Element115Art
@element115.bsky.social
Concept art for non-existent space programs. No AI, using only FOSS (Blender and GIMP)
Short stories in Linktree.
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Short stories in Linktree.
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Made with Blender.
January 14, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Made with Blender.
The crew of 40 live within the ring at the front, which is spun. Due to radiation considerations, the portholes are on the roof. Heading aft, there is a hydroponic greenhouse, with the mirrored petals designed to focus sunlight.
January 14, 2026 at 12:05 AM
The crew of 40 live within the ring at the front, which is spun. Due to radiation considerations, the portholes are on the roof. Heading aft, there is a hydroponic greenhouse, with the mirrored petals designed to focus sunlight.
Ocelus Transfer Laboratory, a design for the late-2100s, intended to test equipment for long term space habitation while making the run to Mars and back. Part of my ongoing project to design interplanetary spacecraft based on the astrology symbols for the planets.
January 14, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Ocelus Transfer Laboratory, a design for the late-2100s, intended to test equipment for long term space habitation while making the run to Mars and back. Part of my ongoing project to design interplanetary spacecraft based on the astrology symbols for the planets.
From the Internet Archive and Wikipedia.
January 11, 2026 at 4:11 PM
From the Internet Archive and Wikipedia.
Psychedelic astronaut photography.
January 11, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Psychedelic astronaut photography.
Made with Blender.
January 10, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Made with Blender.
An early Space Shuttle concept that included a piloted, reusable flyback launcher; a space shuttle launching a space shuttle.
January 10, 2026 at 3:13 PM
An early Space Shuttle concept that included a piloted, reusable flyback launcher; a space shuttle launching a space shuttle.
Reposted by Element115Art
My new short story "Peace-2" is now live at Bewildering Stories. It is the story of Vasily Dolgov, a Soviet aerospace engineer in the late 1980s working on Polyus, who is disturbed by the increasing militarization of space.
www.bewilderingstories.com/issue1121/pe...
www.bewilderingstories.com/issue1121/pe...
January 5, 2026 at 10:01 PM
My new short story "Peace-2" is now live at Bewildering Stories. It is the story of Vasily Dolgov, a Soviet aerospace engineer in the late 1980s working on Polyus, who is disturbed by the increasing militarization of space.
www.bewilderingstories.com/issue1121/pe...
www.bewilderingstories.com/issue1121/pe...
Human artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you.
January 9, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Human artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you.
My new short story "Peace-2" is now live at Bewildering Stories. It is the story of Vasily Dolgov, a Soviet aerospace engineer in the late 1980s working on Polyus, who is disturbed by the increasing militarization of space.
www.bewilderingstories.com/issue1121/pe...
www.bewilderingstories.com/issue1121/pe...
January 5, 2026 at 10:01 PM
My new short story "Peace-2" is now live at Bewildering Stories. It is the story of Vasily Dolgov, a Soviet aerospace engineer in the late 1980s working on Polyus, who is disturbed by the increasing militarization of space.
www.bewilderingstories.com/issue1121/pe...
www.bewilderingstories.com/issue1121/pe...
— Retransmitting —
A thread of the short stories I've gotten published this year and where to find them:
(1/8)
(1/8)
January 4, 2026 at 6:40 PM
— Retransmitting —
Lol that's awesome.
"How are you gonna land?"
"Idk, the same way those guys were gonna do it. Next question."
"How are you gonna land?"
"Idk, the same way those guys were gonna do it. Next question."
January 2, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Lol that's awesome.
"How are you gonna land?"
"Idk, the same way those guys were gonna do it. Next question."
"How are you gonna land?"
"Idk, the same way those guys were gonna do it. Next question."
I am working on a model of Boeing's IMIS and it looks like that's the same lander design. Did they reuse it for this?
January 2, 2026 at 11:47 PM
I am working on a model of Boeing's IMIS and it looks like that's the same lander design. Did they reuse it for this?
Happy New Year everyone.
January 1, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Happy New Year everyone.
2026 prediction: Dune 3 is going to be pretty good.
January 1, 2026 at 3:45 AM
2026 prediction: Dune 3 is going to be pretty good.
All made with Blender.
December 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
All made with Blender.
Sept: Orbital Transfer Vehicle (NASA concept)
Oct: Lunar Cycler (personal concept)
Nov: Zond 5 (historical mission)
Dec: Mars Transfer Laboratory (personal concept)
Oct: Lunar Cycler (personal concept)
Nov: Zond 5 (historical mission)
Dec: Mars Transfer Laboratory (personal concept)
December 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Sept: Orbital Transfer Vehicle (NASA concept)
Oct: Lunar Cycler (personal concept)
Nov: Zond 5 (historical mission)
Dec: Mars Transfer Laboratory (personal concept)
Oct: Lunar Cycler (personal concept)
Nov: Zond 5 (historical mission)
Dec: Mars Transfer Laboratory (personal concept)
May: Apollo inflatable comm satellite (Convair concept)
June: Personal space shuttle concept inspired by Mead and Colani
July: Flyback shuttle booster (NASA concept)
Aug: Flyback shuttle booster (NASA concept)
June: Personal space shuttle concept inspired by Mead and Colani
July: Flyback shuttle booster (NASA concept)
Aug: Flyback shuttle booster (NASA concept)
December 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
May: Apollo inflatable comm satellite (Convair concept)
June: Personal space shuttle concept inspired by Mead and Colani
July: Flyback shuttle booster (NASA concept)
Aug: Flyback shuttle booster (NASA concept)
June: Personal space shuttle concept inspired by Mead and Colani
July: Flyback shuttle booster (NASA concept)
Aug: Flyback shuttle booster (NASA concept)
I picked a favorite of my renders from each month:
Jan: Gemini Rescue concept (historical)
Feb: Orion (stylized)
March: MPD cargo spacecraft (NASA concept)
April: Tongren joint circumlunar station (personal concept)
Jan: Gemini Rescue concept (historical)
Feb: Orion (stylized)
March: MPD cargo spacecraft (NASA concept)
April: Tongren joint circumlunar station (personal concept)
December 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I picked a favorite of my renders from each month:
Jan: Gemini Rescue concept (historical)
Feb: Orion (stylized)
March: MPD cargo spacecraft (NASA concept)
April: Tongren joint circumlunar station (personal concept)
Jan: Gemini Rescue concept (historical)
Feb: Orion (stylized)
March: MPD cargo spacecraft (NASA concept)
April: Tongren joint circumlunar station (personal concept)
I really enjoyed it. I've also read Solaris and His Master's Voice so it was fun to read Lem being a little sillier.
December 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I really enjoyed it. I've also read Solaris and His Master's Voice so it was fun to read Lem being a little sillier.
Favorites from other genres: Collapse - Vladislav Zubok, Shadow Ticket - Thomas Pynchon, Libra - Don DeLillo, Orlando - Virginia Woolf
December 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Favorites from other genres: Collapse - Vladislav Zubok, Shadow Ticket - Thomas Pynchon, Libra - Don DeLillo, Orlando - Virginia Woolf
My new science fiction / space non-fiction reads for the year
December 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
My new science fiction / space non-fiction reads for the year
Darkness Gathers Her Lambs for Apocalypse Confidential a First Contact, giallo-style slasher.
apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/12/21/d...
(8/8)
apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/12/21/d...
(8/8)
DARKNESS GATHERS HER LAMBS
Thirteen-point-six billion years after the Big Bang, a civilization inhabiting an unpronounceable planet decided that they were tired of feeling alone. After much deliberation, they elected to send…
apocalypse-confidential.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Darkness Gathers Her Lambs for Apocalypse Confidential a First Contact, giallo-style slasher.
apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/12/21/d...
(8/8)
apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/12/21/d...
(8/8)
You Who Dwell in the Dust, a story about the psychological toll of a near-future Mars mission for Nocturne Magazine.
www.nocturnezine.com/issue-5
(7/8)
www.nocturnezine.com/issue-5
(7/8)
December 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
You Who Dwell in the Dust, a story about the psychological toll of a near-future Mars mission for Nocturne Magazine.
www.nocturnezine.com/issue-5
(7/8)
www.nocturnezine.com/issue-5
(7/8)