William Blake’s engravings were typically ultra-serious, but I can’t look at his illustration for William Hayley’s Ballads (1805) without laughing! Is this the tragic finale of a nude game of catch-the-frisbee-with-Fido that went terribly wrong?
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Cover of Curses, Hexes, & Spells by Daniel Cohen
I remember shelving this book dozens of times when I worked at the BBCL, and the cover stood out every time. The tome was disappointingly thin but it made for great curiosity browsing at the time.
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Raccoon with a hobby horse from Hollow Tree Nights and Days by Albert Bigelow Paine and illustrated by J. M. Condé, 1916.
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milk of magnesia with universal indicator + HCL
Science! https://bit.ly/3kBLVq0 https://bit.ly/3nfr39E
Lest we forget, there are many strawberries growing in the sea as red herrings grow in the wood. From Nursery Rhymes, illustrated by Claud Lovat Fraser, 1922
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Ut! #flamingcarrot #greatscott #vintageillustration #1984isvintage #artlessdodger #highschoolmemeories https://instagr.am/p/CHhAQjdgIg0/
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Squirrel attack… pumpkin carnage. Those beasts must’ve had teeth like Walton Goggins.
#sincerepumpkinpatch #squirrelmassacre #sorrywalton https://instagr.am/p/CHgjwwVBXgc/
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A blink dog. From Wizardry: The Return of Werdna: The Fourth Scenario handbook #vintageillustration #videogames #blinkdog https://instagr.am/p/CHeQvGfgtgC/
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Grape Soda Carl shows off his ventriloquism skills with Li’l Beeper.
GSCarl is not the most skilled but cheats a bit with an AUX audio plug stashed in Beep’s base.
Hecklers should beware his second set of arms in a fiddler crab formation. (specifically the huge boxing glove haymaker available on a swivel)
#glyos #toyphotography
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Through the haze of black smoke came a mocking laugh ‘I’ll see you again!'” From Weird Tales, 1942
#phantom #ghost #gangster #vintageillustration https://instagr.am/p/CHdX_hwgguS/
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Barry Windsor-Smith ⠀
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#vintageillustration #fantasyillustration #skeleton #barbarian https://instagr.am/p/CHbuhIfgy5U/
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Swampwalk quarantine isolation day 242
Comfortable temps, upper 60f.
Mostly clear, midday walk. Critter counts : in the swamp proper – a massive fluffy rabbit, two well-fed groundhogs, four squirrels, two bluebirds (not jays), a cardinal, and an osprey. Some small holly seedlings are making an appearance near the edge of the water.
In more human space- panda the cat on PG’s porch chair having a snooze, more finch type little brown birds with red heads, and another groundhog.
More foliage has dropped, maybe 80% is on the ground at this point. I love the scent of rotting leaves .. reminds me a little of pouch tobacco. Sweet, sort of earthy. Glad I had my inhaler with me as a maniac was running a fireplace in shortsleeve weather, but the scent of burning wood overpowered the other scents once I got to street level.
#swampwalk #streamofthought #bogsafari https://instagr.am/p/CHa3ampgabE/
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An illustration of a child’s dream from The ladies’ floral cabinet v.3:no.33 (1874).
#vintageillustration #sleep #moth #dream #forest #lamp https://instagr.am/p/CHakTH9g3A9/
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Cuboctahedron made of carrot
#whittling #geometry #eatthescraps https://bit.ly/2UbjTGX https://bit.ly/36osThF
