Another quick post - I have had a few questions asking about Juan Gimenez and the availability of his Books/Art recently so a couple of leads…
Depending on how up to speed you are with your Spanish I suggest perhaps trying the official site: http://www.juangimenez.com/ though I’m not sure how often that’s updated. Failing that there’s a raft of his Books / Comics / Graphic Novels available via Amazon.com http://is.gd/C7mO take your pick I guess! maybe The Metabarons? his collaboration with Alexandro Jodorowsky
A selection of Illustration by Barnaby Ward, taken from his portfolio website http://somefield.com
Barnaby’s drawing’s feature a playful mix of pseudo Manga babes, weird looking robots, freaky animal-humanoids, and often mad tech fetishism - all rendered in a loose but frenetic style that blends svelte Fashion Illustration ala Jason Brooks (Puscha/Head Kandi) and obsessive detailing ALA Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira).
With regards to the examples featured here, I’ve tried to feature a good cross section from a straight forward classy Fashion Illustration at the top; 2nd down is is similar but warped with an Alien Fish head! - it’s this mix of innocuous and the bizarre the really give Barnaby’s work an edge. Third and Fourth are pure stream of consciousness doodling and have a more stylised vivacious feel. The fifth and final example is a slick demonstration of character study - I picked this especially as I know how tricky it can be to draw expression variation’s!
If your interested in seeing more of Barnaby’s work be sure to check his online Graphic Novel “Sixteen Miles to Merricks - Will be running a bit more on Merricks and Barnaby soon!
More than a hint of Babarella here with this kitsch Photo/Montage, taken from a feature than ran in “Harper’s Bazaar Magazine” - some time ago by the looks of it!
Image originally featured here via Flickr User: Lady Detektive plenty of other interesting vintage illustrations & photography in her Paper Fetish Set.
Top left: “Duke Leto Atreides”
Top right a “Sardaukar” - I still prefer this depiction
Bottom left “Feyd” - played by Sting in Lynch’s 84 Version
Bottom right “Kynes”
All concept Art from Mobieus for the aborted Alejandro Jodorowsky 1976 version of “Dune”. With Mobieus in charge of Costume Design and Storyboarding, Chris Foss taking care of Spaceship’s and Vehicles and H.R.Giger creating the evil Harkonnen Homeworld + a Pink Floyd soundtrack & starring Mick Jagger and Salvador Dali amongst others! it goes without saying this is definitely the greatest film never made. The project stalled when funds dried up and other assorted spanners randomly flew into the creative machine. Truly a project of immense scope and scale - alas never to be, at least not in this Universe!
Read all you need to know about the project, see all the art, interviews and more at this amazing site: http://www.duneinfo.com/ - Thanks Dan for the tip on that! The Mobieus feature is at http://www.duneinfo.com/unseen/moebius.asp
It’s also well worth having a read about Alejandro Jodorowsky himself at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodorowsky -
Also some more at:
Manny Z’s Cininite Blog: http://citinite.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/jean-moebius-giraud/
And the excellent io9.com http://io9.com/5088014/costume-designs-and-storyboards-from-the-dune-that-never-was
Illustrator here is Ramon Santiago http://www.ramonsantiago.com/
Many thanks P Stroud!
Illustration used as the cover art for the Robert Heinlen novel “Beyond this Horizon”.
A wicked character illustration by another British Illustrator; Bruce Pennington. I’ve tagged this image with fashion but I guess it could also be considered concept costume/character art, a really lavish outfit thats a lightweight blend of both Western (heraldic) and Eastern (Samurai) Armour - love the fanned wings on the helmet!
Read more about Bruce Pennington at wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Pennington
This image has come via Flickr courtesy of The Emperor Dalek - Great username! - theres an excellent selection of excellent SF Book covers here http://flickr.com/photos/emperordalek/sets/72157600996437127/
