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Rare Dune Concept Art

Artist Chris Foss is known for his visionary presentation of future technology and weird vistas. His cool vision of the future led him to be asked to work on production designs for Alejandro Jodorowsky's uncompleted Dune movie, in the mid 1970s, and later... ...full story at digg

from digg on Sat, Nov 21 2009

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02 Dec 08 visit Classic BSG as Drawn by Star Wars' Concept Artist (PICS)  »  digg Concept Artist Ralph McQuarrie brought George Lucas' original 'Star Wars' vision to life and has become one of the most important visionary artists of our time. Amongst his other amazing works, he was also hired to do concept art for the original late...
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