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Planet Posters
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture, Entertainment on February 10, 2010
All art on this post © justinvg.
I owe my finding of these fantastic Star Wars planet “poster” graphics to my friend Lexa (who makes me look like I have merely a casual interest in the Star Wars universe. Which, uh… is really not the case!!) I dearly hope justinvg gets these made as actual posters; they’d go so well with the IYA 2009 posters which I long to own.
UPDATE: Posters available here!!
Album Covers, Nagaoka Redux
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture, Entertainment on December 4, 2009
Midnight Star: “The Beginning”, 1980, image © Shusei Nagaoka
More space-faring album covers from Shusei Nagaoka. Check out the rest of his art for an amazing array of bellbottoms, launching into the final frontier….
The Skyliners: “The Love Bug”, 1978, image © Shusei Nagaoka
Album Covers, Nagaoka Edition
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture, Entertainment on December 1, 2009
Sun: “Destination Sun”, 1977, image © Shusei Nagaoka
It’s been a while since I’ve posted album cover art, and I just couldn’t stop with the Shusei Nagaoka awesomeness. Viva la 1970s!
Deep Purple: “When We Rock, We Rock…”, 1977, image © Shusei Nagaoka
Japanese Futurism
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture, Entertainment on November 26, 2009
Star Trek, image © Shusei Nagaoka
Another hat-tip to Sci-Fi-O-Rama for showcasing some of the 1970s-80s artwork of Shusei Nagaoka. (Unknowingly I featured his ELO album cover art quite a while ago. He has quite the funky, spacey portfolio going, as far as album covers go!) There is an amazingly hi-res selection of Nagaoka-san’s art at Pink Tentacle — don’t miss it! (It was hard to restrain myself to just two images, I admit. I may yet publish more.)
Space Flower (illustration for Tsukuba Expo ‘85), 1984, image © Shusei Nagaoka
Tomorrow
Posted by Danielle in Entertainment, Parks & Installations on October 23, 2009
'Tomorrow' by tommydart
I’ve only been to Disneyland once — I was six, and it was Disneyland’s 25th anniversary that year. With a modicum of research, now you know how old I am. Sigh. I honestly don’t remember much anymore, but this photo is all the proof I need that indeed, Disneyland is the happiest place on Earth.
History of Space Films
Posted by Danielle in Entertainment on October 16, 2009
A Brief History of Space Films since Star Wars, image by dailyfill.com.
Go to DailyFill.com for the full-size version of their brief history of space films since Star Wars, mapped by location (and color-coded for box-office hits… and misses.)
Silver Stars
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture, Entertainment on September 23, 2009
I saw this beautifully framed on Saturday — it’s actually the sheet music for Silver Stars by Carl Bohm. (As I was in an antique store, the pictures I took secretly are of terrible quality; these are from eBay.) Definitely would not mind hanging this art on my office wall!
The Buzz
Posted by Danielle in Children's Items, Entertainment, Picspam on September 18, 2009
I didn’t realize that Buzz Lightyear had put time in on the ISS, but he came home a week ago, and is eagerly anticipating his ticker tape parade in October:
Also returning aboard space shuttle Discovery was Disney’s space ranger Buzz Lightyear, after spending 15 months aboard the International Space Station. His time on the orbiting laboratory will celebrated in a ticker-tape parade together with his space station crew mates and former Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin on Oct. 2 at Walt Disney World in Florida.
And hey, the guy’s been working hard while he was up there.
While on the space station, Buzz supported NASA’s education outreach program — Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, or STEM, by creating a series of fun educational online outreach programs. Following his return, Disney is partnering with NASA to create a new online educational game and an online mission patch competition for school kids across America.
Best Picture Ever
Posted by Danielle in Entertainment, Picspam on September 15, 2009
I’m sure you’ll agree that this is quite possibly the BEST PICTURE EVER.
…whatdoyouMEAN you can’t tell what it is? Isn’t it obvious?? No? Well, you’ll just have to go and see for yourself. It is very clear that I can’t post this image on my website, so enjoy the 50px mosaic filter. I know I do.
Want a hint before you click? You’re the cautious type, I can tell.
Remember the rising of the starship Enterprise from the atmosphere of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, in the recent motion picture Star Trek, with magnificent Saturn and its rings dramatically coming into view in the background? It was a scene so highly regarded that its final shot was featured on the cover of Cinefex, the main motion picture industry magazine for visual effects.
Legally, with-permission-ly, “high resolution, digital shots from that scene” are exclusively available right over here. DO NOT MISS THIS DOWNLOAD. I am talking fully-detailed at over 6,000 pixels wide and tall Enterprise/Saturn yummy goodness. It definitely makes the most beautiful *desktop* ever, if I do say so myself.
Enjoy.
West Coast Defense
Posted by Danielle in Computer & Internet, Entertainment, Picspam on August 21, 2009
Images by Mike Horn (hornage)
I love Star Wars, so naturally this Flickr set of poster and wallpaper-quality pictures thrilled me to bits. (Not that I want the Imperial forces to invade San Francisco, of course… but the imagery is pretty darn awesome, I have to admit.) Get the whole set here!
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