Chesley Bonestell art.

[Grump Martian]

Since being a child I can remember seeing pictures of space art. I was taken to the Moon seeing pictures of it's jagged mountainous surface. Here is a lovely impression of Saturn seen from Titan. From the 1940's. Why do we need space probes to go there? Just live off his imagination. Lol

[John]

I've been a follower of space art since I was a teenager, Bonestell, Hardy, Foss, Dean and many others. The example you posted is one of the most evocative I agree.

I also discovered lots of these artists from 1970's album covers and the classic sci-fi novels that I used to read 🙂

 

 

 

Edited July 29, 2023 by John

[Grump Martian]

Hi John. I also liked the sc fi novel books cover art. Have a look at 'Visions of The Future' on youtube. They are accompanied with Tangerine Dream prog rock music from that era.

I think that there are a number of parts 1 to 5. 

I do collect space art books and have some by Foss.

Edited July 29, 2023 by Grump Martian
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[Swoop1]

Sci Fi art from that era was Sci Fi art at its very best.

I had a really great Roger Dean book which I leafed through on an almost weekly basis when I was a teenager. I loaned it to my girkfriend who dumped me a week later and kept the book😪

[Grump Martian]

39 minutes ago, Swoop1 said:

Sci Fi art from that era was Sci Fi art at its very best.

I had a really great Roger Dean book which I leafed through on an almost weekly basis when I was a teenager. I loaned it to my girkfriend who dumped me a week later and kept the book😪

Why not search for a copy of that book Swoop.

[Swoop1]

14 minutes ago, Grump Martian said:

Why not search for a copy of that book Swoop.

I intend to Grump- it is on the list of things to find.

[maw lod qan]

That is amazing.

I can only dream of being that talented!

[Budgie1]

Have you tried making your own space art? 

About 10 years ago I found some tutorials about how to create planets & starfields in Photoshop, so I had a go.

I've not tried again since, but here's a few of what I came up with:

[symmetal]

Anybody remember Science Fiction Monthly, a UK large format ( around A3 size) magazine published from 1974 to 1976. It specialized in many full page pictures of art created by those mentioned above and others. I think I bought every volume including the binders to protect them. Not sure what happened to them. Probably lost during several house moves. 😪

Alan

[Paul M]

David A Hardy!

A link to an online resource: https://pin.it/6Ue6BLs

Edited July 29, 2023 by Paul M

[Grump Martian]

1 hour ago, Budgie1 said:

Have you tried making your own space art? 

About 10 years ago I found some tutorials about how to create planets & starfields in Photoshop, so I had a go.

I've not tried again since, but here's a few of what I came up with:

Would you post details of the instructions on producing this art. They are fine pictures.

[Swoop1]

Some of the old (and not so old) sci fi comic art was brilliant as well.

I remember getting a Dan Dare annual as a young teenager. The colour artwork in some of the stories was fabulous.

I was also a big 2000AD fan so love the Judge Dredd, ABC Warriors, Rogue Trooper etc.

Edit Found the annual. 1974 edition-

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dan-Dare-Annual-1974/dp/B00JNMPXNU

Edited July 29, 2023 by Swoop1

[Budgie1]

36 minutes ago, Grump Martian said:

Would you post details of the instructions on producing this art. They are fine pictures.

Here are a couple I still have in my bookmarks (that work):

Solar Voyager

Create a Planet

If you Google "how to make a planet photoshop tutorial" there are YouTube tutorials on there as well.

I found a couple more images I did.

[Nakedgun]

On 29/07/2023 at 04:16, Swoop1 said:

 

I had a really great Roger Dean book which I leafed through on an almost weekly basis when I was a teenager. 

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Was it his "Views" book? I bought this mid-70s, had it for many years and not sure how it came to be missing from my collection (can't blame my wife!).

https://www.google.com/search?q=roger+dean+views&oq=roger+dean+views&aqs=chrome.0.0i67i355i650j46i67i650j0i22i30l3j0i390i650j69i61l2.5974j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

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Edited July 30, 2023 by Nakedgun

[Nakedgun]

On 28/07/2023 at 21:10, Grump Martian said:

Since being a child I can remember seeing pictures of space art. I was taken to the Moon seeing pictures of it's jagged mountainous surface. Here is a lovely impression of Saturn seen from Titan. From the 1940's. Why do we need space probes to go there? Just live off his imagination. Lol

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Here are a couple of items I recommend for Bonestell fans:

 

Published 2001

 

DVD more recent

 

 

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[Swoop1]

3 hours ago, Nakedgun said:

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Was it his "Views" book? I bought this mid-70s, had it for many years and not sure how it came to be missing from my collection (can't blame my wife!).

https://www.google.com/search?q=roger+dean+views&oq=roger+dean+views&aqs=chrome.0.0i67i355i650j46i67i650j0i22i30l3j0i390i650j69i61l2.5974j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

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That’s the one👍