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A monstrosity which rampaged in Dunwich Village. Overall shape was inspired by tiny water bears [link]"Bigger’n a barn...all made o’ squirmin’ ropes...hull thing sort o’ shaped like a hen’s egg bigger’n anything, with dozens o’ legs like hogsheads that haff shut up when they step...nothin’ solid abaout it—all like jelly, an’ made o’ sep’rit wrigglin’ ropes pushed clost together...great bulgin’ eyes all over it...ten or twenty maouths or trunks a-stickin’ aout all along the sides, big as stovepipes, an’ all a-tossin’ an’ openin’ an’ shuttin’...all grey, with kinder blue or purple rings... an’ Gawd in heaven—that haff face on top!... (...) Oh, oh, my Gawd, that haff face - that haff face on top of it... that face with the red eyes an' crinkly albino hair, an' no chin, like the Whateleys... It was a octopus, centipede, spider kind o' thing, but they was a haff-shaped man's face on top of it, an' it looked like Wizard Whateley's, only it was yards an' yards acrost... "
H.P. Lovecraft, The Dunwich Horror
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the Dunwich Horror
the Dunwich Horror
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Cool! The Dunwich Horror is my second best Lovecraft story, only behind At The Mountains of Madness!
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My favourites are Dream Quest and Shadow Over Innsmouth but Dunwich Horror and Color Out of Space are right behind them.
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Color Out of Space is cool too! Lovecraft came up with very many unique abominations that the so-called 'monsters' these days definitely lack the frightening quality. And that includes Stranger Things and The Strain. I find them stupid.
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Well I aim my art to be somewhat in the spirit of the oldschool stuff. Perhaps that's why you enjoy it.
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Yeah, I love this kind of art. Lovecraftian and body horror are my forte!
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To stworzenie zainspirowane jest przez D&D. przyznaj się 
cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pi…
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Chyba raczej na odwrót, D&D sie inspirowało Lovecraftem.
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Yep I a bit sorry for him too.
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What in the world is that......Haha..Nicely done.
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How about a battle between this and some other creature ?
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Maybe some day.
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I see face in middle, or I just going CRAZY (Blame you ). Good details, dark and scary. All I need, Awesome work
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thank you. not so new but one of my best.
Damn i progress so slowly xD
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Well he was kindo f supposed to be
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HOLY CRAP! That's so creepy and accurate! Kudos for giving me nightmares!
BRIAN
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Thank you. I made this work quite some time ago and still it's among my best. Reading Lovecraft for a first time was indeed a POWERFUL inspiration.
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It fits the description perfectly. I absolutely adore this rendition of it. I often find myself desiring to sketch these things, as they're only portrayed with words.
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Thank you. I find a lot of pleasure in drawing them!
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After those brave men spoke the syllables that split this unnatural,abnormal hybrid THING up and sent it back to whatever ultra-cosmic pit its father wallows in, they were told that it could never have existed naturally in a sane cosmos. Only wildly evil men have -or could have -called up the forces to make its birth possible.
The ultimate purpose of investigators is to delay the return of the Great Old Ones until man has receded into the past, leaving the Earth to whatever follows man ...
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I feel kind of sorry for those brothers, they sure wanted to wipe us out but to them Eaarth was their property, taken by some histile race of mammals
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I see a human face in the midst of that - chaos !
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I spoke to one of these things on a mushroom trip one time, lying down in the dark with my eyes closed. And that was before I'd even *heard* of Lovecraft. Which is part of the reason I find his stories so interesting today - when he describes Shoggoths, and the non-Euclidean geometry of R'lyeh, I feel like I've actually *seen* it.
I can't remember what we "spoke" about, but I do remember getting the strong impression that this creature existed a long, long way away, and was sending out the spores of Psilocybe mushrooms to other populated worlds so that it could communicate with the creatures there. All in all, a pretty unusual experience.
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Interesting. I've never takien any hallucination inducing substances but I had experienced something similar though, I;ve seen in a dream some creature and later in a movie or a book i've found something surprisingy similar.
Perhaps Lovecraft's work touches something deep within our subconsciouness, maybe that's why it has such impact on people?
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Could be. It's probably why Christianity and other religions have had such a powerful, enduring effect on humanity as well, the visions of Heaven and Hell, Gods and demons also resonate deeply with our subconscious. There's nothing more bizarre and fantastical than the human imagination. The question is, is it purely imaginary? Or are we tapping some hidden, fantastical dimension/s in our dreams and intoxicated visions?
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Pardon me, I need to get that image out of my head. Now where'd I put my hot poker?
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Perhaps he just likes your head!
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We're sorry, the person you're trying to reach is in critical condition after trying to blind himself with a hot poker
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I hope you enjoy my gallery then
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Wow! Great work, due to you at least I could imagine that creature, while I was reading "The Dunwich Horror".
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Haha I am glad to have helped
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