Line #37 Creator/WayneBarlowe


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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:
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24	* ''Literature/{{Expedition}}''
25	* ''Literature/GodsDemon''
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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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