A painting by Jim Burns used in Great Space Battles, a Terran Trade Authority Handbook by Stewart Cowley and Charles Herridge. It was probably originally created for a different publication.
The large lander looks intriguingly alien with its organic curves and asymmetrical design, while the pods shooting out of its ports look more like familiar machinery, creating interesting diversity in the aliens’ technology. The emerald ovals on the pods mirror the structures near the top of the lander, tying the two designs together.
Monster Recommendation
If you like live action monsters, I urge you to check out Jacko as a Pun.
I discovered it recently, and it’s full of interesting creature designs that I’d never seen before. Nothing is too obscure for this blog.
Other fun blogs with similar content are Monster Man, Monster Brains, and good ol’ Bogleech. I’m also currently running a monster marathon on my secondary blog.
It’s a little-known fact that no rabbit ever captured has had a functional reproductive system. Scientists aren’t sure what’s laying those Easter eggs, but it must be something we haven’t seen yet. Here’s an artist’s conception.
Ari Bach’s homage to H. R. Giger’s homage to Arnold Böcklin’s “Isle of the Dead.” See those and other tributes to the piece here, here, and here. See Ari Bach’s other art here and here.
Cover art by Philippe “Manchu” Bouchet for Manhattan in Reverse by Peter F. Hamilton.
“Otherworld I” and “II” by Jedadiah Van Cleave a.k.a. Vancleavej.
Why do people keep unfollowing this blog? I know it’s barely been active lately, but it used to be even less active and I didn’t lose followers then.
