Illustrating the Fearsome and Fantastic - John A Halford - April 1982

John A Halford

It's hard enough to imagine the weird and wonderful beast in the book of Revelation, let alone paint a picture of it. But that's what was needed for Herbert W. Armstrong's World Tomorrow television program. Artist Winston Taylor was asked to tackle the project. "Winston, can you draw us an animal?" asked the Television Department. "Yes," said Mr. Taylor. "Its body must be like a leopard, but its feet are like a grizzly bear, and we want it to be coming out of a stormy sea..." "OK," said Mr. Taylor. "... and it's got to have seven heads. Four are to be like leopards, one like a lion, another like a bear and the seventh head must be like nothing anybody's ever seen before, except that it must have a mouth like a lion..." - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library