Retro Scifi Visions V by Alice Mako

About "Retro Scifi Visions V"

by Alice Mako

About the artwork

Visions from a future past.

Depiction of a terrestrial spaceport buzzing with activity, local and off world vessels alike come and go from all directions. Billowing streams of steam emitted from it's exhausts fill the surrounding valley.

In the distance one can see spires of other grandiose structures, further back still the outline of the nearest megalopolis is visible with the nearest star looming large overhead along with an artificial star on the right, the whole being set against a blazing fiery sky surrounded by craggy mountainous terrain.

The foreground features a large cargo vessel on it's way home and on a nearby cliff an even larger parked vehicle overlooks the scene, perhaps the equivalent of a touring bus about to take visitors on a journey through this world.

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.