Comments on: Who makes "artist renderings" of the cosmos? http://boingboing.net/2011/09/22/who-makes-artist-renderings-of-the-cosmos.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 02:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: teapot http://boingboing.net/2011/09/22/who-makes-artist-renderings-of-the-cosmos.html#comment-1222121 teapot Fri, 23 Sep 2011 05:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118936#comment-1222121 I didn't notice the lighting problem on the planet until it was pointed out. Then it annoyed me too much. I didn’t notice the lighting problem on the planet until it was pointed out. Then it annoyed me too much.

]]> By: UncaScrooge http://boingboing.net/2011/09/22/who-makes-artist-renderings-of-the-cosmos.html#comment-1221344 UncaScrooge Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118936#comment-1221344 I would not underestimate the power of these images.  Consider the history of the great Chesley Bonestell. I would not underestimate the power of these images.  Consider the history of the great Chesley Bonestell.

]]> By: Daemonworks http://boingboing.net/2011/09/22/who-makes-artist-renderings-of-the-cosmos.html#comment-1221340 Daemonworks Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118936#comment-1221340 A friend of mine has done a series of oil paintings of various nebulae and the like. http://vengshoel.com/wordpress/?page_id=317 A friend of mine has done a series of oil paintings of various nebulae and the like.
http://vengshoel.com/wordpress/?page_id=317

]]> By: Vaughn Stegeman http://boingboing.net/2011/09/22/who-makes-artist-renderings-of-the-cosmos.html#comment-1221289 Vaughn Stegeman Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118936#comment-1221289 I've always wanted to do space illustration, but have no idea how to 'break in' as it were. I’ve always wanted to do space illustration, but have no idea how to ‘break in’ as it were.

]]> By: vagabond2 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/22/who-makes-artist-renderings-of-the-cosmos.html#comment-1221028 vagabond2 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118936#comment-1221028 I've had the pleasure to work with a number of traditional media space artists, and in fact was a member of the IAAA myself. But, like Jonah, I tend to not like these illustrations myself, though for different reasons. While I agree that they need to be used, I find that too often they are rushed and tend to look like they were lifted from games or the various space simulators that are available. Going back to my cave painting now... I’ve had the pleasure to work with a number of traditional media space artists, and in fact was a member of the IAAA myself. But, like Jonah, I tend to not like these illustrations myself, though for different reasons. While I agree that they need to be used, I find that too often they are rushed and tend to look like they were lifted from games or the various space simulators that are available.
Going back to my cave painting now…

]]> By: Jonah Petri http://boingboing.net/2011/09/22/who-makes-artist-renderings-of-the-cosmos.html#comment-1221018 Jonah Petri Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118936#comment-1221018 I have to say that I never liked these types of renderings too much.  They hide the awesomely cool nature of scientific discovery - show the screen shot from the damn space telescope, pixelation be damned!  99% of the public doesn't give a crap about science at all, airbrushed planetscapes or no, and IMO the 1% that cares is actually interested in what the scientists found, rather than what an artist is trying to "sell" [sic!]. I have to say that I never liked these types of renderings too much.  They hide the awesomely cool nature of scientific discovery – show the screen shot from the damn space telescope, pixelation be damned!  99% of the public doesn’t give a crap about science at all, airbrushed planetscapes or no, and IMO the 1% that cares is actually interested in what the scientists found, rather than what an artist is trying to “sell” [sic!].

]]> By: steve white http://boingboing.net/2011/09/22/who-makes-artist-renderings-of-the-cosmos.html#comment-1221021 steve white Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118936#comment-1221021 weren't these erroneous headline grabbing NASA press conferences being criticised for the last few years, I had hoped they were going to stop them. weren’t these erroneous headline grabbing NASA press conferences being criticised for the last few years, I had hoped they were going to stop them.

]]> By: bazzargh http://boingboing.net/2011/09/22/who-makes-artist-renderings-of-the-cosmos.html#comment-1221016 bazzargh Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118936#comment-1221016 Do they do solar as well as extrasolar planets? When can we look forward to Pyle's and Hurt's Uranus? Ahem. Do they do solar as well as extrasolar planets? When can we look forward to Pyle’s and Hurt’s Uranus?

Ahem.

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