Digital Sci-Fi Art

For as long as science fiction has existed, illustrators have given form to imagined futures: gleaming megacities, barren alien planets, streamlined vehicles and starships, grotesque mutants, and unsettling extraterrestrial creatures. As more painters and draftspeople move from pencil and paint to the computer, these images have become remarkably lifelike.

The book features work from some of the world's top sci-fi artists. It opens by looking at the traditional approaches and sources behind science fiction imagery, then turns to the digital tools that illustrators use today. Its core is a detailed guide to the main techniques of digital sci-fi art, with step-by-step walkthroughs that show how particular pieces were built from start to finish.

The final section presents a showcase of some of the strongest contemporary work being made around the globe.