Space Opera Adventures and Planetary Romances : Retro-futuristic paintings and pictures by American Science Fiction and Fantasy Illustrator Howard David Johnson, whose serious mythological and historical Art has been published all over the world by distinguished institutions and publishers including Paramount Studios, Universal Studios, MGM Studios, Warner Brothers Home Video, ABC/Disney, CBS TV, PBS TV, and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. After decades of working in traditional art mediums like oils and pastels, Johnson has  expanded his experimentalism into 3D and adding it to his mixed media toolkit. This collection is born of a love of the old pulps and the novels and artwork from the golden age of science fiction with it's dreams of space exploration, high adventure and planetary romance~ Newly Updated!

Space Opera Adventures ~ Science Fiction & Fantasy Art Collection

 

Planetary Romance
 Planetary romance is a special area of science fiction and science fantasy in which the story focuses more on adventures on one or more exotic alien planets, showcasing exotic, bizarre and weird life forms, environments and cultural groups. 

Often  planetary romances take place in a future culture where travel between worlds by spaceship is a commonplace event. 

It is the planetside adventures, in fantastic and futuristic fantasy worlds, filled with strange life forms sprawling across exotic landscapes populated with heroes and beautiful girls, aliens, spaceships, robots and monsters encountering conflicts while spinning through space and exploring strange new worlds...

 

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High Adventure on  Weird Worlds of Science Fiction

 

New and Bizarre Science Fiction and Fantasy Artwork; Illustrations depicting Fantastic and futuristic fantasy Worlds exotic plant and animal lifeforms astronauts painting       strange worlds of science fiction space explorers      weird science fiction and fantasy artwork tentacle alien space girl

 "The Nest", "Caves of Alpha Centauri", and "Encounter on Encedalus"  (c) 2016-19 ~ Mixed Media

 

 

          

 

 

 

 

 

SCIENCE FICTION;  STRANGE WORLDS & SPACE EXPLORERS

 

           

 "The Krill Warrior", "Her Unbridled Curiosity" and  "Alien Alpha Predator" all in Mixed media MMXIX

 

 

 

All new art from Exoplanet Explorer Adventures ~ featuring Space Cadet Sallie Forth and the crew of the USS Intrepid

 

 

 

 

 

             

"Vampire Squids of Kepler 22B"  "The Specimen" and  "The Robot Revolt" all MMXIX  

 

 

 

Journey into the Unknown exploring Forgotten Worlds  and Mysteries in Space with Space Cadet Sallie Forth ~ Danger Magnet

 

 

 

                

 "The Rookie Botanist", "The Search for LIFE" and  "The Rival Exploring party" all in Mixed media MMXIX

 

 

 

All new art from Exoplanet Explorer Adventures ~ "Planetfall on Kepler 22B featuring Space Cadet Sallie Forth and the crew of the USS Intrepid

 

   

 

            

"Captured by the KRILL ", "The Rescue Party" and "The Watchers" 

 

 

 

More Space Opera action from Exoplanet Explorer  Adventures~ "

 

 

 

           

"Fresh out of the Academy", "Approaching the First of the Super Earths" and "A Mystery in Space"

 

 

 

From Chapter One:  "A Tenderfoot in Space" [introducing Space Cadet Sallie Forth, Starship Intrepid Research Team Botanist ]

 

 

                   

                 New and Bizarre Science Fiction and Fantasy Artwork  depicting Fantastic Aliens abducting Earthlings

"A Sudden Awakening", "Forgotten Civilizations" and "Taken as Specimens"  Mixed Media 

 

 

 

More Planetary Romance Science Fiction;  

 

 

 

              Science Fiction Artwork  Strange worlds planetary romance

"A Sudden Awakening", "Exploring the Caves of Alpha Centauri" and "Taken as Specimens"  Mixed Media 

 

 

 

More Planetary Romance Science Fiction;  

 

           

"The Blind Blood Beasts", "The Security-Bot" and  "Carnivorous Flora of 61 Cygni B "  MMXIX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"A Sudden Awakening", "Exploring the Caves of Alpha Centauri" and "Taken as Specimens"  Mixed Media 

 

 

 

 

          

"The CONFRONTATION with the KRILL"  and  "MEN of METAL" both MMXIX

 

 

 

                             

 

"A Sudden Awakening", "Exploring the Caves of Alpha Centauri" and "Taken as Specimens"  Mixed Media 

                    

 

 

More Planetary Romance Science Fiction  Art  in mixtures of old and new media: "ROCKET PATROL" , "

 

 

SPACESHIPS, ASTRONAUTS, ALIENS & ROBOTS!

 

              

 

 

Above: More Weird Retro-futuristic Sci-Fi  illustrations " Second Stage Lensman " (left) " First Lensman " by E.E. "Doc" Smith, who created most of the tropes in Science Fiction and " Not all those who wander are lost "  [All (c) 2016 and all in Mixed Media including 2d & 3D]

 

SCIENCE FICTION;  STRANGE WORLDS & SPACE EXPLORERS

 

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"Encounter on Enceladus"  "Strange Worlds" and " Caves of Alpha Centauri" all MMXVIII

 

 

 

Dinosaur Planet art work astronauts shipwrecked

 

"Dinosaur Planet" Mixed media 2014

 

PIONEERS OF SCIENCE FICTION TROPES

 

           

 

 More  Old-School style Classic Sci-Fi  Art  in  old and new media: "Galactic Patrol" by E.E. "Doc" Smith, "Bug Aliens" and John Carter of Mars in "A Princess of MARS" by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Below: Journey into the Unknown exploring Forgotten Worlds  and Mysteries in Space with Space Cadet Sallie Forth MMXVII

 

 

MORE STRANGE WORLDS & SPACE EXPLORERS

 

     astronauts exploring the moons of jupiter aRTWORK MPAINTING            

"Return to Pelucidar" , "The Watchers" and ""  MMXVIII

 

 

 

 

 

             

 

 

Space Opera from Edgar Rice Burroughs ~ "Pirates of Venus" ,"Slaves of the Fish Men"  and "Carson of Venus " MMXIX

 

 

 

                       

       

Modern Myth? "Flying Saucers of the 3rd Reich"and "Planetfall on 61 Cygnus B" and "Nightmare on NESO"  Mixed Media 

 

SPACE EXPLORATION & ALIEN LANDSCAPES

 

         

 

"DINOSAUR PLANET" MMXIV & "The Orion Observatory" MMXII 

RETRO-FUTURISTIC SCIENCE FICTION

             Science fiction art alien planet astronauts alien monsters

"Escape from NESO" and "The Seventh Planet" both MMXVII and "Terror on Titan" MMXVI all in 2D and 3D Mixed Media

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INDEX of HDJ Art GALLERIES ~ LINKS to LARGER ART  

The Realistic and Fantastic Art Galleries of Contemporary American Illustrator Howard David Johnson

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 All these pieces of art and the text are legally copyrighted and were registered with the U.S. Library of Congress Office of Copyright by the author, Howard David Johnson All rights reserved worldwide. Permission for many academic or non-commercial uses is freely and legally available by simply contacting the author via e-mail or visiting www.howarddavidjohnson.com/permission.htm

 

 

With a background in traditional media including oils, pastels & colored pencils, Howard David Johnson embraces leading edge digital media in the creation of his depictions of fantasy, folklore, mythology, legend, religion, and heroic history. He works in  a wide variety of media * Oil paintings * Acrylic Paintings * Prismacolor Paintings * Drawings * Chalk & Oil Pastel Paintings * Photography * 2D &3D Digital Artistry & Mixed Media *  

Who is American Illustrator Howard David Johnson?

In one of David's invitations to the Florence Biennale Contemporary Art Exhibition, (a partner in the United Nations' Dialog among Nations), UN Secretary General Kofi Anon wrote him: "Artists have a special role to play in the global struggle for peace. At their best, artists speak not only to people; they speak for them. Art is a weapon against ignorance and hatred and an agent of public awareness... Art opens new doors for learning, understanding, and peace among nations."

      Howard David Johnson is a contemporary realistic artist and photographer with a background in the natural sciences and history.  David works in a wide variety of mixed media ranging from oil on canvas to digital media. David's realistic illustrations have made appearances in every major bookstore and game shop chain in America as well as magazines and educational texts around the world. 

   Some of David's more prestigious clients have included the University of Texas, the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge in England, The Australian Mint, The National Geographic Society, Paramount Studios, Universal Studios, MGM Studios, Warner Brothers Home Video, ABC/Disney, CBS TV, PBS TV, The History Channel, Enslow Educational Publishers, Adobe Photoshop, Auto FX, Tree-Free Greeting, Verizon wireless, Apple IPOD, Penguin, Doubleday (Now Random House), Harlequin Top Historical Romances, and the History Book of the Month Club, as well as appearing in periodical publications like Popular Photography and the Wall Street Journal.  

Howard David Johnson - American Illustrator. 

After a lifetime of drawing and painting, David's Traditional Art was exhibited in the British Museum in London in 1996, ( 3 years before he got his first computer ) as well as numerous American ones since, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

 

    Working in a variety of media David offers his customers a variety of options and more than three decades of experience. As an illustrator he has not only used the computer but has been involved in the development and marketing of software for Adobe Photoshop. Digital art, Colored pencils, Pastels, Mixed media, & also Oil Paintings can also be commissioned for select projects.Digital illustration projects start at $500.U.S. and group rates are available. David delivers custom made copyright free illustrations & old fashioned customer service when he does work-for-hire. To publish existing pieces of his realistic art, David sells licenses starting at only $99.USD.

 

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Surrealism is a literary and artistic movement launched in 1924 by the French poet Andre' Breton proclaiming the radical transformation of all existing social, scientific, and philosophical values through the total liberation of the subconscious.  

Salvador Dali's name has become synonymous with surrealism. His subconscious mind saw things that should be rigid were limp or melting and reflected it in his work with a sense of horror. Melting things are not always surrealistic and surrealism is potentially as vast as the human psyche. 

   Everyone has different things enslaved in their subconscious mind. The monsters and beauty goddesses shackled in Johnson's subconscious mind run free in his art.

 David loves to do custom Science Fiction & Fantasy book covers , especially to help emerging writers. Publishing calls for a different shape than traditional picture framing. Many of David's Fantasy Art posters can be modified to add more space at the top with Adobe Photoshop (tm) Software. In the early days of David's career adding canvas space was as impossible as growing a second head... 

 

 

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