Visions from a future past.
Depiction of a fortress-like facility built in to the mountainside, brightly lit underneath a by a lava flow underneath evoking the suggesting of it serving as an industrial smelter or perhaps a refinery of sorts.
It's flanked by a number of flying saucers along with sundry minor structures and a suspended highway crosses the foreground bustling with traffic, the whole reinforcing the sense that this is a place filled with activity.
The whole is situated in a mountainous area set against a relatively clear sky with some cosmic details.
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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