#its not floating

[jvlianbashir]

"haha these alpha trad men really just have dom/sub kinks!" i know misogyny isn't real to a lot of you guys but did you know that some people just actually do genuinely think women are inferior creatures

#i dont normally make posts like this but ive seen MULTIPLE??? posts floating around that are meant as jokes saying #'haha *deeply misogynistic attitude/institution* is basically just kink! ;P' #and no one challenging it or if they do theyre seen as buzzkills or anti-sex/anti-kink #well im neither of those and i keep seeing it and its getting to me #not st #doctor's log

[deep-space-netwerk]

So Venus is my favorite planet in the solar system - everything about it is just so weird.

It has this extraordinarily dense atmosphere that by all accounts shouldn't exist - Venus is close enough to the sun (and therefore hot enough) that the atmosphere should have literally evaporated away, just like Mercury's. We think Earth manages to keep its atmosphere by virtue of our magnetic field, but Venus doesn't even have that going for it. While Venus is probably volcanically active, it definitely doesn't have an internal magnetic dynamo, so whatever form of volcanism it has going on is very different from ours. And, it spins backwards! For some reason!!

But, for as many mysteries as Venus has, the United States really hasn't spent much time investigating it. The Soviet Union, on the other hand, sent no less than 16 probes to Venus between 1961 and 1984 as part of the Venera program - most of them looked like this!

The Soviet Union had a very different approach to space than the United States. NASA missions are typically extremely risk averse, and the spacecraft we launch are generally very expensive one-offs that have only one chance to succeed or fail.

It's lead to some really amazing science, but to put it into perspective, the Mars Opportunity rover only had to survive on Mars for 90 days for the mission to be declared a complete success. That thing lasted 15 years. I love the Opportunity rover as much as any self-respecting NASA engineer, but how much extra time and money did we spend that we didn't technically "need" to for it to last 60x longer than required?

Anyway, all to say, the Soviet Union took a more incremental approach, where failures were far less devastating. The Venera 9 through 14 probes were designed to land on the surface of Venus, and survive long enough to take a picture with two cameras - not an easy task, but a fairly straightforward goal compared to NASA standards. They had…mixed results.

Venera 9 managed to take a picture with one camera, but the other one's lens cap didn't deploy.

Venera 10 also managed to take a picture with one camera, but again the other lens cap didn't deploy.

Venera 11 took no pictures - neither lens cap deployed this time.

Venera 12 also took no pictures - because again, neither lens cap deployed.

Lotta problems with lens caps.

For Venera 13 and 14, in addition to the cameras they sent a device to sample the Venusian "soil". Upon landing, the arm was supposed to swing down and analyze the surface it touched - it was a simple mechanism that couldn't be re-deployed or adjusted after the first go.

This time, both lens caps FINALLY ejected perfectly, and we were treated to these marvelous, eerie pictures of the Venus landscape:

However, when the Venera 14 soil sampler arm deployed, instead of sampling the Venus surface, it managed to swing down and land perfectly on….an ejected lens cap.

#space #space history #venus #NASA #Venera #spost #I will talk all day about venus #ask me about venus floating sky cities #unpopular opinion venus > mars #this is probably my favorite space history story #the surface of venus is made of lens caps #don't try to tell me the universe doesn't have a sense of humor #well #I guess its more that people have a sense of humor and we happen to live in the universe

[ronanxing]

everyone rightfully doing princess mononoke redraws but may i offer castle in the sky

#pls dont tag w spoilers idk anything #tears of the kingdom #totk #legend of zelda #loz #zelink #link #zelda #tried a new pen had lots of fun #botw #? #enkidoodles #id in alt #its funny cuz i redrew oot zelink as castle in the sky too #but i had to do totk...cmon.....floating islands

[pigdemonart]

Oh ye! Beachy time!

Been wanting to draw them at the beach since summer but could never clean up anything. Till now!!!!!!

Patreon | Ko-Fi

#mario #peach #mareach #bowser #luigi #bowuigi #my art #super mario bros #smb #i figured bowser is floating the way crocs and gators do #i drew it lol #its on Patreon

[marimoog]

sometimes u forget ur lighter ok

#i had an insane urge to see diable jambe used for lighting a cig #i love how his hair tips float up a bit its so cuuute #my art #jill stuff #one piece #zoro #roronoa zoro #sanji #sanji vinsmoke #zosan #sanzo

[ladamania]

“On the 6th Day of the 2nd Month of the First Year of the Kampo era. Taking a moment of my free time, I wish to express my joy of the cat. It arrived by boat as a gift to the late Emperor, received from the hands of Minamoto no Kuwashi.

The color of the fur is peerless. None could find the words to describe it, although one said it was reminiscent of the deepest ink. It has an air about it, similar to Kanno. Its length is 5 sun, and its height is 6 sun. I affixed a bow about its neck, but it did not remain for long.

In rebellion, it narrows its eyes and extends its needles. It shows its back.

When it lies down, it curls in a circle like a coin. You cannot see its feet. It’s as if it were circular Bi disk. When it stands, its cry expresses profound loneliness, like a black dragon floating above the clouds.

By nature, it likes to stalk birds. It lowers its head and works its tail. It can extend its spine to raise its height by at least 2 sun. Its color allows it to disappear at night. I am convinced it is superior to all other cats.”

- journal entry of 22-year-old Emperor Uda on March 11, 889 CE and earliest record of a cat in Japan [x]

Black Cat (detail) by Hishida Shunso, 1910 [x]

#this is one of my favorite things #proof cats have not changed in 1100 years #nor have cat owners #international cat day #kitties #cats #black cats #Japan #Japanese art #cats in art #new way to describe cats caterwaul #‘its cry expresses profound loneliness like a black dragon floating above the clouds’ #‘I am convinced it is superior to all other cats’

[brainworms-all-night-long]

Actually love how this is his "You fucked around and now you about to find out" stance

#sonic prime #theres still just incoherent word salad floating in my noggin regarding the trailer but #ffshdgdjd Nine is just such a character #its like the ant eater t-posing before slicing your bowels out #im still processing #miles nine prower #nine the fox #silly brainworms

[ivytea]

may-bells cuisine

#lily of the valley #its tea times #illustration #happy may this idea has been turning in my head like a rotisserie chicken for the past year #lily of the valley flowers always remind me a little of dumbo octopuses #whimsigoth #goblincore #cottagecore #TO ANYONE who is confused yes i have reuploaded around 30 versions since posting. each with minute colour adjustments #if you see a slightly different version floating around..to the grill it goes ! ♥

[51ft]

hi

#doodle #shadowzel #ive been listening to take me to church again..'ill worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies' #yeahhHHHHH #shadowheart #lae'zel #baldur's gate 3 #wait i just realized i flipped it the wrong way uuhhhhh i was gonna draw the scar later so its not technically incorrect but...OH WELL #i just realized the shapes at the back look like the patreon logo that was not my intention #WAIT HOW COULD I FORGET #shartzel #nvm sorry for people who reblogged the other version already i flipped it so now there will forever be two versions floating arou

[deerspherestudios]

Can we get a picture of Alma?💕 I love them so much💜💜💜

They do their best to be the ultimate all-nighter study buddy when you need it!!👻❤️

#lift your spirits vn #alma ask #doodles #alma jumpscare!! #ignore the fact they can physically hold the coins #they're just possessing the coins one by one and making them float TRUST #you take them and they're cold as ice but the gesture warms ur heart so its ok <3

[bunabi]

girl ngl completely unacceptable that this year has had massive profits and massive layoffs happening simultaneously

something like six thousand positions have been axed between January and early October, and there have only been more since; Ubisoft cut over 100 workers just this week

if you have a moment check out this industry layoff tracker to see how consistent these cuts have been its ridiculous fr

#the industry is big but its not THAT big and when you leave thousands in the lurch to float not everyone will find a place to land

[frenchonionsoop]

may I suggest a Chuuya pixel sprite 👀

after much procrastination here he is!! Thank you for your patience 😭🙏

#he floats #i have now done 2 drawings of chuuya floating holding something suspended in mid air and wearing a massive grin #its ok he deserves to be happy for once #bsd #bsd chuuya #bungou stray dogs #chuuya nakahara #chuuya fanart #pixel art #my art #aseprite

[foxprints]

Transport Crate

#Murderbot #the murderbot diaries #murderbot diaries #tmd #secunit #claustrophobia #couldn't decide if i wanted it to be filled with fluid or not and ultimately decided Not #I'll probably end up doing another with a medical cubicle that WILL be filled with fluid #like a sw bacta tank basically #then ive got some ideas floating around for a SecUnit recharging/storage cubicle.... #fanart #hopefully its not too dark.... my tablet screen is definitely not calibrated the same as my phone and #my art always looks darker on mobile #than what i intended it to

[hypnogogyc]

hey hey hey lover

#tma #my art #the magnus archives #tma art #tma fanart #the magnus archives art #oliver banks #terminal velocity #mike crew #im so glad mike can float it makes figuring out how to pose thier diff heights so much better #anyways goodniiiiggghhhhhtttt #btw i love the influx of asks thank u all sm! if i havent answered its probably cause im waiting to draw smthn for it or what have u #1k

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

world's most annoying man is not allowed outside due to his inability to shut up

#AYYYY LIGHTS OUT IS BACK BABEY LETS GO #howdy is Suffering in this au ive come to realize #more so than i previously thought! #he's cooped up in a slightly too small shell of a building #rarely allowed outside bc hes too noisy </3 #mans is desperately Understimmed #wally isnt trying to be harsh hes just asking an honest & earnest question <3 #i have another scribble floating around somewhere of wally putting his hand over howdy's mouth and saying Hush #i think its a funny running joke. everyone is constantly like 'howdy please for the love of fuck. shut up' #he strikes me as the type to talk when nervous. and bored. and excited. hes a talker tell me im wrong #scribble salad #wh lights out au #welcome home au #hes BORED hes with the (objectively) Unfunniest neighbors hes BORED did i mention hes BORED #howdy: *stuffing pouring out of him after getting maimed* this is actually much better than being in the post office #frank: we're going to put you on a leash i swear to fucking god

[show-tunes]

Scrybeswap

I have a lot of scatterbrained design notes for each of them but generally I wanted them to look similar to their original designs but with different themes. I also imagine that they have the same inscribing tools as their original counterparts but just use them differently (i.e. Magnificus paints animals, Leshy takes pictures of people as they're dying/about to die, I'm not sure what the magic equivalent for P03 would be besides maybe a spellbook that copies the essence of things, and Grimora's quill would either "write" code or write directly onto the hardware of robots).

#i initially wanted to finish these for inscryptober but stuff got in the way #misc design notes erm #leshy's death design is inspired by the actual folklore leshy and the leshens from the witcher games #i remember reading somewhere that the folklore leshy incorporates animal bones and tree bark into his own body #so that's where the main inspiration came from #the markings on grimora are meant to be a combination of patterns on porcelain china and the patterns on motherboards #p03's components aren't actually attached to anything and just float around as needed #also its different functions are powered by the mox crystals in its body #magnificus already looks like a big fuzzy animal to me so i just leaned into that #he probably has a bunch of small animals living in his fur without him even realizing #magnificus #leshy #p03 #grimora #g0lly #inscryption #my art #scrybeswap