The artist: http://www.simonstalenhag.se/es.html
I always really liked these pieces. Mixing the mundane with scifi.
My friend does something similar and paints scifi elements on top of old boring prints from second hand stores. I’ll have to get a picture and share.
I love his work, I’m in the kickstarter for his new book and I can’t wait to see it
Oh I didn’t know that existed
Yeah, I supported his Labyrinth book (which is great) on there a while ago, so I got notified when the kickstarter for Swedish Machines was launched. It should be getting delivered fairly soon, I can’t wait!
Wasn’t they’re also a game that was based on the art coming out soon? I think I remember a bit of controversy thanks to the game makers not really asking him for permission.
There is a tv show called tales from the loop based on his work.
That might be what I was thinking of.
You may have conflated two separate things there. There’s a table-top game that, if iirc, he had a hand in making, which gets fairly well reviewed I think. There’s also a TV series (loosely) based on Tales From The Loop, which has essentially lost everything of value from the narrative of the book.
I LOVED the adaptations of Tales From The Loop but the trailer for the film based on this series was…incredibly disappointing
I have had a piece of Simon Stålenhag artwork as the background of literally every smartphone & pc I’ve ever owned.
His work is the best sci fi art I’ve seen. Another similar artist I discovered here on Lemmy is Jakub Rozalski.
Similar general theme, but mixing sci-fi more with medieval era. I think preference is down to taste in art style.
How long do you think the artist worked on this? An hour? A week? A month? A year?
This reminds me a lot of that area in Norman Reedus And The Magical Feetus… where you meet Mama I think?
