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Morgan Denman | Space-Focused Designer & Illustrator @morgandenman.bsky.social · 14m

#SpacetoberChallenge Day 10: Artemis II

#sciart #spaceart #artemis #artchallenge

Orange gradient background with the words “day 10: Artemis II” in large black text at the center

Graphic showing the Spacetober challenge prompt list for 2025. The background is an orange gradient with a black box on top, with the number of each day and the corresponding prompt for each in white text on top. 1: Launch, 2: Planet(s), 3: Space Weather, 4: Moon, 5: Voyager, 6: Constellation, 7: Space Agency, 8: Propulsion, and 9: Nebula are crossed out. 10: Artemis II, 11: Asteroid, 12: Eclipse, 13: Near or Deep Space Network, 14: Spacecraft, 15: Black Hole, 16: Parachute, 17: Historic Person(s), 18: Mars/Mars Mission, 19: Crew Capsule, 20: Telescope, 21: Star, 22: Lunar Landing, 23: Space Station, 24: Jet/Plane, 25: Historic Mission(s), 26: Earth, 27: Habitat, 28: Astronaut/Cosmonaut, 29: Orbit, 30: Galaxy, 31: Future

Morgan Denman | Space-Focused Designer & Illustrator @morgandenman.bsky.social · 16m

Thank youuu!!

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 38m

The Belt of Orion and the Great Orion Nebula. 10 October 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

Three bright stars of the belt of Orion at upper left. Orion nebula below centre. Many other star dots.

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Morgan Denman | Space-Focused Designer & Illustrator @morgandenman.bsky.social · 8h

Thank you so much! I’ll definitely keep that in mind. Hopefully once the month is over, I’ll finally have time to make some products with my Spacetober designs 😊

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Morgan Denman | Space-Focused Designer & Illustrator @morgandenman.bsky.social · 8h

#SpacetoberChalenge Day 9: Nebula

The Hourglass Nebula. This one was definitely out of my comfort zone, but I had fun making it.

#sciart #spaceart #nebula

Illustration of the hourglass nebula in shades of red and orange.

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Amy Rae Hill @amyraehill.bsky.social · 16h

Lil friends on Mars who will soon be wearable after a journey to the fiery depths of the kiln 🔥

Join the newsletter to be notified when they drop. @sciencesocks.bsky.social and I can't wait to share the final results!

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#SciArt #bsnm 🔭

My hand holding a rectangular pendant featuring a Mars rover looking up at a helicopter at sunset.

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Danna Staaf @dannastaaf.bsky.social · 19h

Yesterday's #inktober #invertober2025 #SpacetoberChallenge #OC_tober mashup!

A pen on paper drawing of a small Budgett's frog riding a very large fly. The words "it is Wednesday, my dudes" are flying back from the frog to indicate how quickly they are traveling. The frog is barely holding on by the reins. The prompts are listed below: reckless/bee-killer robber fly/propulsion/meme redraw.

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SAHASA 🐙 @sculptedreef.com · 19h

#SpacetoberChallenge #Nebula ⭐ Halcyon the Nebula Octopus ✨🌌

🐙 Hand sculpted from clay and lovingly painted 🎨

#ArtYear #Art #Artist #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #Astronomy #MarineLife #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡

A freestanding Octopus sculpture painted in a Nebula theme.

The octopus leans on its arms, swaying with unseen currents. Its long arms trailing to the side.

It is painted in a royal blue and black base with a shimmering stardust theme and many carefully painted stars.

The artist's left hand is gently touching one of the octopus's arms.

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Joe Creighton 🇨🇦 @notjoecreighton.bsky.social · 17h

#SpacetoberChallenge Day 9: Nebula

Specifically, the Dumbbell Nebula.

I was finding faint/whispy colours on black hard to do so I flipped the script and first drew the nebula (light blue/red Copics) then backfilled with darker and darker tones (grey scale inks) #Spacetober

A full page view of my drawings to date: a blue-pink nebula is added to the bottom-left of the page

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 23h

For day 9 #spacetober_challenge nebula: Caroline Herschel (1750 – 1848) a trail blazing woman in #astronomy. 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬🔭 #histsci Hers was a real life Cinderella story, where rather than marrying a prince, she made a life & career for herself. Marriage her expected role but she was deemed unmarriageable, 🧵

My Linocut portrait of Caroline Herschel against a starry sky with comet and 5 inset diagrams of her observations

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Amy Rae Hill @amyraehill.bsky.social · 21h

Nebula

One of my favorite things to paint has always been a Nebula Teapot 🌌

#SpacetoberChallenge
#SciArt

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 21h

A couple of images of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon). One on left taken using my 50mm lens, on right at 130mm focal length. Both Cropped. 9 October 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

Green comet at centre. Many other star dots.

Green comet withy faint tail at centre. Some star dots.

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Jackie Burns @artistburns.bsky.social · 1d

@spacetober_challenge. Today’s prompt is Nebula. I recreated the Dumbbell Nebula using Adobe Fresco. Not the easiest one I could have picked, but at least I’ve made myself an excellent star field that can be reused as an asset in future digital images. #Spacetober #space #nebula #digitalart #sciart

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Chop Shop Studio 🇺🇸+🇺🇦 @chopshopstore.bsky.social · 1d

#SpacetoberChallenge Day 8: Nebula. You can see nebula inside each letter’s dual shadow shape. The full quote is “Know the Universe as it is, not as you wish it to be”.

#sciart #spaceart #artchallenge

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Morgan Denman | Space-Focused Designer & Illustrator @morgandenman.bsky.social · 21h

#SpacetoberChallenge Day 9: Nebula

#sciart #spaceart #artchallenge

Orange gradient background with the words “day 9: nebula” in large black text at the center

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Liem Bahneman @liem.bahneman.com · 1d

Today's #spacetoberchallenge is "Propulsion". I stopped designing SpaceX-related patches earlier this year, but I would be remiss in not recognizing the engineering behind Starship Super Heavy and the Raptor engines. I did these patches in 2021 and 2023.

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Joe Creighton 🇨🇦 @notjoecreighton.bsky.social · 1d

#SpacetoberChallenge Day 8: Propulsion

The RS-25 liquid-fuel cryogenic rocket engine, once used by NASA's Space Shuttle Orbiter, is now used by the Space Launch System's core stage. #Spacetober

A full page view of my drawings to date, with the added RS-25 engine to the lower left side.

A close-up of the black and white drawing of the RS-25 engine

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Morgan Denman | Space-Focused Designer & Illustrator @morgandenman.bsky.social · 1d

#SpacetoberChallenge Day 8: Propulsion

Based on a diagram from the NASA Gemini program showing the spacecraft responses to orbit attitude control thrust.

#sciart #spaceart #spacecraft

Illustration of the Gemini spacecraft responses to orbit attitude control thrust in blue orange and green. On a black background scattered with white four point stars.

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Kristin Pratt @prattkristin.bsky.social · 1d

Boosting! #SciArt #Spacetober #SpaceArt

Cathrin Machin Space Art @cathrinmachin.bsky.social · 1d

Can you help?… I’m trying to find my people

I know there’s more space fans here… just not sure how to reach you

Feels weird to ask, but would you give me a signal boost by hitting share?

If you’re new… Hi I’m Cat, I make pretty picture of space 🥹 let’s connect if you like weird space art

Woman standing next to large artwork on an easel. The painting is of a wormhole with gravitational lensing that shows stars and galaxies are warped around a central point.

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Sandra | Atelier Hibou 🦉 @atelierhibou-ch.bsky.social · 1d

#Spacetober Day 3 - #SpaceWeather

#SciArt #SpaceArt #artYear #kleineKunstKlasse #watercolor #art #SpacetoberChallenge

Small painting of a sun with some sun storms. Glitter golden watercolor paint on black paper.

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Danna Staaf @dannastaaf.bsky.social · 2d

Per my daughter's request, the #Inktober #invertober2025 #SpacetoberChallenge mashup now includes #OC_tober 😁
I'm actually ridiculously proud of this one 🌊🧑‍🚀

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₊❅*̩❆[YULETIDE]❆*̩❅₊ @gnollified.bsky.social · 1d

d1 // launch

#SpacetoberChallenge

A simple two-stage rocket crosses þe face of þe Moon as it lifts off.

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Jackie Burns @artistburns.bsky.social · 2d

Spacetober Challange - Propulsion. Mach diamonds from the 7 BE-4 engines of New Glenn, Blue Origin's successful ascent to space. The mission named "So You're Telling Me There's a Chance" was the first flight of the company's heavy-lift rocket. Digital artwork from my Circles Portfolio. #Spacetober

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Mindy, the Crafty Physicist @craftyphysicist.bsky.social · 2d

Inktober Day 8: Reckless (and randomly Spacetober Day 8: Propulsion)

#inktober #inktober2025 #inktoberreckless #inktoberrobots @inktober #spacetober #spacetoberchallenge #spacetober2025

Drawing of a robot joyriding on a retro looking rocket (the robot's hands are raised in excitement as it sticks its head and torso out of the rocket's window.)

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Chop Shop Studio 🇺🇸+🇺🇦 @chopshopstore.bsky.social · 2d

#SpacetoberChallenge Day 8: Propulsion

#sciart #spaceart #artchallenge

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