Common Themes

This may be, quite possibly the BEST Etsy find ever — the Rocket Tiki Googie Sign. (All of his “signs” are pretty great, actually.)

I present this series as a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the “Googie” form of art.

A whimsical set of art prints, digitally illustrated in Utah. Cute, with a unique color scheme; add distinction to any wall!

Space art is truly visionary, enabling us to experience vistas both real and unreal. Government agencies and private corporations pay artists to try and express that which we can’t see, that which doesn’t yet exist, that which we’ve only just discovered. These artists deserve link love, so in coming weeks I’ll be giving some out!

I’m kicking this series off with Tobias Roetsch, whose detailed illustrations of other worlds is beyond belief. Go to the gallery, pick an image, hit download to get a large version, and oggle at the beauty. This guy has one heck of an imagination, and his expressions thereof are simply breathtaking. Full of light, these pieces are dynamic and epic. There’s lots to see at his gallery, and plenty of wallpaper for download as well!

An amusing interesting little post on Slashdot earlier this week:

“Michael Benson is proposing that NASA send the ISS to the moon instead of leaving it low earth orbit. (While we’re at it, we should re-brand it as the ‘International Space Ship.’) He points out that it’s already designed to be moved periodically to higher orbits so instead of just boosting it a few miles, strap on some ion engines and put it in orbit around the moon instead of the earth. That would provide an initial base for the astronauts going to the moon and give the ISS a purpose other than performing yet more studies on the effect of micro gravity on humans. Benson concludes: ‘Let’s begin the process of turning the ISS from an Earth-orbiting caterpillar into an interplanetary butterfly.’”

My favorite part? Among the tags listed on the article: “goodluckwiththat”.

Edit: If anyone’s interested, the orange moon icon used as this site’s favicon, as well as in the above graphic, is available here:

New art in an old style, via Etsy:

John W. Golden’s rendition of Golden Age Sci-fi Rocket Tin Toy box art. This is a reproduction of a digital image created by John W. Golden.

“I didn’t want to reproduce actual artwork or use an actual tin toy robot as the basis, because I wanted the freedom to interpret this my way. The series has been a lot of fun, because I had to come up with a fictional toy company, fictional robots, etc.”

Image is 8″x 12″, unmatted, and is reproduced on Enhanced Matte Paper using Archival inks.