Sci-fi and Fantasy Art Thread

[Johnny Treason]

Thought it might be worthwhile to have a thread for sci fi and fantasy art since I've seen a bunch of it on other image threads. I'll kick it off with some Michael Whelan:

 

[ThePurpleProse]

Mandatory H. R. Giger, no sci-fi fantasy art can ignore him.

 

[Shoggoth]

Syd Mead. The fucking future we were promised and will never get

The Art of Syd Mead

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[Marissa Moira]

 

[Irwin M. Felcher]

 

[Johnny Treason]

Illustrations by Sam Weber for the Folio Society's edition of Dune:

Spoiler: Kinda NSFW

 

[Strayserval]

Finally a thread where i can share my nerd shit apologies if the post is too big

 

[Irwin M. Felcher]

 

[Godzilla1984]

 

[MerriedxReldnahc]

Simon Bisley, motherfuckers!

 

[Clown College]

Can't have a sci-fi art thread without Noriyoshi Ohrai

 

[Johnny Treason]

I have a real fondness for old pulp covers, and one of, if not the most influential in the field was Frank R. Paul. It's odd to see aliens, robots and spaceships as imagined by a man born in 1884, but there's no denying his style...

Of course, they could be quite goofy, too...

 

[Technetium]

I'm always in for some good sci-fi art. Although I don't like when the main focus is on one character, like many of those Michael Whelan pieces in the OP.

I like some things by Bruce Pennington. Some of his paintings have the perfect mix of morbid death, dread and epic fantasy in them.

 

[MerriedxReldnahc]

 

[Marissa Moira]

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You know tentacle monsters have had a good run, I fully support replacing them with penis dinosaurs.

 

[Johnny Treason]

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Huh, that looks like Richard Corben's work...He does a lot of stuff like that, most notably Den, a fantasy comic star:ring a huge naked bald man with a huge swinging dick and numerous big-titted women (also nude):

Spoiler: Gratuitous 70s Nudity

He does a pretty good line in horror though, and has done the art for a few issues of Hellboy:

 

[Irwin M. Felcher]

 

[stick]

Moebius/Jean Giraud

 

[Distant Stare]

Not use if this counts as fantasy. It is Satan addressing his followers after constructing the city of Pandemonium in Hell, from Paradise Lost.

UNSC ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Trooper) during the defense of Earth

 

[Irwin M. Felcher]