#Space Dog

[rueghost]

[mostlymanymonsters]

Just before the pandemic  started, I found myself working on a drawing inspired by a song that has frequently gotten stuck in my head, Camper Van Beethoven's Humid Press of Days.  The lyrics to me convey the fascination, exhilaration and closely linked terror of space travel.  It speaks about the periods beyond just ignition and taking off -- the silence and still dull emptiness -- and what that means for a living feeling body.

I could not help but project that onto the story of Laika, the street dog in the Soviet Union selected for the Sputnik program and the thoughts ended up a pen and ink:

Which I later added in a hand written frame of the lyrics and gave to a friend who loves space and science fiction for Christmas.

I liked the design from my drawing enough, I wanted to do some sort of edition of it and landed on making it an enamel pin.  

Most of the photos I found of Laika's flight gear were in black and white, so I tried to select colors that reminded me of NASA suits I had seen. For the backing card, I included the constellations Orion, Lepus the rabbit, and of course Canis Major and Minor. Laika sits in the center on top of the unicorn constellation, Monoceros.

And that's the background on my tribute to the little dog that went to space.

[oonaluna-art]

Corellian hounds are so often depicted as guard dogs, but some should be house pets too.

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[shyblacksheep]

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[thegodofhellfire]

[tinydragontime]

Hoosier Ref

Here we have the Hoosier! A marvelous creature, rarely seen with clothes on! Gaze upon the majesty of their form. Nature is truly beautiful. Love you Hoosh!

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[gatorasmus]

Merry whatever

[neonbuck]

moss doodle / sketch

[sun-citadel]

A commet's tail of breaking syllables that even now leave their trail :

Laika, in. Laika, lay. Good girl, Laika. Wait. Stay.

[mlys05]

[rueghost]

got lazy with this but whatever

[dogfruit01]

the brightest star in the sky, our lady of the cosmos, laika

first post of 2023, I hope everyone had a soft landing into the new year 💫

you get prints of this piece here!

[ever-animatezzz]

Some bulbers

[inkydrew]

Our Lady of One-Way Trips

(based on a Pinterest post I saw many years ago, I am sorry I do not remember who made the original!!)

[robineisenberg]

just me and my dog and an impossible view ✨

[myeecez]

I've been obsessed with Pikmin 4 and I friggin ADORE Oatchi. I have like 17 meme images of him saved.