tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47874881599708646462024-03-13T20:14:06.073+01:00Da Vinci - Mars DesignDesign and visual research of the martian colonization as described by K.S.Robinson in his Mars TrilogyLudohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07204328705902114300noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787488159970864646.post-10136440901797862702015-06-23T03:55:00.003+02:002015-06-23T03:55:51.313+02:00About to relaunch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hi everybody,<br />
A quick message to say that I'm still alive, and that I might make some update very soon here.<br />
Have a look at my portfolio website : <a href="http://ludoviccelle.com/">http://ludoviccelle.com/</a><br />
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Thanks for visiting ! :)<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756233298167520noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787488159970864646.post-13174141091065742032014-02-27T11:07:00.002+01:002014-02-27T12:03:46.966+01:00Exposition Mars la Rouge à Grenoble - RdV le 3 mars !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Depuis le 18 février, et jusqu'au 14 mars, j'expose mes photo-montages de Mars à la libraire Arthaud à Grenoble (23 Grande Rue), sous le titre MARS LA ROUGE, en référence au livre de <a href="http://kimstanleyrobinson.info/">Kim Stanley Robinson</a> sur lequel se base mon imagerie de la planète rouge.<br />
<b>NOTEZ BIEN : INAUGURATION LE 3 MARS DE 16H A 19H. Ce sera l'occasion de se rencontrer sur place !</b><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ludovic-Celle-graphiste/352482668182614">Pour me suivre sur Facebook, c'est par ici !</a><br /><br />
<i>Since february 18 until march 14, I exhibit my Mars photomanipulations at Grenoble's bookstore Arthaud, under RED MARS title, refering to Kim Stanley Robinson's book on which all this art is based.</i><br />
<i>The public inauguration of the exhibition will be next monday, march 3 from 4pm to 7pm.<br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ludovic-Celle-graphiste/352482668182614">Click here to follow me on Facebook.</a></i><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756233298167520noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787488159970864646.post-51373655411345270602014-02-12T16:49:00.001+01:002014-02-13T14:29:26.474+01:00The Space Elevator to Mars - Descent At Dusk<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
About 40 hours of work on this massive photomanipulation,
made in high definition. I first built a 3D model (in Blender) of
the whole area thanks to NASA topographic data (MGS MOLA), set the correct light
and then photo-manipulated it carefully in Gimp, adding layers of color
map (Viking) and high definition texture map (MGS MOC), plus adding the many details. The
cable of the space elevator is also a 3D model.<br />
So, we
are in a travel cabin, descending along the cable of the space elevator,
descending to Sheffield, the spaceport located on top of Pavonis Mons (the central volcano on the image). The time
at the surface is dusk, and several large cities are appearing in the
dark.<br />
This image is entirely inspired by Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy.<br />
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<b><a href="http://ludo38.deviantart.com/art/The-Space-Elevator-to-Mars-Descent-At-Dusk-433418960">ENJOY IT IN HD HERE.</a> & <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/ludoviccelle">PRINTS AVAILABLE HERE</a></b></div>
As always, made 100% open-source on <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/">Linux-Ubuntu</a>, with <a href="http://www.blender.org/">Blender</a> and <a href="http://www.gimp.org/">Gimp</a>. <br />
I'd like to publicly thank Daniel Macháček for his fundamental help in
the making of this image, as he taught me how to use the NASA data sets
in the best way available. Whithout his help I doubt I would have been
able to bring that realism in this picture. Please check out Daniel's
astronomy photo-mosaics blog : <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmy-favourite-universe.blogspot.fr%2F&h=oAQFRYeXV&enc=AZOp2o5Wxjr45nKPFT6LMOXbA3P-oxRqY8zKomEe0xl5WZFJEP6cY7Fvvcrxv6nP_t2Wb8lGwta0hAr7c3WvCGYCvJIoA6JVP0eG05LXdOzfe9k5KVqD7C-m_AycF5cZnhaAPnah4d5LHEMQzPdoxx50&s=1">http://my-favourite-universe.blogspot.fr/</a><br />
I want also to thank NASA and USGS for the wonderful and free data made available in such a cool way.<br />
I mostly used MapAPlanet <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.mapaplanet.org/">www.mapaplanet.org/</a><br />
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If you want <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ludovic-Celle-graphiste/352482668182614">to follow me on Facebook, here I am !</a><br />
Finally, let me recommend you the excellent <a href="http://kimstanleyrobinson.info/">kimstanleyrobinson.info</a> website, where you'll get to know everything about KSR's books, past, present and upcoming. A site worth following, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/200010925150/?fref=ts">on FB</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/ksrinfo">Twitter</a> too !<br />
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Another photo-manipulation that I just made.<br />
This is the famous Olympus Mons seen from orbit as it is erupting gloriously.<br />
To make this picture, I started with a 3D model (on <a href="http://www.blender.org/">Blender</a>) : with a grayscale height map of the volcano (<a href="http://www.mapaplanet.org/explorer-bin/explorer.cgi?map=Mars&layers=mars_mgs_mola_topo&west=-180&south=-90&east=180&north=90&center=0&defaultcenter=on&grid=none&stretch=auto&projection=SIMP&advoption=NO&info=NO&resolution=2">NASA data</a>) used with the Blender's "displace modifier", I had a realistic setting of the light on this massive geology. I then rendered the lightened 3D model and photo-manipulated it (with <a href="http://www.gimp.org/">Gimp</a>) to add several light effects, the clouds layer and many improved textures (especially the caldera).<br />
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All made on Linux-<a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/">Ubuntu</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://ludo38.deviantart.com/#/art/Olympus-Mons-Awakens-429272802?hf=1">Enjoy it in HD on my DeviantArt gallery ! </a>(click twice on the image to see it in full details, especially the caldera)<br />
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In KSR's Mars Trilogy, there is no eruption on Mars, but I thought such mystical scene deserved a graphic try ! ;)<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756233298167520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787488159970864646.post-6609942221788262662013-11-22T04:28:00.003+01:002013-11-22T21:59:06.433+01:00Mission to Phobos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I've been wanting to depict Phobos from that angle for a long long time...<br />
In case you don't know, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobos_%28moon%29">Phobos</a> is the main moon of Mars (the other being <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deimos_%28moon%29">Deimos</a>)
and rotates close to Mars (about 9,400 km from its surface - considering
Mars has a diameter of 6,779 km), which means when on Phobos, you would
have a majestic sight on Mars. Also, Phobos has almost no gravity, which
means you could almost approach it as an asteroid, which differs a lot
from approaching our Moon.<br />
I've worked around 6 hours on this photomanipulation, made with Gimp (+ a 3D sphere mapping of Mars with Blender).<br />
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All on Linux-Ubuntu.<br />
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ENJOY IT IN HD <a href="http://ludo38.deviantart.com/art/Mission-to-Phobos-415069325?ga_submit_new=10%253A1385090867">on my DeviantArt gallery. </a><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756233298167520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787488159970864646.post-38333764604849441932013-09-26T16:46:00.003+02:002013-09-26T16:48:24.002+02:00Martian Oasis<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
After quite a long time without update, here comes a new photomanipulation for future Mars !<br />
Actually, this is one that I made quickly months ago for <a href="http://davinci-marsdesign.blogspot.fr/2013/07/the-mars-trilogy-mosaic-588-images.html">my recent giant mosaic</a>, but I thought it deserved some improvements and an individual and large presentation here.<br />
The original photo, which is public domain, is of a small village in the mountains of southern Afghanistan.<br />
What we see here is a pressurized tent sheltering an oasis where the future of Mars agriculture is being tested and developed. Some tiny super resilient plants are already able to grow on the surrounding hills, but the atmosphere inside the tent allows a vast variety of farming inspired by the experience of thousands of years on Earth. The tent shelters very few buildings in order to leave as much space as possible to the cultures. That said, the area hides a vast inhabited underground complex. The exterior buildings are just the visible part of this scientific base.<br />
As always, I made this with open-source program <a href="http://www.gimp.org/">GIMP</a> on <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/">Linux-Ubuntu</a>.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756233298167520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787488159970864646.post-81655059582550468482013-08-13T15:04:00.001+02:002013-08-13T15:07:54.933+02:00Interview with Ludovic Celle on Red Mars exhibition<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My current "Red Mars" exhibition in Grenoble (France) is opened until September 7th, and if you are interested in a little dive into the details of this long term image work and all the process behind this science fiction art series I am producing, you might enjoy this video :<br />
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This is a 30 minutes interview by <a href="http://www.causetoujours.fr/">Cause Toujours</a>, a local information channel focused on citizens initiatives. The discussion deals not only with art but also politics, ethics and ecological issues, topics very much related to the writings of Kim Stanley Robinson whose inspired all my Mars artwork.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756233298167520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787488159970864646.post-51780492873713868432013-07-05T00:22:00.000+02:002013-07-05T00:22:17.299+02:00The Mars Trilogy mosaic - 588 images inspired by KSR's books<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<br />This new Mars Trilogy mosaic is my kaleidoscopic vision of the incredible wealth of the Kim Stanley Robinson's martian books. 588 pictures gathered here as a sort of eye mandala with the 3 colors of the terraforming stages.<br />
This giant mosaic full of details is an ambitious new take on a <a href="http://davinci-marsdesign.blogspot.fr/2012/07/mars-mosaic-01-red-green-blue-mars.html">first attempt last year.</a><br />
The images come from various public domain sources (a lot are from <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/">NASA</a>) and from my personal photographs, 3D models and photomanipulations. The majority of the images have been through a manipulation process to stick as much as possible to the Mars theme. For instance, I had to give a brown sky to almost all the photos that had a blue one. This whole work of gathering images and caring for all the details and tones is a huge process along the past 6 months.<br />
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Here the file is 2000 pixels large, but the original version is very very big, designed as a mural whose details would still look sharp if printed by 5m large! This mosaic is the biggest piece of my current Mars exhibition in Grenoble (see previous news) where it can be seen printed at 2,50 wide.<br />
<a href="http://ludo38.deviantart.com/art/The-Mars-Trilogy-mosaic-588-img-379701868">TO DISCOVER THE HUNDREDS OF DETAILS IN THE MOSAIC, SEE IT BIGGER HERE (DeviantArt)</a><br />
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Made on <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/">Ubuntu</a> with <a href="http://www.gimp.org/">Gimp</a> (for the photomanipulations and crops) and with <a href="http://www.andreaplanet.com/andreamosaic/">AndreaMosaic</a> (to assemble the mosaic). The 3D models that appear on some images were made on Sketchup and <a href="http://www.blender.org/">Blender</a>.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756233298167520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787488159970864646.post-43931691833114025322013-06-30T16:19:00.004+02:002013-06-30T16:29:38.547+02:00Photos from the opening of my "Red Mars" exhibition<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HSUqpiZrBxc/UdA7zOWxUFI/AAAAAAAAC5U/vuAmgc7wuD8/s1600/Exhib-Inaugur-DSC_0056-2200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HSUqpiZrBxc/UdA7zOWxUFI/AAAAAAAAC5U/vuAmgc7wuD8/s320/Exhib-Inaugur-DSC_0056-2200.jpg" width="320" /></a>Last thursday (june 27th) in Grenoble was the opening event of my exhibition of Red Mars photomanipulations, in the city center's library.<br />
Here are a few photos of this very nice event that allowed me to publicly introduce the intention behind those pictures and the process of image making I go through each time I try to give life to Mars.<br />
The whole exhibition content is based on the depictions of Kim Stanley Robinson in his Mars trilogy, mostly Red Mars, hence the exhibition title. 13 visions of Mars (landscapes, vehicles, habitats, life...) including a series of 5 on the space elevator, a dramatic peak of the novel and a very exciting topic to put in picture. At the exhibition entrance stands a 14th artwork, a brand new mosaic I have been designing these last months with the whole Mars trilogy in mind. It's 588 pictures relating to the exploration and colonization of Mars arranged in a mandala-like mosaic, a kaleidoscope of the wealth of KSR's novels with the 3 colors of the terraforming stages.<br />
From the start of this long term art exploration of KSR's Mars books, I have always wish to take people in an immersive experience of what this planet really is and what it will be to live on it just like the settlers of Red Mars. Sticking to the excellent book source, I have build those visuals in a hard-SF spirit, but I wish and try to bring poetry and a sort of non-SF feel to my images.<br />
On the opening day the public reception was very positive, even though that Mars theme was rather new to most of the attendees.<br />
I noticed that several said they would love to see the images in much much bigger ! Well, I do to, and I am going to work on making a more immersive and a wider scale exhibition possible.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756233298167520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787488159970864646.post-44905975751104543682013-06-21T23:46:00.000+02:002013-06-21T23:46:37.077+02:00"Red Mars" - my photomanipulations exhibited in Grenoble<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In Grenoble (France), from June 20 to september 7th (except july), I hold an exhibition of my Red Mars photomanipulations. The title is <i>"Mars la Rouge - photo-montages de Ludovic Celle"</i> <br />
It is located in the town center's library (<a href="http://www.bm-grenoble.fr/">Bibliothèque Centre-Ville, 10 rue de la République</a>). Though the exhibition already started yesterday, the actual launch event will happen on june 27th at 6pm.<br />
The exhibition features 13 of my photomanipulations + a brand new giant mosaic made of around 600 pictures of Red, Green and Blue Mars (which I will soon unveil in HD on the web). The prints are from pretty large size to very very big, the kind of dimensions my pictures have always been made for.<br />
The library staff, my friend from <a href="http://kimstanleyrobinson.info/">KimStanleyRobinsonInfo</a> and I have gathered a nice selection of KSR books that are displayed in the exhibition to connect my artwork with the novels themselves.<br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BQ7P9C6suMY/UcTEEqisVBI/AAAAAAAAC30/dLCK_lCZCmo/s1600/2013-06-20+16.08.37-2200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BQ7P9C6suMY/UcTEEqisVBI/AAAAAAAAC30/dLCK_lCZCmo/s200/2013-06-20+16.08.37-2200.jpg" width="150" /></a>If you pass by Grenoble, come have a look at my Mars exhbition and don't hesitate to contact
me by e-mail in case I am available to guide you!<br />
If you are on Facebook, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ludovic-Celle-graphiste/352482668182614">you can like my graphic art page</a> where I often post new art and photos from the exhibition and other events around my work. It's in french, but mostly visual.<br />
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This is the art I recently submitted for the Mars Society 2013 Convention poster contest.<br />
I didn't win, but I have a special honorable mention from the Mars Society. <a href="http://www.marssociety.org/home/press/announcements/wehaveawinnerforthe2013marssocietypostercontest">See here</a> for more info and a look at the smart winner poster by Cody Edwards.<br />
I made this poster with Inkscape as it's mostly vector work (including the characters and the lights in the sky). The few textures were prepared on Gimp before use in Inkscape.<br />
The theme of the contest was <i>"Finding Life and Bringing Life on Mars"</i>. I chosed focused on <i>"Bringing Life"</i> : the descending ships like seeds falling down to the soil, the "Earthrise" habitable dome behind the horizon, and a group of pioneers standing on the Martian surface, starting life and culture on the barren planet.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169756233298167520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787488159970864646.post-42094627878931920172013-02-26T00:13:00.001+01:002013-02-26T00:13:21.780+01:00Orbiting Mars<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is a new photomanipulation I made today.<br />
We are looking at Mars from a manned spacecraft. The 200km wide view is on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophir_Chasma">Ophir Chasma</a>, a region of Valles Marineris.<br />
With all the Mars trips projects announced or to be annouced these days, we are just a few years away until this picture becomes real.<br />
The photos used for this image are both from NASA :<br />
-<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STS130_cupola_view1.jpg">The ISS cupola shot during STS-130 (2010)</a><br />
-<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2042.html">Ophir Chasma shot by Viking 1 in 1976</a><br />
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As always, I made the photomanipulation with <a href="http://www.gimp.org/">GIMP</a> on <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/">Linux-Ubuntu</a>.Ludohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07204328705902114300noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787488159970864646.post-47637035207383344772012-12-24T23:42:00.002+01:002013-02-26T00:14:05.077+01:00Green Mars globe 01Here is an original Christmas present ! <br />
This is my very first try to make a realistic looking terraformed Mars globe. We see the planet here in advanced Green stage.<br />
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All work done on Gimp, with a globe of Earth mixed with a globe of Mars. <a href="http://ludo38.deviantart.com/art/Green-Mars-01-344585882">Click here</a> to enjoy it in full HD on my DeviantArt page.<br />
Comments are welcome ! <br />
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<br />Ludohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07204328705902114300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787488159970864646.post-80048413336397470162012-12-23T02:23:00.003+01:002012-12-23T02:31:56.402+01:00Red Mars Anniversary Timeline<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
2012 is the year of the 20th anniversary of the legendary SF novel RED MARS which started the Mars Trilogy of Kim Stanley Robinson. And this is also the year of release for 2312, the new space epic by KSR which takes us beyond the scale of the Mars Trilogy, in the future of our solar system.</div>
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KSR.info and DaVinci-MarsDesign wish to commonly celebrate this event with this new infographic timeline I just made. </div>
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The layout is made on Inkscape and the 3 photomanipulations (2027, 2061 and 2127) were made on Gimp.</div>
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To enjoy the infographic in full scale, I recommend <a href="http://ludo38.deviantart.com/art/RedMarsAnniversaryTimeline-344230323?ga_submit_new=10%253A1356226076">my DeviantArt page here</a>.</div>
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And <a href="http://kimstanleyrobinson.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=171:20-years-of-red-mars&catid=35:ksr&Itemid=50">please visit KSR.info</a> for further exploration on these novels.</div>
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<br />Ludohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07204328705902114300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787488159970864646.post-5573184364071397192012-12-06T16:09:00.001+01:002012-12-06T16:09:57.109+01:00Mars Space Elevator Triptych Poster<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Something like 5 hours on Inkscape in the middle of the night, and here is my poster for the space elevator as described in Red Mars !</div>
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The background is my <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5seImGCJ5Uw/UMCrynGqR-I/AAAAAAAADK8/e6z_MGFEYJI/s1600/SpaceElevatorTriptych2500.jpg">photomanipulation triptych</a> turned black and white and put a little darker.</div>
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Finally my space elevator triptych is completed, with
this last sight caught between the two ends of the cable. On this
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far to the mid-distance of the cable, still thousands kilometers away
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I made this picture with <a href="http://www.gimp.org/">GIMP</a>
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This new photo-manipulation is based on the <a href="http://my-favourite-universe.blogspot.fr/2012/05/stribrna-planina.html">huge
photographic mosaic of the Nasa Viking 1 Orbiter shots by Daniel
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Planitia. For more information on this region, <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyre_Planitia">see
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Ludohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07204328705902114300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787488159970864646.post-74193244535607102832012-09-13T21:56:00.001+02:002012-09-14T19:16:19.336+02:00Clarke and the space elevator<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-14vf3OnSUbs/UFI4kPMolWI/AAAAAAAADJs/mcbEE_LuxCU/s1600/Sheffield-Clarke-AndTheSpaceElevator.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-14vf3OnSUbs/UFI4kPMolWI/AAAAAAAADJs/mcbEE_LuxCU/s320/Sheffield-Clarke-AndTheSpaceElevator.jpg" width="115" /></a>I go on with the Space Elevator theme, with this new photomanipulation showing the "space end" of the cable. In Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson tells the setting of an asteroid in high martian orbit, as a necessary mass keeping the space elevator cable straight. This asteroid, Clarke, is named after science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, who described the space elevator concept in one of his novels. (<a href="http://kimstanleyrobinson.info/w/index.php5?title=Clarke">learn more here</a>) KSR imagines that the cable is made directly from Clarke, with the asteroid's material, mined and turned in carbon nanotubes, made in space !<br />
This photomanipulation works with the previous one, that showed <a href="http://davinci-marsdesign.blogspot.fr/2012/04/sheffield-and-space-elevator.html">Sheffield, the town where the cable rises from the surface of Mars</a>. KSR describes the cable as being 35.000 km long and 10m thick.<br />
More than just a useful mass for the cable's balance, Clarke is a base in itself, a spaceport full of docks, living and working areas for the people involved in space travel, space cargos as well as a spacious station for travellers of all kinds. What we don't see in the picture are the spaceships waiting for passengers leaving Mars or bringing new ones to Mars.</div>
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For the manipulation, I've used elements from a <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STS-133_International_Space_Station_after_undocking_3.jpg">photo of the ISS by NASA</a>, and a shot of Saturn's moon Phoebe for the asteroid (<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia06073.html">photo</a>). The entrance of the cable is a small part of a photo of Kuala Lumpur's skyscrapers by Paul Mannix (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmannix/4166175566/">original photo</a>).<br /></div>
I made this picture with <a href="http://www.gimp.org/">GIMP</a> on Linux-Ubuntu.Ludohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07204328705902114300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787488159970864646.post-52034005203247173812012-07-02T21:55:00.002+02:002012-07-03T11:35:26.279+02:00Mars mosaic 01 - Red Green Blue Mars<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This time, no photomanipulation, but another kind of picture I've been thinking a lot : a mosaic of inspiring pictures, a kind of kaleidoscopic sight !<br />
Then I've searched the web for hundreds of pictures that inspired me the world of the Mars trilogy as described in details by Kim Stanley Robinson. I then cropped them in square shape and built the mosaic.<br />
My idea here is to express the world that is Mars in the book. It's a whole planet, with various landscapes, various cities evolving at the same time, various technologies at work, thousands of human beings living their life there, and the slow creation of a Martian culture. There is the idea of both space and time. This particular mosaic draws the shape of my Mars roundel, one I imagined for this blog years ago. It shows in 3 colors the 3 stages of Mars through its terraforming history : Red, Green, and Blue.<br />
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I may produce some more mosaics like that later.<br />
I made this with the free software <a href="http://www.andreaplanet.com/andreamosaic/">AndreaMosaic</a>.<br />
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<i>There are too many pictures used here to credit them all, and anyway I use them only partly and at a tiny scale, but I am ready to consider authors requests.</i>Ludohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07204328705902114300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787488159970864646.post-13149348721152938542012-05-14T05:11:00.001+02:002013-02-26T00:14:45.615+01:00The scale of Phobos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This new picture is to be an exception here, as it is not located on Mars ! Since I've started being interested by Mars, I am fascinated by the scale of the planet and its features, and of course, there is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobos_%28moon%29">Phobos</a>, its largest moon (the other one being Deimos). What better way to give a scale than to compare with actual things on Earth ?<br />
So, here is Phobos standing over my town <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenoble">Grenoble</a> in the Alpes (eastern France). Phobos' dimensions are 26,8 x 18,4 km. If you carefully look at the center of the picture, you'll see 2 helicopters, still quite far from the "big rock".<br />
Here too is a companion picture showing in satellite view how Grenoble and Phobos compare. We can see there that the entire town of Grenoble would easily fit inside <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stickney_%28crater%29">Stickney crater</a>, Phobos' largest crater (on the right).</div>
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<i>In the Greek Mythology, the twins Phobos and Deimos ("fear" and "dread") were god sons of Ares ("Mars").</i></div>
Ludohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07204328705902114300noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787488159970864646.post-7589400090196923582012-05-10T05:41:00.002+02:002013-02-26T00:15:11.381+01:00Ascending Pavonis Mons up to Sheffield<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Imagine yourself in the warmth of a comfortable rover, automatically ascending the endless flank of Pavonis Mons, one of Mars' giant volcanos. Outside, the temperature is below -120°C. Up there on the horizon, slowly appearing is the shining tent of Sheffield, the famous liftport of the space elevator. The elevator's cable stands straight and disappears among the stars. This all makes you feel you already are in orbit...</div>
Sheffield is 3 kilometres away. You will be there in half an hour. The intense town's activity, busy with hundreds of passengers for the cable, will be a huge contrast to the lonely and silent ascent you just accomplished in the dark and red night. Altitude 14 km, where starts the space elevator that will take you right in space in a few hours.<br />
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As said on <a href="http://kimstanleyrobinson.info/w/index.php5?title=Sheffield">MangalaWiki</a>, "because of its high altitude, Sheffield is condemned to remain a tented city." <br />
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This photo-montage is a lot inspired by a sequence in <i>Red Mars</i> : Ann Clayborne alone in her rover, making the very very long ascent of Olympus Mons and going so high that it feels like in space. This photo-montage here is a kind of transcription of this scene on Pavonis Mons. <br />
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(Made with <a href="http://www.gimp.org/">TheGimp</a> on <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/">Linux-Ubuntu</a>)<br />
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<a href="http://www.eso.org/public/images/alma-jfs-2010-10/">Milky Way photo from ALMA</a> by (European Southern Observatory) ESO/José Francisco Salgado.Ludohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07204328705902114300noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787488159970864646.post-19652339470716149752012-05-08T02:36:00.000+02:002012-05-08T02:39:50.606+02:002 Mars pressurized rovers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In 2008, I made 3D models of two Mars pressurized rovers, but roughly, for photo-montage use. Now, here they are both updated, detailed and fully presented on these fresh technical sheets.
The "Manchu Explorer" takes its name and design from a renowned SF french illustrator. I did <a href="http://davinci-marsdesign.blogspot.fr/2008/05/rovers-dans-le-paysage.html">a post about his rover before</a> and you can too visit <a href="http://www.manchu-sf.com/">Manchu's blog</a>.
The "Elson Eplorer", much larger, takes name and design from Peter Elson, a "dead too young" english illustrator who painted the beautiful first cover for Red Mars. Again, here is <a href="http://davinci-marsdesign.blogspot.fr/2008/08/modlisation-du-rover-peter-elson.html">an older post about the painting</a>. Take a look at <a href="http://www.peterelson.co.uk/index.php">Peter Elson's (post mortem) official site.</a>
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(3D model on <a href="http://sketchupdate.blogspot.fr/">Sketchup</a>) (Layout on <a href="http://inkscape.org/?lang=fr">Inkscape</a>)<br />
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<i>I dedicate this post and this rovers' graphic work to Peter Elson who passed away at the age of 51 during the painting of an aquatic mural.</i>Ludohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07204328705902114300noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787488159970864646.post-67221367782050382852012-05-07T20:15:00.001+02:002012-05-07T20:38:08.614+02:00Mars architecture by Janek Kozicki<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O6289B_ceCk/T6gLzVk0oZI/AAAAAAAADEo/hdlxDkhRPlQ/s1600/JanekKozicki-Cospar2008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="143" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O6289B_ceCk/T6gLzVk0oZI/AAAAAAAADEo/hdlxDkhRPlQ/s200/JanekKozicki-Cospar2008.jpg" width="200" /></a>After a long series of personal creations these days, I'd like to make some space here today to the great work of Polish architect and civil engineer Janek Kozicki. Since 2004, he studies in high details how could be accomplished a Martian outpost with greenhouses for 8 inhabitants. He and his wife Joanna (architect and Mars-interested too) have published a couple of Mars papers in online journals. The studies are both technical and psychological. As example, their latest paper's title is <i>"Human Friendly Architectural Design for a small Martian Base."</i><br />
<a href="http://janek.kozicki.pl/index.php">Janek Kozicki's website</a> is a fantastic mine of informations, plans and pictures. Many pdf are available for further explorations of this vast research work. The architectural details are amazing, feeling like if the project is almost ready to build ! No surprise then that NASA, ESA, JAXA and the Mars Society have all shown interest in the project. Janek and Joanna's study evolves
through the years and builds in realistic details. Here is a quick
glimpse at the work, but don't miss the whole site and take a look at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVdUkqnnyjU&feature=player_embedded">this fly-by video of the outpost</a>.<br />
(3D model made on <a href="http://www.blender.org/">Blender, open-source 3D suite.</a>)Ludohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07204328705902114300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787488159970864646.post-53112209369577990452012-05-03T01:32:00.001+02:002013-02-26T00:15:28.401+01:00Driving in the storm<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Mars is a planetary desert. Living and exploring it will be a challenge in many ways, for both humans and vehicles. Here is a new photo-montage of a big pressurized rover riding dunes during a dust storm. Such vehicle -that would carry an entire crew of scientists- will have to be perfectly designed to face many kinds of terrains and keep humans from the deadly atmosphere, in particular from the very fine and tricky dust of Mars, one of the toughest issues for missions out there. Just as Kim Stanley Robinson describes in <i>Red Mars</i>, the planet sometimes gets covered by dust storms that can last several martian years. Then imagine how many drives like the one above settlers would have to do. In such conditions, geolocation help from satellites will be a question of survival. But well, maybe the choice would be to move as few as possible during those storms, even if it lasts years...</div>
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Ludohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07204328705902114300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787488159970864646.post-59285999315449345852012-04-30T12:13:00.002+02:002013-03-10T21:36:30.975+01:00DA VINCI : why this name ?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1l7ZXI6DNSk/T55i5QybvMI/AAAAAAAADDY/NTamzXigYhA/s1600/Mars-roundel.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1l7ZXI6DNSk/T55i5QybvMI/AAAAAAAADDY/NTamzXigYhA/s1600/Mars-roundel.png" title="" /></a>For those who haven't read <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_trilogy">the Mars trilogy</a> by Kim Stanley Robinson (KSR), I must explain "Da Vinci", the name of this blog.<br />
In Red Mars (the first book), when humans settle on Mars by 2026, they build stations and then, entire cities. Among these places is "Da Vinci", working base for an ambitious community of scientists innovating in very different areas such as agriculture, terraforming, weaponry and medecine.<br />
Of course, "Da Vinci" refers to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_vinci">Leonardo Da Vinci</a>, scientist, engineer and extremely polyvalent artist of the Renaissance who studied and practiced painting, sculpture, architecture, anatomy, weather, astronomy, military engineering, religious art, philosophy... The Renaissance definitely inspired KSR to express the pioneer spirit that Mars settlers felt in front of the infinite potential of this new world.<br />
In the books, Da Vinci is a planetary laboratory and also an efficient productive place. In the Mars trilogy, it will develop the longevity treatment (that doubles or triples life span), provide weapons for the first martian revolution (2061), humus for the green part of the terraforming effort, and thousands of oxygen masks for the refugees of <a href="http://kimstanleyrobinson.info/w/index.php5?title=Burroughs">Burroughs</a>, the capital town flooded and destroyed during the second revolution (2127).<br />
I then called my blog "Da Vinci" as a tribute to this conceptual and technical creativity that the human-settlement on Mars requires.<br />
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For more about the Da Vinci lab, visit the <a href="http://kimstanleyrobinson.info/w/index.php5?title=Da_Vinci">Da Vinci page of MangalaWiki</a>, a rich database on the Mars trilogy (and other books by KSR), linked to the news site <a href="http://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/">KimStanleyRobinson.Info</a>.<br />
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I'll end with a word on the roundel here above. It's a creation of mine. A symbol of the 3 stages of Mars in terraforming : Red, Green, Blue (as the 3 books of the trilogy).</div>
Ludohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07204328705902114300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787488159970864646.post-441663401657473422012-04-27T22:02:00.001+02:002013-02-26T00:15:45.236+01:00Sheffield and the space elevatorHere is a new montage showing the base of the space elevator on the tented town called "Sheffield", built on the summit of Pavonis Mons volcano (see Red Mars). The cable is supposed to be 10m thick, which means here than Sheffield city is very big here, at a large level of development. On the foreground, you can see coloured urban lights. I imagine the main entry to the planet's surface would like to be a rich and welcoming show for new settlers. I also imagine the tent' skin would be blue, to balance the so red and grey landscape. <br />
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(Made with <a href="http://www.gimp.org/">The Gimp</a> on <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/">Linux-Ubuntu</a>)<br />
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For details on the space elevator in KSR's Mars trilogy, read the <a href="http://kimstanleyrobinson.info/w/index.php5?title=Space_elevator">space elevator page of MangalaWiki</a>, the wiki of <a href="http://kimstanleyrobinson.info/">KSR-info</a>.
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