Loved itThis is probably along with Expedition my all-time favorite art project in science fiction or fantasy. This is him painting hell as if hell were a science fiction planet... I think this is Barlowe's best work.
Barlowe's inferno (1998)
Others: Positive In this work, Wayne Douglas Barlowe dips his brush into the swirling mists and rolling infernos of Hell. His renditions of Hell's landscape and bizarre inhabitants, with tormented souls and hideous demons populating the living structures, sprouts from the darkest regions of the human imagination.
- ISBN:
- 9781883398361
- Length:
- 72 pages
Genres: fantasy, horror, graphic novel
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