sci-fi art Archives - PlayJunkie PlayJunkie Sun, 29 Dec 2019 09:29:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Mathew Borrett’s Imagined Cityscapes are Both Unnerving and Whimsical https://playjunkie.com/mathew-borretts-imagined-cityscapes-are-both-unnerving-and-whimsical/ Mon, 30 Dec 2019 11:31:42 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=32560 Toronto-based illustrator Mathew Borrett creates imagined cityscapes that are inspired by a love for both architecture and fantasy. “I hope that a viewer will be able to put themselves in my spaces,” he relayed in an interview with Line Gallery. “To that end, I’ve avoided adding any figures of any kind to inhabit the rooms, so the viewer […]

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]]> Toronto-based illustrator Mathew Borrett creates imagined cityscapes that are inspired by a love for both architecture and fantasy. “I hope that a viewer will be able to put themselves in my spaces,” he relayed in an interview with Line Gallery. “To that end, I’ve avoided adding any figures of any kind to inhabit the rooms, so the viewer is free to imagine themselves inhabiting them if they choose.”

According to Borrett, some people find his spaces claustrophobic, while others want to linger inside them. “I enjoy the combination of the creepy and the whimsical,” he admits. “Perhaps this boils down to wanting my drawings to be haunted in the same way that my dreams locales often feel haunted.”

With almost 13k followers on Instagram, Borrett has made a name for himself both online and offline, working as an illustrator as well as an environment/concept artist in the film and TV industry.

“I hesitate to talk about how much dreams inspire my work, since its almost a cliché and boring to listen to, but it can’t be understated,” he says, talking about his sources of inspiration. “There’s a kind of magic vitality there that’s almost impossible to put into words, and images can only hint at it. So yes, its possible to read a lot into the work psychologically speaking.”

But aside from being a product of his dreams, his artwork is also the outcome of a lifelong obsession with Legos, hay forts, and computers. “I was born in 1972 and grew up in rural Ontario,” he writes on his website. “I was fortunate to have a big ancient barn to play in. Despite an acute allergy to hay, I would build elaborate hay forts. There were woods and beaver ponds nearby to explore. During those weeks of the summer when too much pollen was about, I’d retreat to my room where I would draw, build elaborate things out of lego, and make primitive computer graphics on my Commodore 64.”

Enter his fantasy worlds.

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]]> Impressive Pen Drawings of Futuristic Cities by Korean Concept Artist https://playjunkie.com/impressive-pen-drawings-futuristic-cities-korean-concept-artist/ Sun, 28 Oct 2018 12:02:10 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=7009 With so many technologic advancements, more artists are turning to computers in order to create sci-fi art. But South Korean concept artist Jae Cheol Park still prefers to do it the old-fashioned way; with a pen. This talented artist, who also goes by name Paperblue, does all sorts of sci-fi art, but the ones we […]

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]]> With so many technologic advancements, more artists are turning to computers in order to create sci-fi art. But South Korean concept artist Jae Cheol Park still prefers to do it the old-fashioned way; with a pen.

This talented artist, who also goes by name Paperblue, does all sorts of sci-fi art, but the ones we liked the best were his visualizations of futuristic cities. The way Park manages to sketch these cities by hand with such precision and incorporate so many details is almost as impressive as his imagination.

He sometimes imagines the cities of the future to be futuristic slums that are stacked on each other, while at other times he gets inspired by fantasy elements.

You can check out some of his work below.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BX8HNMZAH2L/?hl=en&taken-by=paperbluenet

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYK73hlgCHe/?hl=en&taken-by=paperbluenet

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYK73hlgCHe/?hl=en&taken-by=paperbluenet

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]]> ersion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> sci-fi art Archives - PlayJunkie PlayJunkie Sun, 29 Dec 2019 09:29:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Mathew Borrett’s Imagined Cityscapes are Both Unnerving and Whimsical https://playjunkie.com/mathew-borretts-imagined-cityscapes-are-both-unnerving-and-whimsical/ Mon, 30 Dec 2019 11:31:42 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=32560 Toronto-based illustrator Mathew Borrett creates imagined cityscapes that are inspired by a love for both architecture and fantasy. “I hope that a viewer will be able to put themselves in my spaces,” he relayed in an interview with Line Gallery. “To that end, I’ve avoided adding any figures of any kind to inhabit the rooms, so the viewer […]

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]]> Toronto-based illustrator Mathew Borrett creates imagined cityscapes that are inspired by a love for both architecture and fantasy. “I hope that a viewer will be able to put themselves in my spaces,” he relayed in an interview with Line Gallery. “To that end, I’ve avoided adding any figures of any kind to inhabit the rooms, so the viewer is free to imagine themselves inhabiting them if they choose.”

According to Borrett, some people find his spaces claustrophobic, while others want to linger inside them. “I enjoy the combination of the creepy and the whimsical,” he admits. “Perhaps this boils down to wanting my drawings to be haunted in the same way that my dreams locales often feel haunted.”

With almost 13k followers on Instagram, Borrett has made a name for himself both online and offline, working as an illustrator as well as an environment/concept artist in the film and TV industry.

“I hesitate to talk about how much dreams inspire my work, since its almost a cliché and boring to listen to, but it can’t be understated,” he says, talking about his sources of inspiration. “There’s a kind of magic vitality there that’s almost impossible to put into words, and images can only hint at it. So yes, its possible to read a lot into the work psychologically speaking.”

But aside from being a product of his dreams, his artwork is also the outcome of a lifelong obsession with Legos, hay forts, and computers. “I was born in 1972 and grew up in rural Ontario,” he writes on his website. “I was fortunate to have a big ancient barn to play in. Despite an acute allergy to hay, I would build elaborate hay forts. There were woods and beaver ponds nearby to explore. During those weeks of the summer when too much pollen was about, I’d retreat to my room where I would draw, build elaborate things out of lego, and make primitive computer graphics on my Commodore 64.”

Enter his fantasy worlds.

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]]> Impressive Pen Drawings of Futuristic Cities by Korean Concept Artist https://playjunkie.com/impressive-pen-drawings-futuristic-cities-korean-concept-artist/ Sun, 28 Oct 2018 12:02:10 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=7009 With so many technologic advancements, more artists are turning to computers in order to create sci-fi art. But South Korean concept artist Jae Cheol Park still prefers to do it the old-fashioned way; with a pen. This talented artist, who also goes by name Paperblue, does all sorts of sci-fi art, but the ones we […]

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]]> With so many technologic advancements, more artists are turning to computers in order to create sci-fi art. But South Korean concept artist Jae Cheol Park still prefers to do it the old-fashioned way; with a pen.

This talented artist, who also goes by name Paperblue, does all sorts of sci-fi art, but the ones we liked the best were his visualizations of futuristic cities. The way Park manages to sketch these cities by hand with such precision and incorporate so many details is almost as impressive as his imagination.

He sometimes imagines the cities of the future to be futuristic slums that are stacked on each other, while at other times he gets inspired by fantasy elements.

You can check out some of his work below.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BX8HNMZAH2L/?hl=en&taken-by=paperbluenet

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYK73hlgCHe/?hl=en&taken-by=paperbluenet

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYK73hlgCHe/?hl=en&taken-by=paperbluenet

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