{"id":15712,"date":"2018-03-12T14:40:12","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T18:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15712"},"modified":"2018-03-12T14:40:12","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T18:40:12","slug":"space-art-virginia-7th-grader-wins-nasa-langley-art-contest-james-vaughan-depicts-newspace-ventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15712","title":{"rendered":"Space Art: Virginia 7th grader wins NASA Langley art contest + James Vaughan depicts NewSpace ventures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anna Fox, a seventh grader in Virginia Beach, wins the NASA Langley Student Art Contest<\/a> for 2018:<\/p>\n

Virginia Middle-Schooler Wins Grand Prize at NASA Langley Art Contest<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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NASA art contest grand prize winner by Anna Fox<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anna Fox, a seventh-grader from Virginia Beach Middle School in Virginia Beach, Virginia, was named as the grand prize winner of Langley Research Center\u2019s\u00a0Student Art Contest<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very excited when I heard that I won first place for my grade,\u201d Anna said. \u201cBut when I heard that I won grand prize, I was speechless.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

A record 831 entries were submitted from hundreds of children in 39 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, with 13 students earning first-place honors in grade levels K-12 and the opportunity to be considered for the grand prize, said Kristina Cors, Langley Student Art Contest coordinator.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope this contest continues to grow and provide a place for students to explore science and technology through creativity,\u201d she said.<\/em><\/p>\n

The art contest theme, \u201cThe Next 100 Years,\u201d was intended to illustrate how NASA research and innovation propels science to new discoveries.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year\u2019s artwork was particularly remarkable, and represented the theme \u2018The Next 100 Years\u2019 with imagination and immense talent,\u201d Cors said.<\/em><\/p>\n

Anna\u2019s winning piece shows a deep-space scene with an astronaut planting a flag on a planet\u2019s mountain while watching a rocket fly off in the distance in a sky populated by stars, galaxies and a moon.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I started drawing, I had no idea what to do, so I had looked at a bunch of videos on how to do galaxies for inspiration,\u201d Anna said. \u201cAfter that I randomly placed colors together until I found something I liked. It all started coming together from there.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Once she got an idea in motion, Anna did her work using old and new techniques.<\/p>\n

\u201cI created my artwork digitally on Photoshop,\u201d Anna said. \u201cI had started with basic colors for the background, including the explosion behind the rocks. Then, on another layer I created the rocks, planet, astronaut and rocket ship taking off. Later I added detail on all the layers to look more realistic. The last step was to add all of the stars and galaxies, which I did with a special brush.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Anna, who has been an artist for as long as she could pick up a pencil, said she started drawing digitally when she was 11, inspired by her father\u2019s work on a computer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the best part of creating art is having fun with it and inspiring others to do art as well,\u201d she said.<\/em><\/p>\n

Anna said she always had an interest in space and the art contest was a perfect vehicle to express that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that the coolest thing about NASA is that they help so many people achieve their dreams, and send people to do what not a lot of people get to do,\u201d Anna said.<\/em><\/p>\n

For her grand-prize victory, Anna received a certificate, and a NASA Exploration Package of posters, pens, stickers, patches and lapel pins. Her artwork will be displayed at the Virginia Air & Space Center in Hampton, Virginia.<\/p>\n

The 13 grade-level winners were selected by a panel of five judges from the Hampton Roads art community, and the grand champion was picked by Langley employees. Each piece was evaluated on originality, interpretation of subject matter\/theme, creative techniques, composition and overall art appearance.<\/p>\n

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Here is a story about James Vaughan<\/a>\u00a0and his renderings of NewSpace rockets and spacecraft:\u00a0Pixels and privatization: An artist’s view of NewSpace – SpaceFlight Insider<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While working in an exciting field that has seen a swell of innovation might seem hectic and stressful, for Vaughan, being able to participate in the NewSpace age has enabled him, in some ways, to live out his dreams.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI get to make important and far-reaching dreams take on believable and inspiring sense of reality,\u201d Vaughan said, noting that one\u2019s imagination is almost as important as a degree in aeronautics. \u201cIn order to build and advance, we have to be able to imagine. What I do helps to make these possibilities seem attainable.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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SpaceX Falcon 9 First Stage<\/a> by James Vaughan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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