks more like an expansive desert now.

Fear is the mind-killer (WIP)

Palette change.

Fear is the mind-killer (WIP)

Fear is the mind-killer (WIP)

The scene is from Frank Herbert´s Dune...

I must not wait like a smuggler - impatient and jittering, he reminded himself. I must be part of the desert.

Right now I'm not sure about the sandworm´s mouth. It is described in the book as being circular, with a row of crystalline teeth on the rim. But the pointy appendages with double-mouths look so much cooler. And even make more sense to me.

I must not fear.

Fear is the mind-killer.

Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.

I will face my fear.

I will permit it to pass over me and through me.

And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.

Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.

Only I will remain.

Cthulhu fhtagn no more

This is the best I can do to without repainting it.

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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.

Detailed the sand.
Detailed the first mountain in the background.
Small changes to the highlights.

Fixed clouds a bit.
Added waterfalls falling off of Cthulhu´s body. Trying to make him look bigger.
Corrected a perspective issue in the water.

Wipthulhu

I decided the Cthulhu piece wasn't finished yet and so I started making some modifications with the feedback I received...

Cthulhu awakening

Animated gif of the process.

Cthulhu fhtagn no more

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.