FAVORITE LINKS
RECOMMENDED ART AND DESIGN WEBSITES
 
 

1950's / RETRO SPACESHIP ART

  
 


http://www.starships.com Edward Rowles: This artist does 3D/computer generated images of spaceships using the Ray Dream Designer and Ray Dream Studio programs. He documents spaceships from the SF media and rocket scientists of the 1950's. His images capture the innocence and wonder that the 1950's era had for space travel.
 
FUTURISTIC ARCHITECTURE
 


http://www.futurebydesign.org Jacque Fresco: This industrial designer and futurist does models of futuristic buildings and vehicles. His vision depicts an utopian future where cities float on the sea serviced by a variety of VTOL aircraft. His ocean-going ships are also quite interesting.
 
GAMING ART
 


http://www.cybertown.com/ Cybertown: This site is a family oriented chat room where participants become members of a futuristic virtual community. People in Cybertown can hold virtual jobs, go a virtual mall, have a virtual home in a number of theme-based neighborhoods, etc. Cybertown provides both 2D and 3D formats for interaction among its virtual citizens.
 


http://shipyards.relicnews.com Homeworld Shipyards: A large collection of 3D/computer generated images of spaceships and related items from the computer games Homeworld, Homeworld: Cataclysm, and Homeworld 2. These colorful ships designs remind me of the work of SF artist Chris Foss.
 


NEW http://www.traveller3d.com Traveller 3D: An artist devoted to 3D CGI art of the Traveller gaming universe.
 

MISCELLANEOUS SPACESHIP / SCIENCE FICTION ART
 


NEW http://www.scifi-meshes.com Sci-Fi Meshes: The largest online gallery of 3D CGI science fiction art with the work of lots of artists.
 


http://www.directoryscifi.com Directory Scifi: Large online directory of all things science fiction including such topics as SF artists, SF conventions, SF clubs, SF gaming, space exploration, aliens and UFO's, and lots more.
 



http://www.desktopstarships.com/ Desktop Starships: This site is a sizable and varied image collection by a wide group of artists. The work presented is set a numerous environments including Star Trek, Star Wars, original science fiction and original fantasy. A selection of spacescapes is also included as are website and email links to most of the artists on this site.
 


http://www.scifi-design-com/ Jason Chapman: This artist does 3D/computer generated images of spaceships and spacescapes using an unknown program. He creates his own original spaceship and UFO designs set in his own science fiction universe.
 


http://www.finseth.com/ Craig Finseth: This artist does 3D/computer generated images of science fiction and fantasy landscapes using the Bryce program. Some of his images reference literary works in the science fiction and fantasy genres and others are based on his own science fiction and fantasy visions. His site also includes a selection of my early work and describes a number of publications I have created during the 1990's.
 


http://mateengreenway.com Mateen Greenway: This artist does 3D/computer generated images of spaceships using the 3D Studio Max program. He documents well known vehicles from such SF media as Star Trek, Star Wars, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, Dr. Who, Space Above and Beyond, Space:1999, Project UFO, various British Marionation TV shows, the role playing games Traveler and Space:1889, etc. He also does wonderful depictions of fan based starship designs for Star Trek.
 


http://www.seansgallery.com/ Sean Kennedy: This artist does 3D/computer generated images of spaceships and related items using the Light Wave program. He documents well known vehicles from such SF media as Star Trek, Star Wars, 2001, Aliens, and Bladerunner as well as presenting some of his own unique designs. He also does computer art using Microsoft Paint. His other subject matter includes portraits, human figures, ship interiors, and comics. In addition, Sean has contributed artwork to my website.
 


http://seri.sakura.ne.jp/~kentsuku/ Kentsuku: This artist does 3D/computer generated images of spaceships using the Light Wave program. He documents well known vehicles from such SF media as Star Trek and also has a good collection of works based in his own science fiction environment.
 


http://www.geir.org Geir Lanesskog : This artist does 3D/computer generated images of science fiction and fantasy artwork. Most of his science fiction images are set in his own unique and well thought-out science fiction universe. His universe is described in essays focusing on the history, levels of technology, and belief systems of various branches of humanity located in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way galaxy. His work has interesting parallels to my own and I see him as a kindred spirit. He uses Bryce 3D to create his images.
 


http://www.angelfire.com/il2/zvr/ Zac Lowing: This artist does 3D/computer generated images of spaceships, futuristic aircraft and futuristic architecture along with a wonderful variety of other artwork based on science fiction, fantasy and abstract themes. The sheer number of areas this artist works in is inspiring. He uses these programs to create his artwork: Bryce 3D, Kias Power Goo, Poser2, Adobe Illustrator 8, Adobe Photoshop 5, and Picture Publisher LE.
 


http://www.dcmstarships.com Speculative Spaceship Designer / David C. Mueller: My website banner for anyone who wishes to add it to thier website.
 


http://www.innovari.it/ Luca Oleastri : This artist does 3D/computer generated images of spaceships, space travel, UFO's, aliens, alien worlds, technology, and heroic fantasy using Bryce. This site also includes free Bryce models.
 



NEW http://www.renderosity.com Renderosity : This is one of the largest websites in the world of 3D CGI artwork. Thousands of artists using many different software programs display their work on this site including myself. The topics of the art are wide ranging. This site includes an online marketplace selling 3D models, textures, and various other 3D and 2D graphic items. It is the place I go to most often for my 3D and 2D graphic needs.
 


http://www.spaceseekers.com Dan Spears: This artist creates truly unique 2D and 3D CGI science-fiction artwork set in his own Space Seekers universe. He has a wonderful eye for color and is not afraid to experiment with different techniques and graphics programs. Many of his spaceship images have a dream-like quality I find very compelling.
 


http://www.merzo.net/ Starship Dimensions website created by Jeff Russell. This site consists of scaled images of starships and related space-going machinery from many well-known science fiction and science fantasy universes. The ships are shown in a variety of scales making it easy to compare them with others that are much larger or much smaller.
 


http://www.kwstarships.co.uk/ Kevin Williams: This artist does 3D/computer generated images based on science fiction and fantasy themes using the TrueSpace program. His work ranges from spaceships to aircraft to aliens to landscapes and interiors, etc. His work is set in his own science fiction and fantasy environments though I believe some of it has been done for the gaming industry.
 


http://wittswallpapers.com Terry Witt: This website includes a sizable collection of 3D/computer generated images based on science fiction and fantasy themes. Not only are there sections for popular SF media such as Star Trek, Star Wars and Babylon 5, but there is also a good collection of original speculative spaceship and space station designs. Some galleries of interesting spacescapes are also included. A small sample of my artwork appears on this site.
 
NATURE ART
 

http://www.coletteodya.smith.net Colette Smith: This artist does realistic and symbolic landscapes using traditional paint media, mostly watercolors. Her work references Baha'i themes of search for the truth and spiritual struggle on the one hand and her own intense love for the natural world on the other.
 
PLASTIC SPACESHIP MODELS
 



http://www.artships.com/ John Douglass: This artist does original and colorful kit-bashed spaceship models. His work has appeared at a number of science fiction/fantasy conventions.
 


http://www.feymanshipyards.com/ Michael Bower Putman: This artist does original spaceship models set in the Star Trek universe. His kit-bashed model images includes action-filled space backgrounds.
 


NEW http://www.starshipmodeler.com/ Starship Modeller: A complete information resource for the science fiction, factual space, fantasy, mecha and anime scale model builder.
 

PERRY RHODAN ART
 



http://www.rz-journal.de/ Concepts of Utopic Design: This German website is devoted to fan art for the science fiction series Perry Rhodan. It contains some spectacular spaceship cutaway art by numerous SF artists
 



NEW http://www.rz-journal.de/Gjoergens/ Georg Joergens: This artist does fabulous cutaway art of spaceships from the Perry Rhodan science fiction environment. He also does other types of technical illustrations as well as portraits of science fiction characters.
 


http://www.dlspace.de/ Dieter Ludmann: This artist does 3D/computer generated images of spaceships using the Corel Dream 3D , Realsoft Real 3D , and MetaCreations Bryce 3D programs. Many of his extraordinary designs are set in the Perry Rhodan science fiction environment. His work features interesting use of form and color.


POETRY
 


NEW
http://www.williamrheaton.com Poetry of WIlliam R Heaton: Poety of one of my nephews.
   

REALISTIC SPACESHIP ART
 



http://www.bambam131.com David Robinson: This artist does 3D/computer generated images of near future interplanetary spaceships, robot probes and space stations using Bryce. These quite realistic designs remind me of the vessels in the SF movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.
 


NEW http://www.jiawen.net/hardsf.html Rachel Kronik / The Hard SF Group: This site is for anyone who's devoted to making high-quality, realistic spaceship art. The site is mainly focused on 3D rendered images, but pretty much anything goes as long as it is realistic and strives for quality.
 

STAR TREK SPACESHIP ART

 



http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org Bernd Schneider's Star Trek website: This site includes many ship designs set in the Star Trek environment.
 


http://www.treknology.org/index.htm Journal of Applied Treknology: Contains numerous original Star Trek ship designs by various 2D and 3D artists.
 


http://www.starfleet-museum.org/index.htm Starfleet Museum created by Masao Okazaki; an interesting collection of original spaceship designs set in the era before the original Star Trek TV series. Both 3D/computer generated images and 2D images of spaceships are presented including some quite intricate insignia work.
 

NEW http://www.jackill.com Jackill / Eric Kristiansen: Very talented 2D blueprint artist who specilizes mostly in Star Trek art. He also create blueprints of various vehicles and robots from classic SF films.
 


http://www.madshipyard.com Ricky Wallace: This artist does 3D/computer generated images of spaceships set in the revised Star Trek universe of the Star Trek XI movie using the Blender program. His remakes of Franz Joseph's designs from the original Star Trek Technical Manual of the mid 1970's are particularly interesting.
 

TERRAN TRADE AUTHORITY SPACESHIP ART
 



http://www.bisbos.com/rocketscience/tta/index.html Terran Trade Authority website with information about the TTA role playing game as well as an extensive gallery of spaceships and related objects set in the TTA universe. The Terran Trade Authority was the background for a series science fiction books put out in the late 1970's featuring the spaceship art of such artists as Jim Burns, Peter Elson, Colin Hay, Bob Layzell, Angus McKie, and Tony Roberts.
 

TOY ROBOTS
 



http://www.robotnut.com The Robotnut Collection: A wonderful site containing images of and articles about all sorts of toy robots. Of special interest to me are the two galleries of digital art by Ken Netzel.
 


http://www.planetzeroid.com Jeff Tucker et al: These artists created a wonderful DVD movie devoted to the 1970's "Zeroids" toy robots. They have another DVD movie in progress, this one focused on the 1970's "Ding-A-Lings" toy robots.
 
RECOMMENDED BAHA'I INFORMATIONAL WEBSITES
 
 

http://www.bahai.us/ Baha'i introductory information website of the United States Baha'i Community; a good starting point for anyone wanting to learn more about the Baha'i Faith

  
 


http://www.bahaiworldnews.org/ Baha'i World News Service
 



http://www.bahai.org/ Official website of the Baha'i International Community: lots of interesting articles of Baha'i perspectives on many issues of global concern
 


http://www.onecountry.org The online newsletter of the international Baha'i community.
 


http://www.bahaindex.com/ Website of Casper Voogt with links to many other Baha'i websites
 


http://www.bahailife.org A place to learn about the Baha'i Faith: A source for learning and inspiration about the emerging pattern of Baha'i Life. A place to share insights, make friends, post comments, and talk with other visotors in real time.
 


http://www.bahaibookstore.com/ Website of Baha'i Distribution Service with Baha'i books, music and much more
 
RECOMMENDED 3D AND 2D GRAPHICS WEBSITES
 
 



http://corel.com Corel Corporation: makers of Corel Draw and Corel Photo-Paint 2D graphics program

  
 



http://www.diardsoftware.com Diard Software: makers of the Universe Image Creator program. A free version of this program is available on this website but it will not do planets. The full version of Universe is well worth the modest registration fee. This site also includes nifty galleries of images created using Universe.
 



http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/ Main wesbite for Dreamweaver website graphics program
 



http://www.flashfire.com/ Flash Fire Designs: A website offering the following services - custom modeling, custom texture creation, custom graphics creation, 3D model conversion, and libraries of 3D models.
 



http://www.micromouse.ca Micromouse Productions: makers of AccuTrans 3D program that coverts 3D files from one format to another
 



http://rhino3d.com Main website for Rhino 3D modeling and rendering program with links to its high-end rendering add-on program Flamingo and cartoon-rendering add-on program Penguin
 



http://sketchup.google.com/ Main website for SketchUp 3D modeling program
 


http://unleash.com Graphics Unleashed: focuses on Corel Draw and Corel Photo-Paint but includes information on other 2D graphics programs; includes many helpful tutorials
 
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