Halb Mensch. Halb Ding.
I bought this beautiful poster from Martin Ansin last year, but didn’t receive it until just the other day (it’s a long way from Uruguay). I can’t wait to put it up on the wall I’ve got in mind for it.
PS: You can contact Martin if you’re interested in buying his posters. Both the art and the print itself are phenomenal.
Copenhagen is a treasure trove of street art, with its hip and healthy anti-everything sub-cultures. A living mosaic created in unison by hundreds of more or less talented people, some of whom take great pride in their work and then of course a large following who are satisfied leaving their mark across the city, in much the same manner as a dog would. We’re lucky, in that living in the heart of Copenhagen, we often come across some pretty interesting pieces, some of which I’ve documented. And amongst them, the above, rather obscure and easily overlooked one, is a favorite of mine.
Also check out the Little Brother project.
Rikke recently gifted me this poster. We had it framed and are now trying to figure out which wall in the apartment is actually strong enough to bear it.
At first I was confident it would hang nicely over our bed. Unfortunately it’s a cardboard room-divider more than it is a wall, and so I question whether or not I really want to wake up one night with a framed pixel-art poster of New York embedded in my skull?
So the search continues.
I came across this cover (here), for Science Fiction Monthly, volume 1, issue 2, released in February 1974. The art is by one of my favorites, Chris Foss, a science fiction artist mostly known for his outlandish and colorful spaceships. He was one of the artists Ridley Scott brought over from the scuttled Dune project, to Alien. And you might recognize his style from the game Homeworld, to which he was a major inspiration (as thanked in the credits).
Does it remind you of anything? Such as…
Alright, so I promised to get started on Comic Club quite a while back, but I never picked up the reins and got it going proper. Well, it’s never too late I hope.
There’s a 400-page Ralph McQuarrie art book on its way in 2007. I can’t wait!
“The ones we’re most excited to be offering are three thumbnail drawings Ralph did the day he got the script from George Lucas and Gary Kurtz,” explains Scoleri. “On the surface, they’re just three little pencil sketches of two spaceships flying around a planet — but when you realize the historical significance of these pieces, you’re taken aback. We’re talking about the FIRST Star Wars drawings — ever!”
Other than his Star Wars work, I’m really looking forward to finally seeing his Battlestar work in high quality.
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