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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
mcnees ("Robert McNees") wrote:

Painter, illustrator, and noted sci-fi artist John Berkey was born #OTD in 1932. While he doesn't have a lot of name recognition outside of nerds of a certain age, you've almost certainly seen his work or the results of his concept art.

Self portrait by the artist. He is wearing a white button down shirt, arms crossed and hands tucked under. His hairline is receding and he is standing against a white background.
The cover of the National Geographic book "Our Universe" featuring a painting of wedge-shaped, naval looking spaceship trailing multi-colored exhaust and flames.
In John Berkey’s painting “The Mechanical Planet” a white and red spaceship, trailing fire, seems to hurtle towards a large, spherical, metallic space station. It is covered in antennas, ports, and gantries. Two moons or planets hang in space behind it.
Promotional artwork for Star Wars showing a battle between rebel fighters (X-wings and Y-wings) and Imperial Tie Fighters. The Death Star looms in the background.