http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com Welcome to Sci-Fi-O-Rama! A visual scrapbook for cataloging inspiring Art, Graphics and Illustration with a Sci-Fi and Fantasy Slant. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:48:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "The strange and beautiful Tarot cards form a system of communication through symbols, showing the relation between God, man and the universe; the symbols act as stimuli to the imagination and it is for each student to interpret them for him or herself...." Taken from Man Myth & Magic Issue ... http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/2009/06/30/tarot/ 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 ... http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/2009/06/17/dan-mcpharlin-the-forest-of-oversensitivity-ep/ Nothing like a bit of Ian Miller to break up the flow of the blog, probably because in terms of style there's no one else anywhere near him... This amazing image is originally scanned from David Days "The Characters From Tolkien" book, that's the subject of a larger post featured over ... http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/2009/06/14/ian-miller-the-battle-of-hornburg/ A further selection from British Artist Chris Foss one of the true masters of Sci-Fi Art. I've collected these sample's together as they best serve to highlight the elements I find most interesting in Chris's work. IMO these are: the ship designs themselves (naturally)  the striped and checkered lexicon he adorns ... http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/2009/06/13/chris-foss-5/ A vintage Astronaut used as the cover of the 1958 first edition of Robert A. Heinlein's book "Have Space Suit - Will Travel" art is by the late American Illustator Ed Emshwiller Image sourced from Flickr User Glen Mullaly's Flickr Photo Stream - http://www.flickr.com/photos/glenmullaly/ not just an avid collector of gorgeous ... http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/2009/06/08/ed-emshwiller-have-space-suit-will-travel/ An amazing set of old Russian Matchbox Graphics celebrating early Soviet success in the space race. These wonderful images are taken from an astonishing selection of over 1,000 Labels !! all featured via Flickr User Mariad http://www.flickr.com/photos/maraid/sets/72157594234429063/. The majority of the labels are of Eastern European origin, and of course ... http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/2009/06/04/russian-matchbox-labels/ Haunting still shots taken from the extremely rare late 80's Polish Arthouse Sci-Fi Movie "Na Srebrnym Globie" (Translation: On the Silver Globe) Directed by Andrzej Żuławski. I'm ashamed to say I've not seen this myself yet, though it's gone straight to the top of my wish list on it's rarefied nature ... http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/2009/06/02/na-srebrnym-globie-on-the-silver-globe/ Polish Graphic Art in the shape of a screen printed Movie Poster for the 1968 Original "Planet of The Apes" design by Eryk Lipinski. Image originally featured through Flickr User Junkyard Dogs Photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/36464802@N05/ some excellent Retro Sci-Fi, Movie and Video Gaming paraphernalia/visuals collected there, well worth a look.... http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/2009/05/27/planet-of-the-apes-eryk-lipinski/ 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 ... http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/2009/05/22/juan-gimenez-4/ Thought I'd do a another quick Omni Magazine Post as quite a few visitors have been searching for it... This is the cover of the July 1981 edition of the classic SF magazine and is taken from a 25 piece set over on Eric Carl's Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_carl/sets/72157616740741408/. Some superb examples ... http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/2009/05/20/omni-magazine-ute-osterwald/