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 second sample from American artist John Berkey (1932-2008). If this images reminds of Starwars – well that’s probably because Berkey was commissioned by Lucas to work on early material for the original trilogy….
A little more on John Berkey here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Berkey and further galleries of his work here: http://www.net-cafe.hu/fantasy.php?ct=161
Also an excellent gallery of John’s lesser seen work http://pinkoski.com/content/view/74/26/ – thanks for the link Jim!
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 rare glimpse of some of James Cameron’s original concept artwork for his 1986 masterpiece “Aliens”. This topographical painting his re-imagining of the films nightmare planet, the inhospitable, unearthly bleakness that is LV-426 Acheron, a dimly lit world ravaged by screaming wind and lashed with perpetual storms….. not unlike a few places in the UK I can think of, only their populated by a species much worse than Giger’s creation’s….. that’s right, the Chav.
Image taken from a larger selection of Alien/Aliens goodies over at the always excellent ski-ffy.blogspot.com original post at http://ski-ffy.blogspot.com/2009/05/alien-aliens-laser-disc-goodies.html
The Werewolf mythology depicted here in three Old World Etching/Woodcuts. These scans are taken from a lengthy essay featured in Man Myth and Magic Issue #107 ( from around 1971?).
Article synopsis: “Stories of men having the power to change themselves into ravening beasts have gained currency in almost every part of the world; a universality which suggests that the under-lying idea emanates from deep within man’s own mind”
Mention Werewolf and it’s impossible not to think of scenes from John Landis’s 1981 Horror / Black Comedy An American Werewolf in London particularly the stunning metamorphosis sequence and the immortal lines “Stay on the road. Keep clear of the moors – Beware the moon, lads”. This article predates that film by 10 years or so, and references material back to antiquity, most interesting is it’s discussion on the mental illness known as Lycanthropy a kind of insanity in which the patient believes himself to be a beast, especially a wolf. Although this condition was diagnosed as far back as the 16th Century it had little effect on the superstition, the articles surmise is that known instance of werewolves attacks and tyranny probably had more to do with the rapists, maniacs, and serial killer’s of the day…
The Scans relate to: (Top and Center) The Werewolf of Eschenbach, Germany 1685, said to have preyed on children. (Below) Werewolf attacking a man, from a 15th Century German Work.
Full article scanned and hosted over at Flickr: http://twurl.nl/drh3qo
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