Posts Tagged illustration
Our Solar System
Image credit: Licoti, licoti.deviantart.com
This fantastic artist’s rendition of the Solar System by Licoti is a bit of a download (18 Mb) but is well worth it! The image is 30,000 pixels wide, and shows all the planets (and Pluto!) and major satellites. There’s also a guided tour on YouTube, which makes a good thing even better! (Via SF Signal.)
If You Were There
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture on July 30, 2010
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
I have a soft spot for conceptual space art — trying to capture what this probe or that lander will see, when it gets there. Since we can’t tag along with every robotic explorer, it’s up to the artist to imagine what we’d see. What a wonderful occupation! In this case, we’re shadowing the Stardust probe:
On Jan. 2, 2004 NASA’s Stardust spacecraft made a close flyby of comet Wild 2 (pronounced “Vilt-2″). Among the equipment the spacecraft carried on board was a navigation camera.that Comet Wild 2 is about 3.1 miles in diameter.
This artist’s concept depicts a view of Wild 2 that shows the faint jets emanating from the comet.
Japanese Sci-Fi, Part 2
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture on July 9, 2010
Space train, 1981 by Shigeru Komatsuzaki
One more futuristic illustration by Shigeru Komatsuzaki, seeing as it’s a Moon train. I want to ride a Moon train..!!
Japanese Sci-Fi Illustrations
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture on July 5, 2010
Space colony, 1980 by Shigeru Komatsuzaki
These fantastic illustrations by Shigeru Komatsuzaki are a treat for the eyes! There’s many, many more at the aforementioned link.
Thunderbird 3, 1964 by Shigeru Komatsuzaki
Alpha Sector
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture on June 15, 2010
Credit: Jeff Michelmann, gucken.deviantart.com
Gorgeous piece of space art. That is all. (Found via CoolVibe.)
Porcelain
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture on May 25, 2010
Porcelain, by Jakub Skorutowski
I couldn’t resist one more space art piece, especially since it’s named (and seemingly inspired?) by my favorite Moby song, Porcelain.
Age of Discovery
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture, Computer & Internet on May 21, 2010
Age of Discovery, by Josef Barton
Had to post more space art, because this one is a wallpaper, and aren’t you just falling over yourself, running to download it? Because I know I was! Beautiful, Hubble-like softness — I love it.
Stunning Space Art
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture on May 19, 2010
Myriad, by Josef Barton
I was delighted when I discovered this collection of space art last Friday. My favorites are shown here (and linked to their DeviantArt file pages, so you can see each one embiggered.) Enjoy!
In The Circle, by Josef Barton
I love the colors on this ↑
Bound, by Janne Rasanen
Beautiful composition and simplicity ↑
Terminus, by Josef Barton
Fantastic contrast of warm and cool colors (and wow, the planet’s surface detail!) ↑
Showtime, by Josef Barton
Amazing composition, ocean colors! Funnily enough, almost all the images I was drawn to were by the same artist. ↑
Star Wars Day
Posted by Danielle in Entertainment, Picspam on May 4, 2010
Darth Vader, by Steve Bialik
I found this post weeks ago. I wasn’t intentionally waiting for Star Wars Day, but here we are, so here you go: “Artist Steve Bialik represents legendary Star Wars characters as samurai from traditional Japanese art.”
Jabba the Hutt, by Steve Bialik
The Art of Retropolis
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture on April 16, 2010
Prairie Moon, by Bradley W. Schenck
Not wanting to keep a good thing to myself, I present you with last night’s discovery: the fabulous retro-futurist artwork of Bradley W. Schenck.
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About Silver Rockets
This blog celebrates space exploration, human spaceflight and the heavens, through lots and lots ofimages.
My name is Danielle Signor, and I am a space cadet.
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