Saturday, May 06, 2006

Luis Royo furnishes today's pin-up . . .





I love the drowned, presumably toxic, city. Royo is great at envisioning dark futures where the Singularity has gone horrifically awry, reducing humans to fetishistic props. (Paradoxically, the women in his illustrations seem basically immune to their blighted surroundings -- mirage-like sirens lying in wait for unwary tourists.)

(Click here to read an old essay I wrote about Royo's science fiction art.)

4 comments:

Mac said...

It's clearly a doll, not an actual baby.

razorsmile said...

Hmm, this Royo fellows work is, with some interesting differences, very reminiscent of Hajime Sorayama.

razorsmile said...

Argh, "fellow's" dammit. Curse my damnably-quick fingers!

Mac said...

Razorsmile--

They both hail from the same memetic interzone, with a little Giger thrown in for good measure.

Don't be surprised if I post more Royo paintings.