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Flying Polyp 8-1/2x11" acrylic & a little digital Β© Paul CarrickRelated content
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Flying Polyps were one of the most fascinating of Lovecraft's creatures, only perhaps because he described them so little.Β But the sense of dread they brought in A Shadow out of Time was really intense!Β
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Illustrating Lovecraft (or at least attempting to do so) for so many years has been quite a challenging experience.Β Some of them are vague, as you mentioned, or even called 'indescribable' or 'ever changing', it's hard to nail that down in one static image. 
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Very cool depiction! Flying Polyps are some of my favourite Lovecraftian creatures because of how vague and incomprehensible they are, and I think you managed to convey that ;D
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Featuredβ¦Β things that go bump in the night part 10 Β
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Much appreciated, thanks!Β I know you've changed your name but it is hard to forget you as 'skusting
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LOL! I still go by that name in many circles.
Deek Skusting.
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i like it but i feel the mouths and teeth looks a bit silly because i don't imagine the partly material alien polyps to have mammal-like teeth.
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You are my favorite illustrator of Lovercaft by far, it is as if his works resonated similar in my head, you can capture the same vibe, that I feel reading his stories.
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Thank you so much for that very flattering comment!Β I find Lovecraft's fans to be far more discriminating and well-read than most of my other audiences, so I've found it quite challenging to come anywhere close to depicting what the reader's have going on within their mind's eye.Β I realized it is impossible to please them all, but it is rewarding when someone feels I got it right.
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Lovecraft's power over reader is in the "unnamable". It was nicely explained by King in foreword to HPL biography. That as log as the door is closed and only strange noise comes in, you have the tension, as soon as you open the door, the tension disappears, and no matter what scary monster you describe it will never match reader's private fears and expectations.
Lovecraft hints, and lets us ourselves fill in the blanks with our own worse nightmares.Β Perhaps that's is why its is hard to depict his creations, and many fans envisage them in a different way.Β But your way is uncannily similar to my way, to what I see in my mind's eye when I read his stories
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At the first time I thought it's a mutated soldier, but then I saw the rest... Amazing!
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Interesting!Β I love when things change or evolve when you look at them.
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I love your take on this eldritch monster.
Something that really scares me about this piece is the perspective; it looks gigantic! DX
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Thanks again for your great comments! 
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Thanks! A good deal of my grayscale mythos art is grey because they were intended as interior illustrations- which are cheaper to print.
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I cant believe the creepiness of this!
Instant favourite, great job.
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thank you very much!
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I always knew there was a reason why I hated running into these things in Arkham Horror... other than the fact they're tough.
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I haven't played that yet, but it sounds great. Do they fade in and out of existence in the game?
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They spawn at random. It's hard to explain without the rulebook in front of me or showing you.
It's a great game. It's a bit of a learning curve, but it's totally worth it. The only other problem is the cost. 
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Epic work man! love the greyscale look! Ive done a polyp myself! [link] XD
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Thank you very much! Yours is quite nice!
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thanks mate! ever since I saw your stuff in the books its kept that flame inside me alive to draw lovecraftion beasties!
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Wow! thanks for the kind comment, it means a lot!
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It's a complement. Nice work!
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That's cool! He's probably on tear apart some Yithians ^_____^
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Thanks!
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Because the Polyps used the current form of the Yithians as a food source before the Yithian minds were transferred into them.
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Hmmm... it's hard to see them as tasty, though I guess I'd rather east a Yithian than a Polyp.
"hey, why does my sandwich keep disappearing and reappearing??"
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This looks very interesting.. though could you upload a bigger picture so we can see all the details?
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Sure thing! I think that old file dated back to my first website, back when that small jpeg would fill the whole monitor.
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