Concept Art Thread

Heh, well, why dont you draw it instead? Or make a render of one sphere but well crafted?

Gotrol wrote:

Heh, well, why dont you draw it instead? Or make a render of one sphere but well crafted?

I suck at drawing? And a render of a single sphere well detailed would take as long...

I could lower the quality and have it noisy and all, but my philosophy is, do it good or don't do it.

Gotrol wrote:

Heh, well, why dont you draw it instead? Or make a render of one sphere but well crafted?

It's an extremely simple scene- it would actuially be easier to do in GIMP with the sphere render tool and clouds and whatnot.

~sciocont wrote:

Gotrol wrote:

Heh, well, why dont you draw it instead? Or make a render of one sphere but well crafted?

It's an extremely simple scene- it would actuially be easier to do in GIMP with the sphere render tool and clouds and whatnot.

Pretty much, but I have a reverse midas touch whenever I try photoshoping or gimping anything. It all turns into Belgium.

http://gotrol.deviantart.com/gallery/26943847#/d34o6w8

Some simple brainstorming on the evolution of SC's =)

About picture 6 - "Since technology gets more advanced there it gets smaller, thats why the size needed to house it decreases."

Now that we are at it, where can I find some document on how SCs will work and such?

Definately one of my favorites of yours.

I'd like to see these from a different angle, so we see them more as cities than icons.

As I understood cities will form around these if the factors are right.

Society Centers from here- https://thrivegame.canadaboard.net/society-f33/when-do-scs-form-t226.htm

This is how it works, I assume =).

I cant really work around so many cities ahaha, Maybe Djohaal could help if the render of a whole city doesnt take more than 2 years ;P

I'll do one whole settlement later then =)

tried putting together a mock-up of a space version of the transcencion gate... it came out awful. What an uninspired day....

Gotrol wrote:

About picture 6 - "Since technology gets more advanced there it gets smaller, thats why the size needed to house it decreases."

Or it can stay the same size, but with increased output.

Indeed, I was just justfying my own picture =).

Djohaal wrote:

tried putting together a mock-up of a space version of the transcencion gate... it came out awful. What an uninspired day....

QTF. This week in general!

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My partial version of the ascencion gate. This would be part of a far larger complex of structures though...

(yes I know, my particle effects suck )

Not bad.

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Just some landscapes.

Djohaal wrote:

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My partial version of the ascencion gate. This would be part of a far larger complex of structures though...

(yes I know, my particle effects suck )

That is one big gate! Hope there will be tech like that.

Also, I see a lot of Wallpaper potential in this, keep working on it. We need good promotional wallpapers.

Good stuff Scio, saw them in DA.

Djohaal wrote:

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My partial version of the ascencion gate. This would be part of a far larger complex of structures though...

(yes I know, my particle effects suck )

Now that is big... Wow...

The gate's big, but not very interesting. I prefer Gotrol's.

Great landscapes ~scio!

Well, it doesnt have to be uberdeatailed, remember, simplicity is also an engineering achievement. I'm a little iffy on the size, however I cannot a single reason why such tech would be impossible at all.

Personally I imagined the gate being bigger, so several ships carrying people could move at once.
We can reassign it to stargate though.

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Random tidbit of my test renders. Thought the angle looked good. The core looks freaky though.

Djohaal wrote:

Personally I imagined the gate being bigger, so several ships carrying people could move at once.
We can reassign it to stargate though.

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Random tidbit of my test renders. Thought the angle looked good. The core looks freaky though.

The core looks sorta like what I imagined the spacetime tear to look like, but with more black smoke... And a lot smaller. Make the tear 100x bigger (and 3D, you can see the void through it at any angle), to maybe the size of the moon, replace the smoke with... Warped space, and that's the image in my head.

Does the image in my head count as concept art?

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Lanscape logo?

~sciocont wrote:

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Lanscape logo?

Very cool. I actually really want to stick an eye in the middle now.

My version of the asciention gate:

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It's just a sketch but it's my idea: inhomogeneous and rough, giving the idea of thousands of millions of metal pieces joined togheter in a planet-sized structure.

Those things on right are spaceships.

These gates are looking epic
They kind of remind me of Halo though (Big ring/disc like objects in space)
If I had any drawing skill to speak of I'd probably draw one too

Im sort of thinking of one shaped like the thrive logo itself... it would be a neat touch.

While I definately approve of the ascension gate being that size, I feel we're too uncreative. Gotrol's version is my personal favorite, as it feels suitably unique.