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Re: Sci Fi tech/art books and inspiration
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lugnet.space
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Wed, 6 Dec 2000 01:21:52 GMT
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As you can tell by my style of design (blocky and functional - not much
sleekness), I'm very interested in actual artist renditions of early to late
21st century space craft. I don't have the names, but I picked up a few
space books that simply talked about the topic in general, and then had
large glossies at the back of some cool paintings. One was sort of like the
2001 discovery, but halfway between that and the ship from Mission to mars.
So I would see things like space tugs, big inner solar exploration vessels
with rotating sections for gravity (like the Russian ship off of 2010),
truss-like bodies that connected the forward living pods and cargo bay to
the rear fission reactor.
In lugnet.space, Jon Palmer writes:
> In the drop ship thread the Aliens Colonial Marines book was mentioned.
> Sounds very cool. I found it for $14 at Fatbrain.com. I haven't bought it
> yet though.
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> What I was wondering about were other cool technical manuals of this
> variety. All I really have are SW Essential Guide to Vehicles And Vessels
> and the two cross section books. Not really technical but they have some
> cool illustrations and a little info.
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| A great source of inspiration for me comes from the art work for Anime and various scifi movies. Syd Mead is the artist responsible for the look of 2010, Aliens, Blade Runner and others. He has several books out, and I've purchased a couple. Check (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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| In the drop ship thread the Aliens Colonial Marines book was mentioned. Sounds very cool. I found it for $14 at Fatbrain.com. I haven't bought it yet though. What I was wondering about were other cool technical manuals of this variety. All I really (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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