The Sci Fi Guy

If you’re in the mood to view some really innovative and inspirational artwork related to science fiction, I’d strongly suggest you take a visit to CoolVibe.com, a site I just recently discovered while stumbling around the internet. The website features artwork from various artists across a range of styles; from mecha designs, character pieces, cityscapes, planets and galaxies, and more. Even browsing through just a few pages of artwork has already provided me with dozens of ideas for stories, settings, and inspiration for worlds that could be.

A few images that immediately stood out included Viking Hunter, Orbit, and Where Did You Go. While each one has a different tone, each one could provide enough material to fill the pages of a novel with ideas of the worlds and the stories they contain.

The website itself is pretty new (archiving back to just November of ‘09) but they creator seems to be doing a good job of updating it on a regular basis. If you’re seeking inspiration or just a look at some innovative science fiction images, give it a shot.

The internet can be an interesting place if you spend enough time getting lost on it. Somehow I went from watching a video demonstration about a new video server that I was thinking about using, to discovering this little short film titled Things Fall Apart on a website called Devoid of Yesterday. It’s only about 2 and a half minutes long, but this artsy short features some provoking music, and frankly chilling visuals of a world not unlike our own.

The film has all the great elements of great science fiction short fiction… The sense that the piece we receive is far less than what might truly be out there. If you’ve got a couple minutes and want to see something off the beaten path, I suggest you give it a shot. Exciting editor’s note… I just created a new category called “Science Fiction ‘Web’”… Hopefully I’ll veer even further off the path and see if I can find some exciting scifi-stuff manifesting itself on the web.