Digital Art @lemmy.world vatlark @lemmy.world 2mo ago

Daily life + scifi

The artist: http://www.simonstalenhag.se/es.html

I always really liked these pieces. Mixing the mundane with scifi.

My friend does something similar and paints scifi elements on top of old boring prints from second hand stores. I'll have to get a picture and share.

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I love his work, I’m in the kickstarter for his new book and I can’t wait to see it
- Oh I didn't know that existed
  
  Yeah, I supported his Labyrinth book (which is great) on there a while ago, so I got notified when the kickstarter for Swedish Machines was launched. It should be getting delivered fairly soon, I can’t wait!
- Wasn't they're also a game that was based on the art coming out soon? I think I remember a bit of controversy thanks to the game makers not really asking him for permission.
  
  There is a tv show called tales from the loop based on his work.
  
  You may have conflated two separate things there. There’s a table-top game that, if iirc, he had a hand in making, which gets fairly well reviewed I think. There’s also a TV series (loosely) based on Tales From The Loop, which has essentially lost everything of value from the narrative of the book.
I have had a piece of Simon Stålenhag artwork as the background of literally every smartphone & pc I've ever owned.

His work is the best sci fi art I've seen. Another similar artist I discovered here on Lemmy is Jakub Rozalski.

Similar general theme, but mixing sci-fi more with medieval era. I think preference is down to taste in art style.
There's this movie coming soon that seems rather... Inspired by these landscapes. They put him in the credits.
- I'm so pissed it looks like any other Hollywood action flick. Why can't they just make one based on the mood that these artworks give off? I don't need another run of the mill action movie.
- There’s also this show
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_from_the_Loop
  
  Created based on the art book from his with the same name
  
  Haven't read the book, but I'm kinda curious. I did like that show. This movie looks like it's going to be some cheap Disney-like cash-grab.
I'm a big fan of his work. I quit a job to work on a movie based on one of his books.
- Whoa! How is the movie coming along?
  
  .... not looking good... you can definitely tell its based on his work but totally misses the feeling of it, the way I feel tales from the loop really got.
How long do you think the artist worked on this? An hour? A week? A month? A year?
I get strong Fallout vibes from a lot of his stuff. Like it!
This reminds me a lot of that area in Norman Reedus And The Magical Feetus... where you meet Mama I think?

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