Conceptual design and spacial studies of the #SubOrbitalMachine universe through the translational language of physical object documentation.
Uniball on Bienfang trace
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To my Followers, just a quick note to say that I AM working on new work. After several months of sketching I've spent a few weeks having an 'academic' review and through that have modelled the next direction for my work & Sub Orbital Machine moving forward; a hint of which can be found within this post: https://iamgerardthomas.com/i-found-it-on-pinterest/
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017
There was always the feeling that they were being watched.
https://suborbitalmachine.com/000/017
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016
Countless crews were lost to the Masses, as their unpredictable positioning meant they never seemed to remain in the same place. Only the lucky few were found again by chance, and the stories they told should have acted as warnings to be heeded.
https://suborbitalmachine.com/000/016
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015
The resources demanded by the exploration of the SOM were so immense that the scramble to find hardware to do what was required was a free-for-all. Regardless of the age, if it ran and could be kept running, it was shipped through the portal and put to work.
https://suborbitalmachine.com/000/015
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014
And the exploitation began.
https://suborbitalmachine.com/000/014
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013
The structures they found were bleak edifices, cast in place and lifeless.
https://suborbitalmachine.com/000/013
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Been wiped out by the flu the past week, so zero of anything other than some client work. Plenty of time to think though. Here are 4 more little sketches from the beginnings of #suborbitalmachine My style has evolved since but these have the ingredients....
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012
They optimistically set up outposts to monitor and observe. Never sure of what they would find, it was agreed they never would have thought of what they did.
https://suborbitalmachine.com/000/012
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011
For reasons unknown, there were Masses where the hulls would not fly and the ground vehicles stopped dead in their tracks. Exploration was reduced to foot and the scale changed, amplifying the strangeness of these alien places.
https://suborbitalmachine.com/000/011
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010
They dove deeper into the White Silent, beginning to explore spaces between the Masses. Spaces that begged yet more questions with answers that had very little chance to be understood.
https://suborbitalmachine.com/000/010
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009
The plains of grass seemed so familiar, it was easy to forget the strange devices that seemed to communicate with the past.
https://suborbitalmachine.com/000/009
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008
And they started to pull apart what they found, hoping to find the secrets within but only finding dust.
https://suborbitalmachine.com/000/008
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005
As if out of nowhere, the objects appeared. Inert and motionless, they could unexpectedly come to life with an eerie glow and occasionally a low drone. It was not until much later in the SOM’s exploration that it was found these were just the fingertips of unknown technology.
https://suborbitalmachine.com/000/005
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007
The fields of the Mass’ were strewn with artifacts, scattered like children’s toys. Universally agreed their alien nature was disturbing, there were no shared thought as to their strange behaviour that defied known physics. And the company men? All they saw was potential profit.
https://suborbitalmachine.com/000/007
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006
A staple of slabside crews for close to 50 years, the A372 “Sloan” was used for everything from mine surveying through to general light transport. Eventually the Sloan saw a rebirth as a fueller in League Raid teams, where its durability and simplicity made it much sought after.
https://suborbitalmachine.com/000/006
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004
Despite being scattered like confetti throughout the white Silent, there was a commonality to what was found on each Mass discovered; becoming clear that at some point, there had been something that had been here… everywhere, and it was greater than they could imagine.
https://suborbitalmachine.com/000/004
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003
The Blank Industries M92 was the backbone of many mining survey teams during the mid SOM exploration period. One of the few automotons not to have gone rogue, it remained viable late into the Fleischemaschine era.
https://suborbitalmachine.com/000/003
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002
When they looked hard enough, they began to find structures in the formations. Old, weather beaten, their scale was not human, their forms even less so. Most jarring of all? Their purpose in no way could be defined.
Now, these are the guns you bring to a gun fight.
New ink en route, all have had an ultrasonic bath and are once again good as new. If you know, you know but drawing with these can be a total joy.... they can also make you cry. I though am more than ready for them again.
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