Korean artist JC Jongwong Park imagines giant tech, from the ever-popular enormous spaceship to behemoth alien architectures. The large scale of his creations creates a sense of awe and power, even as they are contrasted […]
Tag: robots
Couple very clever details in this art by AranniHK. First, of course, are the armed robots, having taken the place of the police, who are protecting those protesting them, which makes the entire act appear […]
(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 […]
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
