#spacesuit art

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Another redone/ updated sci fi spacesuit design of a design I drew around 2 years ago although this one is a more realistic take with mostly currently plausible technologies.

I haven’t named this one but it’s intended to be for use in very low gravity vacuum environments such as moons and asteroids, leading to features such as weighted crampons to shift the astronaut’s centre of gravity lower.

Concept-wise it’s largely based on NASA’s xEMU suit in general but with more aesthetic considerations put in while trying to keep some of the functional features where they are. Technically speaking Adam Savage did this in his spacesuit costume series but this is my take on this.

More in-depth explanation below, note of warning it’s very long and technical as usual.

This spacesuit, as I said above is intended for use in low gravity vacuum. It is a rugged, highly resistant design meant for first human expeditions to new or previously less explored locations so accounts for unexpected conditions, although at the cost of being fairly more bulky.

First of all it is back entry, but unlike the Orlan suit the hatch/back panel doesn’t hinge, instead it entirely comes off when removed. The hatch panel includes the life support system and the helmet, although the helmet can be detached from it. The fact that such a large portion makes up the hatch makes the opening for entry larger and thus easier to get into. Lights are attached to either side of the head on the hatch panel. The life support part of the hatch has handles on the sides to assist with attaching and removal of the panel. The panel has a raised ridge/collar around the base of the helmet to protect the connector rings from impact.

The helmet has a gold coated sun visor that can be manually lowered, and the helmet visor itself is also openable. Comms are integrated into areas around the neck in the hatch panel, instead of being a separate headset which helps with reducing points of failure and also reduces strain on the neck.

The arms are mounted slightly forward to help allow more motions in front. Constant volume convolutes are used in the shoulders and elbows to allow motion. The wrists have a rotating connector ring. A wrist mirror on either side allows the astronaut to read labels on their own suit controls. The gloves have rubber fingertips and a fingernail-esque wedge attached to the tip for better grip of small objects. A seal located inside the arm of the suit allows the gloves to be separated into a their own pressure zone, and dials on the gloves allow this area to be put into a lower pressure for more hand flexibility (you don’t breathe with your hands so technically speaking you don’t need as much pressure there), although there is an automatic timer that will fully pressurise the gloves after a set amount of time to prevent swelling or bruising.

The torso segment of the suit is a hard shell, and because the entry point is not located here it allows for convolutes to be added for waist flexibility. The chest of the suit holds the control panel which can control temperature, lights, the crampons and other features. A sample collection case can be worn over the hip area, or it can also be used to attach a belt for tools. A tab on either side of the hip joint helps keep this in place. Tethers or safety lines can also be attached here.

The legs of the suits rotate at the hip and have knee convolutes. A guard over the knee allows astronauts to kneel and to prevent abrasion. A pair of dust covers over the calves of the suit help to keep dust off the boot connectors.

The boots have a pair of weighted crampons worn over them to help anchor astronauts to the surface in low gravity. The spikes are retractable to prevent damage to the spacecraft floor. The crampon also has a metal plate to protect the top of the foot. It isn’t visible here but the crampons attach with a similar sort of mechanism to snowboard bindings. The suit can also be used without the crampons like if it were to be used in higher gravity locations or in microgravity where they do not need to anchor themselves down.

Inside the suit, it has the typical internal components such as a drinking water supply, sweat wicking and cooling layers, and a liquid waste collection system.

The fact that this is somewhat based on an existing suit design means this explanation isn’t as egregiously long as I anticipated.

Also the OC wearing the suit here is Teira. Basically the astronaut OC I draw whenever I need an astronaut most of the time unless I have a specific reason to use someone else.

This is the older version of the design, not much has changed aside from the colour distribution (I got rid of the large areas of red), the crampon mounting is visible, the latching systems are more exposed (which is a bad idea they don’t look very stable), there is a comm headset, and the anatomy in the drawing is not as great as I thought it was at the time. SPACEMILK is the name of the short story I wrote where this suit was used since I don’t have a name for the suit. Suggestions are welcome.

[prinnay]

Celestial tango

[thefuture-tomorrow]

SPACE WALK Sinclair ZX Spectrum 16 / 48k Excellent Condition 1984 mastervision.

[seraphont]

sketchdump!

[kaijusexual]

he did well on bluesky so here's one of my sonas.. he's a space shuttle

[maudoggo]

Small world of wonder

[hearts4caimsey]

Evo pearl you will always be famous <33

Trying a simpler style, was tired of just trying to fully render everything and never finishing anything or just doodling… sooo I’m trying to find a middle point! ;D

She stims by swinging up and down because i do that and she’s literally me :33

[sakasagami]

この服好き

[mixxsweetheart]

babies hwhwheheh

[spacebuggorez]

My take on Tessa design (and headcanons) cw; mild nudity

Serious, heavy freckled people are absolutely gorgous!

I'm kinda proud of how I drew humans here, especially hands. I'm a furry artist...

[magentapink-art]

Introducing:

Devaiah Bluelei aka Astrona

A superpowered criminal who operates in Thisland City and surrounding cities, Astrona has the power to make a vacuum in a 3 meter radius by pulling the air into a tank while using her power to prevent more air from rushing back into the space she emptied. The catch? She can only make vacuums centred around herself and she isn’t immune to it. Her solution was to wear an armoured space suit combined with bomb suit parts to protect herself from the shockwave of the air returning into the vacuum. She can also shoot the air from the collection tank in high pressure blasts. She adds to this by wearing jumping stilts made from an advanced alloy, allowing her to jump higher and farther than average, as though she was in a lower gravity.

An “astronaut” who has never actually been into space.

It is theorised she is out for some kind of revenge… but all we know is that she has hurt and killed several people by causing them to suffocate in her vacuum.

[twiister]

(wip) Space suit

[mistic-sins]

Tessa request from Maddie

Feel free to request more stupid doodles I will try to get to them asap

[seraphont]

hehe … comm for @kylelily123abc4 

[alixey]

Mousetronaut.

[window-on-the-west]

astronaut!gale's idea of getting comfortable lol

gift to my beloved @corvin-whump 🤍