Nice light and shadow play, and creamy gold in the reflected light of her leg. Love Nymph. Anders Zorn. 1885. Gouache/watercolor on paper.

Lots of evening blue against which the flesh tones pop, plus lots and lots of fairies (embiggen). Hermia and Lysander, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. John Simmons. 1870. Oil On canvas.

Dragonstone. Ted Nasmith. Gouache on illustration board. 11¼″ × 15″. Full size 960x1280.

Captain Nemo. Dave Dorman. 2013.

Pure candy… Lyssa the Shaman. Anna Steinbauer. 2012. Progress gif.

Shadow of the Torturer. Bruce Pennington.

Dracula. Arantzazu Martinez. 64” x 38”/ 162 x 97cm. Oil on linen. John Butler private collection. Zoomible.

Pinky! Onyx. Bao Pham aka thienbao.

Conan: The Savage Cometh. Patrick Reilly. 2008. Digital.

Valkyrie. Patrick Reilly. 2012. Digital. “amazing! how long did she take you?” “about 15-20 min for the pencil sketch, and about 1.5 hours for the final.”

Love. Kolomon Moser. 1895. Ink and “opaque white” on toned paper. The 3,546 × 3,546 version.

This high sheen porcelain wax look is impressive and freaking me out. Ligeia. Arantza Sestayo. 2012.

Another face by Arantza Sestayo.

A face by Arantza Sestayo.

Cover to Wild Things. Allen Williams.