#tronpunk

Toyota 2049, By John Wallin Liberto

This 1980s-esque tronpunk concept car takes the futuristic idea of the flying car and sets it in the retro-future of the 1980s.  This car is for the future Toyota Motors of 2049.  Artist John Wallin Liberto, is a Concept Artist for OculusVR, and his work can be seen at https://captflushgarden.artstation.com

Number 12 by Syd Mead (2004)

Syd Mead is a well-established futurist whose forward-projecting imagery now has a retro feel while still delivering bold visions.  This tronpunk racing motorcycle exhibits features and motifs from his famous “Spinner” car, including the thick wheels with smooth hubcaps held in place by fenders.  The design on this heavily-commercialized vehicle personally reminds me of the Transformer Technobot motorcycle, Afterburner (1987).  Observe the other racers whizzing by in the background as #12 makes a pit stop.

Image from Killian Eng Gallery Gallery 8

Artwork from Killian Eng was featured earlier on Blippicrunk.  His Tronpunk paintings feature the high-contrast vintage album art type imagery that convey size and mass.  This particular image features two men leading, or escaping, a horde of behemoth cyberpunk robots.

Sci-Fi Art by Fred Gambino

Interstellar Queen on Red Sky World by Angus McKie

Angus McKie is my favorite tronpunk era artist, for his renditions of spacecraft with a sense of gravitas and mass, and this particular spaceliner, here named the Interstellar Queen, is my favorite ship, and this is mt favorite of his many renditions of the Interstellar Queen.

This image wasn’t painted for the Terran Trade Authority series of books, but this and many other images of the Interstellar Queen appear in the series’ first book, Spacescraft: 2000 to 2100 AD, where it got its name.  This book has been mentioned already on Blippicrunk and is a milestone book of the 1970s wave British sci-fi artists.

Angus McKie’s image of the ship being fueled and prepped at a station also appears as the cover image of volume 16 of the 25-book anthology: Issac Asimov Presents the Great SF Classics, reprinting year-by-year the best sci-fi stories from 1939 through 1964.

3x3 Phase 20 Three-Wheeler by Arturo Arino

This vehicle was made with function in designThe blue lights in the tires are reminiscent of Tron’s light cycles.  From the feature’s web site:

One of the ardent lovers of autos and sci-fi movies, Spanish designer, Arturo Arino, has come up with amazing concept, dubbed the Phase 2.0. The giant all terrain vehicle has been designed for the entertainment, video game and sci-fi movie etc. and is capable of moving without any interruption on dunes, snow and water streets.

For more details and additional images of the 3x3 Phase 20, visit its entry on Psipunk at

http://psipunk.com/3x3-phase-2-0-three-wheeled-futuristic-vehicle-by-arturo-arino/

Form Beyond Function by Patrick A. Razzo

This motorcycle is an example of ultra-futurism, which features extreme shapes and forms. This vehicle’s wheels look like two Epcot Centers (tm). Patrick Razzo designed this for the movie Lostboy.

Visit Yanko Designs for more ultra-futurism at https://yankodesigns.com

Rad Robot & Kids (2009)

A.K.A. Kind Buds.  Tronpunk.  Obvious Photoshopping of a vintage photo of three friends.  Original picture circa 1970s. Photoshopping vintage photographs into creepy sci-fi is trendy, and this is a prime example.

Image courtesy http://rad-dudes.com