Visions Of The Future - Part 1 of 5

[@RIXRADvidz]

nice to see somebody kept all their OMNI magazines. I recognize most of the art from that magazine.

[@trnstn1]

Reminds me of a quote, our current civilization is still nowhere near what these concepts dreamt of over 60 years ago. “Old Earthers had focused their intelligence on the small and the soft, not the big and the hard, and built a civilization that was puny and crumbling where physical infrastructure was concerned, but astonishingly sophisticated when it came to networked communications and software.” ― Neal Stephenson, Seveneves

[@videojeff01]

Now this is real sci-fi artwork. The best sci-fi artwork ever.

[@esepaisakid9545]

LSD and acid man

[@wastelandgames9409]

Back when sci-fi was actually good to look at

[@しょうと-b6h]

すごいきれい❗

[@kingtigerbooks1162]

Great video from a wonderful channel. Art books have provided me a much-needed escape from real life. I have my easy chair set up with a desk, a lamp, a blanket and a cup of coffee. I spent many hours with dragons, unicorns, space battles, pixies, dark forests, giant robots and medieval knights. My art books are the best investments I ever made. My 3 favorite art books, all available from amazon, are: - Fantasy Art Paintings by Mike Hoffman - Infinite Worlds by Vincent DiFate - Great Fighter Jets of the Galaxy 1 by Tim Gibson

[@xxnightopsxx]

I'd add a few that come to mind apaprt from the TTA series - Sentinel by Syd Mead, as well as book of Tim White's amazing art - a lot of which featured on Heinlein covers, and The Encyclopaedia of Science Fiction which had some fantastic art in it. I would repeatedly go back and study those images endlessly....

[@appidydafoo]

The work of Chris Foss pops like crazy in context, evergreen

[@xxnightopsxx]

A unique style for certain....

[@xxnightopsxx]

A lot of these images have been rattling around on my hard drives for some time after being downloaded (Google and Flickr are great for this) others I scanned from my collection of books. Namely - The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Great Space Battles, Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD - as well as the actual classic book covers. Time allowing I may put the whole lot of what I have up on Flickr to keep these great images alive.

[@landryprichard6778]

Takes me back. Born in 1970, I remember the books well. Aliens In Space being the first. And Mechanismo was next. Snowballed from there.

[@jorgenpinoy1724]

Wow.... Just woooooooooow.....

[@pspboy7]

Ah, the Terran Trade Authority! Where would we be without it hehe.

[@russcowley5860]

I have been fortunate not to be without it, Stewart Cowley is my father.

[@romario9158]

Very expressive

[@grantmcgowan8399]

As a kid growing up in the 70's, reading sci-fi and marvelling at book covers from the likes of Chris Foss.. I was very hopeful of a future where we could live our adult lives on a planet far from Earth...... What the hell happened to this glorious future? It still pisses me off!

[@AtticTapes14]

U have to play video games and movies for that

[@ohem]

This could have been our future, or our kid's future, had he chosen growth and prosperity instead limits and degrowth for a variety of excuses, like climate change, or back then global warming, as well as predation of the environment that could have been adressed, also the use of nuclear energy to make power a free utility.

[@xxnightopsxx]

I can totally understand. Unfortunately, the future has been postponed - indefinitely….

[@glider208]

The Tangerine Dream music is the topping on the cake. You should make some more videos using the Exit album.

[@xxnightopsxx]

Yes, I'm thinking about which way to go on that.

[@glider208]

Let me know when you get it done. Would love to view it.

[@elidrissii]

Instead of looking at the glass half empty, look at it this way. You're at literally the best time that any human has ever lived in. Be grateful.

[@guygruwier9665]

Extremely beautiful SF-Art ! Dating from the 70's (I recognize Chris Foss, Peter Elson, and many others). Made with their hands and minds, not from AI...

[@xxnightopsxx]

Absolutely, these are some the great masters of our time, not the stuff that poses as "art" whether it be much of the modern stuff or AI. Having said that, I have, out of nostalgia and a homage, thought of creating a video using AI images based on these greats. However, in my experience so far, I haven't found the technology quite up to it - yet. This also raises the prickly question then; what happens when we are able to create perfect projections of their art simply from a prompt...

[@freedomvigilant1234]

This is an amazing exposition of art and imagination.

[@ttracemusic]

THANK YOU!!! Had a lot of these images in a book when a was a kid.

[@pspicer777]

Brings back some very fond memories and feelings that anything is possible - heart's desire and longing. Read the books these images were associated with... what a time it was. Thanks for posting this.

[@JackMyersPhotography]

These five videos are really excellent, I grew up with this art and I recognize much of it, and it’s a great trip down memory lane to see and recall all this great stuff that has influenced me so much for so long. Thanks for putting the five videos together. The music by tangerine dream is a great added bonus.

[@MrKirby2367]

Even at 47 I still love these books, where did the time go?

[@xxnightopsxx]

It drips away, sadly.

[@fredflinston41]

I Know What You Mean !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ДжонСакер]

the author of this comment passed away this year. RIP

[@landryprichard6778]

Same. Born in 1970. That decade produced so much greatness.

[@StefanG5]

@@xxnightopsxx Hi. Just wanted to know what movie your KZbin profile pic is from? I remember it being from the 80's, but that's all.

[@MadCat-75]

So many chris foss pictures... i love his art!

[@davidlewis1787]

I have always loved chris foss

[@pieterkirby9794]

Grew up with a lot of these images in old hard cover books. Definitely influenced my own art style and taste. PS awesome to see you actually giving the artists credit and hopefully these KZbin videos inspire people to look them up and maybe even collect some works/publications.

[@milxl]

AND THE MUSIC MATCH PERFECTLY THANKS !

[@unclesloppy8518]

this video is what introduced me to Tangerine Dream. they quickly became my favorite band of all time. in a way, this video changed my life. thank you, Nightops.

[@xxnightopsxx]

You know, it's all the great posts and particularly posts like this that make all of this worthwhile. I have a very broad taste in music, and was introduced to TD in Serbia when I was gifted a copy of Stratosfear on a visit there. Amazing album, I've read many books to their music, especially that album, including Dune. The two go together brilliantly....

[@nrqed]

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe....Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.... I've watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser gate.......

[@xxnightopsxx]

Just scrolling through the comments and saw your classic quote, you might like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6vXh2pqiNdsiZI

[@fredflinston41]

Coooool !

[@CATMANDOO-yo7oi]

Blade Runner

[@anomalie3034]

Rautger Hauer

[@scottimo3671]

All of those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain. RIP RUTGER.

[@TheUndert0ker]

oh man i love these old books. food for the imagination. the terran trade authority series and galactic encounters series are some of my favorites.

[@pspboy7]

You can always tell Jim Burns art from the rest. So organic!

[@BruecknerAmbient]

Great to see that You also included work by Jim Burns. Next to Foss and Woodroffe, he was one of the most brilliant artists in this genre...

[@xxnightopsxx]

Yes, he certainly had a very unique and recognizable style.

[@seantobey3492]

Love the artwork and great choice of music. Tangerine Dream is the best synth band.

[@astralandreid]

Tangerine Dream!!!! ❤

[@Peppermint1]

This five videos are ones of a kind. I'm downloading and bonding all five and I'll be watching this as a movie since soundtrack is perfect too. Reminds me the short stories from S.F. publications back in the 80's

[@81mrlz]

I remember when I was young and was in the library i found a book with these pictures, until today this fascinates me

[@danielduran7266]

Amazing!!!! i love it so much.

[@konpaku7416]

A lot of dedication was put into these work, which are truly master pieces considering they were done by hand.

[@ComplexIdealism]

i used to sit and look at these pictures for HOURS .. I remember as a kid I didn't have a lot of money so I would go to the old B. Dalton Books Store (remember those places? they were something like B&N but not as cool comfort wise) and I would just sit and look at the collections of this sort of Sci-Fi art. People say there is nothing to that. But those books that artwork, lead to me going into what I do today :) and even more .. to pass THAT hope to today's generation.

[@fredflinston41]

My TTA books by Stewart Cowley burned in a fire...Thanks for putting music to the images !

[@xxnightopsxx]

Glad there's people out there that love this stuff. I'm planning on doing an updated series as time allows.

[@AiVaultGuy]

this is the most magical stuff I've seen on youtube, this channel deserver millions of subcribers and I'll make sure that happens

[@xxnightopsxx]

Thanks, even finding this stuff online was difficult and I had a feeling i wasn't the only one that loves these amazing works. I'm glad fans are locating and enjoying it.

[@git1958]

Great post xx. I recognise most of these images from my collection of SF pb's and hc's. I have a bedroom stacked and shelved with about 4,000 titles. I stopped this obsessive pursuit about 10 years ago. One of the reasons should be obvious. Did a bit of artwork myself,years ago, covers and illos for the BSFA. Love Hays and Whites work, for their detailed realism. In these post- airbrush days of CAD it's a pity that the pen and ink era is somewhat underappreciated. I.E.Virgil Finlay.

[@Lambonights]

I still drop by here to just listen again and watch the images of these wonderful videos, LV-426 nightops put here. Together they rekindle hope in me for humankind's future.

[@DawidMichalczyk]

Wonderful Sci-fi art! This is the type of artwork I grew up with and still love it. A great source of inspiration.

[@iamatardis]

Brilliant!

[@ConstantXplorer]

Such stunning beautiful works.

[@MrKFNeverGiveUp]

Excellent vid, the music worked perfect with the art. Faved.

[@guthpiddi]

So wonderful , watched it so many times. So sad that Part 2 is no longer available 🥺

[@xxnightopsxx]

No, it's still there as far as I can see....

[@DavidBoura]

Tangerine Dream awesomeness

[@RedSunCZE]

Awesome all 5 videos

[@billallen2126]

anyone can posit a sick future where all negative things are magnified. dystopian futures are dreamt up by those with a paucity of imagination; one could merely strive for something better: it begins with visualization.

[@luckyfair4174]

So true.

[@SocksWithSandals]

Reminds me of my childhood reading Asimov and E.E. Doc Smith. It was always a good moment to get to the point in the story where the scene on the book cover was unfolding. I used to imagine the artist being inspired by the same paragraph to visual the drama unfolding. Do children even read books these days?

[@duanemcclure8324]

Tangerine Dream! Now, this is something I haven't heard in more than 30 years! They were way ahead of their time. Very cool background music! And, very fitting! I dig it. They've got ALLOT of good stuff like this. You may have just started a new trend with an old band. Their time has come - again! What made you think to use them? You must be around my age. I'm 52 and grew up listening to them. Good tripping music. I wish I would have got to see them but they weren't around very long. About 10 years if I remember right. They were very exploratory like Pink Floyd but, you never heard them on the radio. You had to know somebody else that knew of them. At least, that's how I heard about them. I am a lifelong Floyd fan so someone thought I'd like them too, which I do. I guess you'd say they're prog like Floyd, ELP, Rush etc..Very cool video. Keep using them, please. Now, on to pt. 2. I hope you used them there too!

[@Retro-Future-Land]

Really ringly and dingly tunes on this video :) Thanks for uploading!

[@mcpb9722]

And yet we see "Hollywood recycling" when each artwork is a new story to explore. Cheers

[@jefftappan3091]

I had a hardbound book dealing with this topic years ago. Interesting artwork.

[@walter0bz]

nice nostalgia, i can't remember the book i remember some of these from..

[@elevatorisland]

Wow this stuff is beautiful.

[@fennellgames2785]

Great Videos ))))))))

[@rolandlemmers6462]

This video made me a Tangerine Dream fan.

[@xxnightopsxx]

They definitely had some great albums.

[@robertdavidson8932]

Fantastic video

[@Restitutor_Orbis_214]

It is remarkable how much creative inspiration is sparked and depicted by these images alone. Everything in in 21st century science fiction seems so derivative and repetitive.

[@xxnightopsxx]

Totally agree, we're already hitting that wall with most AI "art" copies of copies of copies....

[@MoneyIsuseless]

Very nice pictures!

[@pedrodiaz5540]

Great, all I have to do was turn the sound to mute and really enjoy the drawings, awesome work of art.

[@xxnightopsxx]

Each to his own, try some Beachhouse or Max Cooper. Whatever get's you into the void....

[@uncleshan]

its cool to see how alot of these iseas have filtered thru into modern sci fi movies. ( like those floating islands which look heaps like scenes from avatar etc ) i was telling my kids how all the sci fi was in books when i was their age and was glad you had posted this so i could show them exactly what i was on about. they were totally excited by it, just like i was. thanks for posting!

[@medoasiri2010]

I do like it !!

[@Caligula138]

Great music choice!

[@darkblue9022]

Oh Thank you so much! I love this kind of art, it's so inspiring. Just looking at them makes me want to create stories or draw some on my own.

[@danielmorse6597]

Love it! Amazing stuff. Thank you!

[@ArtAgent13]

I could not agree more. I myself use multiple media to produce my art. I now own and use several digital art applications on the very computer I am using to type this message. I regularly submit my art at sites like Renderosity, and PDFLives. I am a member of several artist's communities. As an artist from before the digital age, I still like to do it the old way as well, and I am practicing at combining the old and the new. My avatar pic is digital made by me.

[@revzillo]

spectacular visions of Sci-Fi artwork

[@trackwalkman]

i have this book...its totally underrated...its what inspired me to go into conceptual design as a graphic artist..visually...you have to know your roots of passion before you set of to create something totally out of the box...these fine artist knew that...I just one day we will catch up with our dreams before the future becomes our past.

[@Talcarnan]

The background music is Tangerine Dream's Stratosfear issued on the Virgin label October 1976

[@MrKirby2367]

Still have those books from when I was a kid. I feel so old…..

[@TheSanien]

Great art and great music, makes you feel all nostalgic :-D

[@ArtAgent13]

I have to say that I too did it the old way. When I was growing up, and even into my early to middle age adult life, the tools for digital art were nonexistent. I still have some of my oldest paintbrushes. Now I am able to produce art like never before using the digital art software. I still like to draw & paint the old way though. Not saying I;m as good as these old classic Sci Fi artists, but I do have a small following.

[@paddoww]

I've finally found this footage. @felcas.. I used to have this book. There were city ships, ships shaped like birds or cranes and war birds with ion engines, even a tarantula like atomic bomb craft that crawled around leaving craters and destruction. That book was way before its time

[@a428858]

even as a child I had a lot of these images in books I owned. and even then, I learned their will always be conflict, where technology will be the major deciding victor.

[@Ahibasabala]

It's really strange seeing these paintings, just an opinion of course but i think they are made even more beautiful by their age, some look a little dated but not in a bad way, it's like they depict an alternate fantasy future of that particular time, i'm probably not making any sense :D

[@fredflinston41]

Don't Worry......You are making sense !

[@electricdisk]

Brilliant. The music choice is perfect. It would be nice if we could get a picture list/artist credit (where known) so we could collect some of these prints!

[@sharkcellar]

Awesome! What is this music, Tangerine Dream what? Love it, brings back good memories.

[@camcordernonsense5264]

Love this stuff

[@trevizons]

Simply beautiful, you couldn't have chosen better music for your video, Tangerine Dream gives it the perfect depth for your depiction, I still have a wonderful book from 1979- 1980 called SPACE WARS WORLDS AND WEAPONS by Steven Eisler, I don't know if you are familiar with it, it's got some of the images and drawings you've chosen for this posting, and it's really great to watch even more of these concepts in a way you could only have done it ...

[@tweakiepop]

@trevizons Thats the exact book I have, somewhere, back at home haven't seen for 20 odd years....was trying to remember what it was called to look up again, cheers! Great smashed robots in deserts I remember....

[@melkorsring]

love the books got them for christmas back in the day

[@xxnightopsxx]

Thanks Trevizons for all your comments, glad you like the video/s. I've checked out the cover of the book you mention and it does ring a bell but I'm not sure if I have seen it first hand. I see Amazon have a new collector's copy for US$59 and have added it to my list of books to grab.

[@WormulonDCP]

I prefer the style of science fiction aesthetics that these images demonstrate to the "Everything is an Ipod trope" that is getting over-used in games and movies. I don't mind that either, but these spaceships from the second golden age look meaner to me, more like industrial machines without the pretty casing, and perhaps more variety in styles. The Ipod trope will be retro eventually.

[@FromMinga]

People of the 60s thought the world would look like this in 2000. Today 2000 felt like an century far away and cars still not fly... wich is sad 😞

[@Toolpusher]

I remember a time when it seemed like every scifi paperback you picked up had art by Chris Foss on the cover, he did some superb stuff.

[@anomalie3034]

My soul is a combination of tekno and 70s sci fi art

[@ArtAgent13]

All of this art was done before the digital age. There was real talent behind it, and great dedication to the work. I'm not trying to put digital art down, but when you look at what was accomplished using only paint brushes and airbrushes can you say it was not good? I say you cannot. If you do then you don't see very well.

[@LordSatanspriest666]

retro futuristic :D cool :)

[@TheRealSiguy]

I have a copy of Spacecraft 2000-2100 A.D., and I absolutely love it. I wish I had the other TTA books.

[@sharkcellar]

Thanks!

[@lonasimpresasmonterrey7599]

AMAZING

[@WormulonDCP]

I've got some of these pictures as posters on my wall!

[@locusmortis]

Excellent video, it reminds me of the Terran Trade Federation books

[@stupidcosmonaut2429]

I would love to know the materials and medium used to create these!

[@Geekman333]

Many are done with an airbrush. None are digital, they pre-date computers by about twenty years.

[@mikemccarthy7247]

How old are you Trevor? All these illustrations were done in the 70's and a bit in the 80's. I grew up on this stuff...made ,e want to be an artist. I know it's not the cgi we have today but it was all done by hand and for its time I think pretty original and pioneering as far as sci-fi illustration goes.

[@Capng123]

Thanks so much for this. I have a deep seeded passion for this stuff and finding these books is nigh impossible (although just last week I did score a copy of "Spacewrecks" at a local used book store) so digital archives like these are pure mana from heaven. You are a god amongst men.

[@testbooster]

I had a lot of this space art in a few books I had...brings back great memories like my subscription to Omni Magazine, Science digest. Does anyone remember Omni magazine had a TV show also?

[@xxnightopsxx]

+testbooster I remember buying Omni magazine very month. Great stuff...

[@fredflinston41]

Yes OMNI the magazine Science Fiction an Science Fact !

[@fredflinston41]

Yes....the magazine of science fact and science fiction (My Favorite) !!!!

[@futurehistory2110]

great video.