These illustrations are by Uwe de Witt, a German illustrator and designer who lists Sam Raimi, Akira, Fight Club and Requiem for a Dream among his favourite inspirations. His style is certainly bold and quite unusual. There’s a certain energy to these pictures and you’ll likely find a favourite too; Batman, The Joker, Spawn, Ghost […]
Inside the mind of the man emailing you monsters
“Let’s find out why you’d want monsters in your email.” Nicholas Cloister is an artist based in Sweden. As a gamer he’s played the likes of MERP, Dungeons and Dragons, Warhammer FRP, Skyrealms of Jorune as well as Swedish RPGs. Cloister has drawn for Paizo and Fantasy Flight Games with his Monsters by Email, which […]
Lovecraft Actually
Riffing off the British romcom Love Actually comes the deviant art of Dr Faustas. This is Lovecraft Actually.
Fraggles in Middle Earth
Did you notice Fraggles from Fraggle Rock in the first Hobbit film? No? Perhaps it’s a case of looking carefully. Fraggles are, after all, very hard to spot. These two clever, cheeky but also very talented pictures come from the deviant artist
Scary body paint from Allison Chase
Allison Chase Makeup is worth checking out. The Kansas City based business has a large portfolio on display on Facebook. Each picture is a stunner.
The R³BOTs
These clever and oddly cute constructs are made by Marco Fernandes. His Tumblr, kept very simple, describes the project as “recycle, reuse and rebuild”.
Superheroes in noir posters
Noir isn’t always to everyone’s tastes. It can be bleak although that can be part of the attraction. These posters from Marko Manev certainly don’t seem bleak. They’re carefully understated, they hint at huge scenes and power yet to be unleashed. These may be some of the most familar superheroes known to the web but […]
Homes of the Future [infographic]
This is one mighty tall infographic but I think it’s worth posting for the art alone. The concept? “Homes of the Future”… but it’s really just a chance to show a timeline of cityscapes. Via Gateway Homes.
Short film: Malaria
Malaria from Edson Oda on Vimeo. You’re an assassin hired to kill Death. What could go wrong? Here’s another challenge. You want to film a comic book but you don’t want to do an animation. How do you do it? This is the challenge that Edson Oda solves with this short film called “Malara”. There’s […]
Tula from The Pirates of Dark Water
The Pirates of Dark Water was a fantasy animation for kids. Made by Hanna-Barbera, shown in 1991, it was wonderful and idea for an RPG setting. The world of Mer was being eaten by a substance known only as the Dark Water. The Thirteen Treasures of Rule were said to be able to stop the […]
