Visions from a future past.
Depiction of an extradimensional gate or portal freshly opened somewhere in the vastness of space, atmosphere billowing outwards along with a fleet of ships. Perhaps they're a trade delegation or an invasion force.
Front and center is a mothership, the view of it's capital city visible behind it, great jets of atmospheric liquids streaming past it while below a giant carrier vessel can be seen gliding fowards.
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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