Friday 3 December 2010

2001: A Space Odyssey - poster art (1968)

Artwork by Robert McCall for one of the 2001: A Space Odyssey posters, which is lovely in every way.

And what I really like about this artwork is that it lends its self so very well to a little bit of; What if..
In the previous post we had looked at Airfix Astronauts model kit figures but imagine if Airfix had have made these:
Image courtesy of Mr McCall and internet wag Miniature Sun who resides at;

 
Fantastic work, sir
 
Steve

5 comments:

  1. Groovy! Never saw that 2001 artwork before...

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  2. Yeah, it's good. There are other posters for the film but they're nothing like this.

    And thanks for the comment. Glad you are enjoying the blog

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    1. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield wore a reproduction Clavius spacesuit at a comic book convention:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxRoK5LZa_A

      Curiously, one of his offhand comments was that the helmet gave lots of room in front of his face. I'm dying to know if that's a good thing, or a bad thing, and why.

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  4. You'll also find this artwork on the LP soundtrack record of 2001: A Space Odessy as well. Very worth looking up!

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