Before the computing era, ILM was the master of oil matte painting, making audiences believe that some of the sets in the original Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogy were real when they weren’t. They were the work of geniuses like
Chris Evans,Michael Pangrazio,Frank Ordaz, Harrison Ellenshaw and Ralph McQuarrie! Forever thank you, to their handmade art and the work of their colleagues, that made us dream of impossible worlds and fantastic places across Earth and the Universe.
There are more background paintings on this article, featuring comments by the masters/artists themselves !
Some of the following pieces were made by other artists 2:
exCUSE ME?!?!!??!??! TheYRE PAINTINGS?!??!!?!
SHUT UP I thought they were miniatures!!!!
It’s too beautiful. I could cry.
I love this because I’ll be watching a movie and think “how did they do that? Is that a building they built for this movie? Was it there beforehand? Is it cardboard or CGI? Is that actually some place on Earth that they’re filming?” And the answer to all of these now is “nope, that’s a painting”. I can’t believe some of the most iconic, familiar shots were paintings!
“Alana Quick is the best damned sky surgeon in Heliodor City, but repairing starship engines barely pays the bills. When the desperate crew of a cargo vessel stops by her shipyard looking for her spiritually advanced sister Nova, Alana stows away. Maybe her boldness will land her a long-term gig on the crew.
But the Tangled Axon proves to be more than star-watching and plasma coils. The chief engineer thinks he’s a wolf. The pilot fades in and out of existence. The captain is all blond hair, boots, and ego … and Alana can’t keep her eyes off her. But there’s little time for romance: Nova’s in danger and someone will do anything–even destroying planets–to get their hands on her.”
Jacqueline Koyanagi was born in Ohio to a Japanese-Southern-American family, eventually moved to Georgia, and earned a degree in anthropology with a minor in religion. Her stories feature queer women of color, folks with disabilities, neuroatypical characters, and diverse relationship styles, because she grew tired of not seeing enough of herself and the people she loves reflected in genre fiction. She now resides in Colorado where she weaves all manner of things, including stories, chainmaille jewelry, and a life with her partners and dog.
“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.”
They’re all over the place!! People wonder why people of color are disproportionately f’d with by cops, well this is why!! They been planning this shit for many many years, it is nothing new! They are all throughout our law enforcement and military!
“Ain’t that the circle game” yes but many White supremacists use this little tactic of catching the public eye with seemingly innocuous acts. They spread the rumor that the “circle game” is a White supremacist signal, so when leftists (specifically anti-fascist groups and people) see White supremacists and upholders of fascist systems point this out, they can go “see, crazy leftist sjw’s think everything is racist! ” while signaling to other racists that they’re one in the same
During World War II, 600,000 African-American women entered the wartime
workforce. Previously, black women’s work in the United States was
largely limited to domestic service and agricultural work, and wartime
industries meant new and better-paying opportunities – if they made it
through the hiring process, that is. White women were the targets of the
U.S. government’s propaganda efforts, as embodied in the lasting and
lauded image of Rosie the Riveter.Though largely ignored in America’s
popular history of World War II, black women’s important contributions
in World War II factories, which weren’t always so welcoming, are
stunningly captured in these comparably rare snapshots of black Rosie
the Riveters.
Selma Burke Poses with Plaque 7/24/1945-New York, NY
Standing beside the plaque of President Roosevelt she executed is
sculptress Selma Burke, as the plaque was put on view for the first time at the
Modernage Art Gallery in New York today. Miss Burke won the commission to do
the plaque in competition with sculptors from all over America. President Roosevelt gave her
two sittings, and was to have given a third, but died before he could do so.
On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner died in Staten Island, New York City, after a New York City Police Department
(NYPD) officer put him in a chokehold for about 15 to 19 seconds while
arresting him. NYPD policy prohibits the use of chokeholds. The officer
denied choking Garner, but the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office
report stated “Cause of Death: Compression of neck (choke hold),
compression of chest and prone positioning during physical restraint by
police” and “Contributing Conditions: Acute and chronic bronchial
asthma; Obesity; Hypertensive cardiovascular disease”. In addition, the
filming of the incident brought police brutality into wider public
awareness.[1]
NYPD officers approached Garner on suspicion of selling single cigarettes from packs without tax stamps.
After Garner told the police that he was tired of being harassed and
that he was not selling cigarettes, the officers went to arrest Garner.
When officer Daniel Pantaleo tried to take Garner’s wrist behind his
back, Garner pulled his arms away. Pantaleo then put his arm around
Garner’s neck and took him down onto the ground. After Pantaleo removed
his arm from Garner’s neck, he pushed the side of Garner’s face into the
ground while four officers moved to restrain Garner, who repeated “I
can’t breathe” eleven times while lying facedown on the sidewalk. After
Garner lost consciousness, officers turned him onto his side to ease his
breathing. Garner remained lying on the sidewalk for seven minutes
while the officers waited for an ambulance to arrive. The officers and emergency medical technicians did not perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation
(CPR) on Garner at the scene; according to a spokesman for the PBA,
this was because they believed that Garner was breathing and that it
would be improper to perform CPR on someone who was still breathing. He
was pronounced dead at the hospital approximately one hour later.
