As described in The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft, Cthulhu is a creature composed of “simultaneous pictures of an octopus, a dragon, and a human caricature.... A pulpy, tentacled head surmounted a grotesque and scaly body with rudimentary wings.” He was “a monster of vaguely anthropoid outline, but with an octopus-like head whose face was a mass of feelers, a scaly, rubbery-looking body, prodigious claws on hind and fore feet, and long, narrow wings behind." A weird and grotesque creature like this only makes me think of artist Keith Thompson that specializes in gross and strange creature character drawings. I came across this artist when I read the Leviathan Trilogy by Scott Westerfeld. It’s an amazing set of books that I highly recommend. It has basis in factual history, but twists it and blends steampunk and fantasy. The illustration above is from the the third book Goliath and shows how Nikola Tesla plans on uniting the two sides of the World War with his death ray.
Image Credits: Top: https://www.dailygrail.com/2011/03/calling-cthulhu/ Bottom: https://www.keiththompsonart.com/pages/teslas_deathray.html
