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The myth of the Great Old One, Cthulhu.
"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"
"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"
Another one of our current projects consists of choosing a power animal for ourselves, creating a mask for it, and then produce an animation of us wearing this mask in a relevant environment. I chose the Octopus as my power animal because of a few particular attributes I believe I share with it (I'll get into that in another blog).
This is the research I did on Cthulhu in my sketchbook. The left page is just 'meant' to give off a dark vibe and an element of mystery with the chant of the cultists, but it was more of an experiment than anything else. Trial and error I guess.
The right side shows all the information I researched as well as some purposely hard-to-see images of the creature himself. Since my handwriting is rather messy and unreadable to some, I'll simply type it all down here (with some paraphrasing):
"Cthulhu, the great old one, is considered a creature of significant power with a demonic body, wings of a dragon, and a head that resembles the features of an octopus.
The myth tells us that he is now trapped within the sea, in his city, R'lyeh. With his psychic abilities blocked, he can only communicate to his followers through dreams.
Cthulhu holds a mass amount of worshipers which have formed into a doomsday cult based mainly in Arabia. There are a select few of the cult's leaders in China however who are considered to be immortal. Among other titles, Cthulhu is also considered the "Great Priest" and that he is "one ofthe Great Old Ones who lived ages before there were any men, and who came to the young world out of the sky".
"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"
This refers to the chant of his followers which translates into:
"In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming."
There is also a shortened version which says "Cthulhu fhtagn" which translates into either "Cthulhu dreams" or "Cthulhu waits""
While researching into Cthulhu, I've also noticed that his head makes for a decent example of what I can do when transferring the physical features of an octopus to a mask. I'll go into more detail with that in another blog though.
This is the research I did on Cthulhu in my sketchbook. The left page is just 'meant' to give off a dark vibe and an element of mystery with the chant of the cultists, but it was more of an experiment than anything else. Trial and error I guess.The right side shows all the information I researched as well as some purposely hard-to-see images of the creature himself. Since my handwriting is rather messy and unreadable to some, I'll simply type it all down here (with some paraphrasing):
"Cthulhu, the great old one, is considered a creature of significant power with a demonic body, wings of a dragon, and a head that resembles the features of an octopus.
The myth tells us that he is now trapped within the sea, in his city, R'lyeh. With his psychic abilities blocked, he can only communicate to his followers through dreams.
Cthulhu holds a mass amount of worshipers which have formed into a doomsday cult based mainly in Arabia. There are a select few of the cult's leaders in China however who are considered to be immortal. Among other titles, Cthulhu is also considered the "Great Priest" and that he is "one ofthe Great Old Ones who lived ages before there were any men, and who came to the young world out of the sky".
"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"
This refers to the chant of his followers which translates into:
"In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming."
There is also a shortened version which says "Cthulhu fhtagn" which translates into either "Cthulhu dreams" or "Cthulhu waits""
While researching into Cthulhu, I've also noticed that his head makes for a decent example of what I can do when transferring the physical features of an octopus to a mask. I'll go into more detail with that in another blog though.
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