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"Cthulhu Rising" by Tiina ´Aarnia´ Aumala

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SciFi and Fantasy Art Cthulhu Rising by Tiina ´Aarnia´ Aumala

From His house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu rises to engulf the Earth in madness and death.

I've tried to depict Cthulhu for years now, with all the planning and sketching seeming to amount to nothing. Then, one day I sit in front of the computer, open an new blank image file, and start drawing blurred lines with the airbrush tool. Before I even notice what is happening, I am in the middle of creating an eerie portrait of the Great Old one - this one. Even now that it is finished, I'm not entirely sure of anything else but this: Cthulhu is indeed a fickle muse.

Date	Name	Comment
26 Jun 2005	Len van der Wolf	Loading... Iä Aarnia fhtagn.
10 Jul 2005	Joseph Hocking	Loading... Great pic! Very sinister, and I love the subtle details like the wrinkly flesh across his head.
17 Jul 2005	Elven Goddess	Loading... OH MY GOD! This seriously scared me when it popped onto my screen. It looks like a photograph. I envy you and think you are amazing. Great pic and keep up the good work!
6 Aug 2005	Anne 'Lucinda' Roussard	Loading... Very good one. (Or great old one. aha.) I don't really like the way Cthulhu is depicted as a very muscular humanoid with an angry looking squid on his torso. This comes much closer to the Cthulhu that lives in my head. Not necessarily evil, but very eerie indeed. "That is not dead which can eternal lie, Yet with strange aeons, even Death may die."
25 Dec 2005	Dean C. Russell	Loading... ok...u have no idea how much this picture scares the crap out of me!! I have a DEEP fear of things in deep water and u portrayed it SO well. The illusion of the deep dark water scares the snot out of me!! wonderful...evil...beautiful...
23 Aug 2007	Anonymous	Loading... My very good friend us ubsessed with squid. I was drawing a mural of one, and needed a picture of reference. This is amazing. its perfect.
21 Feb 2008	Xipe Totec	Loading... Eerie.You might be interested in this sketch of Cthulhu done by Lovecraft himself: http://www.sodabob.com/Metallica/images/CthulhuSmall.jpg
13 Oct 2008	Nyarly	Loading... Yum yum! (If you don’t get this search for "unspeakeble vault of doom" Fantastic pic btw
30 Dec 2008	Soy	Loading... I really love this picture. I hope you don’t mind, I sometimes use a smaller version of this image as an icon on forums. (I added a blink animation after a long time, to freak people out a bit). Thanks a lot for making this.
28 Feb 2009	Ross Ben Taylor	Loading... Nice pic, I like the texture of the face and tentacles! And the pearl-like eyes are great; they fit perfectly with the rest of the face!
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'Cthulhu Rising':

• Created by:

Tiina ´Aarnia´ Aumala
• Copyright: ©Tiina ´Aarnia´ Aumala. All rights reserved!

• Keywords: Cthulhu, Darkness, Dead, Undead, Tentacles, Eyes, Old, One
• Categories: Head or Facial Study, Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters
• Techniques: Computer Painted from Scratch
• Inspirations: H.P.Lovecraft
• Submitted: 2003-04-18 16:34:33
• Views: 6300
• Resolution: 520x575