It Came From Beyond the Moon!

In the same vein as the last post, here is another pulp-inspired poster that I did a couple months back. Apparently I have a thing for titling all my pieces with exclamation points, as if the bold, red, monster type was not enough to convey the intensity. Up to this point the giant squid alien has gone nameless, but as I feel compelled to name all things on this site, I'm quite sure that on his home world he would be known as Galgimac the Abhorrent. Tremble in fear for the end is nigh, and its name is Galgimac the Abhorrent! Yeah, that sounds about right.

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Thag! The Mutilator

Below is the first poster for what I'd like to become a series. Meet Thag! the Mutilator (that exclamation point is part of the spelling, btw). Thag! is the personification of the primordial human id, a man so tired of the reign of the dinosaurs that he takes matters into his own hands, hastening the day of their extinction. Armed with nothing but his club and a fathomless arsenal of rage, Thag! the Mutilator will destroy his reptilian overlords and haul the rest of humanity by its matted hair toward the destiny that awaits.

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Dog Abomination

For work this month I've got a book about a one-eyed pug. While the author describes his left eye as a narrow slit, I thought it would be funny to see it as a colossal, repellent orifice.

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A Caesar for Caesar's Sake

This stately gentleman is another character for the commercial that I'm working on. Think he looks like an "Octavio" personally.

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Freaks and Greeks

Last month I got obsessed with Greek mythology for one reason or another. I guess the Romans had a point in stealing the Greek gods for themselves, as the mythology itself is a lot more interesting than most of its contemporaries, (I'm looking at you, Paleo-Balkanic mythology). So I started off with the myths I was most familiar with; Persephone in Hades and Perseus killing Medusa . I guess it says something about the pastel nature of my day job as a children's book illustrator that my personal art projects immediately tend toward the morbid and downright gruesome.

After that, I got obsessed with Disney animated features AND Greek mythology, so my style took a bit of a change as I tackled Prometheus stealing the fire from Mt. Olympus (both the clothed and unclothed versions) and the centaur Chiron tutoring a young Jason (of the Argonauts).

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A Caveman for Caveman's Sake

Here's a character I did yesterday for a commercial I'm currently involved with. I suppose his technical name for our purposes is "Storyteller Caveman" but I think he looks more like a "Stewart." So there you have it; Stewart the storytelling caveman.

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The Birthday Beast

Here's a little birthday card I did for a friend of mine before starting work this morning. When in doubt, draw monsters.Greg White Illustration