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I wrote an article on my blog about the genres of Sci-fi and fantasy and what I like about them. I wanted to create an illustration just for my own pleasure that depicted the two genres meeting one another literally. You can check out the article here
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and feel free to post your thoughts and ideas on the subject, which do you like the best Sci-fi or Fantasy?


-JP
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~Cort-Ellyn Feb 18, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
I write fantasy, so I guess I prefer it. I love the stunned faces and postures you've painted here. Great job.
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*Treyos Feb 16, 2011  Hobbyist Writer
I'm rather fond of both, though I tend more towards fantasy when I'm writing. I've actually been working on a story involving a lot of elements from both, lately, called The Plague. Check it out if you have the time and gumption. :) [link] Quite a bit different than the scenario you've depicted here, though.
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*BUtifulDeath Feb 15, 2011  Professional General Artist
Very cool. I really like how everyone involved looks mildly alarms and vaguely confused. Likely like some nerds would look at this. "OMG YOU GOT MY WARCRAFT IN MA STARCRAFT GETITOUTGETITOUT!!!!!
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~dana-redde Feb 15, 2011
Many people would say that the Star Wars-esque sci-fi with space ships and weird aliens is in fact more akin to fantasy than "true" sci-fi, which is based in science and often has some sort of point to make about our actual world. I don't worry too much about that kind of thing, I just want a good story! My favorite are stories that sort of blend the two, such as urban fantasy. I much prefer that to "high fantasy" (aka anything with elves, ugh). The midieval and Tolkien rip-offs have been done to death, but I can't get enough of China Mieville's "weird fiction," which blends speculative fiction with police states and bug people and trans-dimensional travel and all sorts of amazing things.
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~TARGETE Feb 14, 2011  Professional General Artist
Great comments everyone. I will probably dwell deeper into the subject. It's alot of fun to mix both genres.
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Mood: Love ~nagualjulian Feb 14, 2011
I'm starting a D&D campaign where the players believe the world is classic fantasy --but will soon realise that the story is actually a science-fiction (Clarke's law: any sufficiently advanced technology is synonymous with magic?). The "gods" and magic are actually manifestations of an infinately complex, self-perpetuating quantum phenomena transmitted from another dimension...:blahblah:
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~Nothu Feb 13, 2011
beautiful Illustration =3
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!rk87 Feb 13, 2011
Love the piece ... especially the giant's expression! It makes me wonder about the story behind it. :)
I like both genres and all of their offshoots (cyberpunk, weird tales, fairy tales, etc). I'm into science fiction alot more these days because fantasy has been rather disappointing to me, and I feel like more original stuff has been coming out of science fiction, not to mention the issues they present seem more relevant to the real world.
But I still haven't given up hope for fantasy yet. The only gripe I have about the genre is how it's restricted to Tolkienesque mythology (the whole elves, dwarves, and orcs thing). Tolkien was influential, but he was be inspired by Norse/Celtic? mythology while building his world. I think the fantasy genre could grow once people don't restrict themselves to Tolkienesque stuff but be inspired by other mythologies too.
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~TARGETE Feb 14, 2011  Professional General Artist
I couldn't agree with you more, about the Tolkienesque mythology. There is so much more that could be explored even in our own cultures like easter cultures, African gods, native american etc. But most of all something thats just not been done before.

JP
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~HyenaTeeth Feb 13, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
That'd be a tough call. I like them both really well. :) I've read/seen a few things that blend the elements from both. Pretty neat, as well.

On the artwork, this is really awesome. I particularly love the body of the fantasy creature. I'd call it a centaur, but the body structure of the animal half isn't quite the same. It's really cool, kinda predatory. Love the pose on it. I'd be fascinated to read a book about what's happening here.
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