He was not only an artistic genius capable of perfectly rendering his imagination, but he was also an industrial designer, grounding his art into reality.
Syd Mead thrived on complexity.
Every piece of his work is masterclass of perspective, detailed shape language, complex lighting & difficult reflective surfaces.
Honestly, it would be nice to see more originality in style, color, framing. I regret this standardization of art. The best concept artists usually get their inspiration elsewhere than their peers on Artstation.
How do we get the best of both worlds?
We want the pixel art sharpness of point filtering (left) AND
we want the movement smoothness of bilinear filtering (right).
A lot of the warmth in The Last Night comes from vegetation.
I'm fascinated to see how plants find a way through our concrete cities, breaking the geometric lines, bringing some unpredictability & poetic chaos to the boring human order.