The Jersey Devil

From artist Jason McKittrick comes this nicely done Jersey Devil skull.



My one minor quibble is that the pristine velvet seems out of place with the overall weathering applied to the rest of the piece.

Angkor Wat, 1921

A trio of proper archeologists at one of the approaches to the Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia, circa 1921. To this day it's unknown why the massive city surrounding the complex was abandoned. Well, conventional theorists can't explain it. Those familiar with the corrupting influence of certain Mythos figures have no trouble at all imagining why the entire population would flee the largest pre-industrial city in the world.

Just click through to download and save the high resolution version.

This Is The World You Do Not See

Alban sent over a link to this wonderfully creepy collection of shots from photographer Mark Da Cunha Lopes. The reason why should be obvious once you browse the set.

Cthulhu Fhtagn! Tropical Paradise Edition

Shane Mangus of the excellent "Swords Against the Outer Dark" site solved a mystery when he sent over this snapshot from the Wikimedia Commons yesterday. I've seen variations of this image dozens of times while filtering sites like Flickr for Lovecraftiana, but until now I didn't know it was an actual sculpture on display in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.



Learning where it was eventually led to this writeup in Wired about the piece in question, as well as the larger installation it's a part of.

(Puerto Vallarta) is actually very nice, by and large, though for whatever reason it did not agree with my constitution. One day I strolled the lengthy beach-front boardwalk (the “Malecón”) in an effort to adjust and take in local color. I was pleased with the non-touristy things, mostly disgusted with the tourist-targeted nonsense, and greatly impressed and surprised with the copious amounts of statuary dotted along its length.

And then I reached a particular installation, and was simply flabbergasted…

Known as “La Rotunda del Mar” (”The Circle of the Sea” in my poor, poor Spanish), this installation by artist Alejandro Colunga features creatures/beings straight out of Innsmouth and Lovecraft’s imaginings. Fabulous!

By any standards it's an amazing bit of work, but the depiction of towering tentacled forms arranged like an altar makes it one of particular interest to Mythos aficionados. I can't help thinking of Fritz Leiber's "The Terror From the Depths", probably the best story involving modern artistic and architectural interpretations of the Mythos ever written, while looking at it.

The Land of Nyarlathotep

For your viewing pleasure, a period map of Egypt featuring most of the major archeological sites, including insets of the Giza Complex, the major pyramids, Thebes, and the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings.



You can download the PDF from Google Docs over here.

More Ink

Javier sent over this photo of his brand new Elder Sign tattoo, based on the design over here.



I've been surprised at how much interest there is in Mythos tattoos. I have two flash designs available over on Tattoodles that have been downloaded quite a bit, and more than a few of the clip art style designs here have been inked. Ironically, I can't get tats because my skin scars so easily.

Cthulhu Fhtagn! Snowstorm Edition

When the skies opened up and dropped four feet of snow, Snipe didn't let the opportunity go to waste.







Having been subjected to 20 inches of snow last week I'm now kicking myself for not taking advantage of the situation.