Thread by @vandroidhelsing

ain't i a stinker

I love how some depictions of the beast out of the sea are like "look at this fucked up thing" and others are like "ew catholics"

hey this design rules

okay I love this thing where the beast is just like, sprouting crowns on its antlers

ngl I'd lose my shit too if this thing ruled the earth

A+ color palette on this guy. blue and gold: classic. and that frill of horns? bold. no notes. would blasphemously worship.

absolutely love this recurring thing where the dragon's like "here bro, I got you something"

are they...getting married...

blake you sick fuck I love you

william blake is the only good illustrator of revelation because he recognizes what the people want: ripped hunky monsters doing nasty shit

genuinely beautiful how often the beast from the earth is Just A Little Guy

this has "chris christie standing next to trump while the curb your enthusiasm music plays" energy

the marketplace of ideas

I think my actual favorite illuminations of the various beasts are the ones where the artist just doesn't give a damn about making it recognizable as "Leopard But Too Much" or "Dragon" and just goes right for del Toro demon

this is one of the few revelation images I've seen where nobody looks like they're having any fun, not even the beasts are into it

I really REALLY appreciate how the text is handled on this one, and the way the different visual masses are balanced against each other is absolutely beautiful, this whole page is just Texture

can't really explain why but this is exactly what my community college philosophy course was like

this spread is great for a lot of reasons, not least of which is that the little gathering there looks like a Julie Taymor production of A Midsummer Night's Dream

just vibing

feels like narnia but if c.s. lewis and pauline baynes were both stoned out of their gourds

have you spanked your apocalypse beast today

I do like how christ's halo here is a sort of compare/contrast with the beast's, also I'm sorry this is happening to you, beast. you were too sinful for this good world.

how…detailed…

the beast is fighting in a very silly manner but I like the detail that his shield has the arms of the dragon

I don't think anyone should believe in hell but if you're gonna, go the whole hog and give it a mouth to vore sinners with

feels like a louis wain cat

macavity the mystery cat calls down fire from heaven

I love that time in the late gothic period when they'd figured out a certain kind of naturalism, but used it with an early/mid medieval sense of composition and design. gives it a particular flavor of nightmare you don't get before or after.

the red crab-claw faces!! the malevolent fire! the beast's eyes turning red when he calls it down!

damn, these colors. we love a lavish apocalypse.

tfw you're cast into the lake of fire which is the second death

rounding out the evening with some unclean spirits. as one does.