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Illustration for H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness, Virgil Finlay.

The image is sourced from the MonsterBrains blog. It’s part of an extensive article with many more images. Though not currently being updated, MonsterBrains is a treasure trove for lovers of fantasy, science fiction, horror and related illustration and artwork.

American illustrator Virgil Finlay was a master of the ink drawing techniques of hatching, cross-hatching, stipple and scratchboard. He used them separately and, more often, in combination to crate his fantastical illustrations. The techniques gave him a broad range of ways to create tone and texture. Amazing how time-consuming these must have been, given the tight schedules of the pulp science fiction magazines for which he was working.

I’ve written about Finlay’s remarkable illustrations previously in Lines and Colors, so I’ll refer you to the links below for more information and sources of images.