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future disasters
The Shattered World Of 2050 Glows With Unearthly Beauty
The sands of a renewed desert claim the remains of Las Vegas in 2050. It's not a still from Resident Evil 3, it's one of the terrifying future visions from The Age Of Stupid, a new environmental docudrama. Gallery below. More »
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Comment by Dunny0: So, did the people of 2050 truck in a bunch of sand to Vegas, or did we just move the... 8 Responses | Other threads
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marco brambilla
The Video Mural Road To Hell Is Paved In Pop Culture Clips
Dancing Hitlers, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and Britney Spears are the thin line that separate Heaven and Hell us in Marco Brambilla's video mural. This moving video installation, appearing in NYC's Standard Hotel, is an unforgettable vista. More »
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Comment by Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: I'm very happy that the director of "Demolition Man", an seriously underrated classic, now has his own tag. 5 Responses | Other threads
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fairy tale endings
There Is No Happily Ever After In Fallen Princesses
Dina Goldstein's photo series Fallen Princesses revisits the origins of classic fairy tale heroines and finds things not exactly as we remember them from childhood tales. Click through for more. More »
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Comment by Kakkoister: Ewww, who would name a magazine after such a shitty file format? Should have named it PNG Magazine. 6 Responses | Other threads
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concept art
Gorgeous Short Film About a Bio-Robot With Endless Desire - For Water
Youngwoong Jang is a Korean student filmmaker whose short "Mirage," about a tiny cyborg who needs a drop of water to survive, is one of the most beautiful examples you'll see of CGI as art. More »
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Comment by BullfightsOnAcid: Great short film! I originally saw this on KQED's Imagemakers which is a showcase of short films from around the... 3 Responses | Other threads
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concept art
Tesla's Lightning-Eating Mansion in Upstate New York
It was like a haunted factory, with its massive electrical generators rising up like armored fists next what was once modest farmhouse. The locals saw how it seemed to bring down lightning during storms, and they never knew why. More »
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Comment by Paladin656: Congratulations y09. You have discovered what some of the rest of us like to call SteamPunk. .. .. .. Sarcasm aside, these are... 1 Responses | Other threads
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superart
Starry Starry (Batsignal-Filled) Night
We all agree that comic books can be art, but here are some particular takes on classic paintings may be taking that argument just a little bit too literally (Wait until you see the Wolverine Lichtenstein). More »
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Comment by Alizarin: Neither is original. Don't get me started, I'm an art major. Hah. Sesame Street beat both of them by years:... 2 Responses | Other threads
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concept art
A Future of Hot Air Balloons and Giant Elephant Robots
In this strange city, whose buildings are a hodgepodge of history, a passenger balloon floats across your field of vision. Miles away, a bus sails through the air and a giant elephant robot is engaged in some inexplicable construction project. More »
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Comment by 92BuickLeSabre: Why is everyone always so insistent that we missed some great moment when we abandoned balloon travel? I mean... 12 Responses | Other threads
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concept art
Portrait Of An Imperial Bureaucrat In Turmoil
This intense portrait of the evil Grand Moff Tarkin is just one of several cool vintage scifi portraits by concept designer Jason Chalker. Chalker worked on the film A Scanner Darkly, and has a new show about monsters. More »
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Comment by ThisDudeRufus: Whatever happened to Moff, the poster? I haven't seen him recently, and he had some weight around here. Had his... 9 Responses | Other threads
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"Battlestar Galactica
Ancient Cylon Warrior Almost Looked Like Darth Vader
Battlestar Galactica's effects genius Gary Hutzel and model-maker Pierre Drolet had to create some ancient Cylon remains for the Galactica crew to dig up. So they reached into Japanese Samurai designs... and his first efforts looked quite like Darth Vader. More »
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Comment by Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Guys. Isn't it pretty common knowledge that Darth's whole look was samurai inspired? 12 Responses | Other threads
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watchmen
Emaciated Dr. Manhattan Art Finds An Appropriate Home
We adore the mad work of artist Alex Pardee, especially his deranged take on movies. So we're doubly happy that his Dr. Manhattan piece found a good home, with none other than Watchmen director Zack Snyder. [Eye Suck Ink]
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Comment by tetracycloide: this is incredibly circuitous but there's a district 9 poster up in the background of one of the shots on... more » | Other threads
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Mark Wernham
First Glimpse Inside Mark Wernham's Dystopian 1965 Saga
Mark Wernham's Clarke Award-nominated Martin Martin's On The Other Side left us eager to see what he came up with for his second book. Now he's providing a surreal first glimpse at his next novel, with an art gallery show. More »
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Comment by Daveinva: "First Glimpse Inside Mark Wernham's Dystopian 1965 Saga" DRINK! more » | Other threads
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art
In The Future, Brian Eno Will Squirt Crazy Juice Directly Onto Your Retinas
The Sydney Opera House finally achieves its destiny of looking like a space cruiser being eaten by the jealous gods of hyperspace, in an art installation by musical superfreak Brian Eno. The U2/Devo producer blasted some of his tie-dye-esque art onto the walls in an installation called "77 Million Paintings." More »
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Comment by awolgamer: Oooh, I love Eno. Is there no music of his involved in this project? Someday my favorite rooms... 1 Responses | Other threads
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monsters among us
The Bizarre Collective Consciousness of Slime Mold
This shimmering, metallic structure isn't a new configuration of carbon nanotubes. It's actually a slime mold, which grows on dead plants. Not only does it look alien, but it has a very alien lifecycle. Individual slime mold cells can merge into one giant cell, up to 30 meters across. More »
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Comment by Mount_Prion: "I collect spores, molds, and fungus." ~My hero. 3 Responses | Other threads
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science art
The Weird Surfaces Of Undersea Life, In Crochet And Plastic Trash
Weirdest science art we've seen lately: artists working with the Institute for Figuring have recreated the hyperbolic surfaces of undersea reefs using the plastic garbage that is helping to kill them — plus a lot of crocheting as well. Artworks include "The Ladies' Silurian Atoll" and "Cambrian Explosion Reef."
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Comment by Klebert L. Hall: "the plastic garbage that is helping to kill them" What mechanism are you proposing for this? Over-harvesting and water temperature change are... 2 Responses | Other threads
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alien war art
Our Ever Changing War Of The Worlds
Humanity has been at war with Mars for over 100 years! HG Wells' War of The Worlds has stayed in print since its debut, and that means more than a century of awesome cover artwork. More »
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Comment by Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: That first one is inspired and that's the first cartoon monocular Dutch martian I've ever seen that doesn't look cute.... 3 Responses | Other threads
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concept art
When Machines Destroy the Earth - A Gallery
What will the planet look like when robots scorch it into sulfurous dirt? Or when machines convert the human world into a pile of iron and sludge? Check out our gallery of art that shows the world after the techno-apocalypse. More » -
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Scans Pierce To The Heart Of A Rocket Ship In Flight
This rocket ship thrums with a translucent glow as it slips into hyperspace in preparation for the long transgalactic voyage. Okay, actually, it's just a toy ship which artist Satre Stuelke has run through a CT scanner. Want to see more of his CT-scanner art? More »
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Comment by russdanger: Isn't there someone waiting to use this thing to find...I don't know...a brain tumor, maybe?... 1 Responses | Other threads
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concept art
The Robots Who Were Halfway Between Disco and Punk
This image comes from a 1978 issue of futurist magazine OMNI, to illustrate an article on robots. In this picture, and several others below, you can see the cyberpunk look of the 1980s slowly erasing the more surreal, hallucinatory scifi styles of the 1960s and 70s. (One image possibly NSFW.) More » -
concept art
Concept Designs We Want to See In The "Where the Wild Things Are" Movie
Spike Jonze is finishing his movie adaptation of dark kids' classic Where the Wild Things Are. We've found a cache of Wild Things-inspired art that we wish would find its way into his flick. More »
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Comment by Smeagol92055: R.O.A.C.H.: Well, we can still hold out hope for the Spike Jonze cut on DVD, right? Hell, they've got unrated versions of... 6 Responses | Other threads
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concept art
Giant Robots Always Have The Right Of Way On Any City Street
I utterly love Monstertree's image of a robot preparing to terrorize a Japanese city. It's just one of the great images people have posted in ConceptArt.org's robot-art challenge. Click through to see another favorite. More » -
science art
An Organic Solar Power Cell's Beautiful Flaw
This isn't the mysterious landscape of an alien world. It's a closeup of annealed organic solar cells, complete with device-ruining cracks. It's just one of the amazing images from this year's Art Of Science competition. More »
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Comment by Grey_Area: Why are those annealed organic solar cells staring at me? 5 Responses | Other threads
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concept art
What Happened When Gray Goo Washed Over the City
What started as a small leak of weaponized nano quickly grew in size as it consumed and reshaped every material it touched in the city. Eventually it towered over the wreckage in an oozing wave. More » -
aerial photography
Incredibly Strange Landscapes Created By Humans
No, this isn't Photoshopped - it's a real image, taken from a helicopter among the apartment buildings of mainland Hong Kong. Photographer Jason Hawkes captures bizarre human-made formations from the air - some unrecognizable. More »
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Comment by corpore-metal: That first image is positively arcology-like! I love pictures of hyper-dense urban living. (Suburbia sucks!) Makes me almost want to... 18 Responses | Other threads
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art
New York's Alien Spider Nest Smells Like The Spice Winds
The alien spider queen got inside your space station, and now every bulkhead is covered with intoxicating, shimmering night-silk. That's what this new Park Avenue Armory installation by artist Ernesto Neto brings to mind, anyway. More »
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Comment by Smeagol92055: R.O.A.C.H.: Your MOM smells like the spice winds! *high fives CrashedPC, runs away* 9 Responses | Other threads
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concept art
The Shipping Docks Are Crowded With Alien Vessels In Spring
She loved to watch the alien ships come in, bearing their loads of spice and AI processors. There was a perfect view of the star yards from her tiny apartment in the projects. More »
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Comment by corpore-metal: I've always been a sucker for paintings of plant-sized space hulks floating in spatial dry docks--Chris Foss' work especially. But these... 17 Responses | Other threads
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nano-art
There's A Hole In The Microverse!
This awesome piece of nano-art shows dislocations in an arrangement of nano-crystals, each one 300 times smaller than a human hair. But it looks like the micro-universe is about to break into our own. More »
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Comment by goldfarb: "Without the vivid colours generated by computer software, these transparent structures are instead defined by their topography, geometry and symmetry." I... 6 Responses | Other threads
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underground metropolis
Kevin Spacey's Alternate London Sells Out, Returns
Underneath London, there's a temporary city waiting to be discovered... One inspired by Metropolis and graffitti artist Banksy, and created by Kevin Spacey and friends. Strange and true, Tunnel 228 is alternate reality come true. More »
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Comment by Kevin Jones: Sounds awesome, hopefully people will support things like this in other cities. Art rules. 1 Responses | Other threads
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science photography
How Would You Like A Giant Poison Stinger Buried Deep Inside Your Brain?
Here you can see an ant shooting a dose of venom straight into a centipede's head. The centipede is translucent, so you can actually see the stinger in its brain. And there's more. More »
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concept photography
Childhood Nightmares Cannot Be Photoshopped Away
That is no CGI arm reaching into this frightened girl's bedtime room. It's a flesh-and-blood creature whose hideous claws and shocking maw are real enough to touch. More » -
terminator salvation
Your Morning Commute Is Terminated!
A T-600 (from Terminator Salvation) took over Toronto's Yonge and Bloor subway station, flashing its eyes and moving around, to the terror of morning commuters. A few more super-detailed pics below. More »
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Comment by corpore-metal: Why would Skynet make them so inhumanly tall and beefy? Wouldn't make them really easy to spot as they tried... 9 Responses | Other threads
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design
A Transforming Tetrahedron Invades Korea
One solitary Transformer has taken over one of Seoul's oldest buildings. This bizarre-looking building can become a movie theater, a fashion exhibition, a live performance space, and maybe a killer robot. More »
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Comment by alphanumeric1971: So would should look not to the tech industry for the oncoming robot apocalypse, but Milan high fashion runways? 1 Responses | Other threads
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concept art
The Nightmares of Robots Grew Inside Us
He was just an ordinary housebot, designed to lift rocks and clean the laundry. But his creators repurposed him for war, never imagining that he might be afraid, and resist the urge to kill. More »
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Comment by Jeb_Hoge: I guess it's not enough to ascribe human emotions to plants, now we're going to do it to machines as... 9 Responses | Other threads
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concept art
Covers That Rock: The Truth Revealed!
Yesterday, we took a journey into the unknown, with fantastic images that could have been science-fiction book covers or rock album covers. Today, the unbelievable truth is revealed! More »
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Comment by se7a7n7: Charlie, I might suggest you check out the Giorgio Moroder Battlestar Galactica record. SUPER SWEET!!! [4.bp.blogspot.com] I actually have this among... 3 Responses | Other threads
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eco-dystopia
The Agonizing Loveliness Of Global Warming Maps
The maps over at GlobalWarmingArt are astonishingly fierce and beautiful, including this map showing the intensity of tropical storms. Other maps, below, show rising global temperatures and melting icecaps. More »
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Comment by winshape: From the article: This map shows the tracks and intensity of all recorded tropical storms, cyclones, and hurricanes. The more intense... 6 Responses | Other threads
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concept art
Moody Concept Design For "The Road" Is Artwork In Its Own Right
The movie version of Cormac McCarthy's The Road still doesn't have a release date, months after it was supposed to come out. But at least production designer Chris Kennedy's brilliant concept art has appeared online. More »
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Comment by omgwtflolbbqbye: Cooking with Cormac McCarthy Pasta. Plain. But Good. INGREDIENTS: Pasta. And salt. And water. And Fire. DIRECTIONS: Place the pasta in the water and the salt in the... 8 Responses | Other threads
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concept art
Ships Clogged the Air, Their Exhaust Mingling with Smog from the Ring City Overhead
At dawn, they set out to find their culprit, who might be anywhere in this vast city. Its stinking sprawl spanned the planet below, and hung from several massive rings overhead. More »
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Comment by Feyhra: Pretty pictures indeed..but..what kind of hatch is #3, exactly? 1 Responses | Other threads
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concept art
Every Modern-Day Boogeyman Needs a "Portable Gloom Environment"
It's hard to socialize when you're a Boogeyman because all you want to do is hide under beds and growl. That's why artist Nemo Gould has created this Portable Gloom Environment. More »
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Comment by Mount_Prion: The portable gloom environment looks like a really fancy vaporizer to me... ...oh, would you look at the date. 1 Responses | Other threads
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mythical beasts
Discover A Museum Of The Impossible
This recreation of the Lion of Gundavore is just one of a menagerie of mythical and unreal beasts that populate the "Museum of the Mad, the Macabre, and the Marvelous". Click through for more. More »
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Comment by ragincajun67: Those things are pretty gross, but the lion thing reminds me of the Beast in one of my favorite movies... 10 Responses | Other threads
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spockorama
Spock's Backstory Revealed in the Special JJ Abrams Issue of Wired
Wired's "mysteries and puzzles" issue hits stands today with a guest editor: Star Trek director J.J. Abrams. He's included a (mysterious) comic that fills in Spock's new backstory for the flick. We've got a peek. More » -
robot art
Enter Your Robotic Art in the RoboGames' Annual Art Expo!
Are you an artist or maker who loves to build robots whose sole purpose in life is to be artistic rather than to destroy humans or build ships? Then we've got the perfect art expo for you, and you can enter your art robots now! More »
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Comment by Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Ok, so with all the posts recently with sexy results I saw this title as being "Enter your erotic art... 2 Responses | Other threads
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