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Erik Gustavsson

@doedkoett.bsky.social

Flygsimulatornörd, modellbyggare, MÖP, ibland även vuxen. Har ritat skit som finns på Redbubble https://www.redbubble.com/people/Doedkoett/shop

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Tony Ingesson@tonyingesson.bsky.social · yesterday

The good old fast attack craft Ystad (R 142) is visiting Malmö, so I took my son along to take a closer look. I first saw one of these up close back in 1998 or so, when it was still in active service. I love how cramped they are, and the vertical ladders, like a classic diesel-electric submarine.

Erik Gustavsson@doedkoett.bsky.social · 2d ago

#Kamerabluppen - nyss hemkommen. Har fått min beställning från ”3 legged thing” - en kamerarem med Magpul-kompatibla QD-fästen och en Arca-kompatibel L-bracket med motsvarande QD-honpluggar. Med remmen följde även en arca-kompatibel platta med QD-plugg.

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Don Davis@ddavisspaceart.bsky.social · 3d ago

51 years ago I painted a trio of Viking related works for NASA HQ including the widely reproduced one of the landing on Mars. I have reimagined the Landing portrayal in updated form using digital methods of visualization and painting. I chose the same angle but with reality replacing anticipation.

This oil painting portrays the Viking 1 landing on Mars, which appeared in countless publications. The story of this work is relayed in an earlier post and is shown here for comparison with the new portrayal of this very view, showing the event as it would have appeared. This 1975 anticipatory painting was done with oils on a gesso smoothed 16 X 20 canvas panel, using traditional art methods including a tracing paper guide featured earlier. This work shows in retrospect my ideal of the 'spirit of space art', showing something of a summary of what is known of the subject while conveying what it is about the subject's known or theorized attributes that I find visually compelling. The new digital painting updates that visual impression with one based on our current knowledge. The new digital work was also done at the same size as this one was for possible printing purposes, 16 by 20 inches at 300 DPI. #Sciart In 1976 the pair of Viking spacecraft orbiter/lander combos were sent to Mars. Before Viking, Mars was still largely a place of our imaginations, an unknown that we wrote stories about then studied from Earth and space. The dominance of cratered terrain on the portions of Mars photographed by Mariners 4, 6 and 7 gave an initially Lunar impression of that world, which changed during the development of the Viking lander after Mariner 9 revealed the planet. The first landing was aimed for a flat flood plain, judged as a decent place to search for life. The landing date was July 4, however the intended site appeared too rough for comfort in the high quality orbiter photos, causing the landing to wisely be delayed. A smoother site further 'down stream' was found using photo and radar data. The landing proceeded quite nominally, a magnificent achievement that apparently accounted for what it had to and made it the first time. The first photo from the surface was a look at a footpad to see how solid the 'footing' appeared. Then a moderate resolution panorama of the surroundings was obtained, first showing the rocks, hills, dunes-and bright sky. The latter was my biggest surprise as a space artist. The adjustments to the color balance of the later photos were gradually narrowed down. The ubiquitous dust is planet wide, suspended in the air and coloring the sky a luminous tan ochre. This digital painting shows the view a meter above the surface seeing the lander briefly kicking up dust less than a second before touchdown with the footpads 1.4 meters high. The landing rockets were designed with many nozzles to disturb the surroundings as little as possible. The nearby disturbed dust resembles in color that of the sky. We are 6 meters away from the center of the lander. field of view is 60 degrees, we are looking Northwest with the Sun and Earth off the frame to the left. This is a digital art update of the pre mission oil painting I did for NASA HQ 1n 1975. #Sciart
Erik Gustavsson@doedkoett.bsky.social · 4d ago

Är rätt nöjd med hur nya kameran (Nikon Z6 III) klarar streetfoto på natten. Inbyggd stabilisering gör att man kan köra rätt långa slutartider och få rätt många keepers. Lyckades ju få till en ok bild med en sekunds slutartid. Alla bilder är jpeg från kameran till mobilen. Glugg: 50mm f/1,8 S.

Marlène Aviation@aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 2w ago

Yesterday marked the anniversary of the first crossing of the English Channel by an aeroplane with Louis Blériot on 25 July 1909 in his Blériot XI. The original aircraft that achieved this feat still exists and is on display in the church of the "Musée des Arts et Métiers" in Paris.

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Erik Gustavsson@doedkoett.bsky.social · 2w ago

Eventuell kontroversiell åsikt: det lilla jag störs av att korkarna på petflaskorna sitter fast uppvägs med råge av det praktiska i att man inte tappar bort korken, tex på badstranden.

Erik Gustavsson@doedkoett.bsky.social · 2w ago

En sak som slog mig när jag såg ”The Odyssey” igår var hur grekernas fartyg liknade skandinaviska drakskepp (pga att de använt sådana vid inspelningen, visade det sig) snarare än hur grekiska triremer såg ut. Men jag är ingen marinarkeolog, så jag undrar hur kan Odyssevs fartyg ha sett ut irl?

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Erik Gustavsson@doedkoett.bsky.social · 2w ago

Eftersom alla problem därför är individuella kan man ju inte heller agera som grupp för att få till en förbättring. Det är ju inte mitt problem att grannen inte kan tanka, typ.

Giedre N@giedrenord.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ni mins hur Klemperer skrev att nazipropaganda som ett gift sipprade in i själva språket, i grammatiken och påverkade människor. Jag tittar ganska mycket på rysk propaganda och har märkt att samma sak som Klemperer skrev om händer i det ryska språket: