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Rides a bicycle. Knows a few things about a few things. Eng / 日本語 (下手ですけど…)

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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
samutara@samutara.blacksky.app · 7d ago

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Conan the Barbarian: Arnold's Hangover Scene

Alt: Conan the Barbarian: after looting enormous wealth and spending his time eating and drinking his fill, Conan the barbarian collapses face first into a bowl of soup.

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Eric Kim (김현철) inkskratch.com@inkskratch.com · 7d ago

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

samutara@samutara.blacksky.app · last wk.

今朝カラスさんはわがままお子ちゃんを連れていた。 お子ちゃんは自分でピーナツを拾いたくなかった。 「母のピーナツをくれ！」って言ったと思いました。

母カラスと子供。母はぺピーナツを待っています。母カラスは歩道に歩いて、ピーナツを拾いています。後ろに、子供は貰ったのピーナツを持って行きます。
OZAWA8 Parking lot@ozawalalaland.bsky.social · 2w ago

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samutara@samutara.blacksky.app · 2w ago

100% this. (I can't express the frustration from telling your workplace that "you need to protect your in-house human knowledge NOW" and being told, "yeah sure, but first re-do the quarterly report to make the graphs look better. Also we're raising KPIs and cutting staff budgets for next year.")

Kari Dru@karidru.bsky.social · 2w ago

Knowledge is fragile. It's important to learn what you can but it's also really important to make sure to tell somebody else.

JD (by way of Blacksky)@jdot.blacksky.team · 3w ago

Hey everyone, I spent the last three years as a Trust and Safety professional researching traditional social media and decided to put words to my thoughts. I hope you find my findings enjoyable or intriguing.

Traditional Social Media as a Prison

Social media apps have become a vehicle for community building, world news, and political campaigns. As app owners have enmeshed themselves more with the state, the carceral logics that haunt marginalized communities offline, became a part of their digital realities online.

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samutara@samutara.blacksky.app · 3w ago

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.

Popeye's Stomp

Alt: A gif from one 9f the old, b&w Max Fleischer Popeye cartoons. Bluto is atop a tall building, and is stomping rythmically on Popeye's hands, as Popeye switches his grip from left to right and back again, trying not to fall. It is clear from the wholehearted way he stomps that Bluto would happily do this all damn day.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton@cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 3w ago

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness:

Jamie Smart@jamiesmart.bsky.social · 3w ago

I know you know this on bluesky, but I posted it on insta so I thought I should post here too. And if it makes someone second guess using AI for these things then maybe it helps.

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