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Sci-Fi And Horror Movie Icons Re-imagined As Manga Characters

This is a fun series of fan art that features several sci-fi and horror movie characters re-imagined as manga characters. These iconic characters are all cute and adorable, but can still lay the smack down if they need to. These fine illustrations were done by Matsuda Yuusuke.

I would love to see a cartoon series based on these. Especially the Robocop one. Also featured are Terminator, Alien, Predator, Pinhead, and Hellboy. On a side note, I don’t think I have ever seen the Terminator portrayed with boobs before.

by Scifi Staff — October 22, 2014 in Art 0

Star Wars Art In The Style Of Northwest Coast Indian Art

This series by Scott Erickson is titled Alliance Is Rebellion. Characters and vehicles from Star Wars are imagined as traditional Northwest Coast Indian art. They combine old traditions with new mythologies in a striking way.

You can buy prints from Scott’s website.

Death Mask

Great Sun Bear

Grey Eagle Horse

Howling Crow

Hunter Mask

Silver Tenderfoot

Skull Mask

Walking Lodge

via Geekologie

by Scifi Staff — October 21, 2014 in Art 0

Star Trek’s CGI Pioneers

These days we all know about computer generated imagery. In fact many of us think that the Star Wars prequels had way too much of it and suffered because of this. Star Trek has always been a pioneer of the art-form and as such has helped shape the technology behind it. These videos are from a 1987 Open University documentary on computer aided design, highlighting some early examples of CGI and how it was used in Star Trek.

Both are well worth your time. It’s a fascinating look back at effects that we take for granted today. The first video looks at Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. The second video looks at some of the work done on the Genesis Device sequence from Star Trek II.

via The Trek Collective

by Scifi Staff — October 21, 2014 in Behind The Scenes 0

Concept Art From Deluxe New Alien: Isolation Art Book

The Art of Alien: Isolation is a lovely coffee-table book published by Titan Books, featuring more than 300 concept images, illustrations and sketches designed for the insanely popular SEGA videogame. To set the stage, Isolation takes place in the year 2137, 15 years after the events of Ridley Scott’s original Alien.

This book is 176-pages of amazing work from dozens of outstanding artists, painters and illustrators. It is the perfect companion to the game. There’s no doubt that you can get lost for hours in this book.

by Scifi Staff — October 20, 2014 in Art 0

The Great Martian War: CGI Martians Invade WWI Footage

This video clip will make you believe that the Martians invaded during WWI. It is that good. Of course we all know that that never happened. Last year the History channel aired a mockumentary about the “Great Martian War” of 1913-1917. The videos of the battles are the best part, which places War of the Worlds type aliens in real footage from World War I.

Directed by Christian Johnson and Steve Maher. This is a fun take on alternate history.

via Topless Robot

by Scifi Staff — October 15, 2014 in Animation/Fun Videos 0

Vintage Chinese Bootleg Star Wars Comic

Nick Stember has translated a 142 page Chinese comic book adaptation of Star Wars that was originally published in Guangdong, China, in the 1980s. It’s crazy stuff. It’s best just to take a look for yourself. It seems to have been made without viewing Return of the Jedi, since there are elements of the other movies and none from Jedi.

Below are just some of the panels. You can hit up Nick’s website for the rest. This is a strange rabbit hole to fall into, but you can easily lose a lot of time looking through all of the images and translations.

by Scifi Staff — October 13, 2014 in Art 0

X-Men: Days Of Future Past VFX Breakdown Featuring Mystique, Magneto And Quicksilver

This stunning VFX breakdown from Digital Domain, who worked on X-Men: Days of Future Past is a must watch. A lot of hard work goes into turning Jennifer Lawrence into Mystique. Sometimes it takes a whole other actor. The video shows the models and effects used for the scenes and much more.

It is amazing just how much work it takes to take the two actors and transform the scene. Oh and all of those amazing details at RFK stadium? That took a lot of work too and it looked great. Also check out Quicksilver’s VFX video. Great stuff. They are both very fascinating to watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyFo559P2DQ

by Scifi Staff — October 13, 2014 in Behind The Scenes 0

Guide To Star Trek Uniforms Infographic

Costumesupercenter created this cool Star Trek infographic that shows the Star Trek uniforms throughout the various TV series and movies. They forgot the Man-Skirt or Skant from The Next Generation premiere Encounter At Farpoint.

It is a handy infographic for those who can’t decide on a Halloween or comic-con costume. I think my favorites have always been the 1960’s uniforms and Kirk and crew’s movie uniforms. The Next Generation uniforms are cool too, if you don’t mind doing the Picard Maneuver.

by Scifi Staff — October 2, 2014 in Infographics 0

Flash Gordon Rocket Sled Art

The 1980 Flash Gordon movie was something else. Something crazy and special. You really had to be there and see it during that time. It had all kinds of weird visuals and it was all varying levels of over-the-top fun. Plus, a Queen soundtrack. You can never go wrong with a Queen soundtrack.

Designer Chris Foss created designs for the Hawkmen’s rocket sled that Flash rides, which weren’t used in the film. These are some really trippy designs. Most of them seem way better than what was used on screen.

Dino De Laurentiis called me when Flash Gordon was almost ready to go into production and asked me to come and see them in the studios because he wanted new versions of some of the designs that had already been done, which he obviously didn’t like. And, specifically, he wanted me to redesign the ‘Space Scooter.’

I saw Dino De Laurentiis, he gave me a verbal brief. I was then taken down to the department that was physically building the stuff and we discussed what this thing was supposed to do in the film. And I then went away and, over a long holiday, produced the designs for it.

via Filmsketchr