Scary Cthulhu? Blake Meets Geiger: Creative Platypus

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So here I am still trying to make Cthulhu scary. I decided to take my own advice and spent some time this morning considering the works of William Blake and H.R. Geiger (not doing that again anytime soon. Buyer beware!). I like the result a little better than my last attempt at the master of R'lyeh. I think there's definitely room for improvement, so I'll keep at it until I'm satisfied one way or another. Time for another sanity check!

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