Lovecraft Sketch Dump
Did a half dozen Lovecraft sketches a few weeks ago - this is the Nyarlathotep one finished. I always liked the idea put forward by some Lovecraft biographers that Lovecraft based him on Tesla - so i put plenty of electricity into this one
Shub Niggurath
I usually do a bit of web search before I draw things just to clarify what they are supposed to look like and sometimes you end up finding gems
Propnomicon is a site dedicate to making Cthulian props (for Live action roleplay I assume) - like the HPL Historical Society some of the props are amazing detailed. It inspired me to give an old book page a go for this illo.
I was too lazy to "age" the paper myself so used a couple of the paper textures available on the net. I was a bit headachy due to moving furniture around most of the day, so the insane scribblings weren't too hard to do.
From the depths of his bath in great R'lyeh
Dread Cthulhu arises.....