'Early twentieth century architectural renderer Hugh Ferriss secured a lasting legacy with his urban futurist drawings of looming Art Deco buildings, mysterious domes, sensuous spaceships, and skylines that look eerily like today’s cities and downtowns.'
I read somewhere that this guy was the inspiration behind gotham city.
for one of his most recent artworks sam winston cut every word from a copy of shakespeare's 'romeo and juliet' and separated them into three categories: passion, rage, and indifference. he then cut each letter individually and worked them into the patterns you can see here.