This looks like some cover art, given the big area left blank for a title. I don't know what it's for, but it's a book I'd probably read.
And this is almost certainly a wraparound book cover, by Ken Kelly.
I've said before that I don't like Foundation or the whole premise of it, and this "elfin" chick trying to look cool is a great example of why not. But Michael Whelan was still a talented author, even when he was illustrating poor books.
Conan, although his "barbarian" characteristics are pretty exaggerated in this particular ilo.
Some 5e Orcus sketches.
An interesting cover for a Star Wars comic book miniseries about an Imperial Guard that took place after the death of the Emperor. I always liked that series. I can't remember what it's called, though.
I've always loved a good fantasy map, and I keep a fair number of them around. This is Narnia, second only to Middle-earth (and maybe Hyborian Earth) in terms of general cachet.
Flying ships. Always cool.
A third party take on the aboleth.
World War II and fantasy. My views on WW2 have changed a lot since learning a bunch of stuff about it that isn't really taught in schools (much of which makes FDR look like the villain) but still; the era is an entertaining one from an aesthetic approach nonetheless.
Third Party Darth Maul ilo.
A somewhat cheesecakey Barsoom illustration. Then again, c'mon. One of the main attractions of Barsoom was the literary cheesecake. Always has been.
Another book cover, or maybe two linked book covers. Tad Williams, I think, although I never got around to reading that series.
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I thought that first picture was pretty neat, too - it looked like it might turn out to be from one of the Known World Gazetteers. Turns out I was nearly right - it's from a Dragonlance anthology called "The Search For Magic".
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