Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen produced these illustrations for exhibit in 1911 called The Book of Death. Unlike his other work, they were never published in a book.
Category: Art
(Art) A Visual Feast
The Art of Feast of Shadows For every book I write, I collect a gallery. Some of these images I found before I started composing and so influenced the output. Others I stumbled upon later […]
(Art) Ejiwa Ebenebe’s Amazing Afro-fantasia
Ejiwa Ebenebe, who goes by the nickname “Edge,” is an illustrator based out of British Columbia whose subjects, often young women of color, occupy positions of power and mystery in fantasia-like settings, where they stare […]
(Art) The Occult Photography of Aki Pitkänen
The occult and dark fantasy photographs of Finnish artist Aki Pitkänen, AKA Narikka Photography, are so realistic and well-composed that it’s hard to believe they’re not paintings. Several of the artist’s images have inspired elements […]
(Art) The Imaginary Darkitectures of Gil Gorski
When built by nature or built by man, Gil Gorski’s subjects are imagined hyper-spaces, teeming like kaleidoscopic refractions of themselves. Find the artist on his website.
(Art) The Heavens of Ignace-Gaston Pardies
Ignace-Gaston Pardies was a 17th century French Jesuit physical scientist known as an insightful critic of Newton’s early experiments on light and as one of the earliest proponents of a wave theory of light. Although […]
(Art) The Fantasy Portals of Philip Byers
Given my well-documented love for doors, I of course have to share the work of Philip Byers of Fayetteville, AR, whose magic portals capture everything fantastical about thresholds. As I’ve said many times, every door […]
(Art) The Richly Detailed Sci-Fi of Allen Wei
The rich sci-fi concept art of Allen Wei is just something you have to see on a big screen to appreciate. His detailed images of spaceships, megafactories, and alien temples seem almost like photographs. Find […]
(Art) The Paper Miracles of Xi Zhang
Xi Zhang is a concept artist and illustrator from Beijing. Find more on her ArtStation page.
(Update) The Eyedes of October
The seventh update to my ongoing collection The Eyes Have It. Earlier entries include Eye Spy, Eye Always Feel Like, Eye Drank What?, Eye Wonder., and Eye’m Wishing.
