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Nope, I'd bypass it completely.

I thought I had seen every Star Wars: A New Hope trailer, but this just gave me all the goosebumps all over again like the first time.

Superb.

Model by Alain Rivard. #Lightwave3d render - that I saved in the wrong colourspace, little bit of photoshoppery later and this turned out. I've a hankering to do a hangar Bay shot of her. That's this weekend sorted 😊

Falcon. Unquestionably the coolest hunk of junk in the galaxy. But still an absolute pig to composite in an image - well I find it tricky 😉Model by Alain Rivard #StarWars #ScifiArt

If you see this, post character that starts with G

An interesting detail about operating Nuclear Thermal Rockets:
www.astronautix.com/n/nervaalpha...
The buildup of Xenon-135 neutron poison in the fuel means the engines cannot be restarted 3-8 hours after a full burn, lasting for 4-24 hours. That can really complicate multi-burn maneuvers.

The Castor model by Alex Axelsson. #Lightwave3d render. #ScifiArt

Drummer's fleet and its Dewalt flagship from Season 5 of The Expanse.
#space #art by Lee Fitzgerald.
www.artstation.com/artwork/Qn9vVd

If you're looking for something fun and unique to take your mind off the dumpster fire going on in the world, come and follow me for a daily dose of movie themed, practically shot miniature photography.

Post a ship that's not #StarTrek or #StarWars.

The Weapons Masters: Planet Heist!!: (The Weapons Masters: Book 1) | Joseph Elliott-Coleman From the writer of Frostfeld - The Mourning Son and 2000AD’s Judges - The Patriots comes the first book in a new thrilling saga! RUN THE MISSIONSTEAL THE PLANETSAVE THE GALAXYCaptain Francis Ignati...

I wrote the Weapons Masters because I love space opera. Its a story I've been wanting to write since I was 9. It's a love letter to Lensman, Macross, and Babylon 5. #spaceopera #blackwriters
Preorders are available now
Cover art by @grahamtg.bsky.social

josephelliottcoleman.com/books/the-we...

Blender screenshot of my Archer-class starship with a cel shaded look and rough line art that approximates a hand-painted style.

I'm always surprised when anyone asks me for advice on making cel shaded renders as I'm very much still learning #Blender3D myself and scraping by on tutorials. 😅

But of course, everyone needs to start somewhere, so here's a thread with what I've learned so far and some good tutorials I've used! 🧵

A startled tyrannosaur surveys a desolate landscape, depicting a scene at the end of the Cretaceous period in Earth's history. A massive meteorite has impacted the Earth, causing catastrophic destruction on a global scale. Volcanic eruptions are just one example of the after-effects of the impact. They release poisonous gases that lace the atmosphere with toxins, suffocating wildlife. And wildfires, like those illustrated here, would have swept across the globe, prompted by infalling debris heating the atmosphere. It was probably the worse day in Earth's recorded history, although not the most devastating mass extinction.

Gosh, I haven't done any new #paleoart in a very long time. So here's a scene I just finished, which I'm quite happy with. I modelled everything except the tress (in #Blender), then embellished it in Photoshop.

Please SHARE!

#sciart

Love Alex’s work, their art is always fantastic. Nice modelling.

2025 Recommended Reading List Welcome to the Locus Recommended Reading List… We saw some fabulous books come out last year and are so pleased to let you know about them! Our recommendations are compiled annually by the Locus re…

My novella THE APOLOGISTS is on this list along with a whole lot of other great writerly folks.

One of my favorite images from last year, but it never gained much traction, perhaps due to Bluesky’s resolution limits… 🧪🔭

Easy zoom 170 MP: easyzoom.com/image/633505...

Download: flic.kr/p/2r95M3B

Bob Layzell – Sci-Fi Artist 1940-2026 I was saddened to hear that one of my early science-fiction art inspirations Bob Layzell, passed away on the 29th of January. Bob was a prolific artist whose career spanned many decades and many vi…

A short blog post regarding the passing of Sci-Fi artist Bob Layzell a couple of days ago:

alegisdownport.wordpress.com/2026/01/31/b...

Some of my Stargate art to enjoy.

#scifiart #scifi #fanart #stargate #stargatesg1

19 years ago today I survived a brain haemorrhage.
I’m still here thanks to the incredible care of our wonderful NHS.
Life can change in a moment. So hug your people, say the kind things, take those chances and don’t put love off for later.

Sadly one of my artistic inspirations has passed away.
One who appeared in the TTA books, which I owe a lot too.
Bob Layzell May 4th 1940-Jan 29th 2026.
RIP Space Cadet!

Photo of the first two books in the Dark Shepherd trilogy. The deluxe, hardback and paperback editions

The collection so far. Deluxe edition, hardback and paperback. A big thank you to everyone who bought the books and Newcon press who believed in it enough to want to publish it. Book three, the final in the series, is in the works.

If this helps anyone... I created some moon texture maps for a friend doing a project.

Feel free to use these. Hopefully Bluesky won't damage them too much.

IC1848 - The Soul Nebula. I am officially blown away by the detail in my first real SHO image. This is just 30 mins on each filter. I can't wait to see the results when I get several hours on it.
ASI2600 MM, Esprit 100ED, Altair 3nm Ha, Sii and Oiii filters.

#astronomy #astrophotography

"The Betty" A small yellow and brown striped frieghter with rotateable engine pods and articulated tail and wings. Heading out of orbit from an Orange gas giant planet. The ship was seen in the movie Alien Resurrection and is home to the small gang of anti-heroes.

"The Betty" from the ulitmately forgettable Alien Resurrection. Still a cool design though. Model by Sean Kennedy. #Lightwave3d render #ScifiArt

Dan Dare relaunched as graphic novel project from B7 Comics downthetubes.net/dan-dare-rel...

"I never finished that !" Art share !
The sum total of my Lightwave3d "modelling" career. Took me hours as well. The problem I have is that I don't appear to think in shapes very well. Scale is an issue as well - the dish is about 300m wide 🤣

My art thread!

First up, my recreation of the Star Trek Animated intro. Started long before DVDs were out. I wanted to create a hi-rez version of it.

A higher quality Youtube version is linked in the thread

Star Trek Enterprise dock. Modelled in #Lightwave3d by me The Station design is based on Franz Joseph's Star Trek Starfleet Technical Manual (1975).

Star Trek Enterprise dock. Modelled in #Lightwave3d by me The Station design is based on Franz Joseph's Star Trek Starfleet Technical Manual (1975).

Star Trek Space station and docks. Modelled in #Lightwave3d by me The Station design is based on Franz Joseph's Star Trek Starfleet Technical Manual (1975).

Star Trek Station wireframe Modelled in #Lightwave3d by me The Station design is based on Franz Joseph's Star Trek Starfleet Technical Manual (1975).

Star Trek Enterprise dock.
Modelled in #Lightwave3d by me

The Station design is based on Franz Joseph's Star Trek Starfleet Technical Manual (1975).

No AI, it's rendered in and modelled in Lightwave3D, a 3d modelling program.

Oooh Marshal Law !!! - haven't read that in an age. Pre-empts and in places surpasses "The Boys"