12 May 2008 | SCHEHERAZADE | Comment

Scheherazade was a Persian girl who volunteered to spend a night with the King in spite of his nasty habit to behead those with whom he shared his bed. Scheherazade, however, was no fool and, upon fulfilling the marital duties, enchanted the King with an extraordinary tale. Having listened with awe to her story, the King kept her alive to hear another the night thereafter and thus were born the chronicles of One Thousand and One Nights.

A Miss Nicole Cardiff created this lovely portrait of them.

11 May 2008 | MOUNTAIN MONASTERY | Comment

Here is a depiction which ought to appeal to the more whimsical daydreaming of steampunk enthusiasts: a secluded monastery built against one mountain of some all-but-forgotten valley, that is, judging from the high level of dirigible activity swarming about the place. Perhaps it might be more suited as a trading post of some kind, or a secret tavern for sky pirates and the like?

A Mr Goran Delic created this imaginative depiction; more of his art is available at a rather steampunk-esque Website.

10 May 2008 | SCAVENGER | Comment

This scavenger is partly augmented with mechanical bodyparts and equipped with protective headgear (steam-powered of course!) presumably to ward off the poluted air of the post-apocalyptic world in which he dwells.

A Mr Tony Timperi from Finland created this somber portrait and he provides further depictions of post-apocalyptic vision in his Profile. Some of his work might be slightly too dark and disturbing to be of favor to the steampunk enthusiast, but it deserves a glance still!

9 May 2008 | STEAM CITY | Comment

The latest addition to our collection of depictions of Victorian Britain, available in the COLONIAL CHAMBER, was created by a Mr Jan Ditlev Christensen from Denmark.

His “Steam City” is a metropolis where citizens move about in brass walking robots and steam-powered automatons have replaced horses to draw the carriages which must carefully maneuver through the streets otherwise filled with automobiles! Be sure to visit Mr Christensen’s Website to see more of his work!

6 May 2008 | EASTERN TEMPLE | Comment

Of the latest artworks posted by one “Mikki”—an anonymous artist from China—in this Thread at the Conceptart.org Forums, we wish to display this remarkable digital painting. The extraordinary nature of the structure depicted makes it difficult to describe it, for it appears an usual agglomeration of two titanic monstrosities frozen in time between which a temple has been erected!

The artist provides further work at a Profile; the text is in Chinese, but the quality of the art speaks for itself!

5 May 2008 | COSMONAUT | Comment

The latest addition to our DIESELPUNK PARLOR is this portrait by a Mr Craig Sellars of what might be a Russian cosmonaut, equipped with sufficient headgear to shield himself from the hazardous vacuum of space (including goggles!) but strangely enough wearing no further protection. Perhaps this adventurer dwells not in outer space after all then, but his depiction has been added to the Galleries under “Space” nonetheless.

Mr Sellars maintains a gallery of his work at his Website.

4 May 2008 | MYSTERIES OF THE ORIENT | Comment

This enchanting depiction of some Near Eastern realm, named “Babahoud” by its creator, was drawn by concept artist and digital illustrator, Mr Geoffroy Thoorens from France, who maintains a comprehensive portfolio of his work at a website, DjahalLand.

This particular vision of a city built upon canals shining brilliantly in the afternoon sun and crowned with domes and minarets, had been added to our depictions of Colonies on display in the COLONIAL CHAMBER.

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