Blade Runner Art

One of the many reasons I love Blade Runner is for the richness of the environment. The sheer level of detail and conceptualization, the mash-up of a myriad of stylistic sources from Mayan and Aztec designs to Punk style of the 1980s, all makes the whole thing a feast for the eyes. The concept art for the film reveals a high level of attention to detail that went into the creation of Los Angeles, 2019. What I love is how detailed these are, as well as how dark there are, yet at the same time so full of life and colour! Which is an interesting point when one thinks about the film itself, which deals in concepts of reality versus illusion, life versus death. In the 2019 world the filmmakers envisioned, despite the fact that the world is a dying place, life thrives.

Deckard's kitchen
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And two fan-made pieces: