J. Otto Szatmari is an Hungarian digital artist, whose work includes floating cities, a flooded early-twentieth-century steampunk New York and poster art for the exciting dieselpunk project Acropolisworld.
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Rupam Raaj J. is a Japanese concept artist, whose personal work includes large World War II-era fighting machines.
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The “traction city” of London in Philip Reeve’s Mortal Engines (2001) and its 2018 film adaptation is probably the best-known example of a city on wheels. But it’s not the only one! In fact, there are enough examples in steampunk to call this a genre trope.
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Robert Theodore McCall (1919-2010) was an iconic illustrator of the Space Age. He created concept art for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) and was hired by NASA to document the history of the Space Race.
He also painted many scenes of what the future of space exploration might look like.
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Andrew Suryadi is a digital artist from Indonesia, who specializes in cityscapes and scenery. Some of his artworks are the perfect setting for a steampunk story.
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The cyberpunk adaptation of the beloved manga is definitely a step up from many other anime adaptations we’ve seen. With names such as Christopher Waltz and Jeniffer Connely, you know that at least the cast is strong and there to support the story.
You don’t have to be familiar with the setting of Alita, although you may be left with some questions if you aren’t. The entire history of the setting isn’t explained very well.
All we know is there’s a post-apocalyptic war and people are scrambling to survive in a mostly mechanical city. Cyborgs are common and some kind of evil villain lives in a splendid city in the sky.
It’s all a bit Hollywood-esque popcorn entertainment with, to be perfectly fair, a run-of-the-mill action/love story.
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Norman Bel Geddes was an American industrial designer and futurist who had a major influence on the streamlined Art Deco design of the 1930s and 40s.
Geddes started out as a theater set designer before opening his own industrial design studio in 1927. His early work included such consumer products as cocktail shakers and radio cabinets. He quickly moved on to more ambitious projects, including a teardrop-shaped car and the amphibian Airliner Number 4.
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John Malcolm is a British artist whose portfolio includes several steampunk pieces.
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Alejandro Burdisio is a Spanish cartoonist and illustrator, who has contributed concept art to the exciting dieselpunk project Acropolisworld. His personal work includes retro-futuristic robots and flying cars.
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