Showcase: Modern Retro-Futuristic Digital Art
Retro-futuristic art, which refers to how artists in the past envision the future, bring to mind classic movies such as Mad Max, Star Trek, and The Terminator. When today’s designers and digital artists — armed with digital graphics software such as Photoshop and Illustrator — interpret retro-futuristic styles from the past, the results are quite enthralling. For your inspiration, feast your eyes on this collection of retro-futuristic digital art.
Author: Jacob Gube
Bringing 1977 Back
2009 – Peter Nuno
Triobelisk
Hero
Unicorn II
Hajime Sorayama Tribute
Master Pyramid
2001 Revisited
Labrynth
cold space 2
The Bravery – Slow Poison
Omega code
Geometry Serie
Agro Flyer X
Grid 2
Zephyr
Proteus Dawn
Goat
Flash To The Future
Digital Minds
Futurism
Muse
Broken Type Experiment
Perfection
12 Comments (Add yours)
Vincent Klaiber
Jul 23 2010
Great collection! I really like these kind of retro-space inspired design.
Keep up the good work!
Eric Vasquez
Jul 23 2010
Contributor
Great stuff! I really enjoy this style as well. Feels like some of them are straight off of a VHS movie cover from the 80’s!
Jacob Gube
Jul 25 2010
Editorial Team
Yes, exactly. In the 90s early 2000s, we would’ve considered those movie covers as tacky and cheesy. Do it today, and they’d be trendy.
Hazel_hp
Jul 23 2010
I like the collection is as alien things and the UFO is coming soon
Peter Nudo
Jul 24 2010
Still love this style!
Btw, It’s Peter Nudo ;) Thanks for showing some of my work!
Jacob Gube
Jul 25 2010
Editorial Team
Thanks for stopping by Peter!
Richie
Jul 27 2010
Great collection, Jacob… I simply adore retro futuristic art… they are such an inspiration..
Also, I don’t think Labyrinth and Muse belong in this category.. Not that it is bad, but retro futurism takes a completely different meaning when you showcase works of noted retro futuristic artists such as Sakke Soini and Sorayama….
Just a thought:
Retro-Futurism is basically the depiction of the future in the past. It is also sometimes colloquially termed as “The future as seen from the past and the past as seen from the future.”
It is about how the people in the 60’s and 70’s imagined the machines of the future. It’s about space, technology and parallel realities :)
Fantastic collection btw :)
Jacob Gube
Jul 27 2010
Editorial Team
That’s why I called the showcase *modern* retro-futurism. It’s how modern designers interpret retro-futurism that were created in the past. I also explained it in the lead-in paragraph.
Richie
Jul 27 2010
yeah.. sorry about that.. I might have overlooked it =|
Jacob Gube
Jul 28 2010
Editorial Team
@Richie: No need to be sorry.
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Jul 30 2010
Absolutely awesome…
nika
Aug 12 2010
It´s beautiful.. thanks for sharing !!!