“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 […]
Tag: robots
Killer Robots
The fear of robots has been there from the beginning — where I’m including creations like Frankenstein. At a mythological level, robots are our dark reflection. (They often look like us.) They instantiate our creeping […]
(Art) The Vibrant Fantasy of Sarunas Macijauskas
The paintings of Lithuanian artist Sarunas Macijauskas are just effing stunning, with killer usesof color and negative space. Note in his painting “Surgeon” how a spotless white carapace replicates the white coats of doctors, but […]
(Art) The Cinematic Sci-fi of Friendly Robot
The work of French artist François Leroy, AKA Friendly Robot, looks like keyframes from some of the most awesome sci-fi movies never made, including several from the Star Wars universe. Find more by the artist […]
(Art) The Synthetic Sisters of Michael Black
Digital artist Michael Black’s renders feature an insane amount of detail. Be sure to click on these to enlarge, and to visit Mr. Black’s ArtStation page.
(Art) The Bone Robots of esteo.
Japanese digital artist and concept designer Takayuki Satou, AKA esteo., combines a clear understanding of engineering with manga-inspired sci-fantasy characters to depict a novel cyberpunk dystopia in near photo-realistic quality. Find lots more on the […]
(Curiosity) The Science Fiction of ‘Hold My Beer’
As my beta readers work through the manuscript of Part 2 of FEAST OF SHADOWS and my editors does what she can ahead of their feedback, my brain continues to wrestle with the project I’ve […]
Will AI consume consciousness-altering subroutines? How would we know if they worked or not? Who will develop them, us or the AIs? art by Julian Bustos
(Art) The Curious Dreamworlds of Bill Mayer
Artist Bill Mayer has created book covers and illustrated classic stories, including Orwell’s Animal Farm. His fine art blends the eerie and whimsical into dreamlike alternate realities where plants and animals make up aristocratic high […]
(Art) Giant Robot Tuesday
Once upon a time, when I was very active on social media, I posted a giant robot picture every Tuesday. While I’m out of the habit, I still run into quite a few images.
