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Chris Moore Sci-Fi Illustrations 2007-09-05 07:10:00 Chris Moore
is a British painter and illustrator, best known for his book covers, especially in the field of science fiction. He has created cover images for works by many of the most famous authors in science fiction and fantasy, as well as for many other (non sci-fi) authors. Some his work has even been launched into space.Here is a selection of some of his artworks. More artworks can be found on the Chris Moore's official site. His website provides information on his wide ranging skills and abilities, biography, as well as samples of his work. Prints of selected images are also available.Art Book: You can buy the book of "Journeyman: Art of Chris Moore" from Amazon.com please use the link below.Click images view full size: Link: Chris Moore's official websiteChris Moore at ImageNETion: Gallery 1, Gallery 2, Gallery 3, Gallery 4 and Gallery 5.Journeyman: Art of Chris Moore by Steve GallagherThe first collection by Chris Moore.To order this book from Amazon.com, click here.Book Desc Read more:Chris
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Tim White Sci-Fi & Fantasy Artworks 2007-09-03 07:18:00 Tim White
is a British science fiction and fantasy artist, whose main focus is on commissioned artwork, primarily for book covers and magazine illustrations. As one of his generation's most successful fantasy artists, Tim White's paintings have become widely recognizable through their appearance on numerous book covers worldwide. Born in Kent (1952), Tim White joined the Medway College of Art in 1968, where his unique detailed style was allowed to develop without commercial pressure, and he completed his course there in 1972. Leaving art college, Tim worked in several advertising studios. In 1974 his work was first used commercially on the cover of Arthur C. Clarke's The Other Side of the Sky, and since then, Tim White has produced more than one hundred book covers for many famous authors.Tim White's work has been featured in numerous exhibitions and anyone with a selection of science fiction works will doubtless have encountered his illustrations. Aside from book covers and magazi
Frank M. Lewecke Alien Worlds 2007-09-01 15:08:00 Frank M. Lewecke is a German painter, designer and illustrator. He was born in 1966 in Gutersloh, Germany. A self-taught artist, he has painted since the age of three. He has a background of scientific studies at the University of Bayreuth holding a degree in molecular Biology and a PhD Scholarship at the University of Erlangen-Nurnberg. He worked as a scientist until 1995 when he decided to become a freelancer artist and since then, he has exhibited his painting in many galleries in Germany and abroad. In 1996 he was became a member in the International Association of Astronomical Artists (IAAA). In 1998 Frank M. Lewecke opened his space art gallery on the web. Below are a few examples of his artwork. For more information check out the Spacelands, where you can find many of his works. Artist says: We are living today and thinking of tomorrow. But who is considering the day after tomorrow? Spacelands are postcards from my journeys into these distant worlds in space and time.Spacelands: Read more:Frank
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Spray Sci-Fi Art by Janez Jevnikar 2007-06-29 10:53:00 Slovenian spray artist Janez Jevnikar (a.k.a. Spray
man) doing sci-fi paintings in less then 10 minutes and he does not need expensive airbrush, studio, etc. Artist says: My studio is the street. I have worked with this painting tecnique since 1995. I use quicky drying acrylic varnish on a varnished cardboard, occasionally also on a Plexiglas and thin sheet. I also use a painting pad, paper, a sponge, pedestals and other material. Well, this looks really cool. See videos. You can find more about artist and his art on Sprej.com.Spray Paint Art 1: Spray Paint Art 2: Spray Paint Art 3: Link: Sprej.com
Pat Rawlings Artwork used in a Space Flight Simulator 2007-06-10 20:33:00 Description: Original concept by Dr. Stanley K. Borowski (2001: A Space
Odyssey Revisited), NASA Glenn Research Center, models by Kenneth Bolli for the Orbiter space flight simulator (TTM24 addon). This is based on original artwork by artist Pat Rawlings, that was created for NASA study called "To the Moon in 24 Hours".Pat RawlingsOrbiterFor more information see the sources below:Pat Rawlings Space Art includes these Lunar images. Astrona - Space and Astronomical Art Journal. See also Pat Rawlings official website.TTM24 Screenshots by John "MrBatman" Wilson. A series of 15 wallpapers based on the TTM24 addon.LANTR - To the Moon in 24 Hours by Marcus Lindroos.Orbiter official website. Orbiter is a closed source freeware space flight simulator for the Windows PCs. See also Orbiter gallery includes screenshots from standard distribution and various addon images. Read more:Artwork
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Bjorn Jonsson 3D Planetary Objects 2007-01-15 15:15:00 If you have not seen the planets and satellites of Bjorn
Jonsson, it is time to look. Bjorn Jonsson has highly realistic 3D renderings of planetary objects available at his website. Many of the renderings are done with a specialized planetary renderer, which he wrote for the specific purpose of creating these images. Other renderings are created with POV-Ray or by combining renderings from his renderer and POV-Ray. More information about the software and process can be found at his web page. Below are a few examples of his work.Bjorn Jonsson's websiteBjorn Jonsson at the Unmanned Spaceflight.com
Nikolay Yeliseyev Sci-Fi Artworks 2006-12-08 11:21:00 Nikolay Yeliseyev is a Russian freelance artist, illustrator and concept designer. Below just a few examples of artwork, mostly science fiction and fantasy themed. Of course this is not space art, but I think some of these futuristic works are interesting. For more information check out The Art of Nikolay Yeliseyev.Click images view full size: Link: The Art of Nikolay Yeliseyev.See also: Nikolay Yeliseyev at the CGSociety. Read more:Nikolay
NASA Spider Space Station Concept 2006-10-21 11:55:00 Description: A 1977 concept drawing for a space station. Known as the Spider
concept, this station was designed to use Space
Shuttle hardware. A solar array was to be unwound from the exhausted main fuel tank. The structure could then be formed and assembled in one operation. The main engine tank would then be used as a space operations control center, a Shuttle astronaut crew habitat, and a space operations focal point for missions to the Moon and Mars.Click image view full size:If you want to download Hi-Res images, click the link: Spider Space StationConcept
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Cristian Gamiddo Digital Space Art 2006-10-20 10:20:00 The below artworks was created by designer Cristian Gamiddo. On deviantART he is known as Dinyctis. Here is a selection of some of his space works. You can click on images for a much larger version. To see more of his work check out his gallery at deviantART. Read more:Space
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William Hartmann Space Art 2006-10-11 23:48:00 William Kenneth Hartmann (born in 1939), is an internationally renowned astronomer, planetary scientist, artist, and writer. He is a member of NASA's Mars Global Surveyor mission team. In 1971-72 he was on the Mariner-9 mission team which first mapped many geological features on Mars. Asteroid number 3341 is named after him in recognition of his planetary research. In 1997 he was the first recipient of the Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication in Planetary Science from the American Astronomical Society, Division for Planetary Sciences. His art work has been featured in many books, magazines, and international exhibits.He has written and illustrated (often collaboratively with Ron Miller) numerous books on the history of Earth and the Solar System. Some of his books and publications include, Moons and Planets, Astronomy: The Cosmic Journey, The Grand Tour: A Travelers Guide to the Solar System, Cycles of Fire, Out of the Cradle, The History of Earth, and In The Stream Read more:Space
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David Mattingly Sci-Fi Art 2007-10-10 03:30:00 David Burroughs Mattingly is an illustrator and painter best known for his numerous book covers of science fiction and fantasy literature.About the artist from David Mattingly Illustration: David began drawing and painting as a small child, influenced by comic books, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and a wide array of artists from Jim Steranko, to N.C. Wyeth, to Jackson Pollock. After high school, he attended the Colorado Institute of Art at Colorado State University and later transferred to Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. After school, he worked at Walt Disney Studios, ultimately becoming head of the matte department. He worked on The Black Hole, Tron, Dick Tracy, Stephen King's The Stand and most recently I, Robot for Weta Digital in New Zealand.While at Disney Studios, David began doing freelance art. His first published piece was the album cover for "The Commodores Greatest Hits". His first sale of art for a book cover was for "A Wizard in Bedlam," by Christopher Stash Read more:David
Tobias Roetsch Digital Space Art 2007-10-07 03:50:00 This set of digital paintings was created by Tobias
Roetsch. On DeviantART he is known as Taenaron. Here are just a few examples of his space work. Click on images for a much larger version. To see more check out Taenaron's Gallery at DeviantART.DeviantART: Taenaron's GalleryWebsite: GT Graphics (in German) Read more:Digital
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Stijn Joosten Digital Space Art 2007-08-24 00:30:00 This set of digital paintings was created by Stijn Joosten. On DeviantART he is known as 19-10. Here are just a few examples of his space work. Click images view full size. To see more check out his gallery at DeviantART.Link: Stijn Joosten Gallery at DeviantART Read more:Digital
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Ron Turner Sci-Fi Cover Collection 2007-07-28 03:30:00 Ron Turner
(1922 - 1998) was a British illustrator and comic book artist. Here is a great gallery of science fiction pulp covers painted by Ron Turner for British pulp magazines in the 1950s. The following are just a few examples of his work. To learn more about artist, please visit Wikipedia.org.Link: Ron Turner Cover
Collection. Over 150 color illustrations done by Ron Turner - a photoset on Flickr.
Vissroid Digital Space Art 2007-07-05 15:08:00 This set of digital paintings was created by artist on DeviantART by the name of Vissroid. Here are just a few examples of his work. Click images view full size. To see more visit Vissroid's Gallery at DeviantART.Link: Vissroid's Gallery at DeviantART Read more:Digital
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Alexey Kozachenko Digital Space Art 2007-06-23 03:09:00 This set of digital paintings was created by Alexey
Kozachenko. On DeviantART he is known as Nameless Designer. Just a few examples of his space and sci-fi work. Click on images for a much larger version. To see more check out Nameless Designer's Gallery at DeviantART.Link: Nameless Designer's Gallery at DeviantART Read more:Digital
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Playing Cards with Sci-Fi Art 2008-07-01 17:50:00 Olav from Norway pointed me to these interesting playing cards with sci-fi art. These cards were published in the early 1980s by Waddingtons (the set contained 32 cards). He trying to track down the artists who made the artwork and it was wondering if you know who painted them (except the photos and the ones from star wars). Unfortunately, I can't answer that question. Any suggestions?Below are a Read more:Cards
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