Dark Imaginings

Dream Animal, 1903

This week's theme of fear seems like a good opportunity 

to feature the haunting, nightmarish visions of Alfred Kubin.

Many thanks to Aeron Alfrey at Monster Brain for his extensive post 

on Kubin and for the picture scans.

Alfred Kubin,1898

The Graveyard Wall, 1902

Oppression, 1900

The Rat House

The Brood, 1903

Insect of the Moon, 1910

The Pursued One, 1902

Serpent Nightmare, 1903-04

Adoration, 1900

The Vampire, 1900

Vielarmiges Tier

The Moor, 1923

Strange Relics

Animalia Exstinta is a fascinating imaginary bestiary 

featuring beautiful surrealist collages by Hugo Horita 

and humorous descriptive texts by Esteban Seimandi. 

This elegant volume was designed by Juan Cruz Bazterrica,

and published by the Argentinian Ediciones Tres en línea in 2010.

Bicho Taladro

Armadillo Labrado

Grillo Bebop

Pez Pollo

Pulpo a la Gallega

Trucha Mascardi

Vitrolita de Corrientes

View the book's layout and more images at Issuu

VIctorian Monsters

Many thanks to Animalarium's reader Rebecca for this great Steampunk addendum to the recent Octomaids parade!

A wild ride directed and animated by Tom Werber, featuring the altered engravings of Dan Hillier 

and a touch of inspiration from Monthy Python.

Octomaids

Luis Toledo at Laprisamata, Virgen del Mar

Iconographic research is always full of surprises. 

I didn't expect to find such a large crowd of tentacled ladies

floating around the web! Here's a few of my favorites 

for the latest installment of Animalarium's "beastly women" series.  

Glenda Sburelin, Meduse

Dorothea Tanning, costume design for The Witch, 1950

Yumiko Utsu, Octopus portrait, thanks to this isn't happiness

Call of Cthulhu by fantasio on deviantart, 

thanks to FuckYeahOctopus

Lynne Perrella, Undersea showgirls

Ray Caesar

Jason Levesque, thanks to Dark Silence in Suburbia

Dan Hillier 

Benedetta Bonichi

Christina Bothwell, thanks to Saintstigersloversart

Jason Cantoro, Charms

Philippe Caza, thanks to Jean–Pierre Dubois

Wishing and Hoping and Thinking and Praying

 Ikko Tanaka, 1987

 Kazumasa Nagai, Hiroshima Appeals 1987

Sato Koichi, Hiroshima Appeals 2006

Norito Shinmura for Muji

Katsuhiko Shibuya and Noriyuki Tanaka posters, thanks to Pink tentacle

 Kazumasa Nagai

 Ryohei Kojima

 Shino Arihara

Itakura Tadanori for Osaka Aquarium

D-Net Co., Lepus from the Silent Zoo series for Narita Airport

 Tatsuro Kiuchi

Please visit tatsurokiuchi.com to buy the high resolution images 

of two beautiful artworks and donate the full price to the Red Cross in Japan

Notte di Luna

 Fabio de Poli is a contemporary Italian artist living in Firenze.

Since the 1970s he has been creating and exhibiting paintings, collages, posters, 

artist books, sculptures, installations, mosaics, furniture and glass panels. 

Notte di Luna came out in 2004, the first in a series of four books

produced with Andrea Rauch for the small Florentine publisher Volo.

The wordless volume won the H.C. Andersen award in 2005.

A pond at night. The silent moon is mirrored in the water. 

Animals suddenly appear and try to talk to her, 

each with its own language, as in a daydream. 

(from the back cover)