Also : Sci-fi is fundamentally different from Science-Fantasy. By definition, these two sub-genres of "future stuff" are bound to be quite different visually. In other words : Star Wars is not a Sci-Fi movie.
jes cuz he hasn't been mentioned yet: Jean Girard ( Moebius ) got to do the 5th element before his death. Beside European or Japanese visions what most people call star wars I see 2001. In which case everything clean n white is Kubrick/ starwars everything dystopian and gritty is Scott/Bladerunner, Alien.
Why do people go with exposed panels and tubing? Because that is exactly how space shuttles are designed today. We go with something we know, something practical. If something needs fixing, it is easily accessible, and lets face it, shuttles always need repairs. These electronics and tubes don't need bulletproof panels to…
All the good sci-fi designs (such as Alien, Star wars or 2001 per example) are very close to reality. They use things that are mostly plausible, grounded ín human cultures and relatable, only secondly full of fancy shapes. Average or generic sci-fi designs such as Star trek or bunch of parts of mass effect use just crazy…
You really should have an concept artist to make those designs for you. Making good and plausible own designs takes many skills that go beyond the qualifications of a regular 3D artist and naturally you will have problems with that. Thats is fully the concept artists job, and it can not be expected that a 3D artist can…
I do find people go back to alien and star wars for design a lot of the time, but thats usually because those designs are so visually pleasing and interesting. I really like the look of films like district 9 and Elysium, as well as the completely opposite end of the spectrum with something like the tom cruise movie…
This issue has been troubling me for some time. Why it seems that about 90% of sci-fi artists seem to be stuck in 80s (sometimes 70s) when it comes to sci-fi? I mean look at most sci-fi corridors. They look like they are either from Alien (1979) or some Star Wars movies. Why are all these tubes and maintenance panels are…
I have to deal with a lot of this topic in the UI department .. In the future everything is blue and we will discover the need for senseless information and graphs and hexagons everywhere Also color is not needed in the future and all information is floating, sorry Bill Gates, but there are no windows anymore Enough ranted…