space girl comic
that girl’s got a good family. :)
well, that’s the end of this little sedna+mum series. hope you guys enjoyed it. it’s a nice break from all the usual science geekery just to have some characters goofing around every now and then (and it’s nice not to have to do any research for once).
but for the (probably) small percentage of you who are actually here for the educational science comics, stay tuned for next week. ;)
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another day, another illustration i probably should’ve planned ahead better instead of winging it and hoping i’d figure it all out along the way. i think it came out a bit too blue and visually noisy (but hey, it’s not the worst thing i’ve ever drawn).
as some of you may know, this is actually based on a real window on the international space station in the “cupola” module, which has by far the greatest view of any window on earth (or off earth, in this case). the actual window is a tiny bit little smaller than this one though, and probably doesn’t have as much random garbage floating around most of the time.
this is my sneaky way of showing the size differences between some famous rockets.
for those who don’t know, the ‘v-2’ rocket (aka a4) on the far left was 14 metres tall and was the first rocket to ever reach space in 1944. it was built by the nazis to bomb london (but luckily they mostly missed).
the ‘saturn v’ on the right was the rocket that brought people to the moon in 1968-72, and is still the largest rocket ever launched as of now (2021/08) at 110 metres tall. however, spacex’s 120m tall ‘starship’ is going to break that record when it launches (hopefully) later this year.
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illustration day mates! i think i really should study how cool/warm light and shadow works because i have no idea what i’m doing. this time i snuck in a few sedna easter eggs. see if you can spot any (that is if you can be bothered).
fun fact: the saturn jigsaw puzzle is actually based on a true story. my sister gave me a 1,000 piece jupiter jigsaw last christmas and is was by far the hardest puzzle i’ve ever completed in my life. still, it was worth it just for the moment when we put the last piece in while blasting the musical piece ‘jupiter’ from ‘the planets, op 32’ by gustav holst. i know i’m a dork but it felt good man.
well, that ends this little dinosaur storyline. it’s not easy making an engaging comic out of a biology/geology lesson, but i hope you all enjoyed it. expect wholesome space comics to resume again shortly. :D
pity they don’t teach rocketry in primary school. would’ve made maths class just a tad more interesting.
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hey, look! a full-colour illustration. that’s the thing that real artists do, right?
i’m gonna do one of these every ten comics or so to have a bit of fun with colour and see what fun situations sedna and dini dream themselves up in. i kinda suck at digital illustration though, so be gentle with me. i’m still figuring this out as i go.
