Artwork Inspired by The Gap Cycle?

[Motherlode]

I stumbled upon these not too long ago, and I couldn't help but wonder if the artist might have gotten his inspiration from 'The Gap Cycle' for these particular works.

The artist is somebody named KAGAYA. I believe he is Japanese.





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[Revan]

WOW!

That's amazing stuff Motherlode!

[Elfgirl]

Very cool artwork! However, I pictured everything to do with the "Gap" series as being dirtier, grittier, less "futuristic" (think "Alien")

[Motherlode]

The 1st pic looks like it's straight off Thanatos Minor at Billingate.
2nd reminds me of what UMCPHO could possibly look like perhaps, and the 3rd reminds me of UMCPHQ

[Motherlode]

Yeah elf that's true.

The pics are a little too clean and shiny to be right out of the books. I just really think of Angus going EVA in the 1st one.

[Peven]

i always thought the cover art of the intitial editions of the Gap series were remiscent of throw-back science fiction conceptual art from the 60's, which i really liked.

[Loredoctor]

Excellent stuff, Motherlode!

[drew]

It's like the GAP Lite.

[Sorus]

Very cool -certainly not as bleak as I picture the Gap universe, but I can see where the artist might possibly have been inspired by the series.

The space station in the second one actually does look a bit like the way I picture UMCPHO. The ships don't match my mental image, but the station is very cool.

[CovenantJr]

[pedantry]UMCPHQ is a sphere.[/pedantry]

I have to agree, I like them, though they're too clean for the Gap. I too immediately thought of Billingate when I saw the first picture. On the other hand, if you switch off the Gap connections in your brain, they're fairly generic SF scenes.