Mondolithic Studios

Dr. Tim Eveleigh is a very very impressive guy. He is a Lieutenant Colonel formally of JCS, NORAD, US Space Command and is still an ‘Active Reservist’ for the United States Air Force. Currrently, Tim works at George Washington University teaching advanced graduate systems engineering and systems architecting. Wow.

Gossip is a virus.

Some see gossip as trivial, hurtful and socially and/or intellectually unproductive.

Some people view gossip as a lighthearted way of spreading information.

While gossip can be healthy on some levels – dependent on context – in most cases, gossip manifests itself as a passive-agressive act initiated for the sole purpose of harming and isolating.

The piece shown here, is an unused digital sketch for Scientific American Magazine on the science of gossip.

The illustration show here was recently syndicated by B+U Publishing in the Netherlands. 

Virginia Wheeler at the Sun UK also wrote an article on the site which lies 620 miles off the west coast of Africa near the Canary Islands — a location for Atlantis seemingly suggested by the ancient philosopher Plato. Situated in an area called the Madeira Abyssal Plane, the mysterious grid was spotted by aeronautical engineer Bernie Bamford as he browsed through Google Ocean.

Our illustration – used by the Sun UK – was used without permission or credit. We are not angry about this, but I have written them a polite letter regarding usage and hopefully we can resolve the issue of credit and compensation fairly. I will post an update when I hear back from them.

Pompeii is a ruined and partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Along with Herculaneum, its sister city, Pompeii was destroyed, and completely buried, during a long catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius spanning two days in AD 79.

The volcano collapsed higher roof-lines and buried Pompeii under 60 feet of ash and pumice, and it was lost for nearly 1700 years before its accidental rediscovery in 1748. Since then, its excavation has provided an extraordinarily detailed insight into the life of a city at the height of the Roman Empire.  {thx Wiki}

The illustration featured here was for National Geographic Kids Magazine. The hardest part of creating the illustration? Historical accuracy for clothing, buildings, layout of the plaza with correct structures and statues… whew.