Just as this post appears, the planet Earth is passing the
Solstice – the time when the sun is as far to the south as it can possibly get.
This set of image frames is one of my favorite things to check out on the day
of the solstice. This is today, December 21, as captured by the American
GOES-16 weather satellite, currently sitting in a geostationary orbit over the
center of this frame.
Some of the Earth’s orbital details are obvious in this
clip. First of all, take a look at the south pole – much of Antarctica is
illuminated 24 hours today, as you can see at the southern part of this frame.
At the northern edge of the clip though, the Arctic receives very little
sunlight and you can spot the shadowed line where there is no sunlight received
at all. You can also look at how the sun moves across this frame and really get
a feel for why it’s currently southern Hemisphere summer – watch how much more
sunlight the southern hemisphere gets than the northern hemisphere.
The year is almost out and I’m unlikely to do much more art, so here’s my 2018 review, featuring my favourite pieces from each month (focusing on original work rather than fanart). It was a year of creatures and grey backgrounds!
This is the third and the last one of my dragon sisters trio. This is the youngest one so she got the less mature face. Also I think she is the most feminine character I ever made. Looking forward to return to my brutal badass babes that wait me ahead haha.
Made of super sculpey, thermoplastic , faux fur, feathers, fabric, wire+plastic armature, primer, acrylic paint, varnish. Its horns/claws/spikes are made of unbreakable plastic so they are very solid. Its neck has a plastic ball and socket armature inside so it can turn his head. The tail and wings have wire armature inside and posable.
