As spotted via FFFFound.com these excellent doctored Photo Illustrations from Designer/Illustrator Eric Zelinski aka OBNX MUTE. Original source material for these pictures I believe comes from NASA / NARA - a really classy demonstration of what’s achievable with the right found imagery.
These images are sourced via from the Flickr set “SPACE & MSCED” see the rest of that here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericzelinski/sets/72157614801147240/
OBNX MUTE Portfolio site: http://obnxmute.com/
A David Pelham Penguin cover for a 1976 edition of Kurt Vonnegut’s Novel “Cat’s Cradle”
Scan via Flickr User: Michael Bojkowski he’s also got a little selection of Illustrated Paperback cover’s here http://www.flickr.com/photos/mooski/sets/72157594314437849/
Also of note: check this excellent compendium of Penguin SF Book covers: http://www.penguinsciencefiction.org/ Many thanks to Thistle for that link!
Cat’s Cradle by the way is that game you play with string wrapped round your fingers… I couldn’t remember it either!
A classic striking Poster dating from 1964 by Polish Graphic Designer and Cartoonist Jan Lenica (1928 -2001).
Some more of Jan’s Posters here: http://www.poster.com.pl/lenica.htm A little more on his career here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Lenica and part of his stop motion animated 1987 film: Ubu et la grande Gidouille http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQSqtj1NUjk must be a VHS rip, so not great but the audio’s ace!
Here’s something I spotted on FFFFound a while back and bookmarked, super freaky techno spirtualism! courtesy of Brasilian Illustrator / Artist Bruno 9li (AKA Bruno Novelli) - this character an off-the-wall, underwater mix of Afrika Bambaataa Planet Rock, Shiva and erm Tron! Not just a great style, but also a great demonstration of how even with just a few frames it’s possible to breath life into an Illustration via the simple medium of an animated GIF loop - clever stuff indeed!
See much more of Bruno’s random and chaotic style’s at : http://www.bruno9li.com check out the videos section too!
Also of interest: a quick flick through of his book ‘Agora Eterno’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3p61kz2T8Y alas this seems a little hard to get hold of? is out of print?
‘Outer Space’ an early sample of the art of Peter Max a German born American Artist made famous during the 60’s for his Iconic ‘Cosmic Art’ Poster’s, the most famous of these being his technicolor ‘Love’ print, see that here.
More on Peter and his Illustrious, high-flying career at wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Max
Scan taken from the 1975 Book ‘A Concise History of Posters’ compiled by John Barnicoat.
Two magazine covers dating from the 70’s - these alien worlds were painted by Kazuaki Saito for the long running Japanese publication “SF Magazine”.
Art taken from a larger post over at pinktentacle.com
Thanks to draw at drawingsilence.com for putting me on to these…
