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Ambitious and Unusual Buildings That Won't Join New York's Skyline
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Yesterday, we showed you the posters ABC commissioned in honor of Lost's final season. But the other artwork at Gallery 1988's Lost-themed art show is wilder, weirder, and even more obsessed with the Smoke Monster. More »Tank-Racecar Mashups are a Different Brand of Hybrid Vehicle
What do you get when you cross an oil tanker with a chopper? How about tank with a racecar or a taxi? You might end up with cartoonist Stan Mott's surreal illustrations of imaginary vehicles. More »Sharks and Bears Frolic Through a Post-Human World
Need an antidote to those apocalyptic scenarios filled with gray skies and scorched earth? Josh Keyes' witty paintings depict a kinder, gentler post-apocalyptic world, where humans have simply vanished, giving fish, fowl, and the occasional bear some elbow room. More »A Map Of The Cathedral Galaxy, Including Ancient Alien Artifacts
Aerospace engineer Joseph Shoer whipped up this cool map of a galactic civilization in his spare time, when he wasn't researching designs for real-life spacecraft. Not only is this galaxy thoroughly mapped, but it's also got an ultrafast transportation system. More »Artists Take on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Gallery 1988's art shows frequently pay tribute to fantastical popular culture, and soon the gallery will take a trip to Eternia with its Masters of the Universe show. Take a peek at how the artists reinterpret He-Man, Skeletor, and more. More »Humans Are the Monsters in Revamped Horror Posters
While a lot of horror movies pit helpless humans against gigantic animals, it's often animals who fall prey to more powerful humans. An ad campaign from the Center for Migratory Species recasts humans as the monsters in classic movie posters. More »Marvel and Disney Characters Attempt Corporate Synergy
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James Cameron spent years creating Avatar's floating islands and crazy dragons, and then an army of concept artists brought them to life. But maybe they had some inspiration from somewhere else? Like classic album-cover artist Roger Dean? Behold the evidence. More »Relive the Human-Machine War with Matrix Concept Art
Even if you prefer to pretend that the latter Matrix movies don't exist, you can still appreciate these gloomy pieces of concept art from The Matrix trilogy, filled with sinister machines and the interminable levels of the human city Zion. More »Cephalopods of Mass Destruction Stalk the Seas
Giant jellyfish and cephalopods are fearsome enough on their own, but wait until they get their tentacles on man-made weapons. Keith Noordzy's Man-Made Disaster series pairs natural monsters with technological menaces. More »They Arrived On Titan Just As Saturn Was Setting
The captain brought their ship in low over the old lake jetty, parts of it crumbling with age. As the thin band of Saturn's rings reflected the sunlight, sparks seemed to fly from methane waves as they frothed to shore. More »Maps of Zombie Outbreaks Throughout History
The overwhelming popularity of zombies may be a relatively recent phenomenon, but in alternate timelines, zombie attacks have been a problem for centuries. These alternate history maps outline the geography these undead epidemics and the measures taken to combat them. More »5 Designers Reveal Secrets Of James Cameron's Avatar
James Cameron's Avatar required many technical miracles, including next-gen 3-D cameras and motion-capture, but it also needed years of sketching and brainstorming from a platoon of concept-artists and designers. We talked to five designers, and learned Avatar's secret design history. More »Interdimensional Portals Drawn With Nothing But Light
Jan Wöllert and Jörg Miedza are light graffiti artists, creating otherworldly photographs using various light sources. The eye-popping scenes they compose evoke wormholes, time-travel devices, and eerily lit portals to other worlds. More »