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    The Airships Floated Into the Ravine Silently, Sails Bulging With Wind

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/02/09

    In reply to The Airships Floated Into the Ravine Silently, Sails Bulging With Wind
    I'm glad to see someone using primary colors. I'm tired of the grey-brown-beige-black future.
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    Image of joetato joetato
    12/02/09

    In reply to The Airships Floated Into the Ravine Silently, Sails Bulging With Wind
    Thank you. This was wonderful! :-D
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    12/02/09

    In reply to The Airships Floated Into the Ravine Silently, Sails Bulging With Wind
    Oh wow. (she said breathlessly)
    I want to live in his worlds.

    (Today is mock "Learn The Craft Of Novel-Writing From Walter Jon Williams And Nancy Kress" anti-adverb day for me)
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    12/02/09

    In reply to The Airships Floated Into the Ravine Silently, Sails Bulging With Wind
    These are beautiful.

    BTW, Annalee, I think it's great to be inclusive and the Milliways reference is now decades old, but anybody that doesn't know The Resturant at the End of the Universe is probably reading the wrong blog.
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    Image of TotalFanGirl TotalFanGirl
    12/02/09

    In reply to The Airships Floated Into the Ravine Silently, Sails Bulging With Wind
    Ah-ha!!! Annalee, you used an adverb in the title of this piece. Check out the discussion in "Learn The Craft Of Novel-Writing From Walter Jon Williams And Nancy Kress"....I guess you wouldn't be up for their class. Noob :)
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    12/02/09

    @TotalFanGirl: I suppose the goal is to use adverbs discreetly, vs. lavishly or flagrantly.
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    12/02/09

    In reply to The Airships Floated Into the Ravine Silently, Sails Bulging With Wind
    wow, this guy's work is stunning. I love anything that melds the retro with the futuristic. gives me a warm fuzzy feeling.
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    Image of Im_your_Huckleberry Im_your_Huckleberry
    12/02/09

    @acrobatic rabbit: Same here. Something about the "old soul technology aspect" being blended with the "far future space technology." It just looks cool and feels right.
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    12/02/09

    In reply to The Airships Floated Into the Ravine Silently, Sails Bulging With Wind
    This is where I'd be happy if the Dollhouse technology really existed.

    I'd gladly submit myself to imprinting if it meant that I could draw, paint, or play an instrument at a level comparable to that with which I know and understand science in general, and physics and math in particular.

    Most likely, though, they wouldn't let me have both what I have now (the science) and what I desire (the art).
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    Image of TheFaithfulStone TheFaithfulStone
    10/30/08

    In reply to Lonely Astronauts Explore Silent Alien Landscapes
    It's like Di Chirico in space.
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    10/29/08

    In reply to Lonely Astronauts Explore Silent Alien Landscapes
    I really like the feeling of these. It seems familiar, yet modern. I wish I could paint like that.


    Wait, I can. I wish I WOULD paint like that.


    Wait, I have time tonight.


    I wish I hadn't bought Fallout 3, but I love the lunchbox and bobblehead too much.

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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    10/29/08

    In reply to Lonely Astronauts Explore Silent Alien Landscapes
    Holy shit, this is HOT.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    10/29/08

    In reply to Lonely Astronauts Explore Silent Alien Landscapes
    Hello new desktop wallpaper.
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    Image of Aethelred Aethelred
    10/29/08

    In reply to Lonely Astronauts Explore Silent Alien Landscapes
    I really liked Land of Sleeping Things ... evocative, stylish and well executed.
    The others all look entirely different, though. Sterile, comic-booky and cheap.
    Are these by the same artist? The dichotomy is astounding.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    10/29/08

    @Aethelred: it sounds more like you have a problem with minimalism than anything else. one could assume you praise land... over the others because it has a clearer vanishing point that adds extra perspective. the lack of depth perspective in the other works is not indicative of cheapness as much as it is a part of the composition of the respective works. in fact the perspective in most of the shots serves as a visual motiff to seperate the elements within each work and it does a pretty good job of it. very reminescent of ukiyo-e.
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    Image of Daveinva Daveinva
    10/29/08

    @Aethelred: I was going to say the same thing-- Sleeping Things is great, but the others look like bad versions of Stanislaw Lem movie posters.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    10/29/08

    @Daveinva: They are all reminiscent of some SF/Fantasy art from the 70s. Especially Roger Dean the guy who did album covers for Yes.

    On the whole I quite like these.
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    Image of Aethelred Aethelred
    10/30/08

    @tetracycloide: Ahhhh. Now I gets it: the others are "reminescent" of crap. That explains everything. Now I just need to go find out what reminescent means.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    10/30/08

    @Aethelred: ukiyo-e was a heavy infulence on a number of significant movements in classical european art. it is hardly worthy of a title like crap, at least van gogh, degas and monet didn't think so along with a number of other extremely talented artists.


    reminiscent = suggestive

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