45 Incredible Futuristic Scifi 3D City Illustrations
Futuristic cities have always fascinated me, as a fan of SciFi TV shows, movies, and digital art, futuristic city designs always bring me inspiration. Everyone can find quite a lot of stunning illustrations on sites like deviantArt.
Many artists have become so skilled at Photoshop and 3D software that they create almost photographic illustrations of whole cities with incredible detail and precision.
I have been inspired by these illustrations and it makes me work harder at everything I do; I hope you will feel the same. If you find other amazing art, please send it to us, we will use them in our upcoming articles.
Metropolis 2106 by thmc
This one is really realistic, I expect someone to build this within a few decades.
Cloud City by aksu
I've always wanted to live in a city like that.
Atmosphere Emitters by sittingducky
This one has an eerie feel to it, makes me think of a futuristic civilization that Steven Hawkins described in his documentary show.
Star Wars 1 by JJasso
This one was created for the Star Wars The Old Republic cinematic. Quite impressive artwork.
Phoenix Rising by tigaer
Looks like this planet revolves around a star that's really far away. Must get cold.
Frontier: The Customs by AlexWild
Who says cities can't simply be in space in the future?
Thegg Mining Outpost by theLovas
This one has nice delicate brushing.
3001 by sanfranguy
This one is packed with detail.
Upper City by James Paick
Lost City by Morano
Lost City II by jfliesenborghs
This artist made 4 different version of this futuristic city.
Lost City III by jfliesenborghs
Mass Effect 2 Citadel by droot1986
Amazing detail in this inspirational city.
Future City by atomhawk
Artist says he speed painted it within 2 hours.
Morningtide Serenity by Grimdar
The lighting on this one is great.
City Chase by Tiger1313
City Arrival by Blinck
Concept: Irontown by I-NetGraFX
Metroplex-Harbour District by Christian Beyer
I wonder if the balls here are futuristic SAM sites. The artist has really worked hard on this one.
The Gold Light of Morning by Stefan Morrell
This is just beautiful, reminds me of a Star Wars city.
Cosmo by George Arevshatov
City by Wanbao
Apparently, building gundam giant robots is cheaper than SAM sites in this future.
Future City by Robert Brown
The City of Lights by tigaer
Reminds me of Chronicles of Riddick with the Furion lady.
Gates To Elysium by Christian Hecker
Limbo city by Eduardo Pena
Hades - Valiant by Christian Hecker
I wonder if the owners had a permit to run a portal to hell in this city.
The Hub by EStreet
Skyport by James Paick
Muffin Top City by James Paick
Ah, so that's how they solved the problem of meteorites and asteroids in the future.
Meduzarts Subaru Ep3 by INetGrafx
Cityscape by kerembeyit
Epica by tigaer
Metropolis p3 by AndreeWallin
Canyon city by AndreeWallin
Reminds me of Starship Troopers, where are the giant spiders?
Future City by Xboxpsycho
Worth enough? by radoxist
I guess poverty won't be solved even a thousand years from now.
Cityscape by Stefan Morrell
City T25 by Grimdar
Looks like cruise ships in the future will fly.
Bon Voyage by Christian Beyer
Wow, how many buildings do you count?
About New Times by Christian Beyer
Another World by radoxist
Reminds me of the cruise ship in that planet on The Fifth Element for some reason.
O.S. by AlexWild
If we can solve the health problem of bone density and living in space (or create artificial gravity), I think this might be possible.
R8 (not verified)
That's frickin sweeeet! I
That's frickin sweeeet! I love cloudcity, metroplex, metropolis, the hub, and O.S. Those were my favorite.
Carry2 (not verified)
Wow, that's a lot of awesome
Wow, that's a lot of awesome 3D. I should browse deviantart more often.
Anonymous (not verified)
Dude that's crazy. I think my
Dude that's crazy. I think my favorite is the Mass Effect 2 and Metroplex. Those are pretty amazing.
AlexC (not verified)
It seems like Lost City has
It seems like Lost City has the best 3D models. I like the space ones too, like frontier.
Xeeera (not verified)
This is an impressive
This is an impressive collection, I can't believe how skilled some dudes are at photoshop and 3D programs.
Anonymous (not verified)
Where are all the trees? ;)
Where are all the trees? ;)
Frog (not verified)
The first one actually almost
The first one actually almost exists. It's in the suburbs of Paris, just type "Grande arche de la defense" Or "Esplanade de la defense" in google images.
Anonymous (not verified)
Beautiful.But, they forgot
Beautiful.But, they forgot that the ice caps are melting and it will probably just look like waterworld by the time we would make structures like those.
Baran Ornarli
@Frog, some structures from
@Frog, some structures from Paris were used in the design, but it could represent Paris in the future, there's obviously significant editing and addition of futuristic objects.
Anonymous (not verified)
This is absolutely
This is absolutely amazing!!!!!!
Carlo (not verified)
You missed one city!! The
You missed one city!!

The Decline of Babel Myth:
http://fstarno.deviantart.com/art/MATTE-PAINTING-Babel-Myth-80030248
zen (not verified)
Except for 1 or 2 maybe,
Except for 1 or 2 maybe, these places look really sad and grim.
RaulJones (not verified)
@Carlo: Dude, that's wicked
@Carlo: Dude, that's wicked bad. Yours?
Anonymous (not verified)
Where's the grass? And, what…
Where's the grass? And, what… no sunshine and blue skies in our future?
AL (not verified)
These guys will put modern
These guys will put modern day architects to shame. They couldn't even dream up some thing like this.
Gshalon (not verified)
Stargate Atlantis is not
Stargate Atlantis is not here...
:o(
Jason (not verified)
Re: Worth enough? by
Re: Worth enough? by radoxist
Just wondering about the caption on this one: Why do you assume that the countryside located outside of the metropolis represents "poverty"? Seems like a huge logical jump.
Nevertheless, great collection and thanks!
Anonymous2 (not verified)
); i wish
); i wish
Anonymous (not verified)
I was so happy when you
I was so happy when you stopped uselessly commenting on everyone... then you started again :(
Cipher (not verified)
I think future city
I think future city construction will start on 2070 or later...
Anonymous (not verified)
great pictures thanks for
great pictures thanks for sharing
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