#THEM 1954

[quinnred]

Slaver Ant A piece done for the Farm Haven section of the art zine "Visions Unveiled" published by BobTheSeagullKing in collaboration with Logan/Tachyon , CrabdominalPain , and Luke Baker.

"In a world remade in layers of endless bug-shell, man is no longer the only kingdom maker. The hills of the giant ants are monoliths, rivalling anything in human history. Tunnel cities branch out like a circulatory system pumping from colossal formicary hearts. These grand ant colonies are powered not by intellect but by honed swarm instinct and ravenous dedication.

The Enslaver colonies consist only of a Queen and Soldier caste, lacking any true workers, relying completely on raiding other species and fellow ants to survive. Their bodies are built for butchery, with a mutation of duplicate specialized mandibles, a small pair for grabbing, and a larger folded back pair for a powerful snap. Enslaver onslaughts are brutal, with the shock-wave of dismemberment cracking like chitin lightning, stunning their surrounding opponents as they chop and chop. Their goal is less the slaughter of the enemy, as much as the complete thievery of their larvae. Though some will be eaten, many will be raised as servants for the Enslavers, doing the task they cannot.

Enslavers, however, can be too successful and eliminate all foreign colonies, or can be too weak to fight and raid, and so alternatives are sought....

The Myrmiluk people are the result of several generations of kidnapped and reconditioned human beings, the defiant ones instinctually culled by executioner's mandible and the rest kept in check by barbed whip antennae. Clothed in ancestral rags and larval silk, the Myrmiluk duties involve tending to their master's offspring and spotting nest parasites invisible to the primarily scent driven ants. This work scars their sunless skin with red blotches of formic acid, but the rewards of security and consistent food have made them loyal.

Though most only ever know the organic light of the fungus grown for food and visibility, some sneak off with the ants to scout the surface world and feel their ancestor's sun. These Myrmiluk scouts are revered back home for their hauls and stories, impressing their peers with chitter-tongue tales of strange lands and antless wildmen.

Much of what is known of the Myrmiluk comes from captured scouts or those whose ancestors escaped the burrows of a dying colony. Most enjoy their free lives on the sun blessed surface, but some have halcyon memories of the tunnels and the safety brought by ant masters."

[louisa-malchance]

Etude n-17, dessin

[doolallymagpie]

Them! is kind of a fun movie

love that the female lead screams in terror like once and then is immediately over it two seconds later

[thefunkyfrogking]

Hello guys, I am not dead! I just had, and I still have, some rather serious artblock but hopefully this should help me get more motivated. Decided to do a screencap redraw based on an old monster movie called “Them!”, and honestly, I had a lot of fun doing this one. I know I didn’t say much, I just don’t have the energy to say anything lmao

[guthrie-odonto]

Atomic Terato-Mash (ATM as in Atom)

Just in time for Halloween!

The announcement of Tim Burton making a remake of Attack Of the 50 Ft Woman at the beginning of this year, I made drawings that eventually grew into a rough outline for a monsterverse of America's atomic scifi movies, and it really started getting more fleshed out and actually made into a proper universe/setting this month (especially with some discussion with @artmakerproductions). the different characters shown here elaborated upon under the cut

Nancy Archer: yeah yeah you know the drill, close encounter, enlargement because this ain't your average everyday radiation this is a d v a n c e d radiation, enough is enough where's that goddamn cuckoo cuck I'm gonna give him a piece of my mind, power line, zap zap—this just knocks her out though and her new living quarters ends up being Area ??? (Area 51? Area 50? Area Γ? who knows), complete with a new fit that references an outfit of hers in the orginal movie as well as the 58 film's reason for the abduction in the first place with the diamond in the chest of the armor (58 is also her subject designation as a nod to the film's release date) and yeah no I am not giving her heart complications to deal with like the 93 remake did. I am aware that it addresses the logistics and ramification of being 10 times your original size, but the woman's been through enough as is.

Patricia "Pat" Medford: Initially, this scientist at Area X wasn't even any particular movie character. She was literally just a vague OC, first depicted in the drawing above, to have someone for Nancy to talk to and actually have a friend for once*. Then Artmaker proposed making her the daughter of the scientist from Them! and even tying to 50 Ft with her and Nancy having been schoolmates for years (Nancy also had thoughts of a similar career to Pat, but you know how it is with paternal and spousal peer pressure). *compounded by Artmaker pointing out that the original movie implied Nancy to be a bit of a town pariah (as he put it: "Nancy was pretty much the McGuckett of the town due to her alcoholism and other issues. So for ATM, she'd not have a whole lot of friends by adulthood and thinks no one even really misses or cares what happened following her gigantification incident)

"Macroformica"/Macroodontomachus: yep, this is THEM!—or Gi-ants, as they have also been called (though I am also partial to the name Tit-ants, as in titan). I specifically designed these after trap jaw ants like in the genus Odontomachus because their jaws kinda sorta fit the jaws of the ant models used in the movie and also because they just neat. Artmaker even came up with an explanation as to how a genus typically found in Asia and Africa wound up in New Mexico to get nuked and irradiated: The existence of a Hollow Earth, which is also home to species like Rhedosaurus (The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms), Paleosaurus (The Giant Behemoth) and Reptilicus. Said hollow earth also caught the mind of Pat's father, Dr. Harold Medford, who took to studying ants to find out the key to discovering the Hollow Earth. As for this particular one, a scout that would be named Annie, She was the one to first make contact with humanity not as a predator, but as something that the ants had become with their increased size and therefore brain mass: a Sophont species.

[angelhairpastawithherbs]

highly suspicious of people with they/them because you never know if it's a person or if they're secretly a giant ant in disguise

[fanofspooky]

[pik-zilla-124]

Neat movies I’ve seen lately: Them (1954) and the Tingler!

Yea!

[raytoroapologist]

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[roseverie]

1954 LA BAGUE D'O by JOUISSANCE PARFUMS — 𝖡𝖾𝗀𝗎𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗑𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝗋𝗈𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗂𝖼. 𝖠 𝖻𝗋𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖾-𝖼𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗎𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗍. 𝖳𝗈𝗉 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖲𝗍𝖾𝖾𝗅 𝖢𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌, 𝖯𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝖯𝖾𝗉𝗉𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖮𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾 𝖥𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗁. 𝖬𝗂𝖽𝖽𝗅𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖦𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗂𝗎𝗆, 𝖩𝖺𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖾, 𝖱𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖵𝗂𝗈𝗅𝖾𝗍. 𝖡𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖠𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋, 𝖠𝗇𝗂𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗂𝖼, 𝖬𝗎𝗌𝗄 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖯𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝗂.

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘹𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘯’𝘵; 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.” — 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘖

1968 EN PLEIN AIR by JOUISSANCE PARFUMS — 𝖡𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍, 𝖺𝖼𝖾𝗋𝖻𝗂𝖼, 𝖿𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗁. 𝖠𝗆𝗈𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝖿𝗋𝖾𝗌𝖼𝗈 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝗅𝗈𝗂𝗍𝗌. 𝖳𝗈𝗉 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖡𝖾𝗋𝗀𝖺𝗆𝗈𝗍, 𝖫𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖦𝗋𝖺𝗉𝖾𝖿𝗋𝗎𝗂𝗍. 𝖬𝗂𝖽𝖽𝗅𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖶𝗁𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝖥𝗅𝗈𝗐𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖱𝖺𝗂𝗇. 𝖡𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗄.

“𝘚𝘰; 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 – 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 – 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴.” — 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘵, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘔

1931 LES CAHIERS SECRETS by JOUISSANCE PARFUMS — 𝖶𝖺𝗋𝗆, 𝗇𝗈𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗀𝗂𝖼, 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗌𝗎𝖺𝗅. 𝖠 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗅-𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾𝗋’𝗌 𝖽𝖾𝗇. 𝖳𝗈𝗉 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖥𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗁-𝖢𝗎𝗍 𝖫𝗂𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖢𝗎𝗆𝗂𝗇. 𝖬𝗂𝖽𝖽𝗅𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖯𝗋𝖾𝗌��𝖾𝖽 𝖯𝗈𝗐𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖧𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗈𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗉𝖾. 𝖡𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖮𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖬𝗎𝗌𝗄.

“𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘢’𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘹 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 ��𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘹 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥.” — 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘴 𝘕𝘪𝘯, 𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘴

[martianbugsbunny]

Girlboss x malewife enthusiasts I beg of you not to forget these two:

The classics the icons the legends

[tqxky]

I LOVE THEM. I LOVE THEM. I LOVE THEM!!

[driveintheaterofthemind]

Vintage Poster - Assalto Alla Terra (Them!) (Italian)

Art by Luigi Martinati

Warner Brothers (1954)

From ha.com...

As originally written, Them! was set in New York City, where giant ants run rampant through the subways. The producers, however, deemed that New York locales were too expensive to film, so they settled on Los Angeles and its extensive network of storm drains. Filmed from September to November 1953, the film was originally to be shot in a 3-D color format. But equipment failures, coupled with studio budget concerns, effectively killed that idea, and the movie reverted to standard black and white. This glorious Italian locandina has artwork by the master, Luigi Martinati

[a-lonely-dunedain]

all I knew going in was that the movie was called "Godzilla Minus One" and I was like "haha you mean there's no Godzilla in this? less than one Godzilla?" wrong, there was indeed a Godzilla. 11/10 movie

[guthrie-odonto]

also have it in black and white because its 50s sci fi how could I not make it black and white