Name: Oliver Wetter
Age: 32
Artist of: Cthulhurotica (cover art)
Geographic Location: Germany, close to the borders of Luxembourg
Original Hometown, if different: Trier (The city where Karl Marx was born)
Twitter: @fantasiox
Website: http://fantasio.info
Past publications: Expose #8 / Exotique #6 (Ballistic media); various cover artworks for sci-fi and fantasy book publishers which can be seen on my portfolio website.
Preferred media: Mixed media involving digital and traditional means.
What’s your favorite H.P. Lovecraft story or other Mythos story? There is no specific favorite, I love the mythos and even more his biography. Like many other visual artists, I have rather a visual connection to the works of Lovecraft and there are a lot inspiring characters and creatures, an endless inspiration if you want.
What comes to mind when you think “Lovecraft” + “Erotica”? A morbid but fascinating state of transcendence, a sideshow of life, at least as we know it and something that even Tim Burton would hesitate to make a movie about.
What inspired your cover for Cthulhurotica? Probably the visit of the natural-historical museum in Vienna, where I took a photograph, it was so clear to me that I was onto something that fits two of my passions; trans-genetic-metahuman and creatures from mythology.
What music or movies helped you to while drawing? I seldomly watch movies while painting, but sometimes relaxing music, podcasts from colleagues or audiobooks are a worthwhile companion.
How many revisions did you do before the piece was complete? Not many, if I remember right, it ws done in one row of a 7-hour-session, with maybe a minor revision a day later.
Is there anything else you would like to know? Ask Oliver in the comments!
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