Pulvinated channelled podium open semicircular arched arcade, giant rusticated pilaster strips, elaborately swagged and festooned oculi, cornice rising to a rectangular block surmounted by a sculptural group of Britannia and lion, corniced drum with a copper dome and gilded finial.
The County Fire Office, London. 1924 by Ernest Newton. Photo: 01.02.2025. #London #ErnestNewton
Wavertree Yard, Edge Hill, Liverpool. DM 395896. RCE Tunnel Inspection half deck coach. Originally M 5752. London Midland Scottish Brake Corridor Third. Wolverton, lot 859, 1905. Scrapped Wavertree Yard by Central Engineering, 05/2004 Photo: 06.07.1990. #Liverpool #railway #departmental
Brian Stableford, The Fenris Device, Pan, 1978. Cover: Angus McKie. Hooded Swan series no. 5. Nomad Industrial Complex from Stewart Cowley, Spacecraft. #BrianStableford #AngusMcKie #HoodedSwan #InterstellarQueen #StewartCowley #TerranTradeAuthority
These arn't the droids you're looking for.
Jesper Myrfors. Banshee. Magic The Gathering: Chronicles.
Some say Banshees are the hounds of Death, baying to herd their prey into the arms of their master.
#JesperMyrfors #MagicTheGathering #Chronicles #banshee
Uncredited. From Kenneth Gatland & David Jefferis, The World of the Future, Usborne, 2023 reprint of 1979 edition.
"Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later, that debt is paid" "We are so focused on our search for the truth we fail to consider how few actually want us to find it. But it is always there whether we see it or not, whether we choose to or not." - Valery Legasov.
London. Roundhouse. 2018 by Joel Perlman. Photo: 17.05.2025. #London #sculpture #JoelPerlman
AI art is trying to force or manufacture that connection. The 'tech bros' who invested heavily in it and are attempting to make something happen need it to mean something and be worth something. And sure in very specific circumstances AI has its uses. "Garbage in, garbage out"
Rowsley, Derbyshire. ADB 395845. M&EE Staff coach. Originally London Midland Scottish 9864, then M 6720. Brake Composite. Wolverton, lot 454, 1929. Rebuilt 1942. Photo: 28.06.2008. #Rowsley #coach #railway #departmental
Brian Stableford, The Paradise Game, Pan, 1978. Cover: Angus McKie. Hooded Swan series no. 4. Interstellar Queen from Stewart Cowley, Spacecraft. #BrianStableford #AngusMcKie #HoodedSwan #InterstellarQueen #StewartCowley #TerranTradeAuthority
Art isn't neccessarily about the result more about the process of getting there. Art appreciation is highly subjective depending on the viewer. AI doesn't and can't have a craft cos it's merely following a closerd set of instructions
Quinton Hoover. Balduvian Bears. Magic The Gathering: Ice Age.
"They're a hardy bunch, but I'd still bet that they just slept through the worst of the cold times." Disa the Restless, journal entry.
#QuintonHoover #MagicTheGathering #IceAge #bear
Ned Dameron. From Robert E. Howard, Kull, Donald M. Grant, 1985. #NedDameron
Hare Court, London. Niblett Pegasus plaque. Originally on Niblett Hall, King's Bench Walk demolished 1992. Commemorates William Charles Niblett (1856-1920). Photo: 17.05.2025. #London #plaque #pegaus #WilliamNiblett
Midland Railway Centre. ADM 395780. Crane match wagon for Cowans Sheldon CM&EE Breakdown Steam Crane ADRC 95202 (RS1001/50). Originally 6093 then 44180, 6w Milk Tank underframe. Derby, lot 631, 1931. Photo: 22.032002. #railway
Also used as the cover for Hypotheisis by Vangelis, a 1978 bootleg of a 1971 jam session of experimental jazz music produced by Giorgio Gomelski issued on the Affinity label.
Brian Stableford, Promised Land, Pan, 1976. Cover: Angus McKie. Hooded Swan series no. 3. Interstellar Queen from Stewart Cowley, Spacecraft. #BrianStableford #AngusMcKie #HoodedSwan #InterstellarQueen #StewartCowley #TerranTradeAuthority
Pete Venters. Backslide. Magic The Gathering: Onslaught.
Some things are better left unknown.
#PeteVenters #MagicTheGathering #Onslaught
Uncredited. From Kenneth Gatland & David Jefferis, The World of the Future: Star Travel, Usborne, 2023 reprint of 1979 edition. Could swear I'd seen one of those hidden in Watto's junkyard, Mos Espa, Tatooine.
Comprises 16 bronze "standards". A cross-shaped metal girder weighing about 1,500 lb, cast by the Heavy Metal Company, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
Hyde Park Corner, London. New Zealand War Memorial. Oficcially named Southern Stand. 2006 by John Hardwick-Smith architect; Paul Dibble sculptor. Photo: 17.05.2025. #London #memorial #'WarMemorial #NewZealand
Southbank Place, London. 2019 by Squire & Partners. Photo: 01.02.2025. #London
York. LDM 395677 OHLM Workshop coach. Originally M 7874. Third Open. Derby, lot 154, 1925. Scrapped Gwent Demolition, Margam, 11/1993. Photo: 08.06.1990. #York #coach #departmental
Brian Stableford, Rhapsody in Black, Pan, 1976. Cover: Angus McKie. Hooded Swan series no. 2. Alpha Centauri I from Steven Caldwell (Stweart Cowley), Aliens in Space. #BrianStableford #AngusMcKie #HoodedSwan #InterstellarQueen #StewartCowley #StevenCaldwell #TerranTradeAuthority #GalacticEncounters
Dan Frazier. Azure Drake. Magic The Gathering: Legends.
The Azure Drake would be more powerful were it not so easily distracted.
#DanFrazier #MagicTheGathering #Legends #dragon #drake
Ned Dameron. From Robert E. Howard, Kull, Donald M. Grant, 1985. #NedDameron
