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a comic strip with an image of a man looking at something in the distance,

Jim Steranko - Outland - Sci-Fi-O-Rama

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Jim Steranko - Outland - Sci-Fi-O-Rama

a black and gold emblem with stars in the background that has an image of a bear on it

Finnish Coats of Arms

Pudasjärvi – A town in the rural province of North Ostrobothnia approx 200 Km south of the Arctic Circle. A furiously scrambling brown bear is framed within the negative space of more havunoksa sprigs, above lay the stars of the The Big Dipper (The Plough) part of the constellation that forms Ursa Major (the Great Bear). It’s estimated that there only 1200-1500 bears still living wild in Finland, their main habitat, the eastern wilderness that runs along Finland’s Russian border.

Finnish Coats of Arms

Eno – A former municipality in North Karelia. Apparently, Eno is the Karelian word for ‘middle of the river where the water flows most strongly’ We’ll finish up with probably the most ridiculous of the selection. Can anyone think of anything better on a crest than a giant anthropomorphised Beaver with an axe? I can’t… Design by Ahti Hammar.

a black background with various types of electronic devices and symbols on it's side

Weapon of Mass Destruction Poster—1

Weapon of Mass Destruction Poster—1 by _Untitled-1, via Flickr

an artist's depiction of a man standing in front of saturn

Classic Science-Fiction Illustrators (Part 1) - Jim Burns - Sci-Fi-O-Rama

Finnish Coats of Arms

Kemijärvi Maaseutu (Countryside) – a former muncipality in Lapland. Sadly Google page-translate let me down on this one, the description reads more like a limerick, so I’ll be honest I’m slightly flummoxed as to what this actually represents, I presume something to do with forestry? Anyway, it looks fab. Design by Olof Eriksson, 1952.

Jim Steranko - Outland - Sci-Fi-O-Rama

Read the full article at: https://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/2018/04/17/jim-steranko-outland/

an image of a man laying down in the middle of a room filled with electronics

Jim Steranko - Outland - Sci-Fi-O-Rama

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My portrait of Paul Atreides

My portrait of Paul Atreides - dune

a woman sitting on top of a motorcycle in front of a red and white background

Classic Science-Fiction Illustrators (Part 1) - Jim Burns - Sci-Fi-O-Rama

a green shield with white snowflakes on it

Finnish Coats of Arms

Ylämaa – A former municipality in the southern Karelia, again on the Finnish-Russian border. Another clever design from Olof Eriksson this crest is the epitome of minimalistic graphics merging the familiar Finnish treeline with a silver-grey sky.