Known Space: The Future Worlds of Larry Niven

Ringworld Art

This is a gallery of (mostly) fan submitted Ringworld art.

If you have any Ringworld themed art you would like to include in our  collection, please let the Known Space Managers know by email...

Ships: This image depicting Lying Bastard and the Ringworld were created by Perry Papadopoulos. These images are taken from an animated movie, also available on the site on the "Media" section.
Ships: This image depicting Lying Bastard and the Ringworld were created by Perry Papadopoulos. These images are taken from an animated movie, also available on the site on the "Media" section.
Ships: This image depicting Lying Bastard and the Ringworld were created by Perry Papadopoulos. These images are taken from an animated movie, also available on the site on the "Media" section.
Ships: This image depicting Lying Bastard and the Ringworld were created by Perry Papadopoulos. These images are taken from an animated movie, also available on the site on the "Media" section.
Ships: The image, also by Perry Papadopoulos is from an early painting he did of the long slow, leisurely crash into the Ringworld surface which you can clearly see through the invisible walls of the crew section of the Lying Bastard.
Ships: The image, also by Perry Papadopoulos is from an early painting he did of the long slow, leisurely crash into the Ringworld surface which you can clearly see through the invisible walls of the crew section of the Lying Bastard.
Ships: This image by Tom Gordon depicts the scene where the crew leave the wreckage of the Lying Bastard and venture out onto the Ringworld for the first time. On the right are Nessus, Teela Brown, Speaker-to-Animals and Louis Wu.
Ships: This image by Tom Gordon depicts the scene where the crew leave the wreckage of the Lying Bastard and venture out onto the Ringworld for the first time. On the right are Nessus, Teela Brown, Speaker-to-Animals and Louis Wu.
Ships: The Lazy Ass, a ship designed by Kutyo which he used in his Ringworld fan fiction story, available on the fan fiction page of this site.
Ships: The Lazy Ass, a ship designed by Kutyo which he used in his Ringworld fan fiction story, available on the fan fiction page of this site.
Ships: Another shot of the Lazy Ass, this time approaching the Ringworld
Ships: Another shot of the Lazy Ass, this time approaching the Ringworld
Ships: The Lazy Ass approaching the Shadow Squares.
SHips: The Lazy Ass approaching the Shadow Squares.
Ships: Final image in the series by Kutyo.
Ships: Final image in the series by Kutyo.
Ships: Bill Spitak's variation of the Liar over the edge of RingWorld. Bills says "I assumme the General Products hull has a high refractive index and thus looks like glass, though some of the book implies otherwise. The mirrors are flat stasis fields used to reflect the forward fusion exaust at right angles to the ship. The small tube on the side is a thruster, not a gun. All the boxes on the lower ring are scientific insturments" By Bill Spitzak.
Ships: Bill Spitak's variation of the Liar over the edge of RingWorld. Bills says "I assumme the General Products hull has a high refractive index and thus looks like glass, though some of the book implies otherwise.", art by Bill Spilak
Ships: This next picture is the Liar after it crashes on RingWorld. This was a later picture where I corrected the shape of the hull to match the dimensions Nivengave in one of his books. These pieces of art by Bill Spitzak were produced during the period 1985 to 1987. The original paintings were sold at science fiction conventions, however the original copyright still rests with Bill Spitzak and is used here with his permission.
Ships; This next picture is the Liar after it crashes on RingWorld. This was a later picture where I corrected the shape of the hull to match the dimensions Niven gave in one of his books. Art by Bill Spitzak used here with his permission.
Ships: "The last picture is the Long Shot on the moon around Neptune. This picture won the "Best Amateur Spaceship" at the 1985 Boskone convention in Boston, MA". art by Bill Spitzak
Ships: "The last picture is the Long Shot on the moon around Neptune. This picture won the "Best Amateur Spaceship" at the 1985 Boskone convention in Boston, MA". art by Bill Spitzak
Buildings: These images of floating buildings courtesy of John C. Atkeson. John used Ray Dream 5 to create these fantastic images. In the second and third images, the building hovers above a patch of exposed scrith on the Ringworld surface. In the last image, Mark Woolrich has combined John's 3d image with his own Ringworld diagram to produce a suitable backdrop.
Buildings: These images of floating buildings courtesy of John C. Atkeson. John used Ray Dream 5 to create these fantastic images. In the second and third images, the building hovers above a patch of exposed scrith on the Ringworld surface.
Buildings: Ringworld images created by freelance artist Jerry Potts who has his own website, Pott's Pics. A variation of this image was used to illustrate Larry's works in the "Astronomy in Science Fiction" article from Astronomy Now's May 2001 edition.
Buildings: Ringworld images created by freelance artist Jerry Potts who has his own website, Pott's Pics. A variation of this image was used to illustrate Larry's works in the "Astronomy in Science Fiction" article from Astronomy Now's May 2001 edition.
Buildings: Ringworld images created by freelance artist Jerry Potts who has his own website, Pott's Pics. A variation of this image was used to illustrate Larry's works in the "Astronomy in Science Fiction" article from Astronomy Now's May 2001 edition.
Buildings: Ringworld images created by freelance artist Jerry Potts who has his own website, Pott's Pics. A variation of this image was used to illustrate Larry's works in the "Astronomy in Science Fiction" article from Astronomy Now's May 2001 edition.
Creatures: A Puppeteer Skeleton by Bonnie Dalzell, from the inside back cover of the Ballantine paperback edition of Ringworld.
Creatures: A Puppeteer Skeleton by Bonnie Dalzell, from the inside back cover of the Ballantine paperback edition of Ringworld.
Creatures: A Grog by Bonnie Dalzell
Creatures: A Grog by Bonnie Dalzell
Creatures: Creatures: A Kzinti Skeleton by Bonnie Dalzell, from the inside cover of the Ballantine edition of Tales of Known Space.
Creatures: Creatures: A Kzinti Skeleton by Bonnie Dalzell, from the inside cover of the Ballantine edition of Tales of Known Space.
Creatures: A Kzinti Skeleton by Bonnie Dalzell, from the inside cover of the Ballantine edition of Tales of Known Space.
Creatures: A Kzinti Skeleton by Bonnie Dalzell, from the inside cover of the Ballantine edition of Tales of Known Space.
Creatures: This picture represents a scene from Ringworld where Louis and Speaker to Animals explore the inside of a wrecked floating buildling. This image was created by Paul Marquis, a science fiction artist, who has his own website at pmarq.com. Other works of Paul Marquis can be found on the Ships and Vehicles page.
Creatures: This picture represents a scene from Ringworld where Louis and Speaker to Animals explore the inside of a wrecked floating buildling. This image was created by Paul Marquis, a science fiction artist, who has his own website at pmarq.com.
Creatures: This image is a collage picture from The Ringworld Throne. This image was created by Paul Marquis, a science fiction artist, who has his own website at pmarq.com. Other works of Paul Marquis can be found on the Ships and Vehicles.
Creatures: This image is a collage picture from The Ringworld Throne. This image was created by Paul Marquis, a science fiction artist, who has his own website at pmarq.com. Other works of Paul Marquis can be found on the Ships and Vehicles.

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