Brian Sum Captures the Retro and the High Science Fiction Ideals in his Art

Mike Haggerty
GameTextures
Published in
2 min readAug 7, 2019

Brian Sum has been a Senior Concept Artist at Bioware for years now and has a long history with the Mass Effect series. You can see some of his fantastic concepts made into digital reality in Mass Effect: Andromeda and many of his weapon concepts have become iconic weapons in the series.

He lives in Montreal, Quebec. His more recent, personal art is of a delightful retro science fiction style. The saturated colors lend an amazing 80s vibe to so much of the work while still being modern in style. I think these pieces are definitely some of his best work, though that is pretty subjective for sure. You can find his prints for sale here.

Check out his Artstation!

And of course his Instagram.

Don’t forget his Portfolio!

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Here is his Tumblr.

Tentacles

Tempest Bridge

KRGO

Kett Outpost

Images VIA Arstation

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