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An antique Victorian-era brooch with a micromosaic scene of a pavilion on a lake surrounded by trees. Beautifully made with richly saturated glass tiles. Mounted in brass and dating to c1870. Italian.

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#myst #myst island #jewelry

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So an unexpected turn of events for this blog, twelve years in: your humble author is the new Lead Visual Designer at Cyan! I'm probably gonna keep this blog going in perpetuity, because why not, but this doesn't mean any future posts are officially endorsed by Cyan or something.

...or are they 😎

(they are not)

Friday was my last day at Valve.

Leaving a job full of people and projects you love is always hard, but I have a pretty good reason for it this time around:

Next Monday is my first day at Cyan.

Feels appropriate to announce this on Riven's anniversary, the game that is entirely to blame for who I am as a concept artist and Art Director. WHO WOULD I EVEN BE if I hadn't had my 11yo mind blown by the little wahrk gallows counting toy in the Rivenese schoolhouse??? It's a mystery.

I can’t talk about what's on the horizon just yet—short of helping to get Riven out the door—but I’m thrilled to finally be a part of this studio, officially, after thirty years of wistful pining. If my ancient Riven fanart is anything to go by, it's been a long time comin.'😎

#Good News Everyone #your humble author #cyan

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Faraway views (right lens of my binoculars)

#myst #linking panel #stoneship

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Latrobe's Essay on Landscape, vols. 1-2 | Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1798-1799)

#plein air #journals #latrobe's essay on landscape #Benjamin Henry Latrobe #myst #riven

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Bolwoningen ("bulb homes") neighborhood designed by Dries Krijkamp | Den Bosch, Netherlands

#bolwoningen #netherlands #architecture #myst #riven #rivenese #moiety #jungle island

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German Museum of Technology | Berlin, Germany

#technology museum #berlin #submission #architecture #rust #riven #myst

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(purportedly) inside the cooling towers at the Artemovskaja coal power plant | Artyom, Russia

submission by @door

#myst #riven #walkway #fog #russia #power plant #submission #door

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Bull Sandfort in the Humber Estuary | Yorkshire, England

#myst #riven #flyby #island #water #sea fort #20th century

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Abandoned military bunkers | Albania

#bunkers #albanina #architecture #abandoned #myst #riven #d'ni

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Box Freestone Mines | Wiltshire, England

photography by Mike Deere

#box freestone mines #england #mike deere #myst #d'ni #uru #caves #underground #tunnels #mines

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Japan Underground | photography by Hideaki Uchiyama

submission by Nathan Manceaux-Panot

#japan underground #hideaki uchiyama #photography #machinery #underground #abandoned #d'ni #submission

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continues to be my favourite tag genre

Dusting off this blog again and getting the reactions I crave, I missed y’all 🖤

#love you all

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Detroit River Pumphouse | Windsor, ON

submission by @skullmandible on twitter

#pumphouse #architecture #ontario #riven #water

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Broken Pillar at Rothko Chapel | Houston, TX

#broken pillar #rothko chapel #art #sculpture #texas

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Gentleman's Surprise Chair | designed by William Phillips, 1886

#myst #sirrus #furniture #gentleman's surprise chair #william phillips #1880s #19th century

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Box Freestone Mines | Wiltshire, England

#box freestone mines #england #mines #underground #caves #d'ni #machinery #abandoned

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sometimes the spirit compels you to make a 90's vaporwave fever dream tribute to Myst, and you must listen 📕📘

#your humble curator #myst #sirrus #achenar #art #cyan