I have no idea what to make of this picture except that it's really pretty interesting. Which is sufficient, I think!
The title of the file has something to do with Abaddon, a demon mentioned prominently in the Book of Revelations, of course. He doesn't look exactly like the DOTA 2 character, but maybe that's who it's supposed to be? Either way, it's an interesting image of an interesting figure.
The "main world"; Absalom Station, from the Starfinder video game, corresponding to what's left of Golarion.
Wayne Reynolds' "Astral Stalker" from 3.5's Monster Manual III. It's basically the D&D version of the Predator monster from the movies of the same name (get to da choppa!)
I really enjoyed WAR's wrap-around "murals" used as covers for various 3.5 era Eberron books. Not all of them were ever released anywhere that I could see as digital hi-res art, and from the books themselves, they were often cut up and difficult to see because of the way the trade dress tried to be all fancy and stuff. So, when you could get the full murals in reasonably high definition, it was nice.
A wannabe Conan fighting two of my favorite dinosaurs, Allosaurus fragilis from the Morrison Formation of late Jurassic Colorado, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, etc.
The same wannabe Conan facing off against a red-cloaked Grim Reaper. I can't remember who the artist is for this series, but he's pretty interesting. A discount Frank Frazetta, no doubt, but one good enough to be interesting.
The Eberron murals were hard to get a hold of, but for the most part, the Paizo ones are not (if nothing else, they can usually be extracted directly from the pdf files. Unless you buy physical copies, of course.) This is from the pseudo-reverse Monkey King go to Asia adventure path, needless to say. Just as it looks like it would be.
Some Iron Kingdoms monster or other. I really like the style of the Iron Kingdoms stuff, but it is very recognizable.
Another Starfinder piece of work, looking very much like it could belong to Star Wars, or heck, just about any other space opera, for that matter.
I decided for fun to start including one of my scenery images when I do this too. It's not really "art" in the traditional sense, but I like them. This is the Dillon Pinnacles in the Curecanti National Recreation Area, overlooking the Blue Mesa Reservoir. A popular spot for boating and other activities, National Recreation Areas are not really for solitude seekers, as the name should imply, This is actually quite close to where I went hiking last September in the West Elks Wilderness, as well as being quite close to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. This shot was probably taken from the road (well, I'm sure they pulled into the shoulder, at least, and set up a nice camera) so it's hardly inaccessible. It would be just on the south side of the reservoir near the Middle Bridge. It reminds me a lot of the Castles Pinnacles or the Mill Creek cliffs, which I wanted to see (but ended up not, or at least not up very close) on my own last year. It looks like I've got plenty of reason to go back. If you cross the bridge from here, heading northeast, there's a trailhead and picnic area; the trail moves right up to the pinnacles themselves. It's a little short, two-mile out and back, so easily done as a way to stretch your legs for an hour or so while driving through.
Here's a gramma and grandpa video of the hike, which is pretty laid back, but short enough. She's wrong, though. You could relatively easily hike to the top if you were so inclined, although of course, you'd have to route find yourself, because the trail doesn't take you there. But you can certainly hike in places where there isn't a trail. I've done it plenty, and with open country with low scrubs and bushes instead of trees, so you can easily see where you are the whole time, it's pretty easy.
Gramma might want to put some long pants on first, though, so she doesn't get her legs all scratched up. From personal experience, I can vouch that bushwhacking in shorts is often not very fun.
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