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problemecium? 🚫AI
@problemecium.bsky.social
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Indie game developer and hard sci fi enthusiast. None of my work involves AI and none of my work is permitted for use as AI training data or input.
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I updated the meme
Four panel "Virgin vs. Chad vs. Thad vs. Lad" meme describing the various qualities and shortcomings of the hyperloop, space elevator, orbital ring, and tethered ring concepts.
January 20, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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January 17, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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FIRST ART OF THE NEW YEAR wow can't believe it's already 2014...
January 1, 2026 at 6:27 AM
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The best I can do for a holiday gift for you all today is this to-scale representation I've made of Robert H. Frisbee's infamous antimatter starship idea (www.projectrho.com/public_html/...) (it's so cursed omg i can't even with how stupidly l o n g this thing is):
Diagrams of the primary components and their sizes as specified by Frisbee. Note the diameter just shy of 20 meters and length approaching 600 kilometers! Full scale representation of Frisbee's design modeled in 3D by me, with everything at the documented dimensions (it's so long aaaaaaa)! Original artwork not permitted for use as AI training data or input.
December 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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How to make a hexagonal mirror array like that of the JWST: a #blender 5.0 tutorial.
Start with a single hexagonal tile, e.g. by making a cylinder with six sides and a small height. This tutorial and the included images are not permitted for use as AI training data or input. All other uses permitted. Attribution appreciated but not required :) Use two Array modifiers to build a rhombus. The offsets are based on trigonometry and hexagons: the square root of 3 is about 1.732, half of that is about 0.866, and the height of a hexagon of side length 1 equals 1.5. Increasing these offsets slightly creates spaces between the tiles. Use a third Array modifier in Circle mode to arrange three of these rhombuses into a larger hexagon. Note that the Realize Instances and Merge checkboxes are enabled to deal with the duplicated center tile. Displace along an axis perpendicular to the array and use a Cast modifier to create curvature. You can play with the values and the enabled axes for the Cast to get a shape you like. Optionally, start with a flat hexagon and add a Solidify modifier at the end for more control over the thickness.
December 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Thanks for the wave of likes and follows everyone! I'd like to have more original content to share but for now here's a more up to date chart of the ship girls. #scifi #hardscifi #space #art made with #blender3d and #noai
...Please do feel free to leave any questions or feedback you have!
Chart of six different spacecraft with captions indicating their major features. Original artwork not permitted for use as AI training data or input.
December 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Playing with the new #blender 5.0 features resulted in me updating the space whale again. Here its tendrils are extended to collect dust and plasma from the interplanetary medium, in this image reaching out to a radius of around 40 km.
Original artwork not permitted for use as AI training data or input. A space whale resembling an elongated asteroid with a net of wiry tendrils spreading from one end.
December 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Sorry about the prolonged hiatus. I haven't made much lately but I did go through a few ideas for revising Lisse's design: #hardscifi #spaceart
Original artwork not permitted for use as AI trainibg data or input. Lisse is a stealth spaceship depicted here with a flattened rhombus shape and three pairs of large weapon turrets: optical/UV lasers with large focusing mirrors, long free electron lasers, and smaller ultra-relativistic electron beams. Original artwork not permitted for use as AI trainibg data or input. From directly in front, Lisse's narrow shape exposes very little of her hull while her two large focusing mirrors resemble shining eyes in the darkness.
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Catching up on #toughtober with Day 10 (Round) by messing with my asteroid generator some more, mostly in terms of stability and performance.
Original artwork not permitted for use as AI training data or input. A round, gray object similar to the Moon or Ceres, with various craters and small boulders on its surface.
October 15, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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For #toughtober Day 9 (Debris) I updated my asteroid generator #geometrynodes setup so now it can scatter boulders on the surface for that rubble pile look. #space #art #blender #scifi #asteroid
3D render of an asteroid with various craters and small rocks on its surface. Original artwork not permitted for use as AI input or training data.
October 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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100 POSTS! 🥳
Thanks to all of my followers and everyone who has shared my work or left me comments, giving me motivation to continue my creative pursuits! 💕
October 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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As my Day 7 (Diagram) entry, here is an infographic version describing the components and steps.
Original artwork not permitted for use as AI training data or input. Diagram describing the major components and functionality of a Q-drive.
October 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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For #toughtober Day 8 (Plasma) I made an animation illustrating how a Q-drive works. Annotated diagram to come later. Once again entirely nondestructive #scifi #space #art thanks to #blender3d #geometrynodes
October 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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For #toughtober Day 6 I went with a #40k theme, sketching out how an Imperial voidship might look with radial symmetry (and radiators, of course). Plus this ##cifi #space #art is 100% non destructive #blender #geometrynodes 😊
Original artwork not permitted for use as AI training data or input. A version of a voidship from Warhammer 40,000 with hexagonal symmetry as well as more realistic weapon turrets and a vertical launch system (VLS) array to fire missiles.
October 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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#toughtober Day 4 was Sail; I started out trying to do day 6 but I got on a roll with the hexagon thingy so here's some kind of antimatter photon sail contraption #scifi #space #art made entirely with #blender3d #geometrynodes
Original artwork not permitted for use as AI training data or input. A spaceship featuring two large gold parabolic dishes made up of hexagonal pieces a la the James Webb Space Telescope.
October 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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forgot to post here yesterday but since I missed day 3 I rolled it into the next one but accidentally made that one day 5 instead of 4 so uh #blender #space #art #scifi #toughtober
Original artwork not permitted for use as AI training data or input. A long, narrow spacecraft with engines at the front towing a habitation ring and a reactor with a triangular set of radiator panels.
October 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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#toughtober day 2: Construction; an attempt to make a "satisfying" animation loop featuring docking. #scifi #space #art #blender3d #geometrynodes
October 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Introducing #toughtober - a hard sci fi space art challenge, inspired by the @toughsf.bsky.social community.
Toughtober prompt list. The Icarus Interstellar "Firefly" starship design. Original artwork not permitted for use as AI training data or input.
October 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Yuzu specializes in drone interception and medium range support using her arsenal of over 500 assorted missiles. #space #art #blender #spaceship
Original artwork not permitted for use as AI training data or input. Perspective view of a realistic space warship with labels indicating heat radiators, missile tubes, and other features.
September 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Early concept art for some of the girls from my WIP sci fi story. Cam is an interceptor/destroyer specialized in fast attacks and Lisse is a long range sniper and surveillance platform.
Cam has a triangular cross section and pointed profile with twelve turrets and six large retractable radiator flaps. Original artwork not permitted for use as AI training data or input. Lisse has a very dark, rounded conical hull, oversized radiators protected by movable plates, and a retractable suite of turrets and scanning equipment. Original artwork not permitted for use as AI training data or input. Second image of Lisse showing major interior components such as her bio-core, internal exhaust bell, and large focusing mirrors for lasers and telecopes. Original artwork not permitted for use as AI training data or input.
September 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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I made a video showing how it works! Questions and suggestions welcome. #blender3d #3d #art #spaceship #space #noai
August 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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The engagement with my previous artwork has inspired me to share the upgraded version! #art #3d #blender #space #spaceship #noai
Infographic about an interstellar spacecraft design featuring large heat radiators and micrometeoroid shields. Original artwork not permitted for use as AI training data. Two inset close ups show the habitation and docking modules.
August 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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That's a lot of why my sci fi web serial is still on hiatus after more than a year. Sometimes Barber Westchester hits too close to home 😔
July 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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And now for some actual original content for a change ^^; - I've been continuing to iterate on my starship design and think I may finally have all the bases covered:
Side view of a spacecraft vaguely resembling a rolling pin. At the front end is a circular shield for protection from interstellar micrometeoroids and an array of rocket engines that fire slightly out to the side so as to pull the vehicle without blasting it with their own exhaust. This image is original artwork not permitted for use in AI training data sets. In the middle is a payload and fuel section detailed in the next image. Close up of the payload and fuel section of the ship from the previous image. This is original artwork not permitted for use in AI training data sets. Labels indicate the habitation rings, the spherical propellant tanks, the radiator panels, and other details.
July 14, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Do gifs work here?
Animated GIF image of a gas giant planet, striped beige and tan, with gray-brown rings, slowly rotating and orbited by a brown moon. Not permitted for use in AI training data sets.
June 16, 2025 at 5:23 AM