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Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · Aug 12

‘Model 3’ O’Neill cylinder space habitat by Don Davis (1975)

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Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 2h

a man wearing a cowboy hat is making a funny face while standing next to a car .

ALT: a man wearing a cowboy hat is making a funny face while standing next to a car .

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Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 2h

Can’t remember specifically - was too long ago. But I loved ‘Dreaming’ mythologies of First Nations Australians and the living land so it had something to do with that.

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A rare appearance of one of my own paintings imaginatively titled ‘Eyes in the Ground’ (1995, oils on canvas)

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Art by Clyde Caldwell for Magic the Gathering (2001)

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My childhood in six books. Usborne Books The World of The Future series (1979) and The World of the Unknown (1977) 2/2

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My childhood in six books. Usborne Books The World of The Future series (1979) and The World of the Unknown (1977) 1/2

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Art by David A Hardy for the German edition of Doctor Who: Dalek Invasion of Earth novel (1975)

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Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 4d

1975 concept art by Ron Cobb for Star Wars

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Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 5d

Then followed a number of copycat but equally fun books 3/3

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Galactic Encounters also by Cowley (under a pseudonym I think) more or less repackaged and expanded this material for another bite at the cherry 2/3

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Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 5d

The Terran Trade Authority series were science fiction art books published in the late 1970s & early 80s, created by British author Stewart Cowley using previously published paintings from sci-fi artists of the era, weaving elaborate fictional histories around the imagery. 1/3

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Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 6d

Art by Steve R Dodd ‘Deep Space: Methane Hurricane’ (2025, acrylics on canvas board)

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Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 7d

Defender Atari 2600 (1981). Box art by Steve Hendricks

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Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 8d

RIP legendary Italian movie poster artist Renato Casaro 1935 - 2025

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Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 8d

National Geographic Picture Atlas of Our Universe by Roy A. Gallant, 1980. Front cover art by John Berkey

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Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 9d

Aurora-Magellan Cruiser by Jeff Ridge from Tour of the Universe by Malcolm Edwards & Robert Holdstock (1980)

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OriginalVideoGameArt.com @ovga.bsky.social · 9d

Turns out those initials are actually MD and the artist is UK illustrator Mark Duffin, who also did the Atari ST box art for Tempest, though Mark confirmed for OVGA that neither original painting was ever returned. Mark said both were a rush and had to be done overnight!