These images illustrate some of the ways and places where people live in Known Space, c 2221 C.E. These all illustrate things in my SF background, Spheres. When you're ready, please go back to my main page of drawings and writings.
View along the sun line.

A spin habitat, viewed from along its sun line.

Shotglass habitat

Another type of habitat, usually called a shotglass hab.

A simple little orbital communications/cargo transfer hub, Aberdeen station viewed from 'below'.

A view of Aberdeen station from 'above'.

Aberdeen station with Petit-Terre in the background.

A shuttle leaving Aberdeen station.

A view 'up' through the rings of Aberdeen station.

View of colony city's street

A very sketchy sketch of a street in a standard colony city. Notice the obvious Blade Runner-ripoffs.

Cross-section of a colony city's street

An equally sketchy cross-section of a colony city's streets and surrounding structures. Actually, the city is Keuschburg.

A street scene in Keuschburg

A street scene in Keuschburg.

Para VIII arcology

An arcology-type settlement with self-contained park called Para VIII.

Para VIII, an arcology

A full-color image of Para VIII, this time done with Bryce.

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