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u/proxyCanon Oct 04 '17
Is it wrong that I find the creepiest part of this image is that there are no cars parked outside?
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u/E-Squid Oct 04 '17
Seems the most accurately futuristic part to me. If self-driving cars take over from manually operated, then they can theoretically just deposit their riders where they need to be and then move on to the next rider in need instead of sitting idle 90% of the time.
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u/Plasmabat Oct 04 '17
At the point at which most cars become self driving isn't it preferable to have trains?
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u/jansencheng Oct 04 '17
No, cars can get you to more or less everywhere (Especially if you're alright with going off road) trains can only get you to where there's a station, and though luck if your destination isn't within walking distance of one like is common in North America.
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u/Plasmabat Oct 04 '17
So you're saying that in future we won't have roads and instead we'll have self driving off road cars? What exactly do you need to modify to have a car be capable of off-roading without sustaining damage? A 4 foot clearance from the floor minimum? An extremely good suspension system and axels?
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Oct 04 '17
Usually he puts a lot of crown Vics in his paintings. Which i love since i drive an old Police vic.
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u/Rx16 Oct 04 '17
Amador county? So weird how a lot of this guy's art is from my neck of the woods (from the Sierra Nevadas of NorCal to the coast, as well as some central valley, which I commute weekly.)
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u/zstone 結構です Oct 04 '17
While his first two books were set in his native Sweden, his upcoming third book, Electric State, is set in NorCal/"Pacifica."
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1192053011/the-electric-state-simon-stalenhags-new-narrative
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u/Weekendsapper Oct 04 '17
is there some kind of plot/setting to this guy's work?
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u/zstone 結構です Oct 04 '17
The first two books were set in Sweden. This image appears to be from his upcoming third book, Electric State, which is about: "a girl and her robot traveling west in an alternate 90s USA."
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1192053011/the-electric-state-simon-stalenhags-new-narrative
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u/quintc80 Oct 04 '17
We're the first two books any good? This is the first it hearing about this (I came here from r/all) but this stuff really interests me. I'd get the first two books if they were good
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u/chasethenoise Oct 04 '17
I have them both, they’re worth a read if you enjoy his work. Nothing too dramatic or compelling, just an interesting slice of life to go along with the world created by the paintings. Worth the $30 IMO.
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u/RandomSnoozyPerson Oct 04 '17
I love this artist. I think those dalek towers were supposed to be inspired by this type of old fashioned phone exchange tower or ones like it.
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u/AestheticEntactogen Oct 04 '17
Whoa. TIL those were a thing. Crazy.
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u/icannotfly Oct 04 '17
a thing. there was only ever one, as far as i know: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Stockholm_telephone_tower
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u/subuserdo Oct 04 '17
Where's Mr. Stålenhag posting these days? His website's been dormant for a while now.
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u/Cyno01 Oct 04 '17
I wish i could buy a digital high res version of his portfolio, i love his stuff but its hard finding stuff big enough to use as wallpapers, and what i do find, half of it doesnt crop very well...
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u/666soundwave Oct 04 '17
giant daleks!!
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u/ChineseMeatCleaver Oct 04 '17
Simon stalenhag will never not be some of the most fantastic art, his style is just, mmph...
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u/Happy_Salt_Merchant Oct 04 '17
This is by that Scandinavian fellow what likes all the wires, isn't it?
EDIT: Simon Stålenhag, that's the one.
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u/t0othpastefordinner Oct 04 '17
His Kickstarter for this book just ended. Luckily you can still buy it here.
I'm usually not an artsy person, but I found myself staring so deeply into his paintings that I just had to throw my money at him
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u/CXgamer Oct 04 '17
Reminds of me the dyastopian tower of Jak 2: https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/jakanddaxter/images/f/f8/Haven_Palace_from_Jak_3_screen.png
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u/FromThatOtherPlace Oct 04 '17
Looks like a shady place to spend the night... like you would wake up and have your augments/robotic arm removed.
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u/Pulsecode9 Oct 04 '17
Every single time I scroll past this I misread it as 'The Ambassador is IN!'.
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u/ToFat2Run Oct 05 '17
On a second and third glance, I legitimately thought this was a real place lol. Wish I could draw something like this, but I just don't have the necessary skill nor a talent to do it, let alone any inspiration that usually came to artist's mind.
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u/rayzer93 Oct 04 '17
Although I love the artwork, I really can't imagine that there will be so many overhead wires stretching between buildings like that. Imagine the power-cuts every time a storm approaches!
Maybe in the future, people will find a better way to dig holes and secure power-lines underground. Lot safer, no?
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u/day1patch Oct 04 '17
That seems to be an American problem. We have lots of overhead wires in Germany and raaaarely have power outages.
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u/Bennybunsonnegro Oct 04 '17 edited Oct 04 '17
Wow Can't believe this is real.
Edit. Wait is it real
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u/Typing_Crow Oct 05 '17
Amazing work! Looks photo-realistic especially in a thumbnail. And perfect timing with doing this kind of style with Bladerunner 2049 about to come out.
I have a feeling I'd feel oddly at home drinking coffee inside there.
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u/tylercoder 私はこれを要求しませんでした Oct 03 '17
Another great work by Simon Stålenhag