🔭 Astrophysics Ph.D 🍩 Illustration and animation in Blender 🪐 Space art and astronomical art specialist ✨ Fellow of International Association of Astronomical Artists 🦕 Dabbling in paleoart and scifi art 🚫 Porn/AI/NFT/MAGA = Block 🌐 linktr.ee/spaceboffin
The 30 July 2026 Astronomy Picture of the Day featured a remarkable shot of the Sun photographed through a wildfire smoke-filled sky that turned the star a deep red. So I tweaked it to look like we're orbiting an M-class red dwarf star with a close-in system of rocky planets, like TRAPPIST-1.
Last week it was looking close to done. I painted over much of that today. I think this approach will give it much more depth.
Mars as imagined just before the landing. This painting, one of a trio done for NASA HQ, ended up being used for the JPL landing press badge. What a thing that was to see when I arrived and signed in!
My take on the entire launcher family based around the Energia rocket, and its boosters. Some of these are more than a bit speculative.
Hi! I'm Mark, a former astrononer now a full-time illustrator and animator. I do mostly space-related work. Welcome, new followers! Mostly created with #Blender. 🚫 AI #SciArt #spaceart #scifi
I don’t like AI. It’s coarse and rough and irritating… and it gets everywhere.
vimeo.com/1210405926?s... Alien sunrise over ocean. All by me, all in #Lightwave3d
Alien sunrise and transit over an ocean.This was an idea I had that was very quick to try!vimeo.com