I’ve said it before and it bears repeating - “the Internet is a wonderful place”. As an inspiration source for designers and artists it has few peers.

Today I direct you to a collection curated by Cornell university called The Fantastic in Art and Fiction There are some detailed images that would benefit from being larger still.

Sponsored by Cornell University’s Institute for Digital Collections (CIDC) this image-bank provides a visual resource for the study of the Fantastic or of the supernatural in fiction and in art. While the site emerges from a comparative literature course on the topic at Skidmore College, it is also intended to open the door to consideration of some of the constant structures and patterns of fantastic literature, and the problems they raise. In this sense, the materials presented here may find a use among students in a variety of disciplines.

Logging off,
Jools