Originally posted on Davetopia:
Part biopunk thriller, part speculation on post-industrial social advance, this novel will appeal both to fans of fast-paced gritty action and thought-provoking futurism. In a possible future, advances in gene manipulation…
Category: Art
(Art) The Neon Pulp of Pablo Hurtado de Mendoza
Although I can’t find where he’s done a book cover, the illustrations of Madrid artist Pablo Hurtado de Mendoza look very much like covers to the latest neon pulp crime thrillers. With menacing, surrealist themes […]
Powerful.by Yuxing Zhang
(Art) The Dungeon Bestiary of Justin Gerard
US artist Justin Gerard creates magnificently colored illustrations of high fantasy scenes from Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, and his own imagination. Several years ago, he started a Monster of the Month project, which you […]
(Sunday Thought) The Brescia Medallion
Several times, I’ve mention the Thinker of Cernavoda, a small, seven-thousand-year-old terracotta statue that is without a doubt my favorite work of art, and for largely the same reason I also love this piece, the […]
(Art) The Fantasy Game Art of Bayard Wu
Bayard Wu’s colorful style and bright imagery make his work jump off the printed page. It’s no wonder then that the Shenzhen-based artist has created so much high-fantasy art for the likes of Wizards of […]
(Art) The Retrofuture Noir of Tim Razumovsky
“Aurora Noir” is a retrofuturist image series by Tel Aviv digital artist Tim Razumovsky. With art deco robots, cyborg private detectives, an automaton jazz orchestra, and monumental public works, it’s like Blade Runner if Blade […]
(Art) The Neon Witches of Aku 悪
St. Petersburg-based photographer and digital artist Aku 悪 (AKA Sergey Shetukhin) takes pictures of models in elaborate cosplay and then digitally modifies them to spectacular effect. While many of his subjects are characters from popular […]
(Art) Retrofantasy Computing
The other day on social media, I shared a newspaper article on the rising hobby of retrocomputing, or bringing old computers back to life. After 3D printing turns to micromanufacturing, retrocomputing will give rise to […]
(Art) The King Dragons of Jan Ditlev
Besides his colossal wyrms, which positively bleed menace, Danish artist Jan Ditlev’s digital paintings are punctuated with dragonlike forms. His ocean-skimming sci-fi battleships look like dragon heads while the terrestrial and floating pyramids in his […]
