strange critters

<n>Tourist</n> (1982) by <n>H.R. Giger</n> for <n>Clair Noto</n>'s unproduced film of the same name.

An octopus and a scuba diver, photographed by <n>Norbert Wu</n>.

<n>Rehkitz, stehend groß</n>, an etching by artist <n>Kurt Meyer-Eberhardt</n>.

Painting by <n>Roberto Raschiotti</n> in the chapel of the Casa del clero in Treviso.

Early <n>MUTO</n> concept art for the 2014 film <n>Godzilla</n> by concept artist <n>Rob Bliss</n>.

<n>Draco and Ursa Minor</n>, an 1825 chart from <n>Urania's Mirror</n>, engraved by <n>Sidney Hall</n>.

Artwork by <n>Luchtrat</n> for <n>Alkerdeel</n>'s 2016 album, <n>Lede</n>.

An <n>Ebony Langur monkey</n> photographed by <n>Fran</n>.

<n>Kasten</n>, a <n>caracal</n> at the <n>San Diego Zoo Safari Park</n>. Photo by <n>Debbie Beals</n>.

A <n>grotesque</n> from a 15th-century <n>Book of Hours</n>, attributed to the <n>Master of the David Scenes in the Grimani Breviary</n>.

<n>Parade</n> (2018), an oil on canvas by <n>Alessandro Sicioldr</n>.

An illustration from <n>Edward Topsell</n>'s 1607 book, <n>The Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes</n>.

Illustration from <n>Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon</n>'s <n>Histoire Naturelle</n> (1749-1788).

Untitled etching from <n>Una Vida Surrealista</n> by <n>Surrealist</n> artist <n>Leonora Carrington</n>.

Cover art for <n>FRESCO</n>'s 2024 album <n>Tekken 3</n>. Photo by <n>Nathaniel</n>.

A detail from <n>Pieter Fris</n>'s 1652 painting, <n>Orpheus and Eurydice in the Underworld</n>.

Detail of <n>Leonardo da Vinci</n>'s <n>Lady with an Ermine</n> (c. 1490), a portrait of <n>Cecilia Gallerani</n>.

<n>Greyhound on the edge</n> (2017), a painting by <n>Agnieszka Armstrong</n>.

<n>Unicorn</n> from the <n>Mythological Icons</n> series by artist <n>Betty Jiang</n>.

A photograph from the series <n>Kamuy Mosir</n> (2021) by artist <n>Ayaka Endo</n>.

A sheep stands on the <n>Kjeragbolten</n> boulder, a landmark in Norway.

<n>A Shorthorn Cow</n> (c. 1834–1848), an oil painting by British artist <n>Henry Stafford</n>.

An illustration of a <n>Bonnacon</n> from a bestiary, c. 1250.

Illustration from the <n>Compendium of Demonology and Magic</n> (ca. 1775) by an unknown artist.

<n>The Sacrificial Lamb</n>, a <n>Baroque</n> painting by <n>Josefa de Ayala</n>, c. 1670–1684.

The cover art for the book <n>Split or Swallow</n> by author <n>Lindsay Straube</n>.