Lung Baby [Dermoids Wicked Progeny]

Dermoids Wicked Progeny and All Associated Images © and TM Tom Hicke. 

This design explores a pseudo-science development of one of the Dermoids from Wicked Progeny. I like the idea of subversive creatures birthed from unlikely places. It probably stems from an unconscious horror that animals and humans explode from the womb. It's beautiful and ghastly at the same time. 

Scene from Ridley Scott's 1979 classic Alien.

 

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Untold

Grim thoughts formed
the ancient gods of blackened blood.

Layered and entombed,
within their silent catacombs,

against walls of reason
...shrill voices starkly echo.

  Untold © 2009 Tom Hicke.

 

Some cool Dark Gods as imagined by the great H.P. Lovecraft and illustrated by various talents.

All images are © their respective holders.

I'm very inspired by most of Clive Barker's seminal horror novels, especially the visuals from films like Night Breed [1990] which gave me more than enough imagery to kick start my imagination:

 

Night Breed TM Morgan Creek Productions.

Based on the 1988 novella Cabal © Clive Barker.

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Incubation [Dermoids Wicked Progeny]

Dermoids Wicked Progeny and All Associated Images © and TM Tom Hicke.

There are several possibilities for the birthing of Dermoids. The more outrageous ideas appeal to the mad scientist in me. Remember David Cronenberg's The Fly [1986] was steeped in Lovecraft's horror-fantasy more than science acting as more of a plot device. Remember Jeff Goldblum's matter transporter experiment gone haywire [see below.] How fast did you forget his hokey explanation of physics? I was slickly and quickly drawn into the classic dangerous knowledge horror theme via Goldblum and Geena Davis's stylishly matched performances.

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Chest-Cavity Child [Dermoids Wicked Progeny]

Dermoids Wicked Progeny and All Associated Images © and TM Tom Hicke.

The name says it all.

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Hell Level 1

Hell Level 1  © 2009 Tom Hicke. [Gouache on illustration board]

Hell Level 1 from my website, tomhicke.com. When time permits, I plan to paint a series of damnation scenes that will snap your eyes wide open in the dead of night.

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Dermoids Rock [Dermoids Wicked Progeny]

Dermoids Wicked Progeny and All Associated Images © and TM Tom Hicke.

A rough sketch from the Dermoids Wicked Progeny concept sketch book. Dermoids Rock feels like a  nightmare rock concert remembered. Imagine a young Axl Rose spontaneously spawning an undead twin from his spine. Cool.

Welcome To The Jungle © Guns and Roses.

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