Cthulhu fhtagn no more

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Artist Xaltotun
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Score: 4.62 / 5.00

Date: 08/04/2012
Category: Illustration
File Info: 1680 x 1039 px; JPEG; 379 kb
Tags: cthulhu; lovecraft; fhtagn; cosmic-horror

Frontpaged August 4, 2012

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Small animated gif of the process here:
http://samize.blogspot.co m.br/2012/08/cthulhu-awak ening.html

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 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.

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