So, it's finally happened!You might have noticed that for the past few weeks, there haven't been many sketch Sundays. Sure, they've still happened, but there's been more and more absences, or late postings. The answer is regretfully simple. I've burned through all the sketches that I had built up over the years. I'm still doing… Continue reading Sketches – What next?
Category: Sketch Sunday
Sketches – Sol 4: TABK Yards
By the time the Terran Commonwealth was something more than just a pipe dream in the halls of power, the local sphere of space around Earth was packed with orbital workshacks, habitation stations, power beam arrays, and an ever increasing layer of debris that persistently increased despite the best attempts of everyone to keep it… Continue reading Sketches – Sol 4: TABK Yards
Sketches – Sol 3: O’Neill Halo
The O'Neill Halo at the Earth-Sol L5 point was one of humanity's most impressive constructs, and is now one of its largest mass graves. A monument to the skill and drive and intelligence of the United North American polity, and a warning that some dreams came at too high a price. When the true leap… Continue reading Sketches – Sol 3: O’Neill Halo
Sketches – Sol 2: Mount Kilimanjaro Terraforming Station
Built in the late Commonwealth era, Kilimanjaro Station was the first step towards the eventual terraforming of Venus. Compared to Mars, Venus would be a much more substantial project that required an orbital presence. And unlike Mars, Venus did not have a pair of small moonlets that could be repurposed for the task. So Kilimanjaro… Continue reading Sketches – Sol 2: Mount Kilimanjaro Terraforming Station
Sketches – Sol 1: Icarus Station
Built by CERN as a replacement for the Lunar Supercollider (itself a replacement for the venerable Future Circular Collider), orbits in a geosynchronous orbit of Mercury. When it was initially assembled in the early years of the Terran Commonwealth the Solar Supercollider represents the single largest investment in high-energy particle physics in human history, and… Continue reading Sketches – Sol 1: Icarus Station
Sketches – Moonflowers
Common Name: Moon FlowersTaxonomic Name: M. Monblut General Appearance: A cluster of tall reedy grass-like structures, approx. 2-3 meters across, marginally taller in the center. Generally composed of two distinct parts, an A and B component. Plant is connected via underwater/underground branching roots that send shoots/stalks upwards (rhizomes). Cluster is nominally one plant, though multiple… Continue reading Sketches – Moonflowers
Sketches – Bottled Kefler
A type of schnapps, Kefler is one of the most broadly consumed alcohols in Fenren society, if for the simple reason that it deals with one of the biggest practical problems with high-alcohol drinks: the general dulling of perception and "slowing" of the mind suffered by the vast majority of Fenren. While many can (and… Continue reading Sketches – Bottled Kefler
Sketches – Pseudopine
I'm yet to give up drawing living things (probably for the best! Keep trying!) and this is another attempt of mine. The "Pseudopine" is one of several major families of trees on Fenris, and one that has followed in the wake as the Fenren have colonized different new worlds. While not the hardiest tree ever,… Continue reading Sketches – Pseudopine
Sketches – Ibizan Oil Pump
One of those fun little experimental doodles to try out an idea. I was wondering what you could make that would be like the classic pump jack, but different. Of course, coming up with something that works, but is different is a bit of a challenge. After all, a pump jack is one of those… Continue reading Sketches – Ibizan Oil Pump
Sketches – Small Shuttle Hangar
As part of the design work that has been put into the Augen Mk1's deckplans, I did a bit of a look at the hangar for her single small craft. As with many smaller ships, working compartments often have to do double duty. Especially when they take up a fair amount of internal volume AND… Continue reading Sketches – Small Shuttle Hangar
Dollarton Proxima Shipyards 