A short clip of an encounter with Smaug from the 1977 animated Rankin/Bass Hobbit film. Despite a few flaws, I believe this animated version to be much closer in style and aesthetics to Tolkien’s book (as opposed to Peter Jackson’s live-action take). The hand-drawn character designs and backgrounds are incredible:
A short clip from Star Trek: The Animated Series (much better than the original live action show). This series was produced by Filmation, the same animation studio that brought us the likes of She-Ra: Princess of Power, Blackstar, and Ghostbusters:
As a child, I loved books which contained dinosaur artwork–they brought so much inspiration (and still do):
As a child of the 1980s, I grew up with Atari games and systems. I love the painterly style of the original game box art, especially for titles like Crystal Castles, Asteroids, Dark Chambers, and Galaga. Here is a short YouTube clip of Art of Atari, a recent book by Tim Lapetino which collects much of this amazing artwork:
