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Is this image of Jean-Luc Picard sourced from a TNG episode?
A possibility:
Based on the opening shot of Picard from the pilot episode "Encounter at Farpoint"
It obviously isn't an exact shot just pixelized (the perspective is a little different and ...
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Is the cover art on this faux paperback graphic "The Omicron Variant" on Seth Meyers' "A Closer Look" borrowed from a real SciFi novel's cover?
It appears to be an artwork by graphic artist Tithi Luadthong. It was used as the cover for this obscure Italian science fiction e-book novel: I tre stati dell'acqua [The Three States of Water] by ...
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Is the cover art on this faux paperback graphic "The Omicron Variant" on Seth Meyers' "A Closer Look" borrowed from a real SciFi novel's cover?
Seems like a stock image as seen here; the title is “spaceman standing on the futuristic stairs and looking at the light at the end, digital art style, illustration painting”
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Vintage book cover showing humanoid astronauts in upper body EVA suits but a "pod" or "monopant" lower half?
This is the type of suit described in "Islands in the Sky", a novel by Arthur C. Clarke. Published in 1952, I guess this counts as "vintage" sci-fi. Similarly to the remarks given ...
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Where is this image of Vader from?
This is a production still from the 2022 Obi-Wan Kenobi series:
Source: https://www.starwars.com/obi-wan-kenobi-stills-gallery
It depicts Vader on the unidentified moon from the sixth and final ...
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Where is this Star Wars image from?
This is an image of Despayre from Star Wars: The Essential Chronology.
It's captioned "Slavery on Despayre" and was an original illustration by Bill Hughes,
Higher quality (uncropped)
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Which movie are these images from?
These images are from Independence Day: Resurgence (2016).
"They're gonna target the cannon first"
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Where is this Darth Vader image from?
That image is from Star Wars Blueprints: The Ultimate Collection, published by DK Books.
The full panel is show below.
If you're interested in Darth specifically, you might also want to consider ...
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Identifying this artwork source (and artist) of a 'future human' (NSFW)
It looks like it comes from the March 1971 edition of Playboy. The article is entitled "Polluted Man" by Arthur Kretchmayer, with illustrations by Don Punchatz. It concerns the form of the ...
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Where is this Darth Vader image from?
This appears to be from Star Wars Blueprints: The Ultimate Collection.
While I don't have a copy to 100% confirm this against the contents of the book, the cover art matches the image.
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Who painted this image of an alternate history battle in Paris with modern day weaponry?
The artist is Ivan Khivrenko, formerly Concept Artist for Zootfly Studio. The image was part of a set of unused concepts for an game called World War III and is titled 'Увидеть Париж и не умереть' ('...
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What is the source of this painting of the Batcave's layout?
It appears to be from Batman #203, from August 1968:
If you’re reading this, you’re probably familiar with the feature, but to recap, Secrets of the Batcave — 1968 is four pages, including a two-page ...
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