30 April 2008 | DECO ROBOT | Comment
This courageous automaton, “facing its destiny” in perilous skies evidently, graces the cover of a faux Roaring Twenties pulp magazine. And rather unlike its contemporaries, this robot has mechanical wings! (And makes for a perfect Daedalus-imitation with that.)
This charming artwork was created by a Mr Sebastian Giacobino from Argentina. His Profile and Blog are thus presented in the Spanish language yet nonetheless worth a visit from also those less fluent in said speech.
29 April 2008 | HELLGIRL | Comment
Mike Mignola created Hellboy, the large red-skinned demon brought to live by Nazi occultists, back in 1993. Now, Mr Jeremy Roberts presents his interpretation of Hellboy’s feminine alter-ego, appropriately named “Hellgirl” and apparently equally furious.
Mr Roberts seems quite appreciative of comic book heroes, for his Gallery features further depictions of such characters as “Superman,” “Batman,” and “Captain America”—all drawn in a most remarkable style!
28 April 2008 | FEMME NOIR | Comment
Femme Noir is the perfect homage to mid-century pulp fiction and film noir whose protagonists is “a hard hittin’, tough talking’ dame who’s nobody’s sweetheart,” that is, according to comic book author Chuck Dixon and he ought to know!
Femme Noir is an online comic book publication created by Mr Christopher Mills of Atomic Pulp and artist Joe Staton. Head over to the Website to read their thrilling wonder stories!
27 April 2008 | EMRAH’S AIRSHIP | Comment
The latest addition to our collection of Airplanes on display in the TECHNOLOGY GALLERY is this grand aerial monstrosity that strikes the author as rather reminiscent of the Nautilus from the 2003 film adaptation of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
This depiction was created by concept artist and illustrator, Mr Emrah Elmasli, hailing from London currently but originally from what was once the Ottoman Empire. Mr Elmasli maintains a portfolio of his work at his Website.
26 April 2008 | ROSWELL ARTIFACTS | Comment
Admirers of the work of Mr Alex CF may delight in one of the latest of his extraordinary creations: a wooden display case containing a preserved embyronic alien crashed at Roswell in 1947 along with a piece of the alien's wrecked craft and related documents, including a newspaper from the fated day and photographs of the autopsies which were performed on the alien beings.
More information is available at Mr Alex CF’s Website. His creation can also be purchased via eBay, here.
25 April 2008 | DECO RAILWAY POSTER | Comment
Mr Don Henderson from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania presents this handsome poster of the old Pittsburgh Railway Company which, since 1936, operated a series of trams that were beautifully streamlined in art deco grace, comfortable, fast, and soon their pleasant rumble and clanging bells had become intricate part of Pittsburgh life.
Mr Henderson has more deco posters such as the one here on display in his Profile.
24 April 2008 | CLOUD CASTLE | Comment
The latest “Environment of the Week” competition at the Conceptart.org Forums challenges the participants to depict a castle amidst the clouds—obviously reminiscent for steampunk enthusiasts of “Laputa,” the flying island from Mr Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. Head over to the Thread in question to view all submissions.
The entry depicted here—of a rock apparently kept afloat by sails—was submitted by one “lkjhgfsa,” of whom unfortunately we could trace no further information.
22 April 2008 | HIDDEN IN THE DESERT | Comment
Mr Nicolas Bouvier is an artistic director and concept designer of French descent, currently residing in the American state of Texas. Having apparently traveled about widely, Mr Bouvier incorporates elements from many various cultures in his work, producing a diverse and admirable portfolio available at his website, Sparth.
The illustration on display here, entitled “Hidden in the Desert,” has been added to our collection of Adventurers in the COLONIAL CHAMBER.
21 April 2008 | GOTHAM REPLICA | Comment
This artwork, which might as well have been a concept art for the upcoming new Batman film, was created by a Mr Yanick Dusseault who goes by the slightly more pronounceable handle of “Dusso,” at least, judging from the title of his Website.
Spectacularly detailed and with elevated metropolitan railways intersecting Empire styled skyscrapers, this impressive paintings makes a perfect addition to our DIESELPUNK PARLOR Galleries!
20 April 2008 | VICTORIENTAL BY JOEL CHANG | Comment
This perfectly tranquil scene of some Eastern realm was created by a Mr Joel Chang who maintains a portfolio of his work at a website called Chemical Bank, featuring many samples of both professional assignments as well as personal works such as this particular depiction which has of course been added to the Victoriental section of our COLONIAL CHAMBER.
Another one of Mr Chang’s equally enchanting artworks now serves as header for our SMOKING LOUNGE forums!
19 April 2008 | ESCAPE FROM STEAMPUNK CITY | Comment
Steering upon a graciously winged dirigible shaped like a giant butterfly, the young intrepid heroine in this painting flies a rather dystopian metropolis with great haste, leaving the beholder unaware of what steam-powered terrors she escapes from!
This wonderfully imaginative depiction was created by one Miss Irene from Greece, who maintains a portfolio of her equally fantastic work in her Profile.
18 April 2008 | STEAM PUNK | Comment
Putting the punk back in “steampunk,” Mr John U. Abrahamson from the United States presents this Punk (referring to those of punk subculture, presumably) outfitted with a steam-powered gasmask-like contraption, that might allow the bearer to breathe oxygen even under the more hazardous circumstances.
Mr Abrahamson maintains both a Website as well as a Profile which features a gallery of his, sometimes slightly disturbing, work.
17 April 2008 | VICTORIAN LIBRARIAN | Comment
The latest addition to our COLONIAL CHAMBER is this charming depiction of a Victorian Era librarian, well-formed and -dressed and with strict gaze contemplating the fantastic lamp upon the table besides her, encircled by some curious butterfly-like creature and capturing the entire painting in a wondrous radiant.
This fine artwork was created by a Miss Kyounghwan Kim from South Korea who offers further selections of her work on display at both a Profile as well as a Website.
16 April 2008 | INDUSTRIAL IVY | Comment
Art nouveau (or, as we Germanic people prefer: Jugendstil) is a popular decoration style amongst steampunk enthusiasts, and this awe-inspiring re-imagination of Alphonse Mucha’s Ivy should be of particular interest, appropriately entitled “Industrial Ivy.”
This wonderful portrait was envisioned by one “Kiriko” from the United States of whom further work may be found in her Profile, which includes more steampunk-like recreations of art nouveau art.
15 April 2008 | SEXYNAUT | Comment
This “Sexynaut” would have appeared perfect upon a communist propaganda poster, yet might as well have graced the cover of some 1950s science-fiction novel. Fortunately for the imaginations of our male audience, she is of more contemporary design, devised by an anonymous artist from Canada who maintains a further selection of their work in a Profile we greatly recommend!
This particular artwork has been added to the Galleries of our DIESELPUNK PARLOR.
14 April 2008 | STEAMPUNK DARTH VADER | Comment
Star Wars’s Darth Vader seems rather a popular subject for creative minds to re-imagine in steampunk appearance, the picture here, created by an American artist who goes by the name of “DeuceOhNegative,” being further testament to the many shapes in which the Evil Lord may present himself!
This particular depiction outfits Vader with Prussian helmet and gasmask and clothes him in Baroque uniform, armed, of course, with a slightly more elegant version of the sparkling lightsaber!
12 April 2008 | ALEXANDER JANSSON | Comment
Alexander Jansson is an extraordinarily talented artist from Sweden who provides galleries of his work at both a Profile and a gracefully-designed Website.
The artwork on display here depicts in Mr Jansson’s recognizable style, a small balloon of perhaps slightly unstable design, ominously floating by a huge lamp mounted upon a barren tree. Further work of Mr Jansson should be equally appealing to the senses of steampunk enthusiasts!
11 April 2008 | STEAMPUNK PENGUIN | Comment
We reported on the “Steampunk Penguin Professor”-contest at the ConceptArt.org Forums before; all the many awe-inspiring entries may still be contemplated in the competition’s Final Burning.
Depicted here is the artwork of one Mr Tomasz from Poland: a penguin professor accompanied by an impressive brass-plated automaton who assists the good professor in his examination of the flock of butterflies encircling them and seemingly rather taken aback by their presence!
10 April 2008 | PORTABLE DEVICE (AND PURSE) | Comment
This portable device (which doubles as purse) was created by one Mrs “Lilibat” who offered photographs of her fine creation over at The Clockworkers Guild’s Journal.
The contraption was apparently crafted out of a wooden box, attacked with walnut stain and little clockworks and gears. The brass filigree strip was recycled from a lamp supply while the remaining hardware came from various workshops. All with all, a perfect remainder that we must steam-punk the devices we use every day more!
9 April 2008 | NAPOLEON III COUNTER ATTACKS | Comment
Behold L’Empereur Napoleon III, undoubtedly seeking vengeance for his country’s dismal defeat in the 1870 war with Prussia upon a steam-powered dirigible armed with gatling cannon and what seems to be a giant elephant gun?
This delightful, and slightly frightening, depiction of the good emperor was created by one Mr Sam van Olffen from France who maintains a gallery of his work at his Blog which contains many further wonderful artworks that should be of interest to the steampunk enthusiast!
8 April 2008 | JAPANESE ROBOTICS | Comment
According to Jess Nevins, whom you should know as author of the great annotations to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, over at No Fear of the Future, Japan’s first modern robot was created in 1928 by one Makoto Nishimura, as part of the formal celebration of Emperor Showa’s ascension to the Throne.
The robot was called Gakutensoku (“Learning from Natural Law”) and sent on tour to Germany in 1928 where it disappeared. Learn more from Mr Nevins’ Post!
7 April 2008 | KINETIC ART | Comment
Such novel creations as the miniature dirigible-like contraption depicted here are proudly on display at the Website of “Kinetic Art,” presumably a one-man operation but unfortunately the language in which it is presented is quite incomprehensible to me. The rest of the artworks of “Kinetic Art” are not quite steampunk, though the mechanical fish might be of particular interest?
I thank Monsieur Boatswain for bringing these to our attention over at the The Steampunk Forum here.
6 April 2008 | AIR KRAKEN HUNTER | Comment
We blissfully ignored past Air Kraken Day, lacking an original depiction of such an aerial creature to delight you with. Fortunately, Mr Robert Kim offers us precisely that, thus, though with regrettable delay, we remind you to beware those monstrosities of the skies on the 17th of March particularly and let not your aerial endeavors meet doom amidst their tentacles!
Yet if all else fails, one may always call upon Mr Kim’s “Air Kraken Hunter,” proudly on display in his Profile.
5 April 2008 | STEAMPUNK LANTERN | Comment
Depicted here is the latest product of Mr Art Donovan’s labors: the “Siddharta Pod” Lantern, entirely hand-crafted of solid mahogany, solid copper and brass. Not only would it fit perfectly in the laboratory of some Victorian mad scientists, its creation is further testament to steampunk becoming more and more mainstream!
Mr Donovan maintains both a Website and a Blog of which the latter is particularly recommended, for it is regularly updated to showcast the latest of Mr Donovan’s creations.
3 April 2008 | MECHANICS FACTORY | Comment
Mr Thomas Pringle is an artist from Denmark with a particular talent for rather eerie and ominous depictions. The drawing on display here, which has been added to the Robotics section of our TECHNOLOGY GALLERY, thus renders the gloomy scene of an unusual contraption under construction in some desolate mechanics factory.
Another of Mr Pringle’s artworks is currently on display in our COLONIAL CHAMBER, under Britain. Much more of his work is available at his Website.
2 April 2008 | THE BANK JOB | Comment
Perhaps this image is not strictly steampunk, but the artist labeled it as such nonetheless and the lady in question is handling a brass revolver after all, with which she presumably decapitated the poor automaton by her feet—though the average Victorian might have rather frowned upon her choice of wardrobe.
The aforementioned artist unfortunately chose to maintain anonymity in spite of his obvious talent. A peek at the Profile of “dcriler” is thus recommended!
1 April 2008 | FALLOUT | Comment
Fallout is a series of video games set in the twenty-second century. Its plot and aesthetics are nonetheless greatly influenced by early-Cold War nuclear paranoia—particularly evident from the series’ excellent Website.
The picture here, which has been added to our WAR ROOM, is one of the few artworks released so far of the third installment in the series, currently under production by the same company which devised the outstanding The Elder Scrolls series.
