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Published: 2017-02-26 20:32:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 1179; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 2
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Watercolor on watercolor paper.The famous deity Tsathoggua, created by Clark Ashton Smith but also used by H. P. Lovecraft in some of his stories. The background is intended to be a Hyperborean landscape.
Γder N. Santos, 2017.
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Maybe a little too cute, looks more like a friendly troll to me
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You should read "The Seven Geases". Tsathoggua is friendly even to food!
Unlike Lovecraft, Smith isn't terrified of things simply for being unearthly. XD Which is probably why some of Smith's creatures are comical or neutral rather than scary.
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That's why I labeled this artwork as "fantasy" and not "macabre and horror", which I do only for really scary works.
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I guess I'll have to buy some collection of Smith-stories
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Well, that's how Tsathoggua looks to me when I read his descriptions. 
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Seems so. I don't think I've ever read a story about him
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This site is entirely dedicated to Clark Ashton Smith and contains many, if not all of his stories as well as poems and visual artworks.
www.eldritchdark.com
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This is one of the most comically grotesque Tsathogguas I've seen, which is how Smith liked drawing and carving him. I love it. Especially with the prehistoric Hyperborean setting.Β
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Yeah, but very little of Hyperborea can be seen due to Tsathoggua's size... I think I'm gonna paint or draw a pure Hyperborean landscape soon.
I've seen the visual artworks of CAS and many of his own Tsathoggua depictions, and though mine is very different, yet I understand your point. Many of his drawings or sculptures really look more comical than purely scary.Β
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Indeed, and that's why your work slightly reminds me of his work. Just slightly.
And I'd love to see a full Hyperborean landscape! Perhaps you can also try a Zothique landscape, or a city in Poseidonis?
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I'm gonna study those ideas.
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Now that you pointed it, it really looks like a fusion of Yoda, Jabba and Chewbacca.
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I think more goblin king from the Hobbit.
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"Down, down, down in old one toowwn!"
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Yes, but in body structure only.
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I would say it's skin colour is a bit similar too.
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It also bears some similarities to the gremlins from the Gremlins movies. After their metamorphosis of course.
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