Amazing Magazine and I, Robot covers are the exact look of chrome retro-futurism robots I love so so much. These are painted similar to how old games used simple cubemaps for reflections. Nothing reflects itself, nor ever makes sense in the environment its in.

Its always these mysterious reflections casting a world that is not what’s around them. It really makes them pop in a scene. Reflections are always considered “photorealistic” but even they can be heavily stylized for much more interesting results.

(Also tbh kinda mad most of these have no high resolution versions available online, gotta go buy and scan these artworks ig sometime smh)