Coins of Carcosa

Andrew Wishart brings us these coins bearing the sigil of The King in Yellow.  I like the texture work.  It reminds me of a coiled brittle star.

Colonial Marine Raiders

I've been following the production of Christian Matzke's "Last Flight of the Freya 7", an "Aliens" fan project that has some excellent production values.  That includes these Colonial Marine Raider patches from William Pace. They're great conjectural props, and the presentation is outstanding.

Classical Gaff

Jacob Petersson returns with his take on a classic-style Fiji Mermaid gaff.  I love the sheer randomness of the powdered wig.

Cthulhu Fhtagn! Loincloth Edition, Part Deux.

Hovito Loincloth's unique Cthulhu idol was first featured hereback in November. He's now revisited the sculpt, refining some of the details and tweaking the figure's pose.

R'lyeh Runes

What the world really needs now is a new Lovecraftian font. 

Here are some sample glyphs from one I've started working on.  It's based on recreating the kind of runes you would find inscribed in the stonework of sunken R'lyeh.  With that in mind I'm trying to use organic forms reminiscent of deep sea life, with call backs to claws, sea shells, and jointed exoskeletons. 

Based on my experience so far I have a new found appreciation for typographers.  Making a font is hard.  Every time I finish a glyph I like I get a nice warm glow...and then realize I have about fifty more characters to go.  That doesn't take into account the technical process of actually laying out the font.  Designing and digitizing the glyphs is a formidable process, but then the technical details of kerning and alignment rear their complex heads.

I'll keep you updated as things progress.  When it's finally done I think it will be a great resource for propmakers.

Coiled Wyrm

This was a design I did for a version of the Ponape Scriptures based on moko tattoo designs from the South Pacific.  Just right click and open up in a new tab to download the full sized version.

The plain version looks a bit too modern, but once it's distressed it's a quite nice embellishment.

Fossilized Fairy

Tóbal brings us a fossilized fairy specimen.  Yet more evidence that so-called "science" is hiding the true history of the world.