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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · Sep 22

Animation of a fantasy tree losing its fall leaves in a strong wind. Not AI. Created with Blender and Adobe Premiere Pro. #flora #anime #trees #fantasy #autumn
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Fantasy tree abscission

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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · Aug 30

Photorealistic animation of extinct tree-like horsetails of the genus Calamites from 350 million years ago. Not AI. Created with Blender, Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Pro.
#calamites #horsetails #flora #prehistoric #blender3d
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Calamites carinatus close-up

Photorealistic animation of extinct tree-like horsetails of the genus Calamites from 350 million years ago. Not AI. Growing as tall as 50 meters (as tall as a 15-story…

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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · Aug 14

Sorry to hear that, Mark. Blender 4.5.1 and 3060 Ti are working fine on my Windows 11 system. I work with Eevee occasionally without issue. That said, I would so like to shed the burden of Microsoft. Like Adobe, Microsoft seems too preoccupied with AI crap to address fundamental problems.

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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · Aug 12

Diplocaulus swimming. Created with Blender and Adobe Premiere Pro. Not AI.
#diplocaulus #carboniferous #horsetails #flora #fauna #prehistoric
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Diplocaulus swimming

Photorealistic animation of a Late Carboniferous scene from 330 million years ago featuring a swimming Diplocaulus, an extinct genus of amphibian. This Diplocaulus…

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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · May 25

Photorealistic animation of a Carboniferous scene featuring Sigillaria and Meganeura from 320 million years ago. Not AI.
#carboniferous #sigillaria #flora #prehistoric #dragonflies
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Sigillaria and Meganeura

Photorealistic animation of a Carboniferous scene featuring Sigillaria scutellata and Meganeura from 320 million years ago. Also featured is Chaloneria cormosa.…

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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · Apr 30

Meganeura & ferns. Created with Blender, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro.
#meganeura #carboniferous #dragonflies #insects
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Meganeura & ferns

Photorealistic animation of a Meganeura, aka "Giant Dragonfly", amid ferns in a speculative scene from 300 million years ago. Not AI. Meganeura is a genus…

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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · Apr 14

Speculative photorealistic time-lapse animation of a sunrise as seen from the surface of Mars. Not AI. Created with Blender, Photoshop and Premiere Pro. #spaceart #astronomy #mars #sunrise
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Mars sunrise over dunes

Speculative photorealistic time-lapse animation of a sunrise as seen from the surface of Mars. Not AI. Sunrises and sunsets on Mars appear blue due to the planet's…

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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · Apr 7

I'll be performing my stand-up routine at Grandpa's Place in Glenview, Illinois, USA, on 8 April 2025. #stand-up #comedy #improv

Walter B. Myers performing stand-up at the Laughing Academy, Glenview, IL, USA 14 March 2025

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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · Mar 30

Photorealistic animation of an interstellar light sail amid blue and magenta nebulae. Not AI. Created with Blender and Premiere Pro. #spacecraft #spaceart #lightsails #solarsails
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Light sail & magenta nebulae

Photorealistic animation of an interstellar light sail amid blue and magenta nebulae. Not AI. This light sail could be terrestrial or extraterrestrial in origin,…

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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · Mar 28

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Speculative photorealistic animation of a sunrise on a distant extrasolar planet. Not AI. Created with Blender & Premiere Pro
#spaceart #astronomy #exoplanets #sunrises

Exoplanet magenta sunrise

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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · Feb 8

I'll be performing stand-up comedy on Tuesday, February 11 at Grandpa's Place in Glenview, IL. Please come!
www.grandpasplace.com
#stand-up #performance #comedy

Walter B. Myers performing stand-up comedy live at the Laughing Academy In Glenview, IL, 31 January 2025.

Walter B. Myers performing stand-up comedy--lying down--live at the Laughing Academy In Glenview, IL, 31 January 2025.

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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · Feb 5

Very nice, Mark!

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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · Feb 3

Alien sailboat on an extrasolar planet under a starry sky with nebulae & meteors. Not AI. Created with Blender, Photoshop & Premiere Pro. #spaceart #chill #fantasy #astronomy #cosmos
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Sailboat under stars

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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · Jan 12

Computer graphics animation of an elm tree. Animation begins close, then the camera dollies out for a wider view. Not AI. Stylistically inspired by black & white infrared photography. Created with Blender, Photoshop and Premiere Pro. #trees #chill #infrared #relax #nature
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Elm tree dolly

Computer graphics animation of an elm tree. Animation begins close to the foliage, then the camera dollies out for a wider view. Not AI. Stylistically inspired by…

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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · Dec 25

Speculative animations of the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft. Not AI. Made with Blender, Photoshop & Premiere Pro. #ArtAdventCalendar #nasa #spaceart #sun
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Parker Solar Probe flybys

Speculative animations of the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft. Not AI. The Parker Solar Probe is an uncrewed NASA mission launched in 2018. It will make observations…

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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · Dec 24

Montage of original 35mm black & white infrared photographs set to original music. Made with Kodak HIE 135-36 Infrared Black & White Print Film, Photoshop & Premiere Pro. #ArtAdventCalendar #infrared #photography #multi-image

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Ex Tempestas

Montage of original 35mm black and white infrared photographs set to original music. Photographs taken in and around Oak Park and Chicago, Illinois, during the early…

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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · Dec 22

Animated mechanical model of the Solar System illustrating the relative position and motion of the Sun and planets according to the heliocentric Copernican model. Not AI. Made with Blender, Photoshop, & Premiere Pro. #ArtAdventCalendar #spaceart #astronomy #planets
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Copernican Orrery

Animated mechanical model of the Solar System illustrating the relative position and motion of the Sun and planets Mercury, Venus, Earth and its moon, Mars, Jupiter,…

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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · Dec 21

An eight ton Spinosaurus searches for its next meal 95 million years ago in shallow waters of what is today Egypt. Not AI. #ArtAdventCalendar #dinosaurs #paleontology #monsters

An eight ton Spinosaurus searches for its next meal 95 million years ago in shallow waters of what is today Egypt. With a massive crocodile-like head and enormous muscular body, this terrifying carnivore was larger than the Early Cretaceous Suchomimus and may have been mightier even than the famous Tyrannosaurus Rex of approximately the same period.

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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · Dec 20

Urban ruins with Grey Owls. Made with Vue & Photoshop. #ArtAdventCalendar #dystopian #future #ruins

Speculative computer graphics illustration of a modern city in ruins with two disinterested Grey Owls in the foreground.

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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · Dec 20

Animation of an astronaut wearing a Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) free flying from a hypothetical crewed space station. Not AI. Made with Blender, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro. #ArtAdventCalendar #spaceart #nasa #spacecraft #steam
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Mars cycler EVA 3

Speculative animation of an untethered astronaut outfitted with a Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) free flying from a hypothetical crewed space station in a cycler…

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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · Dec 19

Computer graphics animation of a lone tree swaying in a breeze. Not AI. Stylistically inspired by black & white infrared photographs. Made with Blender, Photoshop & Premiere Pro.

#ArtAdventCalendar #trees #flora #blender3d #infrared #relax #nature
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Tall trees swaying

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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · Dec 13

Mollusk of the subclass Ammonoidea in a Jurassic sea 195 million years ago. Made with 3ds Max, Vue and Photoshop.

#ArtAdventCalendar #ammonites #evolution #science #paleontology

Mollusk of the subclass Ammonoidea in a Jurassic sea 195 million years ago. This specimen's planispiral shell is about six inches in diameter.

Ammonites were plentiful in the Earth's oceans for about 400 million years becoming extinct, along with the dinosaurs, about 66 million years ago during the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event. While resembling modern shelled nautiloids, these once plentiful mollusks are more closely related to living octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish.

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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · Dec 12

Speculative illustration of an eviscerated coronavirus. Made with 3ds Max, Vue and Photoshop.

#ArtAdventCalendar #microbiology #genetics #science #pathology

Speculative illustration of an eviscerated coronavirus. The diameter of these virions is approximately 100 nanometers (0.1 microns). The virion in the foreground has broken open revealing internal contents including protease enzymes and rope-like capsids. Coiled strands of ribonucleic acid (RNA) spring forth from the ends of the capsids. Also visible are coronavirus E-proteins, M-Proteins, and glycoprotein spikes.

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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · Dec 11

Speculative time-lapse animation of a sunrise as seen from the surface of Saturn's largest moon Titan. Not AI. Made with Blender, Photoshop and Premiere Pro.
#ArtAdventCalendar #eclipse #spaceart #saturn #astronomy #blender3d
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Titan sunrise over dunes

Speculative time-lapse animation of a sunrise as seen from the surface of Saturn's largest moon Titan. One day on Titan is about 16 Earth days long, so this…

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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · Dec 9

Speculative illustration of a brown dwarf illuminated by a nearby star. Made with Blender and Photoshop.

#ArtAdventCalendar #browndwarfs #spaceart #science #astronomy

Speculative illustration of a brown dwarf illuminated by a nearby star. Made with Blender and Photoshop.

The “sunward” side of this brown dwarf reveals a gas giant similar in appearance to the planet Jupiter. Unlike Jupiter, this brown dwarf is 13 to 65 times more massive while its diameter is only slightly greater than Jupiter’s due to its greater density. Also, unlike Jupiter, the shaded side reveals a relatively dim magenta glow, a result of lithium and/or deuterium fusion.

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