Landing on Phobos by vncnt9663
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The year is 2163. The terraforming of Mars is well underway. Permafrost at the poles has started to melt, releasing its water. Not all the moisture, but just enough to trigger the atmosphere to form clouds. Other water sources come from passing comets and in the nearby asteroid belt. Unfortunately, Mars is not abundant in the raw minerals needed to build the Martian Infrastructure, and the Earth is not a viable source. So, man first looks towards Mars's two moons and, as with the water, then on to the asteroid belt. So it begins.
I am just having a little fun with Bryce. There's still a lot of life left in this old program. That said, I can't wait for 6.5 to be released. I'd love to have some new modeling features added. This image was built 98% directly in Bryce. Like I said, "a lot of life left in this old program." I say 98% because I created all the textures with Photoshop. I found an excellent map of Mars on the NASA website that I used to build the model of Mars in the background. Then, I added the water, cloud cover, and atmospheric effect 100% in Bryce. Also, I wanted the lander to have that Space 1999 vibe. Finally, I should point out faint dust kicking up around the landing site. It's very soft and hard to see, but that's how I wanted it.
One last thing I always want my images to tell a story.
Enjoy.
Comments (22)
Kiteria
Well Done! What a brilliant image, not just in terms of technical detail, but in the way you have captured the different depth's of field. It really does make you feel that someone actually was there taking a picture.
FCLittle
As Kiteria said, a very good image, especially the use of DOF....
sim3344
Beautiful scene,great idea and work!!!!
lordgoron
Wow, most excellent use of DOF and great perspective! Also perfect modeling job!
Biffowitz
Fabulous modeling and texture work, great use of the DOF. A little dust being blown around would finish this off quite nicely. Nice work for sure!
NefariousDrO
Very cool, I like the DOF in this, and the model of the lander is fantastic.
thecytron
Fantastic scene! Great rendering work!
grafikeer
Great modelling and render...very effective use of DOF!
vncnt9663
There is some dust kick up. It's just hard to see. And thanks.
cableguy223
Great job. This site needs more of this
TheBear005
Excellent work on field depths! Really cool scene.
DAM3D
Excellent! love the DOF.
duo
Great light and great design as always!!!
Bambam131
Wow!!!!!!! I really like your spacecraft, very cool. The image is really well presented. I like how you've manage to keep the ship as the main focus with both forground and background soft. Excellent my friend!!! Cheers, David
Mikeall
Very nice - almost looks like a non-digital model and scene (minus the strings.
Pierre-O
Cool probe/spaceship model and great POV - Maybe U could improve the scene by adding some thrust/light/dust effect ? (depends of the atmosphere related to Phobos)
geirla
Very nice model. And image.
dcmstarships
nice lander scene
Odessey
Love this scene ! I wish i would have caught it when you first posted !
Danny_G
Excellent image
AeroJett
This kinda reminds me of the music video for the song "Talk" by Coldplay; the video has a spaceship miniature landing in a similar manner on a rocky world, and the focus makes this model look like a miniature too. Nice work!
SIGMAWORLD
COOL!