Friday Art Attack

I'm fascinated by the concept of Panthera atrox; or perhaps Panthera leo atrox.  In fact, the notion that we can't for sure figure out which is more accurate is part of the fascination.  The largest (or at least tied for that honor) cat that ever lived was the "American lion" which may not have actually been a lion.  Here it is, probably stealing this buffalo kill from the wolves who made it first.

An interesting D&D map.  Althogh you can't tell from the map, those islands are supposed to be floating in the air over the river, although having them simply be in the river is cool enough.

Some concept art for an Alien 5 movie that never got made (because we got Prometheus and Covenant instead.)

I don't really like the concept of "tough chick" warrior women who act like men, because it's very off-putting to both men and women.  Plus, biology proves that it's inherently unlikely anyway.  But speaking of aliens, it looks like her whip thingy is an alien queen's tail.

A gnoll captain, or something.  I don't really go in for cannon fodder races either, because every race has to have champions and heroes equivalent to the PCs, right?

Some Old Republic concept art.

Amazon boarding party.  Yeah, not bad, even if it is the problem I mentioned earlier.  Amazons are at least a mythological precedent.

Speaking of extinct megafauna again, here's Miracinonyx trumani, the "American cheetah" chasing a pronghorn.

And here two "American lions" in South America with a Toxodon.

Big, nasty dragons are the stuff of nightmares.  We tend to forget that and see them as a romanticized aspect of adventure, but they'd be terrible in real life.

Why not throw in some faux 80s synthwave art?  How often do you get to see that?

Wayne Reynold's anorexic take on Baphomet; who I otherwise see as a more muscular type dude.  Although to be fair, this does borrow a bit from Eliphas Levi and the Sabbatical Goat iconography which was the downfall of the Templars.