Sci-Fi-O-Rama

This is another post featuring Spanish (I believe) Artist Salinas Blanch, producer of many excellent Sci-fi book covers during the 70’s - I love this super punchy style, and definitely doable these days with Adobe Illustrator’s fancy blending / meshing tools I reckon…

If anyone knows any more about Salinas Blanch, please drop us a mail…

Illustration for the Spanish Language version of “En la Arena Estelar”  translated “In the stellar sand” an alternative tile for Asimov’s  “The Stars Like Dust” originally published in 1951. Read more about that here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stars,_Like_Dust

Scan via Flickr user Pelz: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinocefalo/

A Spanish cover for the Brian Aldiss Book “The Dark Light Years” produced by Artist Salinas Blanch, whom I confess to know nothing about, other than the fact this style rocks! I came across this piece at Flickr user Dinocefalco’s set: portados (cover’s) http://flickr.com/photos/dinocefalo/sets/72157594521479375/

Book cover art for the Spanish edition Fritz Leiber’s novel  “La Mente Arana” (The Mind Spider) Artist Salinas Blanch.  Airbrushed Neon colours on black works really nicely, this is the kinda thing it’s possible to do these days using Abobe Illustrator, specifically the Gradient Mesh and Blending tool - maybe with a splash of Gaussian  Blur to!