An intrepid serial-queen adventuress of the 1910s intercepts a transmission inside a subterranean power tower, severing a glowing high-tension coil with insulated shears. Rendered in razor-sharp architect's drafting pen over a high-contrast orthochromatic film base, the image uses stark chiaroscuro and tilted, unsettling geometry to evoke the paranoia of early German Expressionist science fiction.
From NeuraScene's ontology
- Era: 1890s-1910s
- Genre: German Expressionist Sci-Fi (artwork)
- Medium: Architect's Drafting Pen on High-Contrast Orthochromatic Film, Shadow Play
- Look: Lighting style: Chiaroscuro · Composition: Unsettlingly Asymmetric
Each image in this gallery is set in a world drawn at random from NeuraScene's ontology of eras and genres, and made with the cameras, lenses, film stocks and artistic media that genre really used.