Ewan Morrisonさんのイラストまとめ

Fear not! The image of Satan was merely stolen from Paganism. Many Egyptian deities had horns, like Hathor & the Carthagian God Ba'al Hammon. Satan most resembles the goat-horned & cloven hoofed Greek god of nature, Pan. Pan also had pointed ears & a goatee beard & was a sex-pest

Part 3. The fairytale illustrations of John Bauer (1882-1918). Bauer died at 36 in a shipwreck that took all his family. The local papers in Sweden "fed people's superstitions that the mythical creatures of the forests (in his pictures) had claimed Bauer by sinking the ship."

Who knew? J.R.R Tolkien, creator of #LordOfTheRings, had a semi-secret talent: He was also an artist. His paintings for #TheHobbit & #LOTR are full of style & rich detail. Even after the publication of "Pictures by J.R.R Tolkien" in 1992, his art is still known only to a few.

More excellent illustrations from the 1906 edition of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds by the Brazillian artist Henrique Alvim Corrêa. A novel that emerged from the Victorian imagination in the 1890s and became an obsession & the basis of many other stories over the next 120 years

The long lost Victorian era illustrations for H.G Wells War of the Worlds (1906), by Brazillian artist Henrique Alvim Corrêa. Only 500 copies were printed & Correa died at the age of 34. It's classic #steampunk 100 years ahead of its time.
#scifi

Sleepless hell. Edward Munch was afraid to sleep in a bed & took long train trips at night to cure the insomnia he suffered from for decades. Prolonged insomnia symptoms are: generalised anxiety, paranoia, photophobia & loneliness - many of Munch's paintings depict his symptoms.

The romantic artist Samuel Palmer was nearly erased from history (1805-1881). His early paintings were pawned by his drunken brother & his later works were burned by his son - "The fire...lasted for days". He died largely forgotten and was only rediscovered in the 1950s.

More of the amazing pieces of Concept Art for "The Little Mermaid" by Kay Nielsen for Disney studios (1937).

Stunning Concept Art for "The Little Mermaid" by Kay Nielsen for Disney studios (1937). The film was postponed and finally made in 1987, thirty years after his death. (1886-1957)

Memories of the harsh life under Communism haunt the Polish mind in the paintings of Wilhelm Sasnal.