I Loved the Yeti

Friday, April 27, 2012

Not Yeti Friday - Voormis

In 1933, sword-and-sorcery author Clark Ashton Smith wrote the short story, "The Seven Geases" as part of his Hyperborean cycle. Here he describes the race called Voormis - shaggy, bestial humanoids who dwell in the mountains and worship the underground toad-god, Tsathoggua.

Except for the whole toad-god part, they're a lot like Yeti.

There's no official visual representation of Voormis, but here are a couple of interpretations:

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So that's three of the founders of the sword and sorcery subgenre: Lovecraft, Howard, and Smith ...

...And all three had lots of love for Yeti.

Awwwww.

P.S. Here's one visual interpretation of the toad-god, Tsathoggua, that I felt I had to share. Did I mention he's more of a toad-bat? Yep, he's more of a toad-bat.

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Happy Arbor Day!

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Heller Yeti

Yeti by Kassandra Heller

Mimura Yeti

Yeti by Raven Mimura for D&D Oriental Adventures

Mimura is a superstar in the world of fantasy game art, illustrating a lot for D&D and Pathfinder. I recently learned that Mimura is a friend of my wife's from high school!

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Top 10: Puppets

Yo! Yeti puppets be def. Yeti puppets be fresh.
Let me count off the very best puh-puh-puh-puppets.

10) Puppet by Cherish (Blogged about here)