John Berkey | The Man Who Painted the Future

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Art Shutter

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@jimgranite Ай бұрын

Berkey had a unique vision. Spacecraft that resemble massive sailing ships belching jets of fire. Love it.

@luvdomus 2 ай бұрын

His understanding of color and light in making imaginary scenarios look convincing plus his genuine love for technology made Berkey the top illustrator of sci-fi space themes.

@Hey_MikeZeroEcho22P Ай бұрын

'OMNI'!!! I miss seeing that magazine..... I ALWAYS Liked the art!!

@charmawow Ай бұрын

When I was MUCH younger I didn’t really appreciate Berkey as an artist….however in recent years, I see his painterly technique for hard edged science fiction as almost genius-like in how he can produce such amazing work.

@_JellyWalker 2 ай бұрын

I can only call his style dreamlike realism. What an amazing painter!

@tehawfulestface1337 2 ай бұрын

As a teenager in the 70’s I grew up reading books with John Berkey’s book cover art. I wore out the Star Wars novel with his book cover, which I used to teach myself how to draw graphic novels. John Berkey’s art has a special place in my collection of artists from my childhood. Twenty years ago I started doing book cover art myself. I credit John Berkey and George Lucas as two of my inspirations.

@hadleymanmusic Ай бұрын

I especially loved the starwars art book

@morenofranco9235 2 ай бұрын

Berkey is one of Sci-Fi illustration's great artists. He inspired much of my own design work. Thanks for the exhibition.

@ArtShutter Ай бұрын

Thanks to you for commenting

@RenePeraza Ай бұрын

Thank you for this! I've been a fan since 1974's The Towering Inferno posters, then 1976's various King Kong promotional illustrations, and of course, 1977's Star Wars poster(s)!

@ArtShutter Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching the video and commenting

@petersavieri Ай бұрын

So inspiring! I’ve loved his work since childhood. I’m also kinda into this narration! It’s giving “In the world before Monkey, primal chaos reigned…”

@tiredman4540 2 ай бұрын

Inspiring video! I had known dozens of images of John Berkey, without realising they were by the same person, including the cover of the first book I ever read, Star Wars. What is brilliant about his style is that he still leaves room for mystery, bringing some of the sensitivities of the better side of fine art, to science fiction art.

@jessealexander8135 2 ай бұрын

This is awesome! I LOVE Berkey's work! I have one of his prelim sketches for HOW MANY ARE THERE. It's one of my treasured possessions! Thx for making this!

@padawanmage71 2 ай бұрын

As a kid, i saw so many covers of sci-fi books, novels, etc. and now know Berke was the artist. As a fan of Asimov, i had no idea Berke did a self-portrait in 'The Caves of Steel'.

@hadleymanmusic Ай бұрын

When I was 12 in 76 all this art was available in a book I had

@rickytoddbotelho9555 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic job. I remember these illustrations years before star wars came out. And when it did, I thought it was already a success because the designs of the movie were so much like this artists work.👍❤️💯

@nickn1782 2 ай бұрын

I had that edition of Starman Jones and several Berkey posters on my walls.

@rexharrison6827 2 ай бұрын

I've loved Berkey's art since first encountering it, I think it was in "Omni" magazine. Not as "nuts-and-bolts" as was a lot of sci-fi illustration, more a sense of painterly grandeur which just happened to focus on technology. Similar to Syd Mead, but not as slickly sterile. Closer to Chris Foss, not in technique but in visual drama. I wish sci-fi movies would lean more into those ideas and visuals, instead of pumping out repetitions of Alien's 'Nostromo" (as much as I also love Ron Cobb's designs, they've almost become the film industry's go-to solution for everything). We got a taste of Foss's work in "Guardians of the Galaxy", but that was merely an appetiser, having full-on Berkey and Foss space operas would breathe new energy into the genre.

@Figulus 2 ай бұрын

Great video. You ought to do an episode on Syd Mead.

@spockboy 2 ай бұрын

Syd is my favorite. I always wanted to live in a world designed by Syd Mead.

@ArtShutter Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for the recommendation, I will keep it in mind for the future

@lads.7715 2 ай бұрын

Robert McCall instead took the 2001 assignment and later did the murals at the DC Air and Space Museum.

@seanvolk4202 2 ай бұрын

Excellent

@GuitarlordJohnBurton 2 ай бұрын

Great Vid!

@ericmassicotte378 2 ай бұрын

Amazing artist! It's a shame the only books currently available sell for a small fortune online.

@ericward6538 2 ай бұрын

Too cool.

@HernánHilarioDominguez 2 ай бұрын

Un excelente video y un artista impresionante como siempre

@ArtShutter Ай бұрын

Gracias! 😊

@chuzzbot 2 ай бұрын

Real Paintings! REAL ARTISTS!

@locomotionchannel 2 ай бұрын

Another banger!

@blast_processing6577 2 ай бұрын

We need an animation (and for that matter a video game!) with the aesthetics of John Berkey's art style.

@cloudbloom 2 ай бұрын

I know that the game No Man's Sky was heavily inspired by old science fiction book covers, they really wanted to recreate that aesthetic and feeling in the game and I think they succeeded in many aspects. Definitely check out that game if you haven't already it's fairly unique

@lustrojinn 2 ай бұрын

Good to have you back.

@ArtShutter Ай бұрын

I come and go, I would like to dedicate more time to the channel, but there are other priorities, every time I can I will upload something. Thank you very much for commenting

@lustrojinn Ай бұрын

@@ArtShutter keep it coming man, Always a good watch. The only channel I'm subscribed to. 🤙🤙🤙

@AllanGildea 2 ай бұрын

Nice video, thank you very much.

@ArtShutter Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching and commenting

@jimlassiter749 2 ай бұрын

sector general..... should be a series....

@gabrielmontenegro-ny3ng Ай бұрын

cool

@robertgriffin662 2 ай бұрын

I was a kid in the '80's and had a USN poster of a future ship.looked like it was on hydrofoil but it reminds of this art. Was that same guy?

@scottfw7169 2 ай бұрын

Berkey did several paintings for the US Navy. My Dad was stationed at a recruiting area headquarters in 1970s and they were sent some material with at least one of those paintings as its image. There is a website, John Berkey Art, where those illustrations can be viewed.

@robertgriffin662 2 ай бұрын

@@scottfw7169 thank you!

@sharongillesp 2 ай бұрын

Syd Mead.

@664chrisman 2 ай бұрын

Well, you can see where the Expanse novels got their cover inspiration!

@robertmiles1603 Ай бұрын

You should also look up Angus McKie and do one on him.

@ArtShutter Ай бұрын

I should definitely do it, thank you very much for reminding me

@marcomclaurin6713 Ай бұрын

He mastered pareadolia

@rabidspatula1013 2 ай бұрын

Great video! Can see where all the AI generated images used for space ambient music videos on YT lately have been getting their cues. Proud now to know the original master, Mr Berkey!

@futuristica1710 2 ай бұрын

Cues? You mean stolen style.

@olias32 2 ай бұрын

cool artist, but the whole video sounds written by AI given some of the phrases used it looks like the wikipedia entry on Berkey was passed through an AI to re-write it. the future of content

@scottfw7169 2 ай бұрын

I would love to be able to like this video since Berkey is a favorite art style but that background hum behind the narration makes it a hard dislike, I can't stay to finish it.