[Dustin Brown]

There is a style of art I'm look for. A mix of late 1800's, with imaginary stylized machinery. Jules Verne, William Gibson's "The Difference Engine", and the game Myst come to mind when I think of this style. What is the style called? Also, does anyone know where I can find some good examples of it?

Thanks
-dustin

[Red Leader]

The style is called Steam Punk.
Examples that come to mind would be the Will Smith movie "Wild Wild west" (Heard it was a crappy movie tho'), The upcoming remake of "The Time Machine"

There is even Japanese steam punk with Samurai. Cool stuff

[Jimbo Jones]

A word I've heard describing this kind of style is "Steampunk". It's usually used for an alternate future where robots and computers run on steam, people travel in gigantic airships and submarines, that kind of thing. I've seen a lot of comic books and role-playing games using this style. Hope that helps

Edit: Oop, someone got there first.

[ July 26, 2001: Message edited by: Jimbo Jones ]

[Vgta]

Look at the Shadowrun RPG, I remember the old stuff used to be very Steampunk.
Also a couple of the early Final Fantasies used this theme as well.

[ceenda]

Oddly enough, if you can get hold of a very old copy of "20,000 leagues under the sea" and "Journey to the centre of the earth" by Jules Verne, these books contain some of the most fantastic ink illustrations of the genre. Back then, people were fascinated by the whole concept of submarines, but realised that they were limited by the technological standards of the day. Therefore, their illustrations are a bizarre mix of the futuristic and the arcane. Steam, cogs and gears with the odd electrical conduit and nuclear power source.

I'll go hunting for the illustrations (they're online somewhere) and get back to you on this one.

[specialbrew]

Worth checking out also is the collected comic-book 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen', written by Alan Moore and illustrated by the god-like Kevin O'Neill. It features, amongst many other treats, an absolutely wonderful version of the Nautilus and some great 'steampunk' renederings of other outlandish Victorian hardware.

[Dryfire]

awesome i love that style as well

[Ken McCracken]

Like, Space 1899?