Another lovingly crafted and perfectly lighted piece of Sci-Fi Art from Tim White. The sort of subject matter that defines whats great about the genre, a Field Mouse in a Bacofoil Spacesuit? – head-scratching brilliance!
The image is sourced from pretty much the ultimate Sci-fi Art library online: http://astrona.blogspot.com/ very comprehensive, check it out….
Two renderings of H.G.Wells Martian Tripods, from the novel “War of the Worlds” The menacing top Illustration is a close up of the cab, note the circling crows indicating an inert tripod – turned over by germs! The Second Illustration has a real sense of scale, three tripods under the aurora borealis and a violet northern sky
These images a part of a set that ran in Omni Magazine 1985, they are a co-production of designers Roger Dean, Martyn Dean, Tim White and Richard Clifton-Dey. The Illustrations were also re-licensed and used again by Psygnosis (who else!) for the 1987 Computer game “Terrorpods” and thats where I first came across them. Definitely in my all time top 5.
These Images are taken Courtesy of Dr. Zeus who’s expansive site is a homage to all things WOTW. http://drzeus.best.vwh.net/wotw/other/other.html
Tim White’s another UK Sci-Fi Artist most prominent in the 70′s & 80′s. This painting of a long limbed robotic insect was also used as cover art by Software House Psygnosis for their 16 bit Game “Infestation”.