#Keith Thompson

[soranatus]

I just wanted to make a post showcasing some of my favorite illustrations by Keith Thompson for the Leviathan Trilogy.

The art went so hard in these books, it’s crazy. The plot is basically an alternate universe WW1 about the major two powers, the Darwinists, and the Clankers. The Darwinists genetically engineered animals to fight for them creating huge flying whale battleships, while the Clankers made huge robot mechs and powerful guns. A few historical people and places show up in these books, like Nikola Tesla.

But my favorite parts of the books were the art, truly breathtaking, it was beautifully grotesque at times. But that’s not unexpected, after all Keith Thompson helped create the design of Moder from The Ritual!

[decadent-devil]

Cenobite Concept Art by Keith Thompson for Hellraiser (2022)

[imberlae]

[curatorofthisdigitalmorass]

Hellraiser (2022) - Hell Priest (Pinhead) Concept Art by Keith Thompson

[kaxen]

THEY'RE MAKING AN ANIME OF SCOTT WESTERFELD'S LEVIATHAN?

Though I wish they tried to go closer to Keith Thompson's style because the illustrations fuck so hard

[breach-of-conduct]

the og autism creature

[siryl]

"Witch Puppet" by Keith Thompson.

[geekcavepodcast]

The Leviathan Teaser

"In 1914, on the eve of war, a fugitive prince and a girl in disguise meet aboard a bioengineered airship, the HMS Leviathan, and change the course of history." (Netflix)

The Leviathan is based on the novels by Scott Westerfeld, illustrated by Keith Thompson. The series is directed by Christophe Ferreira. Studio Orange is overseeing animation production with Qubic Pictures producing. Music is by Nobuko Toda and Kazuma Jinnouchi with original songs by Joe Hisaishi.

The Leviathan will hit Netflix in 2025.

[stainlesssteellocust]

So the real question is, of course, how do you put these things in Dwarf Fortress?

Actually creating the creature would be trivial, but just giving it a raise dead ability probably won’t provide the needed behaviours. You could run them on Night Troll rules, which would mean they’d carry tools, cook bodies, and have corpses around their lairs to raise which would fight you. But I still don’t think their raised undead would accompany them in the world.

[sandmandaddy69]

Keith Thompson

[bringingdapperback]

Love this movie, loved the creature. The moder.

“[The creature is called] Moder in the novel. … It’s female. … I wanted to preserve my own experience of reading the book, wherein the creature’s design is somewhat shifting. Or at least you have competing ideas about what it might be. We dug into Norse mythology and discovered a Jötnar clan of giants that were known as shape-shifters and would sometimes present with combined human and animal qualities. It felt close enough to what Adam had imagined but gave us a little room to experiment. … I reached out to Keith Thompson, who I was a huge fan of, and was very fortunate to have him come on board. He experimented with those ideas and provided many different possibilities, as well as concepts for the decrepit parishioners, the effigy in the attic, and the hanging elk. It all tied together and told a visual story. The beast design we finally settled on was simply the one I couldn’t take my eyes off of. I think anyone who’s familiar with his work can tell through and through that this is one of his uncanny creations.” - David Bruckner

[silverspleen]

Tentatively excited for Leviathan Netflix 2025, even if the shift from Keith Thompson's absolutely iconic gritty gnarly inks to smooth colorful anime style makes me want to wail and scream (negative).

why everyone so smoove

where the scrithcy lines????

Like they could have done it, Dorohedoro marries the original artsyle with CGI anime pretty darn well. Why u make this ghibliesque?

It would have been a fun interesting and engaging YA series without the gnarly art but we can't pretend Mr Keith Thompson didn't bring it to the next level with his spectacular illustrations.

Like yeah seeing this as a fourteen year old is like, the most metal shit you have ever consumed in your entire life.

Still gonna watch it! Just have to temper my inner Keith Thompson Fan.

[imberlae]

[lennonenglish]

Keith Thompson: RIP Chucky

[curatorofthisdigitalmorass]

Hellraiser (2022) - Weeper Concept Art by Keith Thompson

[un-be-spoke]

I first discovered Keith Thompson through his books. I wanted to learn to draw so bad, I bought nearly every 'how-to-draw' book from my local bookshop. Quite a lot of them featured his art and when I discovered he had books featuring only him, I got them immediately. He makes gore look so good! Like, beautiful!

God this map went hard