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Submitted: August 28, 2012
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Santorini Space Probeby *Shimmering-Sword

Digital Art / Drawings & Paintings / Sci-Fi

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*Dimsdale00. A painting to go with his kitbash model of the same design.

I was looking forward to working on this piece. While it's not much like my personal design style I've always been interested in retro ships that have the modular feel of our modern space stations.

My process for this piece started with a 3D base model on the ships (as I do with most vehicles) and 2 photos of mars for the planet, tons of paintover and sore fingers following

Critique by ~nathon128 Sep 4, 2012, 12:22:07 PM

Ah i thought of one other thing. I wont pretend i work at NASA but i am a certified aircraft structures tech. generally on this sort of craft (especially if its within the next 90 years or so) a ship of this kind would most likely have a slightly larger more dedicated fuel and thruster module. All this being said who knows what might happen in the next 50 to 100 years. That's the best part about science fiction! as for the artwork it is fabulous as always. although i may be bias seeing as you are one of my favorite deviants. if your looking to better your art i have a friend at the University of Victoria that would suggest dabbling a bit with smaller pieces with extreme detail and see what you can do. its so hard to rate this piece for originality because the concept is everywhere but you did make it your own. keep up the good work!