Sleeping Cthulhu

Shanina Conway, about 1 year ago

Hey Rob, you are going to get tired of ‘wow’ but this defies words so -Wow!

kookylane, about 1 year ago

creepy surreal creature, this is really awesome work.

FireRabbit, about 1 year ago

This is fantastic!

Amanda J Slack..., about 1 year ago

Cthulhu! I can feel my brain turning inside ..dribble…dribble… : )

Brilliantly done, one of the best representations of Cthulhu I have seen. Well done!

Ans Phame, about 1 year ago

wow this is fucked up. awsome.

Michelle Whelan, about 1 year ago

it’s some thing from alien

Belinda Leopold, about 1 year ago

Unbelievable….how, why, where, who?........:)

AbyssalSoul, about 1 year ago

Don’t mess up with the Ancient Ones I guess. It’s AMAZING. Insta-favourite!!!! I love Lovecraft’s creatures and conceptions. Well done! =D

MiMiDesigns, about 1 year ago

Yuk! I love it! How do you do it? And I love your self-portrait too…

Deborah Hally, about 1 year ago

so skillfully done, and wonderfully creepy

Naomi Mawson, about 1 year ago

What the *%!@ is that?? Amazing and revolting.

Naomi Mawson, about 1 year ago

Did a bit of gooling for this one for those of us disturbed and facinated by this but don’t know what it is. Hope you don’t mind Rob….

Cthulhu is a monstrous entity who lies “dead but dreaming” in the city of R’lyeh, a place of non-Euclidean madness presently (and mercifully) sunken below the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Humanity’s most basic nightmare. he is the high priest of the Great Old Ones. Unnatural alien beings who ruled the Earth before humanity formed, worshipped as gods by some misguided people. It is said that They will return, causing worldwide insanity and mindless violence before finally displacing humanity forever.

Oh Joy – Something to look forward to!!!

Rob Stanley, about 1 year ago

Naomi, that’s right. A big nasty monster waiting for his time to reek havoc on the world and claim it as his own. Or maybe he’s already here?

Damian, about 1 year ago

Cthulhu doesn’t need to be free to exert influence…

Chris Jenkins, about 1 year ago

Very HR Giger. Great stuff.
Any hints on your creation methods? ie – ink or pencil, then scan in and digitally enhanced?

Yeah Damian – you are right – just look at the world around us…
And regarding Cthulhu, I remeber seeing this at the end of someone’s email:

“Oh bother” said Pooh, and Cthulhu rose up and ate him.

Chris Jenkins, about 1 year ago

sorry about that last one – didn’t realise the formatting would do that to it. Ignore the line through.

Rob Stanley, about 1 year ago

Chris, this one was done in photoshop with the mouse and the painting tools. I sometimes use images of various things to get certain textures. For example, in this image, if you look at the creature’s elbow, he has sores on it. Well, those sores are actually sores that were my hand which I scanned and applied to the image. (I had nasty blisters from digging a garden bed in my front yard) Anyway, that’s pretty much how it’s done, the rest comes down to a wacky imagination and heaps of inspiration from wherever I can get it.

Jessica Tremp, about 1 year ago

Fantastic work… do you like H.R. Giger? I went to see his bar and museum in Switzerland once, it’s incredible, this reminds me a little of his genius too. well done

Rob Stanley, about 1 year ago

Jessica, yes, I love HR Giger. I guess it shows in my work, being black and white and all. Thank you so much for your kind comment.

Siafu, about 1 year ago

Nice Cthulhu representation! i love Lovecraft , i have an illustration of him fighting Godzilla, but in a very diferent style! kind of goofy, i’ll uploaded soon.

Simone Mitchell, 11 months ago

your work is brilliant,giger springs to mind, your stuff is truly unique, really like it.
It’s aliens all over againxxx

D-3spOiler ?, 11 months ago

ok very cool to see a cthulu work… H.P. Lovecraft would be proud

Heather King, 11 months ago

amazing…

Cadence, 11 months ago

I love lovecraft! Hehe :D Your work is haunting… well-done!

Firedrake, 10 months ago

Fantastic! I’m reading Lovecraft at the moment. I love how different everyone’s ideas of Cthulu are

paul boast, 10 months ago

clever work, what medium is this piece created in ?

Leigh Ann Pobiak, 10 months ago

very cool creation !

Rob Stanley, 10 months ago

pboast, it’s entirely done in photoshop with the painting tools.

Jarko, 10 months ago

Masterpiece!!!

shanghaiwu, 10 months ago

different /amazing

Halcyon, 10 months ago

Wow… amazing! : )

Matt Turve, 10 months ago

fantastic work

Lloyd Harvey, 9 months ago

Twisted, sick and beautiful, all in one. Nice job.

Keelan McMorrow, 8 months ago

Yay! Cthulu rules.
And he is well-depicted here.

Crockpot, 7 months ago

Ah! Another piece we’d love to have in Monsters, Ink

Marie Magnusson, 7 months ago

brilliant! absolutely brilliant, a creature of incomprehensible evil just waiting, biding his time

German Saravanja, 6 months ago

Your work is incredible.

LaFleureRouge, 6 months ago

Lovely mix of real animals combind to make a creature of your dreams.
Master of the shape shifters love it.

Paul Vanzella, 4 months ago

this is freakin’ awesome!

Leena Hedman, 3 months ago

Lots of personality – almost cute! Wonderful!

atomikboy, 3 months ago

Insane…I love them!!

Joanne Marie Shaw, 2 months ago

So lovable.

Christopher Bi..., 2 months ago

wow

Colin Tobin, 28 days ago

“In his house at R’lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.”
I love this!