Visions from a future past.
Depiction of a colossal domed city "parked" on a sparsely grass covered tundra, steam billowing in from it's exhausts, others like it are seen floating in the distance implying these are in fact airborne mega cities. Smaller counterparts along with a crowd of people in the foreground help to illustrate just how monstrously large this structure is.
It's set in a mountainous terrain set against a blazing sky, further in the distance spires and other domed structures are visible suggesting this could be a transit site for substantial populations.
Like all my work this piece is inspired by the commercial art of the 1970s and 1980s, specifically the science fiction and fantasy art of my youth as found on book covers/video game box art/comics/advertisements/movie posters/vhs sleeves etc. of those eras.
I hope to convey the sense of wonder and outlandishness that this "genre" imparted and continues to impart in me, a future that while sometimes a little bit on the spooky side was at least thrilling and, ultimately, optimistic about humanities endeavors and adventures yet to come.
Conceived by Alice Mako, visualized with AI.
I'm a creative from a small town in the east of the Netherlands, probably better known for being a producer of royalty free audio but as it happens i also do visual art, some of which is now available here.
Mychief focus is retrofuturistic landscapes as i find those..
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