The beautiful other-worldly paintings of Roger Dean. I’ve always been a fan of science fiction styles mostly in the form of television shows and movies, and I’ve been researching quite a lot of 70s style artwork from the genre lately. Roger Dean’s work is simply wonderful, naturalistic yet space-aged at the same time with a heavy atmosphere.
Check out Roger Dean’s website, and subsequently, Sci-Fi-O-Rama has a huge backlog of stellar science fiction artwork.
I came across these wonderful pieces via Ffffound this morning, entitled Melted Thoughts by Barcelona-based design team Vasava.
These images, along with others on their website, were a part of the Adobe CS4 launch. Beautiful simplicity, reminiscent of M.C. Escher’s impossible spaces.
THE CHILDREN OF THE CLONE from superbrothers on Vimeo.
Whenever I am added as a contact by someone on Flickr, I always make a point of checking out their work to see where they are coming from in the art world. This is how I stumbled across the brilliance that is Superbrothers by Craig Adams.
I love oldschool videogames spanning Atari, Commodore and the NES, and Craig’s art and animation is honest to that era while combining it with a vintage film style. Even though the videos and art are made of tiny(or large) squares, Craig brings them to life with his unique style and texture. Wonderful stuff, and judging by his ‘.ca’ url he is a fellow Canadian.
Check Superbrothers.ca for his videos, artwork and store.
My good friends Joel Lelièvre and Jonathan Mitchell are the guys behind the visual effects powerhouse Delicate Machines, located here in Halifax. They have a hefty portfolio which includes client work for Samsung, Coors, Johnnie Walker, MTV, Madonna, and so on. The caliber of their work speaks for itself.
They have just released the Delicate Machines Demo Reel 2008 which includes all of their current modeling, texturing, lighting, animation and compositing work.
The great Paul Rand (1914 – 1996), an American graphic designer best known for his corporate identity and collateral design. Along with my previous post about Saul Bass, Rand developed some of the greatest identities of the 1900s, most of which are still in use today. Shown above are:
1. American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC): 1962
2. IBM: 1972
3. United Parcel Service (UPS): 1961
4. Ford Motor Company (unused): 1966
5. Westinghouse: 1960
6. Yale University Press: 1985
7. Consolidated Cigar Corporation: 1959
8. Atlas Crankshaft Corporation: 1964
It is a huge shame that the Ford logo shown above went unused. Developed in 1966 it perfectly captures the forward-thinking nature of technology at the time while maintaining the Ford brand. Check out Rand’s extensive portfolio gallery at Paul-Rand.com.
