which is the best representation of Cthulhu for you? show it

Rodr-Evil · Post by **Rodr-Evil** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:52 pm

Well for me:

and

there are many more but I remain with these.

Hodgson · Post by **Hodgson** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:24 pm

Rodr-Evil · Post by **Rodr-Evil** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:35 pm

Wow, impressive those of Lars Simkins, I never have seen them, very cool.

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:47 pm

Hodgson man thanks for the links... Awsome stuff...

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:16 pm

this one is quite original:

if it doesn't show here, go to http://homepage3.nifty.com/nottsuo/htm/c_cthulhu2.htm

Rodr-Evil · Post by **Rodr-Evil** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:20 pm

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 2:16 pm

Badass but it doesnt rlly look like Cthulhu... At fist glance I wouldn't know its Cthulhu. Still its pritty badass none the less

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 4:11 pm

it just doesn't look like other cthulhu pictures you've seen before. that's because most illustrators can't get past the simplistic 'octopus-headed bat-winged gargoyle' standard, based on the famous statuette from hpl's story. but read the part where the sailors meet up with cthulhu, and you'll see the language is a lot less definite. the above is probably my favorite rendition of cthulhu so far, followed closely by this one

E.A. Lovecraft · Post by **E.A. Lovecraft** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 4:26 pm

I don't know. "The awful squid-head with writhing feelers" seems pretty definite to me. The above pic, while awesome, looks less like a "green, sticky spawn of the stars" and more like a bristling, chitinous spawn of the stars.

Enkil · Post by **Enkil** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 4:29 pm

This and this

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 4:52 pm

i choose not to take 'squid head' so literally. maybe i've gone beyond what hpl imagined cthulhu to be.. maybe i give him too much credit. i just think there was plenty of opportunity to describe cthulhu's form, and all he did was give impressions and analogies. you don't have to look at it through such tired eyes, you know. this is supposed to be about provoking the reader's imagination...

see, that head doesn't look like it's rigid to me, like the queen alien from aliens.. instead, it looks like it could flex and curl around, maybe take a different shape. that's using my imaginaysheeown

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 7:18 pm

Enkil wrote:This and this

I really like the second one

Rodr-Evil · Post by **Rodr-Evil** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 7:21 pm

Enkil wrote:This and this

COOL

Enkil · Post by **Enkil** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 8:16 pm

Eternities End wrote:
Enkil wrote:This and this
I really like the second one

And why do you like the second one so much?

Hodgson · Post by **Hodgson** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:42 am

Enkil wrote:This

Or this

Cthulhu of the Caribbean?