World-building by visual artists

[Worldtree]

Here's a few other world-building efforts by artists, designers, and filmmakers to show off hard science fiction alien or future worlds in a way that appeals to a general audience. What's interesting is how most of the projects can use the exciting new ideas used in the science fiction setting to educate the audience and illuminate specific scientific concepts.

Snaiad
http://nemo-ramjet.deviantart.com/art/Kn...0772&qo=39
http://speculativebiology.wikia.com/wiki/Snaiad

Birrin by Abiogenesis
http://abiogenisis.deviantart.com/art/Wi...-319879279


Dinotopia by James Gurney (not hard sf at all, but it's got beautiful illustrations of dinosaurs as part of a society)
http://www.dinotopia.com/

The Epona Project
http://www.eponaproject.com/Epona_Home.html

The Future is Wild (BBC)
http://www.thefutureiswild.com/

Alien Planet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNLfNe12BKE
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0453446/
and the concept artist, Wayne Douglas Barlow
http://waynebarlowe.wordpress.com/artwork/expedition/