Eldritch Embryo

Skeleton Warriors

Trois variantes couleurs d'un design de guerriers mort-vivants /

Three color variants of an undead warrior design :

Character design : Wilbur Whateley (from H.P. Lovecraft's "Dunwich Horror" novel)

Wilbur Whateley est l'un des principaux protagonistes de la nouvelle "L'horreur de Dunwich"  (1928)  d'Howard Phillips Lovecraft.

Wilbur Whateley was born in February 2, 1913, in the isolated town of Dunwich (Massachusetts, United States). He's the son of Lavinia Whateley, a sickly albino woman from a degenerate branch of the family, and an unknown father. His grandfather, the old Whateley, considered as "sorcerer" and supposed mad, taught him his whole impious knowledge before dying, and demised him many unholy books. 

Since his birth, Wilbur presents an especially ugly, almost animal-like facies, similar to that of a goat. His growth is supernatural : in less than a year he walks and speaks perfectly well, and at three years old he seems more than ten in appearance, and his mind sounds even older. He is always fully clothed, including his hands, and only his unpleasant looking head is revealed. He's feared and hated by dogs, barking and attacking him at sight, and by most people in Dunwich, who attribute unexplained disappearances of animals and individuals to him - especially that of his mother, Lavinia, some years after his birth. 

After the death of old Whateley, Wilbur searches for obscure books, including the infamous Necronomicon, to complete the study of the incomplete writings of his grandfather, who would have left him a mysterious "mission". At fifteen years old, he's over nine feet tall, his bestial and hideous face is covered with a shaggy hair, his cavernous voice and his eyes hardly seem to belong to this world by their strangeness, and an infamous smell precedes and follows wherever he goes. 

His repeated insistence on accessing forbidden books from several reputable libraries has earned him numerous rejections and suspicion of several actors, notably that of the eminent Dr. Armitage of the famous Miskatonic University of Arkham, whose library presents several eldritch books requested by Wilbur.

Audiobook here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJK5w4ZpQKc

Wilbur Whateley vint au monde le 2 février 1913, dans le village isolé de Dunwich (Massachussets, Etats Unis). Il est le fils de Lavinia Whateley, une femme albinos chétive issue d'une branche dégénérée de la famille, et de père inconnu. Son grand-père, le vieux Whateley, réputé "sorcier" et supposé fou, lui enseigna tout son savoir impie avant de mourir, et lui légua de nombreux ouvrages profanes. 

Dès sa naissance, Wilbur présente un faciès particulièrement laid, presque animal, semblable à celui d'un bouc. Sa croissance est surnaturelle : en moins d'un an il marche et parle parfaitement bien, et à trois ans il en semble plus de dix par son apparence, et encore d'avantage par son esprit. Il est toujours intégralement vêtu, mains comprises, et ne laisse à découvert que sa tête aux traits déplaisants. Il est craint et détesté par les chiens, qui aboient ou l'attaquent à vue, et par la plupart des villageois de Dunwich, qui lui attribuent des disparitions inexpliquées d'animaux et d'individus -notamment celle de sa mère, Lavinia, quelques années après sa naissance.

Après la mort du vieux Whateley, Wilbur se met en quête de livres obscurs, comprenant le tristement célèbre Nécronomicon, afin d'achever l'étude des écrits incomplets de son grand père qui lui aurait légué une mystérieuse "mission". À quinze ans il mesure alors plus de deux mètres, son visage bestial et hideux est recouvert d'une pilosité hirsute, sa voix caverneuse et ses yeux semblent presque ne pas appartenir à ce monde par leur étrangeté, et une odeur infâme le précède et le suit partout où il va. 

Ses insistances répétées pour avoir accès à des ouvrages interdits de plusieurs grandes bibliothèques lui valent de nombreux refus et la suspicion de plusieurs acteurs, notamment celle de l'éminent Docteur Armitage de la réputée université du Miskatonic, à Arkham, dont la bibliothèque présente plusieurs livres occultes que Wilbur sollicite.

Histoire en livre audio ici : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtMqQYvRpek

Character Design Challenge - 11 / 2017 (Burlesque dancer) : Mazette

Mazette is a young employee of the burlesque Café Frou Frou de Montmartre, in Paris. Due to her natural clumsiness, she's quite terrible as a dancer and often put herself in unusual and extravagant situations on the stage. However, her sweet and naive personality -and her famous "Oh là là !" concluding every mess she makes- also worth her many admirers.