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4 | Wayne Douglas Barlowe (born January 6, 1958) is an American science fiction and fantasy {{painter|s}} and writer with an abiding love of StarfishAliens. He was employed as a designer on ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' and ''Film/PacificRim'', and his style is all over Pandoran fauna and Kaiju. [[https://waynebarlowe.com His homepage is here.]] |
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7 | !!Works include: |
8 | * ''The Pop-Up Book of Star Wars'' (1978) |
9 | * ''Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials'' (1979): Contains his visualizations of different alien life forms from various works of science fiction, with information on their planetary location or range, biology, and behaviors, in the style of a real field guide for animals. |
10 | * ''Empire Strikes Back: Mix or Match Story Book'' (1980) |
11 | * ''Expedition -- Being an Account in Words and Artwork of the 2358 A.D. Voyage to Darwin IV'' (1990): An alien life field journal in a setting thought up by the author himself. |
12 | * ''An Alphabet of Dinosaurs'' (1995): In which paleontologist Peter Dodson lists a dinosaur for each letter of the alphabet, with basic information on each. |
13 | * ''The Alien Life of Wayne Barlowe'' (1995) |
14 | * ''The Horned Dinosaurs'' (1996): Another collaboration with Peter Dodson, this one focused on ceratopsian biology and evolution. |
15 | * ''Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy'' (1996): A similar book to ''Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials'' covering races and individuals from fantasy books and legends. |
16 | * ''Barlowe's Inferno'' (1998): An illustrated book depicting Barlowe's vision of {{Hell}}. Inspired by Dante Alighieri's ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''. |
17 | * ''Brushfire: Illuminations from the Inferno'' (2001) |
18 | * ''God's Demon'': A sequel to ''Barlowe's Inferno'', telling the story of a demon who seeks God's forgiveness. Inspired by Creator/JohnMilton's ''Literature/ParadiseLost''. |
19 | * ''The Heart of Hell'' (2019): A sequel to ''God's Demon''. |
20 | * ''Psychopomp'' (2021): A collection of his hell based art. |
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22 | !!Works with their own pages: |
23 | [[index]] |
24 | * ''Literature/{{Expedition}}'' |
25 | * ''Literature/GodsDemon'' |
26 | [[/index]] |
27 | |
28 | !!Works that he designed for: |
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30 | * ''Film/BabylonFiveThirdspace'' (1998) |
31 | * ''Film/GalaxyQuest'' (1999) |
32 | * ''WesternAnimation/TitanAE'' (2000) |
33 | * ''Film/BladeII'' (2002) |
34 | * ''Film/{{Hellboy|2004}}'' (2004) |
35 | * ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'' (2004) |
36 | * ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' (2005) |
37 | * ''Film/AlienPlanet'' (2005) -- based on his ''Literature/{{Expedition}}'' |
38 | * ''Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy'' (2008) |
39 | * ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' (2009) |
40 | * ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' (2009) |
41 | * ''VideoGame/DantesInferno: Divine Edition'' (2010) |
42 | * ''Film/JohnCarter'' (2012) |
43 | * ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'' (2012) |
44 | * ''Film/{{RIPD}}'' (2013) |
45 | * ''Film/PacificRim'' (2013) |
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47 | !!Other works contain examples of: |
48 | * EldritchAbomination: ''Barlowe's Inferno'' has the Abyssals, the ''native'' inhabitants of hell... yes, demons were not the first living there, they were cast there and hell already had a natural fauna. |
49 | %%* {{Hell}}: ''Barlowe's Inferno''. |
50 | * OurGryphonsAreDifferent: In ''Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy'', griffins are fancifully portrayed as a species of real, albeit extinct, creatures native to Central Asia, which endured until at least the first century AD before dying out for unknown causes. In a nod to speculation that the griffon myth arose from early discovery of ''Protoceratops'' fossils, they are portrayed as literally being descended from a mutant strain of the actual dinosaurs, and consequently depicted as ''Protoceratops'' with avian wings and long, feather-tipped tails. Female griffins excavated extensive tunnel systems in which to brood their eggs, often bringing gold to the surface as they did, but only a very brave or very foolish person would have risked delving into a griffin's nest to get it. |
51 | * OurSoulsAreDifferent: ''Barlowe's Inferno'' has a rather terrifying prospect for all human souls who go to Hell. Apparently, the underworld ''does'' have a food chain, but humans are at the bottom of it. Humans are also the ''main building materials'' for demons; their livestock, vehicles, and war machines all made out of souls. |
52 | * TwoBeingsOneBody: In ''Barlowe's Inferno'', Hell is full of this sort of BodyHorror. For example, there are vehicles made up of lots of people who've been mashed together so that they now consist of a big mash of flesh walking around on a collection of human legs. |
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