I only found out about Foss last weekend! I'd been thinking about sci-fi art a
lot, particularly after some nice comments on my "links" IRTC entry. Anyway, I
was at my girlfriend's parent's house helping her sort through some of her old
things, and we found the folder from a Foss Poster Portfolio. The illustrations
grabbed me immediately, though sadly we couldn't find the posters it contained.
My girlfriend's let me keep it so I can look at the thumbnail pictures on the
back of the folder! :)

I have to agree that the website doesn't do his work justice, not by a long way.
I'll have to try to locate the posters...

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Gilles Tran <tra### [at] inapginrafr> wrote in message
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> 3cadb4b5$1@news.povray.org...
> >
> > Maybe I'm missing something really great in his art, but to me it looks
> very
> > simple. I'm not saying that I could do it, but I have seen many on the net
> > with similar styles whose work it much more complete and detailed.
>
> Perhaps you should try to get a copy of his book, "XXIrst Century Foss". It
> was published in the early 80s. All the Foss pics I've found so far on the
> net really don't do justice to his work, because they are poor scans of this
> book. Personally, I've always found Foss' sci-fi art much better and
> imaginative than the dreadful military-looking designs that have become the
> norm since. Too bad Hollywood was never able to use his work. His concept
> art for Dune (the aborted 1975 version, not the Lynch one) is still
> incredible by modern standards, but I guess that it came too early.
>
> G.
>
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