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A dystopia that actually has COLOR? And characters that look like they’ll have actual bonds with each other, giving you something to root for? Sign me the fuck up.
[ID: A tweet from @/NetflixFilm posted on Feb.5th 2021.
It says, “(Title in all caps) Space Sweepers, a Korean sci-fi epic, has:
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A ragtag crew of scoundrels
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Fights in space
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An adorable robot
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Unlikely father figures
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Kim Tae-ri of THE HANDMAIDEN
…and it’s now on Netflix!!”
/End ID]
Here’s a thing I’ve had around in my head for a while!
Okay, so I’m pretty sure that by now everyone at least is aware of Steampunk, with it’s completely awesome Victorian sci-fi aesthetic. But what I want to see is Solarpunk – a plausible near-future sci-fi genre, which I like to imagine as based on updated Art Nouveau, Victorian, and Edwardian aesthetics, combined with a green and renewable energy movement to create a world in which children grow up being taught about building electronic tech as well as food gardening and other skills, and people have come back around to appreciating artisans and craftspeople, from stonemasons and smithies, to dress makers and jewelers, and everyone in between. A balance of sustainable energy-powered tech, environmental cities, and wicked cool aesthetics.
A lot of people seem to share a vision of futuristic tech and architecture that looks a lot like an ipod – smooth and geometrical and white. Which imo is a little boring and sterile, which is why I picked out an Art Nouveau aesthetic for this.
With energy costs at a low, I like to imagine people being more inclined to focus their expendable income on the arts!
Aesthetically my vision of solarpunk is very similar to steampunk, but with electronic technology, and an Art Nouveau veneer.
So here are some buzz words~
Natural colors!
Art Nouveau!
Handcrafted wares!
Tailors and dressmakers!
Streetcars!
Airships!
Stained glass window solar panels!!!
Education in tech and food growing!
Less corporate capitalism, and more small businesses!
Solar rooftops and roadways!
Communal greenhouses on top of apartments!
Electric cars with old-fashioned looks!
No-cars-allowed walkways lined with independent shops!
Renewable energy-powered Art Nouveau-styled tech life!
Can you imagine how pretty it would be to have stained glass windows everywhere that are actually solar panels? The tech is already headed in that direction! Or how about wide-brim hats, or parasols that are topped with discreet solar panel tech incorporated into the design, with ports you can stick your phone charger in to?
(((Character art by me; click the cityscape pieces to see artist names)))
Anonymous asked:
i -am- actually writing a sci-fi novel! i am a freelance author/editor but i support my own writing with that. my sci-fi novel is currently about two chapters in and it's about a guy who's jumping between "worlds" (haven't decided if it's alternate dimensions, alternate universe in the multiverse, or just alternate planets) via a nearly magical scientific device, looking for his wife who's gone missing. do you mind getting chat messages?
AWESOME
and anyone’s free to message me!
A playlist for Cyberpunk dorks in a futuristic world. A Sandroid playlist for wehavegunsforhands’s Battery AU. Listen here.
Live it up - Owl City / Super Bass - Nicki Minaj / Let’s Dance to Joy Division - The Wombats / Immortals - Fall Out Boy / Kiss Me Through the Phone -Soulja Boy / Animal - Ellie Goulding / Beta Love - Ra Ra Riot / I Am Not A Robot - Marina and the Diamonds / Swing Life Away - Rise Against / Be Still My Heart - The Postal Service / If My Heart Was a House - Owl City / Come to Me - Goo Goo Dolls / World Spins Madly On - The Weepies / Welcome Home, Son - Radical Face
Fantastic cover art was created by and used with permission from the wonderful picturesquegoddess!
My god this is the cyberpunk dystopia the 80s warned us of
Cities so tight on security there are cameras everywhere. Police killing people indiscriminately for their own joy. Giant walls being build across vast deserts. The rich living in their towers of glass. The poor on the streets with nothing. Internet in glasses. Corporate powers rule the White House. Wild roving gangs killing the “outsiders” Legit resistence networks run by punks. Religious groups have their own police forces. The net is being pressured to exclude the poor. Both fictional and literal representations of America are fash. Marketing brands are quite literally called “OBEY”. Corporate interests literally cut across sacred lands and pollute and destroy everything they touch. Hackers have become freedom fighters. Masked “anonymous” groups attempt to rip out criminals yet become the enemy of the state. Marketing is big bright and neon and meant to move your attention somewhere profitable The government said “fuck the planet” and now green energy is looked down on and discouraged. Corporations are treated as people. Weapons have more rights than citizens.
But at least we got the nifty cyberpunk music now too
Here’s a thing I’ve had around in my head for a while!
Okay, so I’m pretty sure that by now everyone at least is aware of Steampunk, with it’s completely awesome Victorian sci-fi aesthetic. But what I want to see is Solarpunk – a plausible near-future sci-fi genre, which I like to imagine as based on updated Art Nouveau, Victorian, and Edwardian aesthetics, combined with a green and renewable energy movement to create a world in which children grow up being taught about building electronic tech as well as food gardening and other skills, and people have come back around to appreciating artisans and craftspeople, from stonemasons and smithies, to dress makers and jewelers, and everyone in between. A balance of sustainable energy-powered tech, environmental cities, and wicked cool aesthetics.
A lot of people seem to share a vision of futuristic tech and architecture that looks a lot like an ipod – smooth and geometrical and white. Which imo is a little boring and sterile, which is why I picked out an Art Nouveau aesthetic for this.
With energy costs at a low, I like to imagine people being more inclined to focus their expendable income on the arts!
Aesthetically my vision of solarpunk is very similar to steampunk, but with electronic technology, and an Art Nouveau veneer.
So here are some buzz words~
Natural colors!
Art Nouveau!
Handcrafted wares!
Tailors and dressmakers!
Streetcars!
Airships!
Stained glass window solar panels!!!
Education in tech and food growing!
Less corporate capitalism, and more small businesses!
Solar rooftops and roadways!
Communal greenhouses on top of apartments!
Electric cars with old-fashioned looks!
No-cars-allowed walkways lined with independent shops!
Renewable energy-powered Art Nouveau-styled tech life!
Can you imagine how pretty it would be to have stained glass windows everywhere that are actually solar panels? The tech is already headed in that direction! Or how about wide-brim hats, or parasols that are topped with discreet solar panel tech incorporated into the design, with ports you can stick your phone charger in to?
(((Character art by me; click the cityscape pieces to see artist names)))
Anonymous asked:
Tell us about some of your OC's!! What's one you recently created? What's their favorite color?
OH BOY so I currently have I think 6 OCs for two original stories and they’re both sci-fi stories that take place in the same universe.
But since I haven’t made an outline for either story on here and no one knows about them I’m just gonna talk about a Steven Universe OC, because everyone knows SU.
So. Amber. Is a gem. She’s dark black and has an orange/blonde afro. She’s tall and has a kinda flowy orange dress. Like you know the muses from Hercules? She kinda looks like the tallest one. Her gem is in the middle of her back. She likes warm colors like yellow and orange.