A recent E.P Cover from Dan McPharlin the first in a planned series of three, lovely stuff as usual blurring the line between hard Sci-Fi and abstract geometric design/art, washed with a beautiful lime palette. The font used is the classic Serif Gothic looks great particularly in the heavier cuts.

Art via Dan’s regularly updated Flickr Stream  http://www.flickr.com/photos/danmcp/

Ok so here we have something of a Sci-Fi-O-Rama Exclusive! A set of 3 gorgeous SF Illustrations commissioned for the May 2009 edition of Wired Italia. The accompanying future gazing article hypothesizes the year 2061, where Italians are living on the moon – hence the Earthrise in the middle image! Super cool stuff from Dan as always; from his trademark lush textures, right down to the subtle 70’s-esque borders…

Images Courtesy of Dan Mcpharlin http://www.flickr.com/photos/danmcp/
and Wired Italia http://www.wired.it/

** Addendum Sept 1st 2009:

Of related interested, Bruce Sterling (author of the Wired Article) http://blog.wired.com/sterling

More lush sleeve art from Dan McPharlin this a recent 12″ design for Prefuse 73 (AKA Guillermo Scott Herren) “The Forest of Oversensitivity EP” released via the UK’s premier electronic label Warp Records. Aside from the transfixing Illustration itself much kudos for using the chunky black header and retro themed SF logo – wicked, as usual.

Sourced from a Dan’s Flickr Photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/danmcp/ loads more fantastic work, but also a perfect example of why these days (with a Flickr Pro account) bespoke portfolio sites aren’t entirely necessary!

Wicked moody minimalism from Dan McPharlin this time with a surreal tinge and an air of that most iconic of 12″ Sleeve’s – Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon”.

I’ve decided to post this image despite the fact  it’s popped up on FFFFound more time’s than I’ve had hot dinner’s – basically this is because:  A) it’s bloody brilliant and B) just in case anyone’s not had a chance to see Dan’s superb take on Sci-fi inspired Art…

Much more at Dan’s Flickr Photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/danmcp

A slick example of 80’s inspired Minimalism/Abstraction with a definite games flavour from Australian Artist/Designer Dan McPharlin simple – but effective.

Art Sourced from Dan’s Flickr feed: http://www.flickr.com/photos/danmcp/

A sample from the portfolio of contemporary Australian Artist and Illustrator Dan McPharlin, muted and subtle colouring create a very other worldly atmosphere and I think its fair to say the art rendered is as competent as any other example featured on Sci-Fi-O-Rama. Dan has contacted me directly via the blog, and to be honest I was pretty much blown away with his work. In addition to this Roger Dean-esque misty illustration he’s capable of several other style’s including some superb cardboard engineering…. See much more at his Flickr account http://www.flickr.com/photos/danmcp/ or his portfolio site directly www.danmcpharlin.com/