One more pic from the late Edd Cartier

Image Copyright Estate of Edd Cartier

See? This is why I am inspired to become an illustrator of science fiction. Classic black and white illustrations like this one created by Edd Cartier and those of his contemporaries like Virgil Finlay and Frank R Paul. Please research their work if you are not familiar with them. I have found them to be very inspirational, even from a young age.

The above image I found located at the all things comic and science fiction blog io9.

Links:
io9
The Art Department