Nick Stevens
@nick-stevens.com
Nick Stevens Graphics, based in Moldova, and keenly interested in the obscure corners of the Soviet Space Program. Busy restoring old infographics, and making CGI renders. Fellow of the International Association of Astronomical Artists.
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Nick Stevens
@nick-stevens.com
· Dec 15
Nick Stevens FIAAA Video Showreel
I am a CGI graphical artist, specialising in Space Exploration and Astronomical themes. Within this I often work on spacecraft of the Soviet Union, Planetary Subjects,…
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I'm a fellow of the IAAA, space illustrator and animator, specialising in obscure part of the Soviet Union space program, and unbuilt designs.
Here's my showreel:
vimeo.com/590515993
Available for hire, I can visualise your spacecraft designs!
Here's my showreel:
vimeo.com/590515993
Available for hire, I can visualise your spacecraft designs!
Here's a blog post I did a few years ago, on Yuri Gagarin's visit to Moldova, and his opinion of the local wine!
graphicsnickstevens.substack.com/p/yuri-gagar...
graphicsnickstevens.substack.com/p/yuri-gagar...
Yuri Gagarin in Moldova, and more.
Yuri Gagarin's visit on the 500th anniversary of the city's founding.
graphicsnickstevens.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Here's a blog post I did a few years ago, on Yuri Gagarin's visit to Moldova, and his opinion of the local wine!
graphicsnickstevens.substack.com/p/yuri-gagar...
graphicsnickstevens.substack.com/p/yuri-gagar...
Demon skull.
More experiments with models generated using Hitem3d. This one went REALLY well, from a 100% free demon skull picture.
I've made the files available for download, LW 11.6 and up, also provided in OBJ format. Link will work for a month.
starbase1.filemail.com/d/ubeazattbb...
More experiments with models generated using Hitem3d. This one went REALLY well, from a 100% free demon skull picture.
I've made the files available for download, LW 11.6 and up, also provided in OBJ format. Link will work for a month.
starbase1.filemail.com/d/ubeazattbb...
November 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Demon skull.
More experiments with models generated using Hitem3d. This one went REALLY well, from a 100% free demon skull picture.
I've made the files available for download, LW 11.6 and up, also provided in OBJ format. Link will work for a month.
starbase1.filemail.com/d/ubeazattbb...
More experiments with models generated using Hitem3d. This one went REALLY well, from a 100% free demon skull picture.
I've made the files available for download, LW 11.6 and up, also provided in OBJ format. Link will work for a month.
starbase1.filemail.com/d/ubeazattbb...
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I feel like there was this entire research tree branch which was never taken when I see photos like these.
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I feel like there was this entire research tree branch which was never taken when I see photos like these.
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This clip from a John Young interview shows why you will never be as cool as John Young,
(Flew 2 Gemini missions, flew to the Moon twice, flew the 1st shuttle).
(Flew 2 Gemini missions, flew to the Moon twice, flew the 1st shuttle).
January 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This clip from a John Young interview shows why you will never be as cool as John Young,
(Flew 2 Gemini missions, flew to the Moon twice, flew the 1st shuttle).
(Flew 2 Gemini missions, flew to the Moon twice, flew the 1st shuttle).
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Gas-turbine air-cushion vehicle "Sormovich".
USSR, 1973.
USSR, 1973.
January 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Gas-turbine air-cushion vehicle "Sormovich".
USSR, 1973.
USSR, 1973.
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August 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
US spy satellites built by SpaceX send signals in the “wrong direction”
The SpaceX-built spy satellites are helping the NRO greatly expand its satellite surveillance capabilities
US spy satellites built by SpaceX send signals in the “wrong direction”
The SpaceX-built spy satellites are helping the NRO greatly expand its satellite surveillance capabilities
US spy satellites built by SpaceX send signals in the “wrong direction”
It seems US didn’t coordinate Starshield’s unusual spectrum use with other countries.
arstechnica.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:33 AM
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
US spy satellites built by SpaceX send signals in the “wrong direction”
The SpaceX-built spy satellites are helping the NRO greatly expand its satellite surveillance capabilities
US spy satellites built by SpaceX send signals in the “wrong direction”
The SpaceX-built spy satellites are helping the NRO greatly expand its satellite surveillance capabilities
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Now this is the kind of treat I like waking up to begin my weekend!😍
November 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Now this is the kind of treat I like waking up to begin my weekend!😍
Wow!
Lightwave development has begun on a Linux version!
Not for the next major release, but targeted for LW '27!
Lightwave development has begun on a Linux version!
Not for the next major release, but targeted for LW '27!
November 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Wow!
Lightwave development has begun on a Linux version!
Not for the next major release, but targeted for LW '27!
Lightwave development has begun on a Linux version!
Not for the next major release, but targeted for LW '27!
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(Ok, seriously this time).
🚀QRP with a moon in it 🌕
🚀QRP with a moon in it 🌕
November 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
(Ok, seriously this time).
🚀QRP with a moon in it 🌕
🚀QRP with a moon in it 🌕
More experiments with the Hitem 3d model generator.
I tried feeding in a small Bruce Pennington skull, and it worked surprisingly well.
First a basic texture and moving light:
I tried feeding in a small Bruce Pennington skull, and it worked surprisingly well.
First a basic texture and moving light:
November 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
More experiments with the Hitem 3d model generator.
I tried feeding in a small Bruce Pennington skull, and it worked surprisingly well.
First a basic texture and moving light:
I tried feeding in a small Bruce Pennington skull, and it worked surprisingly well.
First a basic texture and moving light:
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I did a new version of the short video, Eagles over 2001 Moonscape.
* Fixed some minor technical issues.
* Better render quality.
* Brightened stars a little
* Lowest Eagle now passes behind foreground rock.
* Music added "Cloudless" by Cousin Silas.
* Fixed some minor technical issues.
* Better render quality.
* Brightened stars a little
* Lowest Eagle now passes behind foreground rock.
* Music added "Cloudless" by Cousin Silas.
November 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I did a new version of the short video, Eagles over 2001 Moonscape.
* Fixed some minor technical issues.
* Better render quality.
* Brightened stars a little
* Lowest Eagle now passes behind foreground rock.
* Music added "Cloudless" by Cousin Silas.
* Fixed some minor technical issues.
* Better render quality.
* Brightened stars a little
* Lowest Eagle now passes behind foreground rock.
* Music added "Cloudless" by Cousin Silas.
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Space Odyssey, "Aries 1B" flies past a crescent Moon, while extending the landing legs, by me.
November 13, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Space Odyssey, "Aries 1B" flies past a crescent Moon, while extending the landing legs, by me.
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The Subaru Telescope, awaiting the start of observations
Credit: Sebastian Egner /NAOJ
subarutelescope.org/en/gallery/f...
🔭🧪 #Maunakea
Credit: Sebastian Egner /NAOJ
subarutelescope.org/en/gallery/f...
🔭🧪 #Maunakea
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The Subaru Telescope, awaiting the start of observations
Credit: Sebastian Egner /NAOJ
subarutelescope.org/en/gallery/f...
🔭🧪 #Maunakea
Credit: Sebastian Egner /NAOJ
subarutelescope.org/en/gallery/f...
🔭🧪 #Maunakea
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Does DAN DARE: FIRST CONTACT honor Frank Hampson’s work and vision? Yes. Is it also accessible to someone who’s never read Dan Dare? Absolutely. Is Digby still from Wigan? You bet.
If you like action-packed space opera with great art, sign up: www.kickstarter.com/projects/798...
If you like action-packed space opera with great art, sign up: www.kickstarter.com/projects/798...
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Does DAN DARE: FIRST CONTACT honor Frank Hampson’s work and vision? Yes. Is it also accessible to someone who’s never read Dan Dare? Absolutely. Is Digby still from Wigan? You bet.
If you like action-packed space opera with great art, sign up: www.kickstarter.com/projects/798...
If you like action-packed space opera with great art, sign up: www.kickstarter.com/projects/798...
I did a new version of the short video, Eagles over 2001 Moonscape.
* Fixed some minor technical issues.
* Better render quality.
* Brightened stars a little
* Lowest Eagle now passes behind foreground rock.
* Music added "Cloudless" by Cousin Silas.
* Fixed some minor technical issues.
* Better render quality.
* Brightened stars a little
* Lowest Eagle now passes behind foreground rock.
* Music added "Cloudless" by Cousin Silas.
November 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I did a new version of the short video, Eagles over 2001 Moonscape.
* Fixed some minor technical issues.
* Better render quality.
* Brightened stars a little
* Lowest Eagle now passes behind foreground rock.
* Music added "Cloudless" by Cousin Silas.
* Fixed some minor technical issues.
* Better render quality.
* Brightened stars a little
* Lowest Eagle now passes behind foreground rock.
* Music added "Cloudless" by Cousin Silas.
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Biggest sale I've ever had continues.
Still 50% off all paper prints on my website. Shipping in Canada is $25 so buy a couple.
Sorry. No US orders.
Still 50% off all paper prints on my website. Shipping in Canada is $25 so buy a couple.
Sorry. No US orders.
I'm an Alberta based artist who has a thing for storms & space.
I do commissions & have originals & 50 different canvas & paper prints available earthskyart.ca/shop
#art #painting
I do commissions & have originals & 50 different canvas & paper prints available earthskyart.ca/shop
#art #painting
November 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Biggest sale I've ever had continues.
Still 50% off all paper prints on my website. Shipping in Canada is $25 so buy a couple.
Sorry. No US orders.
Still 50% off all paper prints on my website. Shipping in Canada is $25 so buy a couple.
Sorry. No US orders.
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Not a patch on the original...
November 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Not a patch on the original...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbTD...
Great stuff from the BBC's Steve Rosenberg.
Russian papers say:
* 7000 transport companies on the edge of bankruptcy
* 1 in 4 companies has overdue debt
* Why was so much Russian money in EU accounts?
And use the word "war" openly.
Great stuff from the BBC's Steve Rosenberg.
Russian papers say:
* 7000 transport companies on the edge of bankruptcy
* 1 in 4 companies has overdue debt
* Why was so much Russian money in EU accounts?
And use the word "war" openly.
"Nearly 7,000 transport companies in Russia on verge of bankruptcy” - Russian paper.
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbTD...
Great stuff from the BBC's Steve Rosenberg.
Russian papers say:
* 7000 transport companies on the edge of bankruptcy
* 1 in 4 companies has overdue debt
* Why was so much Russian money in EU accounts?
And use the word "war" openly.
Great stuff from the BBC's Steve Rosenberg.
Russian papers say:
* 7000 transport companies on the edge of bankruptcy
* 1 in 4 companies has overdue debt
* Why was so much Russian money in EU accounts?
And use the word "war" openly.
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“The Eagles are coming! The Eagles are coming!”
Animated version. Background from Space Odyssey, Eagles from Space 1999 flying to TMA 1.
November 13, 2025 at 7:55 AM
“The Eagles are coming! The Eagles are coming!”
Animated version. Background from Space Odyssey, Eagles from Space 1999 flying to TMA 1.
November 13, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Animated version. Background from Space Odyssey, Eagles from Space 1999 flying to TMA 1.
Space Odyssey, "Aries 1B" flies past a crescent Moon, while extending the landing legs, by me.
November 13, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Space Odyssey, "Aries 1B" flies past a crescent Moon, while extending the landing legs, by me.
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Here's an unusual one..
I extracted a moon landscape from "Space Odyssey", enlarged and cleaned it, then added some Eagles from Space 1999!
Kubrick poached members of Gerry Anderson's team, so this seems only fair...
#lightwave3d as usual.
I extracted a moon landscape from "Space Odyssey", enlarged and cleaned it, then added some Eagles from Space 1999!
Kubrick poached members of Gerry Anderson's team, so this seems only fair...
#lightwave3d as usual.
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Here's an unusual one..
I extracted a moon landscape from "Space Odyssey", enlarged and cleaned it, then added some Eagles from Space 1999!
Kubrick poached members of Gerry Anderson's team, so this seems only fair...
#lightwave3d as usual.
I extracted a moon landscape from "Space Odyssey", enlarged and cleaned it, then added some Eagles from Space 1999!
Kubrick poached members of Gerry Anderson's team, so this seems only fair...
#lightwave3d as usual.
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Was going through old folders and found a model I'd done of the shuttle from Outland(1981)! I think it still holds up fairly well. I remember modeling it while I was still at Adidas doing footwear design and desperate to break into games.
November 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Was going through old folders and found a model I'd done of the shuttle from Outland(1981)! I think it still holds up fairly well. I remember modeling it while I was still at Adidas doing footwear design and desperate to break into games.
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Botched test apparently forced the replacement of the Soyuz vehicle for the upcoming ISS mission, according to my sources.
FULL STORY: russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms-28....
FULL STORY: russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms-28....
Roskosmos swaps ships for the Soyuz MS-28 mission
Soyuz MS-28 mission
russianspaceweb.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Botched test apparently forced the replacement of the Soyuz vehicle for the upcoming ISS mission, according to my sources.
FULL STORY: russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms-28....
FULL STORY: russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms-28....