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Alan Baker @aebdigital.bsky.social · 3d

Playing with Chris Kuhn's Babylon 5 models. An Omega-class destroyer and Starfury fighters.

An Omega-class destroyer and two Starfuries over a planet.

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Alex Ries @alexries.com · 6d

Reclamation heavy lift aircraft bringing equipment and personnel into the valley of Two-Sky River.

The small cockpit windows are mainly a backup for the augmented reality sensorium helmets worn by pilots; a technology favored by House Kendi.

#illustration #conceptart #scifiart

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Alex Ries @alexries.com · 12d

The birrin book project 'Two Sky River' is back underway :)

If you are interested in supporting my work, I have a Patreon; I am currently painting a Reclamation heavy lift aircraft arriving in the Valley.

#scifi #aviation #conceptart #illustration

www.patreon.com/posts/140282...

Reclamation FOB - Update | Alex

Get more from Alex on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Jackie Burns @artistburns.bsky.social · 13d

It’s Spacetober again and today’s prompt is Launch, so here is my artwork, Shuttle Night Launch, acrylic on stretched canvas. #Spacetober

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Alan Baker @aebdigital.bsky.social · 14d

Love me a VHS cover.
youtu.be/Q4_k38trDGQ?...

Mock-up VHS box cover for Star Trek fan film "The Grounding".

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Alan Baker @aebdigital.bsky.social · 14d

The main thing I remember about it is the little piece at the end of one episode that told watching kids "When it's your turn to have a family, keep it small!"

Alan Baker @aebdigital.bsky.social · 16d

First quick experiments with Mac Rebisz's marker compositor.

Fusion warship D'Arcy, my own design, using the marker compositor.

MCRN Donnager, from The Expanse, using the marker compositor.

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Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 17d

Be the best you can be bothered to be. Says Skeletor wishing he was that cool vampire from Salem’s Lot.

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Alan Baker @aebdigital.bsky.social · 17d

The Thalia bookstore in Darmstadt is now not only mixing science fiction with fantasy, but naming the whole section as just fantasy. Truly the Dark Times are upon us.

A horribly mixed and incorrectly labeled bookshelf.

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Josh Dobbin @joshdobbin.bsky.social · 18d

This is Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov. On this day, 42 years ago, he saved your life and the lives of everyone you love. He saved the world. Google his name.

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Mac Rebisz / voyager212 @macspace.bsky.social · 18d

A few more views of Nightfall.

And a friendly reminder, that my Markers setup for Blender is free on my Gumroad, link in the reply below.

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Alan Baker @aebdigital.bsky.social · 20d

Not seen this one for a while. An old render for Ocean of Storms by @brandonwnichols.bsky.social showing an Apollo crew driving to their cargo LEM at the start of their surface mission.

CGI of Apollo LEMs in the surface of the moon, with two astronauts in a rover driving to the cargo LEM.

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Alan Baker @aebdigital.bsky.social · 20d

Artist! Quote with your yellow art! 💛

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Alan Baker @aebdigital.bsky.social · 20d

Space doodles.

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 22d

Coming up tonight at 19:19 BST/20:19 CEST: the September #Equinox! This image from Meteosat-12, taken this morning, shows Earth near the equinox - when the terminator appears as a straight line dividing the planet into equal halves of light and dark.

@wmo-global.bsky.social @eumetsat.int

This image from Meteosat-12, captured this morning, 22 September 2025, shows Earth on the equinox — when the terminator line runs from pole to pole, dividing the planet into equal halves of light and dark. From space, it appears as a strikingly vertical line.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 22d

Definitely true. Father Ted was gentle, thoughtful and funny.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 22d

Graham Linehan says satire is 'dying' and that he wouldn't be able to make Father Ted today

Graham Linehan has told Sky News he believes satire is "dying" and that it would be "impossible" to make his hit shows Father Ted or The IT Crowd today.

news.sky.com

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Alan Baker @aebdigital.bsky.social · 24d

Qrt with fanart

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Alan Baker @aebdigital.bsky.social · 24d

May I recommend this fascinating video about the genius of Elite’s code.

youtu.be/lC4YLMLar5I?...

Elite: "The game that couldn't be written"

YouTube video by Alexander the ok

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Alan Baker @aebdigital.bsky.social · 28d

a man in a suit and tie is drinking coffee from a cup .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is drinking coffee from a cup .

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Element115Art @element115.bsky.social · 29d

Lunar Reconnaissance Gemini: In the leadup to the Apollo landings, McDonnell proposed using a modified Gemini module to collect photographs of the land sites and develop navigation techniques for future flights.

A modified Gemini module with a large conical service module and reflective shingles.

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Alan Baker @aebdigital.bsky.social · Sep 14

Star Cops.

Space station Ronald Reagan from Star Cops

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Alan Baker @aebdigital.bsky.social · Sep 12

A short animation of the spaceship designed by my daughter.

youtu.be/aP5GEFJ8gMw?...

Starship Eloise

YouTube video by HeadOfRichardMNixon

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Two all the way, a coffee milk, and a Del's @ri.oldfolkshome.org · Sep 11

Oh that hurts 😱👴😭

Graphic showing it’s been 10538 days from “The Trouble With Tribbles” to “Trials and Tribble-ations” and 10538 days from that to today.

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Alan Baker @aebdigital.bsky.social · Sep 7

Damn! What is it about Rama that seems to defeat filmmakers every time? I words say the epic scale, but that’s bread and butter to Villeneuve. So I guess it’s the monkey helpers..?

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ToughSF @toughsf.bsky.social · Sep 5

The CNS Shieldmaiden, a 'Great Heathen-class' Light Cruiser with laser weapons and immensely thick armor.
#space #art by Bien Carlos Manzares.
www.artstation.com/artwork/QKLg0L

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