This acrylic painting was inspired by a composite photo of NASA NIRCam. It unveils auroras on both poles, swirling hazes and the awe-inspiring Great Red Spot, a famous storm that is over 300 years old. The brightness indicates high altitude – so the Great Red Spot appears white in this view while clouds with a lower altitude appear darker and blue.
I have to admit, it was quite some fun to do this and although challenging I’m really pleased with how it turned out. Photo Credit to @nasawebb, @esawebb, CSA, Jupiter ERS Team, with image processing magic by Ricardo Hueso and Judy Schmidt.
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Schlagwort: space art
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Jupiter’s Portrait
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Holm 124 on canvas
A while back, I felt inspired to recreate a photo captured by Deepsky Balve took. It took me some courage to start and for a while I stopped because I was afraid that I would’t be able to paint the galaxy proper. But I made it and I’m really proud of how it turned out! Despite initial hesitations, I found the courage to start painting. At times, I doubted my ability to depict the galaxy accurately which took some time (and another test on an empty canvas). In the end I’m thrilled with the final result.
This celestial piece features the Holm 124 galaxy group nestled in the Great Bear constellation. Noteworthy members include NGC2805 (prominent in the lower corner), NGC2814 (a smaller one next to the bright star at the top left), and NGC2820 (elongated and positioned at the top left) with its companion dwarf galaxy IC2458 at the bottom that completes the ensemble. Discovered by Herschel in 1791, these cosmic wonders reside at a distance of 72 – 81 million light years from Earth.
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A spaced out scarf…
Sometimes I just can’t help it and have to check out how things turn out on different mediums. So a while ago I ordered this scarf with my horsehead nebula and this is how it turned out:
Ps. If you like this scarf, head over to Redbubble where you can currently get 30% off 👇
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A rainbow in the nightsky
I actually started this illustration back in May but I was too busy to finish and post it. Now I finally had time to do so and I absolutely love how it turned out with the colorful galaxy hair. Somehow at the moment I love to play with digital mediums and also combine vector illustrations with other digital illustrations. So stay tuned, I’m already working on more spaced out illustrations 😁
I will soon also update my shops on Redbubble and Society6 with this design, if you like to get yourself some colorful and spacey clothes or accessoires.
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Bringing a Celestial Scene to Life
These videos have been a pain in the a* to edit and cut together. Simply because I had the glorious idea to film the process in almost 4K 🙄 But I finally managed it and hope you enjoy this little timelapse of my acrylic ink experiment on raw cotton.
I really enjoyed playing on a different material for the first time. Yes, I painted on canvas but that was always primed with Gesso. But I saw several artists using their canvas raw and unprimed so I had to try it out myself. And I have to say that I really enjoy working on the raw material and definitely will try that again.
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Free April Moon tracker
Space bunnies
I was about to skip the tracker this time since I’m rather busy. But I did have a cute idea and so I took a moment to create this funny space bunny themed tracker for April.
The tracker is a simple vertical tracker for up to 11 things you want to keep track of as well as the full illustrated frame. The PDF file contains a German version (page 2) and an English version (page 1). The moon phases fit for Europe. Please note they may vary in other regions. Size is 11,9 x 21 cm (PDF file is Din A4 with cut marks).
If you like the tracker or my work you can support me and buy me a tea 😊
Please read over the terms of use before downloading:
Terms of use
This printable is free for personal use only. You are allowed to share the tracker under the following terms:
- You may not use the tracker for commercial purposes.
- If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.
- Attribution is not necessary but appreciated (tag me as @astrofruechtle on Instagram).
Ps: The download will be available till end of the month. Afterwards the file will be deleted and no longer be available.
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Reworking my oil painting
After my little accident I started to cover up the small runs in my large oil painting. Still a work in progress but I’m slowly getting it.
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A cosmic collision – Part 3
Adding the final details to my painting…
It’s really satisfying to see a painting come to life. Especially after adding stars and the last finishing details. Now I only need to seal it and my first acrylic painting on canvas is done 💕
There are some more canvas paintings that I am currently working on. Most of them are in oil so they need quite some time to dry but once they’re done I’ll upload them to Etsy.
