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Future work, and experiments with exoplanets. Instagram postings

New Work in progress 

The Feynman Sea motion version 1
The Feynman Sea version #1
New structural work pre-vis
EXP703 process #process #tariff
Some new work .. experiments
Here's an experiment I did with some old work. It's interesting how the AI (ChatGPT) cleans up the image, making it really artificial - also a bit more digital-painterly perhaps? It somehow strips the photography right out of the image. I find AI does that to anything ...it all looks too clean and fake. Yet the authentic images have something real about them (obviously flawed-human touch), even though we know they are models. AI is getting better and better at copying things! I still don't feel it can copy miniature correctly, though...it has a tough time. #justanexperiment #realvsai
Making stars
I began this project by chance in 2016 when I needed to create planets for backdrops on another project at the time. Then it took off from there, initially influenced by the idea of making art every day with a project I could post to Instagram daily.   I aimed to make/photograph a thousand exoplanets, but I’ve only photographed just over 700 …with 300 to go. Can I do it before the 10-year mark? Lol.   I’ve made way more than a thousand, though, but many are duds (failed experiments).  I didn’t think this was going to take this long.. I thought wrong! I guess I was too ambitious.  This book is for the curious, art collectors, miniature enthusiasts, space lovers, scientists, and inquisitive minds.  It’s a journal, a catalogue, and a journey through the process.  This project includes collaborations, behind the scenes, and an interview with one of the top exoplanet scientists in the world: Sara Seager. It’s 185 pages of carefully selected images. Thanks to everyone who supported me along the way I could not have done this without you To buy the book, click the link in my bio (linktree) > book  Proceeds go towards coffee and artist’s debt
Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island, have determined the physical properties and potential origin of 2024 YR4, the Earth-crossing asteroid first discovered by scientists in December 2024. The study reveals YR4 is a solid, stony type that likely originated from an asteroid family in the central Main Belt between Mars and Jupiter, a region not previously known to produce Earth-crossing asteroids. @keckobservatory 👉https://keckobservatory.org/2024-yr4/ 🎥: W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko
Vatican staircase #vatican
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I began this project by chance in 2016 when I needed to create planets for backdrops on another project at the time. Then it took off from there, initially influenced by the idea of making art every day with a project I could post to Instagram.  

I aimed to make/photograph a thousand exoplanets, but I’ve only photographed just over 700 …with 300 to go. Can I do it before the 10-year mark? I’ve made way more than a thousand, though, but many are duds (failed experiments).  I didn’t think this was going to take this long.. I thought wrong! I guess I was too ambitious. 

This book is for the curious, art collectors, miniature enthusiasts, space lovers, scientists, and inquisitive minds.  It’s a journal, a catalogue, and a journey through the process.  This project includes collaborations, behind the scenes, and an interview with one of the top exoplanet scientists in the world: Sara Seager. It’s 185 pages of carefully selected images. Thanks to everyone who supported me along the way I could not have done this without you!