Illithids!

Druid523 · Post by **Druid523** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:20 pm

Okay, so I might have a slight obsession. But I'm sure making this thread will be therapeutic for me. I scoured the Internet for Illithids and found a few choice pictures. Click on each one to enlarge it. Enjoy!

[I'm sure I'll add more as time goes by.

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Jenai · Post by **Jenai** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:10 am

*screams in terror*

Very cool!

Zombie · Post by **Zombie** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:38 am

So which one is 'yo mamma'?

Dengar · Post by **Dengar** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:38 am

I have always had an admiration for the bulbus headed smartasses!

=)

szabot · Post by **szabot** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 2:14 am

I like alhoons:

Druid523 · Post by **Druid523** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:20 pm

Ooooooh. Nice find szabot!

Heh. As for which one is "my momma"...it's hard to pick just one! Just to make a comment on a random picture, I was completely surprised at the fully armored Illithid fighting with weapons!

JD Smith · Post by **JD Smith** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 12:09 pm

Is there a way to enlarge the pics?

Especially the third one on the bottom row?

blue wolfy · Post by **blue wolfy** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:06 pm

click on the tiny pic and it will blow it up a bit, and yes the third on bottom they have a near naked female on her knees. ro

Druid523 · Post by **Druid523** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:27 pm

It's Ro and that Illithid scientist!!

blue wolfy · Post by **blue wolfy** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 6:30 pm

Druid523 wrote:It's Ro and that Illithid scientist!!

at least he didnt say it was suki

Druid523 · Post by **Druid523** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 6:42 pm

blue wolfy wrote:
Druid523 wrote:It's Ro and that Illithid scientist!!
at least he didnt say it was suki

Naw. That's third row, third picture.

Ceremorphosis!

JD Smith · Post by **JD Smith** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 8:18 pm

blue wolfy wrote:click on the tiny pic and it will blow it up a bit, and yes the third on bottom they have a near naked female on her knees. ro

Could have sworn I tried clicking on it when I first saw it. Must have been too late night/early morning when I looked.

And; I was more wanting to see the figure hanging in the background. Then when I did enlargen it; I saw there were 2 hanging.

Can the pics be made bigger yet?

Druid523 · Post by **Druid523** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 7:38 am

JD Smith wrote: Can the pics be made bigger yet?

If you save them to your desktop and try adjusting the image size...but increasing the size will reduce the picture quality. However, if you tell me which picture you're interested in making bigger (for a wallpaper?), I can try finding a larger one for you.

JD Smith · Post by **JD Smith** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:40 am

That would be the 2 illithids getting ready to either feed off of a female; or insert a baby illithid into her - I'm not sue which. And there are 2 other figures in the back ground that are hanging off the caven wall or ceiling.

Druid523 · Post by **Druid523** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:57 pm

Enlarged Picture for JD Smith

That's the best I can find for now. Bear with me while I try to find a better one, haha.

Edit: Okay. A bit more searching found that the artist is Todd Lockwood.

This specific piece was made for a book "Plot and Poison: A Guidebook to Drow". There are some zoom-in shots of the picture, which are very detailed! However, I still cannot find a larger version of just the Illithid half of the piece.

Rudiki · Post by **Rudiki** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:52 pm

I'm liking the Drow half of the picture...c'mere, Soleis! And Ryky...

Xanthalas · Post by **Xanthalas** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:29 pm

Rudiki wrote: Ryky...

I dare you to call Rykolyn that to his face.

PiCaKi© · Post by **PiCaKi©** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:41 pm

an Illithid Rave? I say: rave the Illithids! RAVE 'EM! 'cause I do !

(no one tell Ath', that his P. (I) likes them, he'd probably jump out the screen and gut me for that. maybe even shrink my head...)

Xanthalas · Post by **Xanthalas** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:18 pm

PiCaKi© wrote:an Illithid Rave? I say: rave the Illithids! RAVE 'EM! 'cause I do !

(no one tell Ath', that his P. (I) likes them, he'd probably jump out the screen and gut me for that. maybe even shrink my head...)

You just brought a whole new meaning to the phrase "Separation Anxiety"

Idonia · Post by **Idonia** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:02 pm

Dear god

o.o

JD Smith · Post by **JD Smith** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:03 pm

thanks !!

The added Drow and inverted headless corpses added a whole new evel to the picture.

Unfoortunately; i was unable to view the pics on the artist website you had linked; and the two other pics at the bottom showed only as a blank square with a small x in the corner. If they were also inteneded to be enlargeable; I could not click for that either.

Druid523 · Post by **Druid523** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:55 pm

They appear fine to me. Is anyone else having this problem? As a temporary fix, let me just write out the web address for the artist's site. It's easily browse-able (just go to "Galleries" and then "DnD").

http://www.toddlockwood.com/

Sorry for the troubles, JD!

JD Smith · Post by **JD Smith** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:02 am

The link worked fine.
The images just don't show up.
A partial explaination from the websight is as follows :

Also, there are configurations for AOL that will cause this issue.

This is a direct result of having to install code to block bandwidth thieves.

symlink · Post by **symlink** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 1:20 pm

I wonder which came first... the Illithid, or Lovecraft's Cthulhu?

Xanthalas · Post by **Xanthalas** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 2:31 pm

Cthulu originated in 1928. Illithid were probably thought up, (And likely influenced by Mr. Lovecraft) some time in the sixties or seventies.