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Published: 2016-01-31 03:19:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 4340; Favourites: 162; Downloads: 0
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January 201650x60 centimeters.
Acrylic over gesso over MDF wood.
A faraway galaxy as seen from a natural rock formation from a planet which orbits one of the outermost stars of the galactic disc.
All around it there it's just the blackness of intergalactic space.
I called it temple because it looks somewhat like a staircase that leads up to a shrine.
I liked the idea of the disk of the galaxy as some kind of luminous ceiling. I haven't seen it done before.
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Check out the ring shaped galaxy at the beginning of this video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_5yVs…
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The Hoag Object? It was pretty cool. Maybe I should do one. It would look so magic and supernatural in some random planet's sky.
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Glad you think so. It was worth the effort then.
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No se porque no vi esta pieza. Es muy bueno el detalle de las estrellas de la galaxia, tal como la anterior.
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Gracias! Esta vino primero. No me sentí muy satisfecho ya que quedó muy gris para mi gusto. Creo que me entusiasmé mucho con las estrellas blancas y el brillo de ese mismo color. Por eso en "Such a pretty shade of blue" me moderé más, la dejé más azul y así me gustó bastante.
De todas formas esta pieza es buena y creo que más realista, ya que el universo es gris, desaturado e incoloro.
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beautiful view <3 makes me feel upside down a bit hehe
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Thanks! I think it must be due to the unusual position of the Galaxy, we are not very accustomed to see it as a ceiling.
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for sure, that's why i love it so much! hehe
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That galaxy!
It looks so much like telescope pictures, and I don't think I've seen art rendering of it look so realistic.
It would be really neat to see a galaxy from that perspective, just to see the glow and how bright it would be.
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Thank you. Unfortunately most galaxies would be too dim for human eyes. They would look starry indeed, but mostly gray and hazy. I remember reading that the Milky Way would be dimmer than a full moon.
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True, that telescope pictures of galaxies look a lot brighter than it would to our eyes. But what we see of the Milky Way doesn't include the center bulge, which is blocked by dust clouds. As viewed from above the plane the center bulge would look a good bit brighter than how we see the Milky Way. Of course some galaxies are a lot brighter than others. Some are quite dark.
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Even the central bulge would be dimmer than the full moon. Assuming a galaxy as bright as Andromeda.
But this is one of the brightest ones. Young, dense and full of stars. Still it would look gray but I decided to keep that pretty shade of blue.
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From year to year your works become more beautiful, more difficult, and more immerse us in faraway space! Thank you a lot for this.
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Absolutely stunning Axel! Love the sky! Has a soft almost sand like feel to it.
This piece makes me think a lot about that last conversation we had. I'm still not sure if I even totally agree with what I wrote yet haha. I think it would more be gifts coming through from the void rather than letting go, more of a transformation so to speak...
Though this piece has that timeless feel and the balance between creation and void.
very nice
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Goddamn, all those stars in that galaxie, that's impeccable!
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Thanks! It wasn't easy and took a while to complete, but I think it was worth it.
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