A short animation by Kieran Duncan that’s part MSc project and done in association with Axis Animation. It’s an unofficial tie in with the release of The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug. It feels brief but took 13 weeks to make and has a simply wonderful papercraft effect. Time to dare some short film roulette. Click […]
Short film: H.I.S.S.
I’m a fan of Sneaky Zebra. They’ve appeared on Geek Native before with some great cosplay videos. This is different. H.I.S.S. is Sneaky’s entry into the SciFi London 48 hour film challenge. They had only 48 hours to make a film based on a title, a prop or action and a line of dialogue. The […]
Three clever Mass Effect / Star Wars mashups
Created by Zarnala, an Vietnamese speaking American artist, is this set of three mashups. We’ve Mass Effect races blended with Star Wars roles. Kinda. The Stormtrooper is decked out in N7 branded armour, the Asari has gone Sith and the Salarian Jedi.
Weapon IX’s minimalist Star Wars designs
Deviant Artist Weapon IX has created a set of minimalist Star Wars ship designs that would be perfect as posters. There’s a sample here and more in Weapon’s gallery.
Trek Wars: Chewie and Wicket in Starfleet
This charming mashup was created by Rey Paez. Even more impressively, the whole thing was created in the Procreate app for the iPad. Take a look at the iPad screenshots section on iTunes for Procreate for geek friendly examples.
See the way ahead with this X-Wing lamp
Even a powerful Star Wars fan might struggle to home this impressive X-Wing lamp. Artist Benjamin Rice created the glowing spacecraft as part of a event in London about inner city cycling. If you take a second peak at the design you can see it’s been made out of old bike parks.
Star Wars Day: Alternative Stormtrooper helments
“Legion” is a a three-day gallery show from Lucasfilm which ends on Star Wars Day (May the 4th). Disney artists have taken their talents to the infamous Stormtrooper helmet design. Former social media site Mashable shared a peak at the exhibit. Do You Want Ants Alex Riegert-Waters Lonely Hearts at Trooper Rock Dan Owen, global […]
The art of Jake Murray
Jake Murray is an illustrator from Columbus, Ohio who specialises in sci-fi. Jake creates for publishing and advertising markets as well as doing plenty of work in gaming. In particular, gamers might know his work for Fantasy Flight Games. Alternatively, his work for AEG, Dark Horse, Solaris or Mongoose Publishing might well have him on […]
Flamebait: If male superheroes were treated equally by pin-up artists
Stephen Byrne has one picture on his Deviant Art profile at the time of posting. It’s this one. It has hundreds of comments. At a first glance it looks like another way to point out how female superheroes can be drawn very differently from male superheroes. Is there more to it, though? The title is […]
Game of Thrones posters by Aki Yun Lee
These posters along with some Bioshock Infinite, Skyrim and Avatar art is available for purchase at This Side Up. They’re the work of Aki Yun Lee, who you can see more of on Deviant Art. The bad news? Only ships to the US.