⭐ ᗰᗩᖇᛕ ᗩ. ǤᗩᖇᒪIᑕᛕ ⭐
@markgarlick.com
🔭 Astrophysics Ph.D
🍩 Illustration and animation in Blender
🪐 Space art and astronomical art specialist
✨ Fellow of International Association of Astronomical Artists
🦕 Dabbling in paleoart and scifi art
🚫 Porn/AI/NFT/MAGA = Block
🌐 linktr.ee/spaceboffin
🍩 Illustration and animation in Blender
🪐 Space art and astronomical art specialist
✨ Fellow of International Association of Astronomical Artists
🦕 Dabbling in paleoart and scifi art
🚫 Porn/AI/NFT/MAGA = Block
🌐 linktr.ee/spaceboffin
Ice spires (around 100 metres tall) on Jupiter's moon Callisto. It is thought that these formed from an ancient impact billions of years ago. They are very slowly eroding over time, the ice subliming and dust within the ice accumulating to absorb Sunlight and continue the erosion.
#sciart #spaceart
#sciart #spaceart
January 8, 2026 at 8:10 PM
#sciart #spaceart #blender
Animation of a type of binary star system called a DQ Her star. A white dwarf is in mutual orbit with a larger red dwarf. The strong gravitational field of the dense white dwarf draws hot gas from its companion, which forms an accretion disc around the white dwarf.
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Animation of a type of binary star system called a DQ Her star. A white dwarf is in mutual orbit with a larger red dwarf. The strong gravitational field of the dense white dwarf draws hot gas from its companion, which forms an accretion disc around the white dwarf.
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January 7, 2026 at 8:42 PM
What's the best way to get seen on #Artstation? I struggle to gain traction there. Is it best to just have a portfolio page just full of individual artworks? Or is is best to create 'projects', inside of which you list multiple related artworks?
January 6, 2026 at 7:24 PM
What's the best way to get seen on #Artstation? I struggle to gain traction there. Is it best to just have a portfolio page just full of individual artworks? Or is is best to create 'projects', inside of which you list multiple related artworks?
Modellers! Do any of you recall the horror models from the 70s by Aurora? Frankenstein, Mummy, etc? Some were re-released a while ago by third parties using the original molds. The first model I ever made as a kid was this Hunchback of Notre Dame so I had to buy it again. Immense fun building it!
January 6, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Modellers! Do any of you recall the horror models from the 70s by Aurora? Frankenstein, Mummy, etc? Some were re-released a while ago by third parties using the original molds. The first model I ever made as a kid was this Hunchback of Notre Dame so I had to buy it again. Immense fun building it!
I'm fed up with all of these stupid names for different 'types' of full Moon. Wolf? And the media just regurgitates this cack ad nauseum. The Moon's distance from the Earth varies by about 11%. You would never notice unless you could compare both closest and farthest Moons side by side. #supermoon
January 4, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I'm fed up with all of these stupid names for different 'types' of full Moon. Wolf? And the media just regurgitates this cack ad nauseum. The Moon's distance from the Earth varies by about 11%. You would never notice unless you could compare both closest and farthest Moons side by side. #supermoon
Any fans of prog-rock band Eloy out there? They always seem overshadowed by the likes of Yes, Genesis, Alan Parsons etc but to me they are SO much better. This one's my favourite, from 1979. Up there with Floyd, Crimson and Mooody Blues.
January 1, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Any fans of prog-rock band Eloy out there? They always seem overshadowed by the likes of Yes, Genesis, Alan Parsons etc but to me they are SO much better. This one's my favourite, from 1979. Up there with Floyd, Crimson and Mooody Blues.
Goodbye to dreadful 2025, in which my partner lost her mum and then sister 2 months later. I will lose my own mum to cancer in a few months, so my 2026 is off to a crap start.
But I wish everyone on this platform all the best that a new year can muster.
#SciArt called New Horizons
Pls repost
But I wish everyone on this platform all the best that a new year can muster.
#SciArt called New Horizons
Pls repost
December 31, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Goodbye to dreadful 2025, in which my partner lost her mum and then sister 2 months later. I will lose my own mum to cancer in a few months, so my 2026 is off to a crap start.
But I wish everyone on this platform all the best that a new year can muster.
#SciArt called New Horizons
Pls repost
But I wish everyone on this platform all the best that a new year can muster.
#SciArt called New Horizons
Pls repost
December 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
For the final day, 24, of #ArtAdventCalendar, I present this illustration which I call Exploration of Amalthea. The latter is a very small moon of Jupiter in a very close orbit. Jupiter would fill half the sky seen from here!
#SciArt #spaceart #Blender3d
#SciArt #spaceart #Blender3d
December 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
For the final day, 24, of #ArtAdventCalendar, I present this illustration which I call Exploration of Amalthea. The latter is a very small moon of Jupiter in a very close orbit. Jupiter would fill half the sky seen from here!
#SciArt #spaceart #Blender3d
#SciArt #spaceart #Blender3d
#ArtAdventCalendar day 23
Milky Way and Andromeda enjoy a dance of death. They're moving towards each other and will begin to merge in a few billion years.
Crikey!
Milky Way and Andromeda enjoy a dance of death. They're moving towards each other and will begin to merge in a few billion years.
Crikey!
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar day 23
Milky Way and Andromeda enjoy a dance of death. They're moving towards each other and will begin to merge in a few billion years.
Crikey!
Milky Way and Andromeda enjoy a dance of death. They're moving towards each other and will begin to merge in a few billion years.
Crikey!
I'd like to thank all my new followers. I'm nearly at 2000. Not bad for only a year on this platform. Keep em coming! And my very best wishes to all of you for whichever holiday, or not, you celebrate.
December 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I'd like to thank all my new followers. I'm nearly at 2000. Not bad for only a year on this platform. Keep em coming! And my very best wishes to all of you for whichever holiday, or not, you celebrate.
Yes. Every dot in this image is a cluster of galaxies. The large bright blobs indicate the largest concentrations of clusters and superclusters
December 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Yes. Every dot in this image is a cluster of galaxies. The large bright blobs indicate the largest concentrations of clusters and superclusters
#ArtAdventCalendar day 22.
The cosmic web. This is what the universe looks like on very large scales. The individual galaxies are very exaggerated in size. But this serves to illustrate the filamentery nature of the cosmos.
The cosmic web. This is what the universe looks like on very large scales. The individual galaxies are very exaggerated in size. But this serves to illustrate the filamentery nature of the cosmos.
December 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
#ArtAdventCalendar day 22.
The cosmic web. This is what the universe looks like on very large scales. The individual galaxies are very exaggerated in size. But this serves to illustrate the filamentery nature of the cosmos.
The cosmic web. This is what the universe looks like on very large scales. The individual galaxies are very exaggerated in size. But this serves to illustrate the filamentery nature of the cosmos.
Day 21 of #ArtAdventCallendar.
Here's an animation of an orbital ring. It surrounds the Earth in a continuous loop and could serve as a platform to launch vehicles from low-Earth orbit.
Read alt-text for more details.
Made with #Blender
#sciart #scifi
Here's an animation of an orbital ring. It surrounds the Earth in a continuous loop and could serve as a platform to launch vehicles from low-Earth orbit.
Read alt-text for more details.
Made with #Blender
#sciart #scifi
December 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Day 21 of #ArtAdventCallendar.
Here's an animation of an orbital ring. It surrounds the Earth in a continuous loop and could serve as a platform to launch vehicles from low-Earth orbit.
Read alt-text for more details.
Made with #Blender
#sciart #scifi
Here's an animation of an orbital ring. It surrounds the Earth in a continuous loop and could serve as a platform to launch vehicles from low-Earth orbit.
Read alt-text for more details.
Made with #Blender
#sciart #scifi
#ArtAdventCalendar day 20. Already!
Here's an animation of a space elevator. Made with #Blender3d because of course.
#SciArt #spaceart
Please repost 😊
Here's an animation of a space elevator. Made with #Blender3d because of course.
#SciArt #spaceart
Please repost 😊
December 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
#ArtAdventCalendar day 20. Already!
Here's an animation of a space elevator. Made with #Blender3d because of course.
#SciArt #spaceart
Please repost 😊
Here's an animation of a space elevator. Made with #Blender3d because of course.
#SciArt #spaceart
Please repost 😊
#ArtAdventCalendar #SciArt #spaceart
Very early digital artwork from 2001 showing the planets as mushrooms! No idea where the idea for this came from.
Very early digital artwork from 2001 showing the planets as mushrooms! No idea where the idea for this came from.
December 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
#ArtAdventCalendar #SciArt #spaceart
Very early digital artwork from 2001 showing the planets as mushrooms! No idea where the idea for this came from.
Very early digital artwork from 2001 showing the planets as mushrooms! No idea where the idea for this came from.
#ArtAdventCalendar day 18
Illustration of a cave on the Moon, with the Earth visible from the opening. Caves have been known there for some time. Some of them are where lava tubes have collapsed in places, revealing the interior. They would make good places for human habitats.
#SciArt #blender
Illustration of a cave on the Moon, with the Earth visible from the opening. Caves have been known there for some time. Some of them are where lava tubes have collapsed in places, revealing the interior. They would make good places for human habitats.
#SciArt #blender
December 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar day 18
Illustration of a cave on the Moon, with the Earth visible from the opening. Caves have been known there for some time. Some of them are where lava tubes have collapsed in places, revealing the interior. They would make good places for human habitats.
#SciArt #blender
Illustration of a cave on the Moon, with the Earth visible from the opening. Caves have been known there for some time. Some of them are where lava tubes have collapsed in places, revealing the interior. They would make good places for human habitats.
#SciArt #blender
More #sciart featuring #Mars for #ArtAdventCalendar day 17.
Mars gets pulverised and rebuilt after a collision with another worlds. Not the most accurate simulation but it gets the point across.
Made in #Blender, commissioned by @davidskybrody.bsky.social for a documentary.
Mars gets pulverised and rebuilt after a collision with another worlds. Not the most accurate simulation but it gets the point across.
Made in #Blender, commissioned by @davidskybrody.bsky.social for a documentary.
December 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
More #sciart featuring #Mars for #ArtAdventCalendar day 17.
Mars gets pulverised and rebuilt after a collision with another worlds. Not the most accurate simulation but it gets the point across.
Made in #Blender, commissioned by @davidskybrody.bsky.social for a documentary.
Mars gets pulverised and rebuilt after a collision with another worlds. Not the most accurate simulation but it gets the point across.
Made in #Blender, commissioned by @davidskybrody.bsky.social for a documentary.
#ArtAdventCalendar day 16.
An early attempt by me to use mocaps for character animations. An astronaut on Mars. Created in 2019 using 3dsmax.
#SciArt #scifiart
An early attempt by me to use mocaps for character animations. An astronaut on Mars. Created in 2019 using 3dsmax.
#SciArt #scifiart
December 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
#ArtAdventCalendar day 16.
An early attempt by me to use mocaps for character animations. An astronaut on Mars. Created in 2019 using 3dsmax.
#SciArt #scifiart
An early attempt by me to use mocaps for character animations. An astronaut on Mars. Created in 2019 using 3dsmax.
#SciArt #scifiart
Surreal work conceptualising the birth of the Earth. One of my earliest digital works... From 2001!
Doesn't seem real that so much time has passed since I did this.
#SciArt #ArtAdventCalendar #surrealism
Doesn't seem real that so much time has passed since I did this.
#SciArt #ArtAdventCalendar #surrealism
December 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Surreal work conceptualising the birth of the Earth. One of my earliest digital works... From 2001!
Doesn't seem real that so much time has passed since I did this.
#SciArt #ArtAdventCalendar #surrealism
Doesn't seem real that so much time has passed since I did this.
#SciArt #ArtAdventCalendar #surrealism