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Continuing the archive of independent Sci-Fi reporting (Archive Page 26).

Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot posters

November 9, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wow. This is a blast from the past. Are you old enough to remember Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot? It was a kaiju import from Japan, with bad dubbing and people in low budget costumes. No? There’s a video at the end of this post to bring you up to speed and/or infect your […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Etsy, Japan, kaiju, posters, sci-fi

10 scenes from concept artist Kentaro Kanamoto

October 19, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Now based in the USA Kentaro Kanamoto is a talented illustrator and concept artist. You can check out his professional portfolio here or his Deviant Art gallery. Sadly, Kanamoto hasn’t made any of his work available as prints on the site. He doesn’t give much about himself a way, except that he’s a fan of […]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: concept art, fantasy, sci-fi

The amazing art of Seungjin Woo

July 6, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Seungjin Woo is a concept artist who’s worked on Star Trek: Beyond. In fact, it’s his first feature film. However, the Vancouver based artist has oodles of experience at places like Double Negative, The Coalition Studio and Behaviour Interactive. His art is detailed and careful and yet conjures up broad strokes of imagination and wonder. […]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: dinosaurs, fantasy, iron man, sci-fi, steampunk

Realism and anime in one: The art of Dawn Pu

July 3, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Dawn Pu is an illustrator based in China. In Dawn’s Deviant Art collection you’ll find fan art, you’ll find gorgeous backgrounds and landscapes and you’ll find anime. The latter combine nicely; lovely backgrounds with anime style people. You can see that combination in the lead image above.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: anime, fantasy, sci-fi

The bold art of Ian McQue

June 30, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Local artist and native of Geek Native’s Edinburgh Ian McQue has a range of fantastic illustrations on show. He’s bot blogged for a while but pop over to

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: fantasy, sci-fi

Fighting Fantasy in Spaaaace! Stellar Adventures on Kickstarter

June 30, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Here’s a straight forward Kickstarter proposition for you. In 2011 Arion Games re-released the Advanced Fighting Fantasy RPG and now they’re offering to take it to space with Stellar Adventures. You can follow the campaign progress online. [Back this Campaign] There’s no video pitch. Arion are asking for £3,500 and with 20 days on the […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Advanced Fighting Fantasy, Arion Games, kickstarters, sci-fi

Game art and imagination from Jonas Åkerlund

June 29, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Jonas Åkerlund has an impressive range of styles. His professional profile keeps a focus on his work, rather than bragging sites, citing freelance and personal work. You can check him out on Deviant Art.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: fantasy, sci-fi

8 compelling illustrations from Raphael Lacoste

June 26, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Looking for some inspiration? In search for some interesting locations to set your next tabletop RPG encounter and give your players something to think about? Artist Raphael Lacoste might be your muse. You can sample Raphael’s work below, on Facebook, Deviant Art and official site.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: fantasy, sci-fi

Write or die: A review of An Android Awakes

June 25, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I thought An Android Awakes was going to be a comic book or graphic novel from Mike French. It certainly isn’t a comic book but I suppose you could call it a graphic novel. There are illustrations throughout the collection of short stories. You might be reminded of One Thousand and One Nights. In the […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: reviews, sci-fi

Powerful art from Stephan Martiniere

June 24, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Stephen Martiniere has worked for the likes of Disney, Universal, Paramount, DreamWorks, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox and others. Titles include Star Trek, Star Wars, Tron, The Fifth Element, Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers: Age of Ultron. Wow. You can check out his work over on his Portfolio or on his Facebook page. Good […]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: fantasy, sci-fi

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