#sfart — Public Fediverse posts

Martian Gargoyles and Lunar Fish: Chilean Artist Alejandra Acosta’s Wondrous Embroidered Illustrations for This World’s First Book Theorizing Life on Other Worlds

https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/05/08/alejandra-acosta-cosmotheoros/

#sfArt #fantasyArt #fibreArt #fiberArt #embroidery

(1 von 2)
Es geht aufs Jahresende zu und deswegen wollt ich euch noch mal daran erinnern, dass wir auch wieder einen richtig geilen Kalender für 2026 haben, mit 13 Hammergeschichten, 13 starken farbigen und 13 starken schwarzweißen Illustrationen.

#verlagtorstenlow #bissigeverleger #sfart #kalender2026 #kalendergeschichten

Dzień 22.
Stworek w kosmosie.
W szaliczku, bogdyż inaczej byłoby mu zimno.
#penandpaper #oc #sciencefiction #sf #rocket #hatchingart #sfart

I love the evocative prompt so thank you to whoever had that idea! The ink is a chameleon shimmer from Diamine called Astral, and I even managed to get you a hint of its sparkle. As is usual drawn straight ink to paper so any mistakes we all just have to live with.

This page turned out to be more writing than drawing but I thought it was in keeping with being the diary entry of some off-planet amateur archaeologist surveying an intriguing site with a helpful local guide.

Here's a transcript in case you can't read my writing.

***
Desert Ruin.

There was not a lot to see.

My guide gestured. "Here we are."
Amongst the sand there were a few scattered stones, probably parts of some walls. But the main item was a dark stone statue half buried in the sand. Upright, large eyed and winged, although one was broken, the tip lying next to the sculpture.

"Thank you." I said to the guide. "Did the ancients look like this, do you think?"

A snort was my reply. "No one know what they looked like. They made us what we are, gave us intelligence and language but didn't deign to leave us with thumbs. All we have is an oral tradition of powerful beings."

I put down a survey marker. "Do you mind helping me?"

My guide flicked an ear. "You're paying me. And you made sure I can get the saddle off if I need to."

#tootfic #microfiction
#FountainPenink
#DipPen
#OriginalArt
#Drawtober2025
#Drawingwithoutanet
#NoAI
#FantasyArt
#SFart

(1 von 2)
Es ist soweit. Unser neuer Kalender ist in Druck und kann ab sofort vorbestellt werden.

Link: https://www.verlag-torsten-low.com/de/kalender/science-fiction-art-kalendergeschichten-2026.html

#verlagtorstenlow #bissigerverleger #Kalender2026 #sfart #kalendergeschichten

(1 von 3)
Wir arbeiten gerade mit Hochdruck am neuen Kalender für 2026.
Die Geschichten sind mega, die einzelnen Kalenderblätter auch. Das Titelblatt ist auch schon fast fertig, braucht aber noch ein bisschen Feinschliff - deswegen zeige ich es euch auch noch nicht (und deswegen kann man ihn auch noch nicht bestellen.

#bissigerverleger #verlagtorstenlow #sfart #kalendergeschichten #kalender2026

[Art and Inspiration] Johnny Bruck

They say quantity is a quality all on its own, and that certainly fits the artistic output of Johnny Bruck.

Johnny Bruck was a German artist mostly working in pulp magazines, most famously Perry Rhodan, that weekly science fiction pulp novel series that is at novel issue 3306 as I write this.

In fact until his death in 1995 he illustrated most of the 1799 covers of the series up to that point (only two (!) were from other artists, and his wife and daughter finished his last two pictures), as well as most of the Atlan spin off series (also 800 issues or so), most of the 400 books of the paperback series of novels, and a variety of other things for the series.

And he did interior illustrations.

AND he worked for other publishers and series as well.

It seems he was just the guy if you wanted a serviceable original science fiction picture on time, and for a reasonable price. Mind you, what he delivered could be amazing. It also could be a bizarre experiment in styles and techniques that only had the most tenuous connection to the novel it illustrated.

When I was a kid I thought his style was just that, until I realized that many of the more run-of-the-mill covers of the early series which actually showed stuff from the actual novel were also by him.

He was a working artist, and I deeply respect that.

The iconic first cover of Perry Rhodan for issue 1 “Unternehmen Stardust” (Operation Stardust) from 1963, in which a group of astronauts from the American Space Force meet aliens on the moon in 1971.

Bruck also loved his western themes. He also illustrated quite a few pulp western novels (they were a large part of the German pulp market for a long time) and brought in his wild west sensibilities whenever he could get away with even in his science fiction works.

I don’t have a clue what this one is about, this was from the Atlan story “Das Multi-Bewusstsein” (The Multi-Consciousness). But I never actually read the Atlan series. Not the first one at least. Atlan was a spin-off from the main Perry Rhodan series about a sexy immortal alien that constantly talked to himself.

I remember this one from when I bought the issue. As with many of his cover illustrations I don’t have a clue anymore what the novel was about and how it related to the story, but I certainly liked whatever he tried to show here. It just looks kinda cool.

Kartanin were cat persons from another universe. Because of course they were. Perry Rhodan could be weird.

The Planetenromane (Planetary Novels) were a sub-series of Perry Rhodan, mostly standalone novels that sometimes had quite interesting topics. In this case… I don’t have a clue, but considering it’s called The Knight of Arkon I bet it was again about Atlan doing some stuff either in the past of Terra, or using his experience living through the whole of Terran history to play the knight somewhere else.

I don’t know how many ancient spherical ships stranded on a desert world were explored in the series, but I seem to remember at least 4 different ones from the novels I read (and I didn’t read even a large part of them). I guess some themes just resonate with audiences.

That looks like a system monitor with a planetoid hull in the back (in Traveller terms)

I don’t know what this is about, but the whole cover looks so 80s.

Another Atlan cover. Looks very Sword and Sorcery.

This looks so Lovecraftian I wouldn’t be surprised if he was inspired by exactly that.

Rate this:

#Art #illustration #perryrhodan #sciencefiction #sfart

Und noch ein Interview - ganz kurz vor Weihnachten. Diesmal kommt einer der Grafiker des Kalenders zu Wort, Mario Franke.

Unsere Herausgeberin Marianne Labisch hat mit ihn über die Entstehungsgeschichte seiner Bilder geredet.
Das Interview findet sich auf Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QRf6LNZaTY

Und auch das Bild, welches ich euch hier präsentiere, stammt von ihm.

Link zum Kalender: https://www.verlag-torsten-low.com/de/kalender/science-fiction-art-kalendergeschichten-2025.html

#verlagtorstenlow #bissigerverleger #sfart #kalender2025 #kalendergeschichte

Die März-Geschichte "Nonne und Zögling" aus unserem Kalender, zu der die heutige Illustration gehört, stammt von Achim Stößer.
Das Interview, welches unsere Herausgeberin Marianne Labisch mit ihm geführt hat, findet sich auf Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM_hdmCwHBg

Link zu unserem Kalender: https://www.verlag-torsten-low.com/de/kalender/science-fiction-art-kalendergeschichten-2025.html

#verlagtorstenlow #bissigerverleger #sfart #kalender2025 #kalendergeschichten

Heute ist ein neues Interview von Marianne Labisch, Herausgeberin unseres Kalenders, online gegangen. Dabei hat sie Veith Kanoder-Brunnel, den Autoren der Titelblattgeschichte interviewt.
Das Interview findet sich auf Youtube: https://youtu.be/zcp7lCwPTuI
Diese Illustration ist ebenfalls aus unserem Kalender und passt ganz wunderbar zu Veiths Geschichte "Alice".
Link zum Artikel: https://www.verlag-torsten-low.com/de/kalender/science-fiction-art-kalendergeschichten-2025.html

#verlagtorstenlow #bissigerverleger #sfart #kalender2025 #kalendergeschichten

Marianne Labisch, Herausgeberin unseres Kalenders hat Friedhelm Schneidewind, einen der Autoren des Science-Fiction Art & Kalendergeschichten 2025, interviewt.
Das Interview findet sich auf Youtube: https://youtu.be/T-eEUt7K3JI

Diese Illustration ist übrigens aus unserem Kalender und entstand, nachdem Friedhelm Schneidewind seine Geschichte "Zeitsprünge" geschrieben hat.

Link zum Artikel: https://www.verlag-torsten-low.com/de/kalender/science-fiction-art-kalendergeschichten-2025.html

#verlagtorstenlow #bissigerverleger #sfart #kalender2025 #kalendergeschichten

(2 von 2)

Aus »Zu Hause ist es am schönsten«, eine Kurzgeschichte von Marco Rauch aus dem Kalender 2025 aus unserem Hause. Das Bild ist übrigens eine zur Geschichte passende Illustration von Uli Bendick.
Link zum Artikel: https://www.verlag-torsten-low.com/de/kalender/science-fiction-art-kalendergeschichten-2025.html

#verlagtorstenlow #bissigerverleger #sfart #kalender2025 #kalendergeschichten

Recently started a membership at makerspace in SF called Humanmade. The intent is to get back to woodworking and experimenting with the CNC but I'm also excited to have laser access again. Did some quick studies with paper over the weekend and once I got my settings dialed in I really liked the results.

#laserengraving #lasercut #printmaking #abstractart #linedrawing #plotterart #minimalism #opart #contemporaryart #modernart #bayareaart #sfart #contemporaryprintmaking #joelcammarata

Victorian cottage, Ingleside, San Francisco

#watercolor #watercolour #sf #sanfrancisco #sfart #sfartist #sfba #art #painting

A bit of Rice-A-Roni cheer on a gloomy day

Watercolor and ink

#watercolor #watercolour #sf #sanfrancisco #sfart #sfartist #sfba #californiaart #californiaartist #aqvarell #aquarelle #acuarela #cablecar #sfmuni

The #SFGiants may have missed the postseason, but you've still got a chance to get this Oracle Park print. Only 1 left! (After which no más.) And only $49!

Show yr black and orange pride this Halloween. With Buster at the helm, good things could happen next yr.

https://www.gorney.studio/new-products/u1kju7l4iadygn9ex6t36enozv6net

#art #watercolor #watercolour #sf #sanfrancisco #sfart #sfartist #sfba #baseball #print

Dawn at the Gate

Original #watercolor #watercolour
available at http://gorney.studio

#art #painting #sf #sanfrancisco #sfba #bayarea #sfart #sfartist #california #californiaart #californiaartist #fog #GoldenGateBridge

Dog and cat on 41st Ave.

#watercolor #watercolour #sf #sanfrancisco #sfart #sfartist #sfba #californiaart #californiaartist #aqvarell #aquarelle #acuarela #commission #artcommission #streetscape #sennelier #sennelierwatercolors

Afternoon in the Outer Aves - take 2

#gouache #sf #sanfrancisco #art #painting #gouachepainting #sfart #sfartist #sfba #californiaart #californiaartist

St. Ignatius College Prep
Sunset District, San Francisco

#watercolor #watercolour #sf #sanfrancisco #sfsunset #sunsetsf #sfart #sfartist #sfba #californiaart #californiaartist #aqvarell #aquarelle #acuarela #commission #artcommission #streetscape #archisketch

Noe Valley blue

#watercolor #watercolour #sf #sanfrancisco #sfart #sfartist #sfba #californiaart #californiaartist #aqvarell #aquarelle #acuarela #commission #artcommission #streetscape #archisketch #archisketcher #victorian #victorianSF #noevalley #sennelier #sennelierwatercolors #fabriano #fabrianopaper #art #painting

Sunset Grey (41st Ave., San Francisco)

#watercolor #watercolour #sf #sanfrancisco #sfba #californiaart #californiaartist #sfart #sfartist #art

6th Ave. Hangout

Neighbors have been gathering here monthly since the lockdown ended in San Francisco

#watercolor #watercolour #sf #sanfrancisco #sfart #sfartist #sfba #californiaart #californiaartist #aqvarell #aquarelle #acuarela #commission #artcommission #streetscape

Cole Valley street-and-tree-scape

#watercolor #watercolour #sf #sanfrancisco #sfart #sfartist #sfba #californiaart #californiaartist #aqvarell #aquarelle #acuarela #commission #artcommission #streetscape #archisketch #archisketcher #painting #art

Meraviglia
Acrylic, 24"x36"
#painting #art #abstract #abstractart #surrealism #acrylic #acrylicpainting #sfart #sfartist

Bidding is happening now online at https://artspan50.cbo.io/ to benefit ArtSpan, supporting local SF artists for the last 50 years. My piece "Germination 2" is lot #540 - hope you'll bid! Online bidding ends May 19 8pm Pacific. #sfart #sanfranciscoart #sanfrancisco

Only 3 days left for my May Day/Mothers Day sale!

15%-20% off all giclée prints plus selected original watercolors in my shop - http://gorney.studio - through midnight Sunday, 5/12 • Link in my bio

Or commission an original for your mother or grandmother!

#art #print #artprint #prints #artprints #sale #sf #sanfrancisco #sfba #californiaart #sfart #sfartist #doggiediner #mitchellsiccream #cablecar #sfableat #njudah #utilitypole #phonepole #wires #sfsunset #sunsetsf

Obsessing on the Thiebaud-like intersection at Balboa & 23rd Ave.

#sketch #sketchbook #watercolor #watercolorsketch #watercolour #watercoloursketch #streetscape #urbansketch #urbansketching #usk #usksanfrancisco #sf #sanfrancisco #sfart #sfartist #sfba #californiaart #californiaartist #aqvarell #aquarelle #acuarela

The Spring Art Pop-up is happening this weekend at 307 Cortland in SF. Visit today 12-9pm, Saturday 12-8, Sunday 11-6 for some great art by 15 California artists (including me)! https://www.secessionsf.com/art #bernal #sanfrancisco #sfart

The Sunset Sketchers were on the Great Highway this weekend for SFOB Hot Rods • Kustoms • Classics. Heavy metal thunder!

Sketches here by Mark Simmons (Recology truck), me ('68 Mustang headlight), Steph Chen (old-school Chevy low rider) and Matt Wills (1930 Ford roadster).

#SF #sanfrancisco #sfart #sfartist #sfartists #meetup #sketchers #carmeet #carsketch #watercolor #watercolorsketch #watercolour #watercoloursketch #urbansketch #urbansketching #usk #sketchbook

Boat Boi - Blackpool Boat Tram, Market St. Railway

Gouache on paper

(Original - https://www.gorney.studio/new-products/s2e16jh3nlrbb26mqux492t7ge5cob | Giclée print - https://www.gorney.studio/new-products/g2zc9rbcul49c41ke18pi7z3rh1827)

#sf #sanfrancisco #gouache #sfart #sfartist #sfba #californiaart #californiaartist #streetcar #blackpool #sfmta #sfmuni #sfmuniart #transit

Commissioned print

Size: 11"x14"
Plot time: 2.5 hrs
Media: Pilot G2 gel pens on bristol

#penplotter #abstractart #moire #graphicdesign #linedrawing #penart #caddesign #MastoArt #sfart #bayareaart

Afternoon in the Outer Aves

#watercolor watercolour #sf #sanfrancisco #sfart #sfartist #sfba #californiaart #californiaartist #aqvarell #aquarelle #acuarela #sennelier #sennelierwatercolors #caseformaking #caseformakingwatercolors #strathmorevision #strathmorepaper #commission #artcommission #streetscape #archisketch #archisketcher

Afternoon in the Outer Aves

#watercolor watercolour #sf #sanfrancisco #sfart #sfartist #sfba #californiaart #californiaartist #aqvarell #aquarelle #acuarela #sennelier #sennelierwatercolors #caseformaking #caseformakingwatercolors #strathmorevision #strathmorepaper #commission #artcommission #streetscape #archisketch #archisketcher

Afternoon in the Outer Aves

#watercolor watercolour #sf #sanfrancisco #sfart #sfartist #sfba #californiaart #californiaartist #aqvarell #aquarelle #acuarela #sennelier #sennelierwatercolors #caseformaking #caseformakingwatercolors #strathmorevision #strathmorepaper #commission #artcommission #streetscape #archisketch #archisketcher

Afternoon in the Outer Aves

#watercolor watercolour #sf #sanfrancisco #sfart #sfartist #sfba #californiaart #californiaartist #aqvarell #aquarelle #acuarela #sennelier #sennelierwatercolors #caseformaking #caseformakingwatercolors #strathmorevision #strathmorepaper #commission #artcommission #streetscape #archisketch #archisketcher

Afternoon in the Outer Aves

#watercolor watercolour #sf #sanfrancisco #sfart #sfartist #sfba #californiaart #californiaartist #aqvarell #aquarelle #acuarela #sennelier #sennelierwatercolors #caseformaking #caseformakingwatercolors #strathmorevision #strathmorepaper #commission #artcommission #streetscape #archisketch #archisketcher

Morning in Parkside

#watercolor #watercolour #art #painting #sf #sanfrancisco #sfart #sfartist #sfsunset #sunsetsf #commission #artcommission #streetscape #archisketch #archisketcher #sennelier #sennelierwatercolors #fabriano #fabrianopaper

More people of the N Judah 🚊

#sketch #sketchbook #ink #inksketch #pelikan #fountainpensketch #urbansketch #urbansketching #usk #usksanfrancisco #sf #sanfrancisco #sfart #sfartist #peoplesketching #transitsketching #sfmuni #NJudah

Bernal Heights at nightfall

#watercolor #watercolour #painting #sf #sanfrancisco #sfart #sfartist #sfba #californiaart #californiaartist #aqvarell #aquarelle #acuarela #commission #sfbernal #archisketch #archisketcher #victorian #victorianSF

30th Ave. w /bougainvillea

#watercolor #watercolour #sf #sanfrancisco #sfart #sfartist #commission #artcommission #streetscape #archisketch #archisketcher #aqvarell #aquarelle #acuarela

Piccino Coffee Bar - 22nd St. @ Minnesota

#watercolor #watercolorsketch #watercolour #watercoloursketch #sennelier #sennelierwatercolors #fabriano #fabrianopaper #archisketcher #archisketch #sf #sanfrancisco #potrerohill #sfart #sfartist #californiaart #californiaartist #aqvarell #aquarelle #acuarela #commission #artcommission #cafe

McLaren Lodge, Golden Gate Park

#watercolor #watercolour #sf #sanfrancisco #sfart #sfartist #sfba #californiaart #californiaartist #aqvarell #aquarelle #acuarela #art #painting #watercolorpainting

45th & Judah - Outerlands
#watercolor #watercolour #sf #sanfrancisco #sfart #sfartist #sfba #californiaart #californiaartist #aqvarell #aquarelle #acuarela #commission #artcommission #streetscape #archisketch #archisketcher #print #artprint

Avbl as a giclée print - https://www.gorney.studio/new-products/gx4xcj5emdxtwbz4rdm8h7d0ot6nkj - being run now, might or might not be ready before the 25th fyi

Lost Marbles Brewpub, Clement St.

(formerly Pizza Orgasmica, and before that The Front Room)

Watercolor & Gouache

#watercolor #watercolour #sf #sanfrancisco #sfart #sfartist #sfba #californiaart #californiaartist #aqvarell #aquarelle #acuarela #commission #artcommission #streetscape #archisketch #archisketcher #victorian #victorianSF #pub

Kelly's Cove | Cliff House | Camera Obscura

#watercolor #watercolour - hot off the drawing table

Avaliable as a giclée print: https://www.gorney.studio/new-products/xrugumyuy32pvhb7zoe3n3emsxzsxb

#sf #sanfrancisco #beach #oceanbeachsf #sfart #sfartist #sfba #californiaart #californiaartist #aqvarell #aquarelle #acuarela #print #artprint

4th St. @ Long Bridge, Mission Bay (SF)

#watercolor #watercolour #sf #sanfrancisco #sfart #sfartist #sfba #californiaart #californiaartist #aqvarell #aquarelle #acuarela #commission #artcommission #streetscape #archisketch #archisketcher #missionbaysf

The SF Sketchers were at Compton's Coffee House in North Beach yesterday. Sketches here by Callie Floor, Erik Wessler, Carrie Schleiffler and Eileen Goldenberg.

#sketch #sketchbook #watercolor #watercolorsketch #watercolour #watercoloursketch #urbansketch #urbansketching #urbansketchers #usk #usksanfrancisco #northbeach #sf #sanfrancisco #sfart #sfartist #sfartists #meetup #sketchers #sunsetsketchers #streetscape #archisketch #archisketcher #cafe #cafesketching

Blurple house, Inner Sunset

#watercolor #watercolorsketch #watercolour #watercoloursketch #sennelier #sennelierwatercolors #fabriano #fabrianopaper #archisketcher #archisketch #sf #sanfrancisco #sunsetsf #sfsunset #sfart #sfartist #skizze #skizzenbuch #croquis #aqvarell #aquarelle #acuarela #commission #artcommission

The closing party for the Sunset Sketchers Annual is this Saturday, November 18th 1-5PM at Sealevel!

Get yourself to 4331 Irving St. if haven't yet seen this wonderful show (with work by some of the Bay Area's most talented artists.) And why not pick one up for your own collection?

Snacks from Sweet Passion Bakery and refreshing Torani spritzers will be served. Sealevel is at 4331 Irving, between 44th and 45th Aves. Thanks to Steph Chen for the sketch!

#urbansketching #urbansketchers #usk #usksanfrancisco #sf #sanfrancisco #sanfranciscoart #sfart #sfartists #sfgallery