Something different for this week’s Art of Science Fiction. We get to see an alternate version of our world, or maybe a future happening, a dystopian dieselpunk nightmare of apocalyptic proportions. Oily, smoke-filled scenes of urban decay, strewn with the skeletal remains of robots and war machines, gutted and wasting away. Grunge-looking mech tech that …read in detail
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Art of Science Fiction 089: Alexey Egorov
The art of Alexey Egorov is both fantastical and surreal with a heavy touch of the otherworldly. Alexy Egorov lives in Yakutsk, Russia where he works as a digital artist. As you know, I run a twin weekly series called “Art of Fantasy” and early last year I featured Alexey’s fantasy art. However, Alexey has …read in detail
Art of Science Fiction 088: Su Jian
We’re jumping into the near future this week as we bring you an eye-feast of dystopian madness. We have breathers and cities of industry and giant robot warriors and scavengers and lethal post-apocalyptic warrior babes. Su Jian is concept designer from China and his work is visceral and raw. Information on Su is scarce so …read in detail
The Art of Science Fiction 047: Michal Klimczak
We have another self-taught artist for you this week. Michal Klimczak hails from Poland and is a digital artist specialising in photo manipulation. Michal has noted that he draws inspiration from artists Allan Lee, HR Giger, and Michael Karcz. Below is a small sampling of Michal’s work. Each image links back to the site of origin. Enjoy! I’ve been …read in detail