Category Archives: Collect Call of Cthulhu

Collect Call of Cthulhu, Part 8: Bryan Riolo’s unnerving stare

When he’s not catapulting us through time to face the real titans from Earth’s history, Bryan Riolo voyages across strange realms of space and sanity to confront the Outer Darkness. He depicts Cthulhu as vast, complex, unknowable, and fundamentally Not … Continue reading

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Collect Call of Cthulhu, Part 7: Curt Chiarelli’s Cthulhu rampant

I’m happy to announce a new entry to the Collect Call of Cthulhu: this dynamic work by Curt Chiarelli. Curt actually sent it in on Sept. 30, and it’s been moldering in my inbox, so it’s well past time to … Continue reading

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Collect Call of Cthulhu, Part 6: Markus Bühler’s multifarious horrors

Today’s entry in the Collect Call of Cthulhu covers some of the work of Markus Bühler–in 2D and 3D, realistic and impressionistic, original and homage. In the previous entries I’ve given each piece it’s own post, but here I thought … Continue reading

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Collect Call of Cthulhu, Part 5: Bryan Riolo’s Cthulhu emerging

This latest entry in the Collect Call of Cthulhu is from Bryan Riolo, a.k.a. Algoroth on DeviantART. Please note that Bryan Riolo holds the copyright for this image and reserves all rights to it; it appears here thanks to his … Continue reading

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Collect Call of Cthulhu, Part 4: Scott Elyard’s stumbling mountain

Yow, this Collect Call of Cthulhu thing is succeeding beyond my wildest dreams, in that some really talented folks are unleashing new art on the world because of it. Many thanks to everyone who has contributed so far, to those … Continue reading

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Collect Call of Cthulhu, Part 3: Brian Engh’s steaming abomination

Today I broaden the remit of this series somewhat. Today’s Thing is not Cthulhu or any particular one of Lovecraft’s creations, but it is so Lovecraftian in conception that I couldn’t help but include it. Plus, hey, more original art … Continue reading

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Collect Call of Cthulhu, Part 2: Mark Witton’s greasy, flowing mass

Well, this “Collect Call of Cthulhu” thing is working out even better than I’d hoped. Today’s entry comes from paleontologist and paleoartist Mark Witton. It’s an original piece he’s been working on for some time, and he finished it up … Continue reading

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Collect Call of Cthulhu, Part 1: John McKiernan’s squatting horror

In the last post I asked for people to send in their Cthulhu renderings (2D, 3D, real world, virtual, whatever) and design thoughts and I’d post ’em. There’s still plenty of time if you want to participate. In fact, I … Continue reading

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Some Thing like this

I drew this today. It’s not quite what I had in mind for Cthulhu, not yet, but it’s a start. Next steps: make it even more biochaotic. And stylize it. I deliberately avoided stylizing it the first time out, so … Continue reading

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What I want in a Cthulhu idol

This post follows on from the last one. Also, it is explicitly about what I want in a Cthulhu idol. YMMV, and probably does, and that’s cool. In particular, I talk here about aspects of other people’s work that do … Continue reading

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