#digital reconstruction

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Modern Digital Reconstruction of Constantine the Great.

Constantine the Great, born in 272 AD, rose to prominence as a Roman Emperor.

His reign, beginning in 306 AD, marked a transformative period in Roman history.

Constantine is renowned for embracing Christianity, a shift that played a role in ending the persecution of Christians with the Edict of Milan in 313 AD.

While Constantine did not specifically establish Christmas, his influence on Christianization of the Roman Empire laid the groundwork.

The exact origins of Christmas on December 25th are complex and not directly attributed to Constantine.

The date may have been chosen to coincide with existing pagan festivals or to integrate Christian celebrations with the Roman solar festival of Sol Invictus.

Constantine's role in promoting Christianity, however, contributed to the broader cultural shift that influenced the eventual establishment of Christmas as a Christian holiday, emphasizing the significance of his reign in the development of Christian traditions.

📷: ©King Chronicles

[sysig]

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[obscuravoid]

Back again with even more fanart for Unperson by @mollish-art! I've been reading it again recently and realized I've never drawn Devourer-Ranboo before even though he's one of my favorite characters, so I had to try at least once. (Just a quick sketch on IbisPaint this time since I can't use my laptop for the next few days.)

[dovartkiin]

This is a reconstruction of the Belvedere Apollo that I did last semester for a class on Roman sculpture if y’all want the report that I wrote for it lemme know. Fun fact: most (if not all) statues from antiquity would be painted!

[anewp0tat0]

the majority voted for me to not photoshop and just work on the valentines day art to be posted later in the month. and yea I will do that. but I already started photoshoping regardless. so happy belated birthday Grelle!!

I was originally making William into Sebster, plus Nardo's face shape worked a lot more for William than it did for Sebs, and could I have just imported a whole new face in there? yea, but it would have taken longer, may not have looked great... plus I accepted that in the end, I do afterall headcanon Bassy to be Grelle's side toy while Will is her main. so she would want this.

[tedlebred]

carl redraw!!!!!

my sibling got me into guchiry every day i stray farther from god

[pajulammas]

This is based on a photo of me and my bestie-

I also wanted to try drawing them in my own style this time. Normally I would make hedgehogs a little chunkier, but I wanted Shadow to look like a weird little creature since he has the weirdest DNA XD

// not ship art

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[avedoodles]

tinkering

[datgreenmonstah]

“Entelodont Daedon”

Updated my rough sketch on this guy and worked on the body and feet more, I feel satisfied with how they look now, gonna keep the red cause it’s a color and markings that have grown on me since working on reconstructing this weirdo.

I hope you enjoy their new slippers, looking at ungulate foot bones to compare anatomy and concluded they resemble closer to a camelid/pygmy hippo than to a bovid or other hooded ungulates.

Still working on the nose, but I think I might have it down finally. Been comparing a lot of nasal bones and their structures to get a better build on this guy.

[naught-the-artist]

I crawl from the shadows to make my rare post to say that for the first time ever in my life I'm invested enough in a show to simp for a character.

And its that PURPLE RABBIT ASSHOLE. I'M DONE FOR, WHY IS HE SO-

[fishsfailureson]

2/3 of the way done with these paleoart requests yippe

Requested by smalllonelyegg

[sysig]

The best! The very best of skeletons! (Patreon)

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Titanic: First ever full-sized scans reveal wreck as never seen before

Titanic departing Southampton on 10 April 1912

By Rebecca Morelle and Alison Francis

BBC News Climate and Science

17 May 2023

The world's most famous shipwreck has been revealed as never seen before.

The first full-sized digital scan of the Titanic, which lies 3,800m (12,500ft) down in the Atlantic, has been created using deep-sea mapping.

It provides a unique 3D view of the entire ship, enabling it to be seen as if the water has been drained away.

The hope is that this will shed new light on exactly what happened to the liner, which sank on 15 April 1912.

More than 1,500 people died when the ship struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.

"There are still questions, basic questions, that need to be answered about the ship," Parks Stephenson, a Titanic analyst, told BBC News.

He said the model was "one of the first major steps to driving the Titanic story towards evidence-based research - and not speculation."

The Titanic has been extensively explored since the wreck was discovered in 1985.

But it's so huge that in the gloom of the deep, cameras can only ever show us tantalizing snapshots of the decaying ship - never the whole thing.

The new scan captures the wreck in its entirety, revealing a complete view of the Titanic.

It lies in two parts, with the bow and the stern separated by about 800m (2,600ft). A huge debris field surrounds the broken vessel.

The scan was carried out in summer 2022 by Magellan Ltd, a deep-sea mapping company, and Atlantic Productions, who are making a documentary about the project.

Submersibles, remotely controlled by a team on board a specialist ship, spent more than 200 hours surveying the length and breadth of the wreck.

They took more than 700,000 images from every angle, creating an exact 3D reconstruction.

Magellan's Gerhard Seiffert, who led the planning for the expedition, said it was the largest underwater scanning project he'd ever undertaken.

"The depth of it, almost 4,000m, represents a challenge, and you have currents at the site, too - and we're not allowed to touch anything so as not to damage the wreck," he explained.

"And the other challenge is that you have to map every square centimetre - even uninteresting parts, like on the debris field you have to map mud, but you need this to fill in between all these interesting objects."

The scan shows both the scale of the ship, as well as some minute details, such as the serial number on one of the propellers.

The bow, now covered in stalactites of rust, is still instantly recognisable even 100 years after the ship was lost.

Sitting on top is the boat deck, where a gaping hole provides a glimpse into a void where the grand staircase once stood.

The stern though, is a chaotic mess of metal. This part of the ship collapsed as it corkscrewed into the sea floor.

In the surrounding debris field, items are scattered, including ornate metalwork from the ship, statues and unopened champagne bottles.

There are also personal possessions, including dozens of shoes resting on the sediment.

Parks Stephenson, who has studied the Titanic for many years, said he was "blown away" when he first saw the scans.

"It allows you to see the wreck as you can never see it from a submersible, and you can see the wreck in its entirety. You can see it in context and perspective. And what it's showing you now is the true state of the wreck."

He said that studying the scans could offer new insight into what happened to the Titanic on that fateful night of 1912.

"We really don't understand the character of the collision with the iceberg. We don't even know if she hit it along the starboard side, as is shown in all the movies - she might have grounded on the iceberg," he explained.

Studying the stern, he added, could reveal the mechanics of how the ship struck the sea floor.

The sea is taking its toll on the wreck, microbes are eating away at it and parts are disintegrating.

Historians are well aware that time is running out to fully understand the maritime disaster.

But the scan now freezes the wreck in time and will allow experts to pore over every tiny detail.

The hope is that the Titanic may yet give up its secrets.

[ralofofriverwoods]

so apparently it wont fucking insert directly into tumblr to where its playable on site, but i made an animation.

*video shows an arm growing back layer by layer. if that makes you uncomfy please dont watch

gotta look for a better place to post stuff like this so if anyone has suggestions i would highly appreciate it

Edit: ok this is the full one. My dumb ass accidentally posted not the whole thing💀💀

[justgoji]

Koreanosaurus boseongensis, a dinosaur that unfortunately hasn’t been covered in any Korean dinosaur documentaries.

With Hatsune Miku for scale:

[starry-skies-116]

when a literal kid is a dangerous badass but when he's sad he can't talk for shit he just. pouts and does this ( ⁍᷄⌢̻⁍᷅ ) like a fckin. crybaby (/affectionate)