Succubus Porn!

Alright! That should get the Google hits up! ;)

Håkan Ackegård has updated his “Playelf” gallery with a winged beauty posing over a medieval cityscape. Yes, it’s extremely NOT workplace safe, so don’t even think of clicking this link until you get home!

I love Håkan’s stuff. There’s a softness to his figures that makes them both unreal and lifelike. His settings are imaginative, beautifully detailed, and realistically rendered. Unlike popular American fantasy artists like Nene Thomas and Ruth Thompson, who have a more El Greco look of elongated figures draped in impossible costumes, Håkan’s figures are voluptuous and earthy. His costumes are imaginative and sexy, but clearly physically possible. Where the characters of Nene and Ruth appear distant and untouchable, aloof in a haze of Apollonian detachment, Håkan’s are wonderfully embraceable and playfully Dionysian.

(This is not to denigrate Ruth’s and Nene’s work in the slightest. We have art from both of them hanging here in the Trollcave, and both ladies are wonderful people, gifted artists, and a real pleasure to talk to. Their styles simply stand in stark contrast to Håkan’s, so much so that even an uncultured troll like myself can clearly see it. And if you haven't seen Nene's new Emerald Hawthorn, you need to. It's a jaw-dropper.)

Håkan’s also posted what I assume is the cover to this year's Lincon program. Lovely work as always, though a bit more static than we’re used to from him. Even better than new art, however, is the news that he’s selling t-shirts through an outfit called Polyshop. Their webpage appears to be down right now, so I haven’t been able to see which of his pieces are being immortalized in garment form. If any of you buy one, please drop us a review and I’ll post it here.