Desert ship

Personal work

Desert Pirates

Part of my Desert Map series, this map is FREE USE. Desert Maps: Grid Sand Skimmer

Ray Bradbury, author of "Farenheit 451" and many other science fiction pieces, died on June 5, 2012, aged 92. Above, an image by Edward Miller of a Martian sandship as described in "The Martian Chronicles", one of the first novels by Bradbury. A few days ago, I had a curious mental flash: the image of one of those "sandships" described in "The Martian Chronicles" and the idea that I should have re-read that old story. The day after, I read of the death of the author, Ray Bradbury, on June 5…

Mu legend@Webzen

An old wooden ship is at the bottom of the dried sea. It creates a feeling of tragedy and apocalypse.

Personal piece for practice. This one was inspired by the ship graveyards in Bangladesh.

The cornerstone of the Sendas tribe technology, a self sustaining sand catamaran for long distances across the great salt flats. While the Sendas tribe use primitive materials, their wits and knowledge about the wind and environment create intelligent devices. Using the materials flexure properties, they can create intricate suspensions with no need of complex joints which adds more moving parts. Thanks to this philosophy, this vehicle is easy to maintain by the sailor even though the…