Spaceships and scifi aesthetic inspired by beater sedans from the early 90's. Not sure how to visually showcase, but it sounds cool.
@PennyPennyPenny Like, this is prime scifi aesthetic material. Mundane but weird, distinctly computer aided but still mechanical, and utilitarian in often roundabout and somewhat impractical ways.
@PennyPennyPenny Like, I really like the way there's visual complexity added without making designs super cluttered. Not huge on the way some aesthetics go wholly in on "random complexity means future". Mechanical noise works when the whole universe is complete chaos (WH40K), but less so on its own.
@PennyPennyPenny Gritty, grungy spacefuture, but as degraded elegance in a way. Initial care and design that's fallen into disrepair, rather than a jumble from the get-go. Less ragtag hightech mishmash and more "just make it work, there's no new parts on the edge of the galaxy", in the same way a mid-high spec everyday car might be repaired with junkyard parts as it's become old and outdated over 20 years
@PennyPennyPenny Mismatched colours, faded armor panels, chips and dents and dings, misaligned body panels and wonky fixtures, but all tied back into something that was at one point clearly the product of industrial design. I like that visual idea. Maybe not sleek and slick, but functional & neat beneath the grime, cosmic dust, and micro-asteroid dings
@PennyPennyPenny nope, there it is! This is the summation of the whole aesthetic thing I'm trying to explain! This car, in this state, as a core visual keystone for the space travel technology of a scifi universe