Somewhere between twisted daydreams and erotic nightmares, the haunting hussies of Jeff Simpson’s imagination come slinking into our unsuspecting world.

Through his works, pale skin and shapeless creatures entwine, evoking an peculiar kind of pastoral horror that is both frightening and reassuring. Ashen angels float languidly beside cryptic visions and metaphors made real.

Be they gods, monsters or merly human, Mr. Simpson expertly reveals the infinite beauty and ultimate danger of the female form.

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One of the more compelling paradoxes of 3d digital sculpture is the near-infinite level of realism attainable in depicting what is ultimately, undeniably unreal. Kyungup Hyun clearly exemplifies this dreamy dissonance in his finely crafted portraits of exotic armored women.

With meticulous computerized craftsmanship, he adorns these beautifully formed figures with elaborate costumes and expansive hairstyles. Rest assured that no mortal woman can hope to equal Mr. Hyun’s visions of timeless, ethereal beauty.

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Mythological creatures are as old as civilization itself, but each culture adapts these archetypes to their own needs and desires. Jon V. Jones continues this tradition by breathing new life into mermaids, fairies and centaurs: making them more accessible to modern viewers, while retaining their timeless allure.

Some of Mr Jones’ delightful visions are only slightly updated, but the darkly gothic and chilly cybernetic fairies are decidedly contemporary creatures. His magical menagerie is also home to glamorous gargoyles and studly satyrs. His beautiful body of work will please people of either sex… and any age.

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Taking inspiration from sources as diverse as fantasy gaming and street art, Marijn Slot — aka Supafly — revels in a world of over the top, extreme airbrushed energy. He offers us a bounty of badass space pirates, elfin paladins, and cyber warriors, captured in tortured poses sporting lethal armament and precious little clothing.

His hyper-stylized action adventuresses frequently feature slender waists and tremendous breasts seemingly immune to the laws of physics. With Mr. Slot’s expressive artistic ability, they seem more than a match for any adversary.

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Doe-eyed damsels and cold, hard steel have never looked more beguiling than under the tender mercies of an old master of modern anime known simply as Kuratch!. While honoring the time-tested foundations of this noble cartoon art, he’s deftly applied the latest painterly techniques and cutting edge technology, earning a position at the pinnacle of his chosen genre.

A theme featured frequently in Kuratch!’s portfolio is lovingly-crafted fetish costumes, including tight battle harnesses, improbable armor, and mechanized maid uniforms. Catgirls, doggirls and cyborgs can also be seen, but even these extreme extravagances are rendered in meticulous detail.

The hybridization of painterly techniques, incredible detailing, and wild fantasy and science fiction themes is fully realized, and consistently appealing when executed by this exceptional artist.

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Part naturalist illustrations, part boudoir portraits, the works of Dark Natasha explore an enticing melange of human and animal beauty. While firmly rooted in Furry fandom, her richly detailed creations are a far cry from the simple cartoon critters that dominate the genre.

Anthropomorphic mammals of both sexes, and nearly every order are represented in Natasha’s portfolio, as well as a few avians and reptiles. Whatever their lineage, each of her subjects are deeply emotive, and gently invite the viewer into their unusual, yet comforting world.

Whatever your preconceptions, it should be easy to see that these chimeric cuties are more than human, not less.

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When the ancient Greeks defined their supernatural world, they saw not just giant wild animals and frightening monsters, but also gods. Gods that personified every admirable or fearsome trait of humankind, but magnified to epic proportions by virtue of their power and responsibility.

Through his figurative works, George Patsouras deftly captures this enhanced, super humanity in his skillful depictions of ancient and modern mythologies. Mr. Patsouras’ lush portrayals of the deities Athena, Apollo, and Persephone are studies not just of form, but of deep mood and intricate environments. These elements each offer dimension to his works, alternating between photographic clarity and painterly expression.

George’s artful eye is also drawn to the timeless, and perhaps most pervasive of all mythological creatures: the vampire. His undead subjects — while few — are both alluring and bloodied, hinting perhaps at the price to be paid by mere humans who strive for the power of the gods.

Until George’s website resurfaces, here’s a small selection of his works.

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The Artistic process is rarely an effortless thing. It takes talent of course… but often, other critical skills are needed to bring a particular piece to fruition. In the case of Lucid Skin’s most recent artistic enhancement, it took not an insignificant amount of shameless begging to inspire Veronica to craft the sexy speckled sprite that now adorns our humble site.

Dignity is cheap, but art is eternal.

As much as I love our new flitting freckled fey, I miss the captivating creatures that have come before her. Those who share my nostalgia for our adornments of yore will shortly be able to share my remedy: digital wallpapers to profess your love for our former and current mascots for your virtual desktops. Stay tuned!

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Some Illustrators are born to fantasy art, but others are called. When Ed Mironiuk’s counterculture sensibilities take a detour into the realms of the unreal, his creations take a decidedly dangerous fantasy edge.

A few of Mr. Mironiuk’s most beautiful women are ordinary enough, but seem to serve dark, tentacled masters. A precious few of his most gothic gals while certainly creatures of leather and smoke, also burn with a smoldering magic heat.

While his tattoo and fetish traditions most often conjure visions of the dangerously enticing, and only tease us with hints of otherworldly purpose, we patiently wait for Ed’s next foray into the wilder side of dark erotic fantasy.

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As you may imagine, Johnathan Darkly leads a complicated life. This faceless fellow’s sole reason for being is the creation of strangely improbable characters, but even such a singular focus is subject to further levels of categorization and classification.

Mr. Darkly’s family-friendly character designs appear on the “light side” of his luminous shadows gallery, and his most uninhibited creations are safely locked away at The Erotinomicon. Somewhere between these two extremes lies a recently reinvigorated repository of rendered ribaldry: luminous shadows dark.

This purgatory of prurience lay idle for much of last year, due to the seemingly mistaken belief that all of Jon’s works were either “naughty” or “nice”. Thankfully, this fallacy has been found out, and the “dark side” is once again alive with more erotic — but not explicit — depictions of the denizens that inhabit Jon’s many worlds.

One characteristically disturbing feature of Jon’s artwork that has carried over to this intermediate venue is the wiggly, jittery nature of his sensual subjects. This ‘Jigglestereo’ presentation is one of many stereoscopic techniques he uses to rail against the flatness of his chosen medium. Jon’s war may be pointless, but you have to admire his troops!

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In a dark, hidden corner of Max the Black Rabbit’s otherwise furry and very terrestrial website lies a compelling collection of Azerothian delights under the inescapable title: World of Porncraft.

Within, tempting tales are told of a small group of Alliance and Horde characters, and their erotic pursuits of one another. Beastess Orc travels the lands in search of Tauran booty and Night Elf sweat, while Snowblind fights for justice and against the sexual advances of her lusty companions.

Other characters include a lovely blue Troll named Bluenuit, and a rambunctious gnome named Puddinpop. This last miniature adventurer is featured in a single, disturbing image with a gaggle of tiny, horny cuties swarming over a helpless Orc captive.

Why did there have to be gnomes?

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There’s a demon inside Malachi Maloney. It compels him to bend his considerable artistic talents to unnatural, disturbing effect. The dazzling divas he creates are no mere mortal objects of desire; they are imbued with dark, supernatural energies that taint their souls and twist their bodies in glorious, forbidden ways.

Mr. Maloney’s Blackjack Betty project is fine example of the tortured transformation from pop culture pinup queen to armored, weaponed, sexual superwoman — both dangerous and desirable. Wicked, slinky vampires and glowering goth fairies are rarely more vicious, more downright evil than under Malachi’s pen. But darkness has a place, and evil a purpose… in the hands of those with the skill to mold them into such compelling creatures.

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For those joyless authoritarians who grimly proclaim that nothing good has ever come of roleplaying games, consider the ebullient, mirthsome sprites of Håkan Ackegård’s Playelf Gallery. These fetching, frolicking fairies and erotic, energetic elves were undoubtedly born of endless nights of rolling dice and counting hit points.

These lithe creatures are exceptionally liberated where clothing is concerned: no task or adventure is unsuitable to bare butts and unbound bouncy breasts. Many of his sketches and finished works are set in a traditional sword and sorcery setting, but others are contemporary and futuristic glimpses of fabulous fey females.

Of Mr. Ackegård’s many artistic achievements here, perhaps his greatest is retaining a playful, almost retro innocence in each of his supremely sensual visions of Elfin delight.

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After what seems like an eon, the twisted caretakers of the Erotinomicon have updated their public display of erotic fantasy art. The place now seems positively overrun with demented devils, aroused aliens, and fornicating feyfolk.

This ancient tome, so the story goes, documents the sexual excesses of the ages: past, present, and future. You may be amused or enraged by what you find, but be certain that you won’t find artwork quite like this anywhere else!

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The most enduring tales from our earliest history are brimming with ghastly violence and wanton sexual conquest. Hollywood has been reminded of the raw origins of heroism by Neil Gaiman, Roger Avary, and Robert Zemeckis, through their visceral telling of the epic tale of Beowulf.

The visual effects crew have metamorphosed a middle-aged thespian into a Nordic demigod who does battle with gibbering giants in the nude, and transformed a reasonably attractive member of Hollywood royalty into a luminous goddess clothed only in golden fire and azure waters. They are both perfect specimens of inhuman grace and beauty on the movie screen, subtlety — but recognizably — unreal.

How long has it been since such a solidly mainstream film has been steeped in so much blood and lust? Could it be that this thin veneer of digital fantasy is all that is necessary to herald a new golden age of sex and violence in American cinema?

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What happens when raw anguish is combined with naked sexuality? Add a fevered imagination and wicked artistic talent, and Rom happens. Her torqued, tormented temptresses and lean, languishing lords are certainly the stuff of nightmare, but oh… what delicious suffering they bring!

With her unique perspective and stylistic vision, Rom can make the darkest of nightmares seem attractive… even arousing. Her chitinous fairies loose none of the classic fey charm, yet have a nasty, spiteful edge. Her rotting, posturing undead still radiate a gothic charisma that somehow elude the living. Her dynamic forms are an extreme distortion — perhaps even a mockery — of our aesthetic ideals, yet they still compel us to enter her dark, brooding world.

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