The Sentinel by duo
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Description
"The Sentinel" is a short story by Arthur C. Clarke, famous for being expanded (and extensively modified) into the novel and movie "2001: A Space Odyssey".
In the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey" the monolith is found beneath the lunar surface, while in the Clarke's novel is found in surface on top of a hill, and the astronaut who find it is alone.
In this artwork I've pictured the discovery of the monolith as described in Clarke's short story.
Rendered in Bryce 4, color correction in Photoshop.
The original file is 2726x3636 pixels.
Comments and rates are welcomed! :)
Luca Oleastri (a.k.a. duo, a.k.a. Innovari)
www.innovari.it
Comments (28)
Nicely put together! Great ambiance lighting!
"My God! It's full of stars!" Nice take on this story, although in the movie they had to dig a big hole to find it. Very nicely done, right down to the space suit.
A great reproduction! I remember the movie well! I must try the book! Excellent image work!
excellent picture
A W S O M E. E X C E L L E N T. I N C R E D I B L E. And every other word you can think of to descibe how good this is.
Kool 2001 tribute or is that a beer fridge ?...just kidding Luca, nice work ! ~Cheers~
Excellent image!
Very nice! I've read the 2001 novel and have seen the movie, never read the short story, but I really like this take on the discovery of the monolith!
Yeah COOL 8-)
Damn the Bryster stole my line....nvermind. Suit and helmet are great.
Don't touch that monolith, man! (Or should i say Bowman)? It'll fry your brain or send you to an alternate universe! Anyways, awesome work, mate!
E.X.C.E.L.L.E.N.T ART WORK...nothing to add !!!
For those who have not read the tale, a PDF can be found at http://econtent.typepad.com/TheSentinel.pdf The Sentinel as described was "a glittering, roughly pyramidal structure, twice as high as a man, that was set in the rock like a gigantic, many-faceted jewel". The astronaut-mountaineers who discovered it were unable to touch it as it was surrounded by a force field. Discrepancies aside, this image works fine as a hybrid of story and film.
Exelente sci-fi,com modelagem e renderização muito boas,congratulações! Excellent sci-fi, with modeling and rendering very good, congratulations!
Excellent. This takes me back to the first time I saw the movie.
I love this, Perfect!! I to am a big fan of the Space Odyssey series and have uploaded a couple of renders as a tribute to it.
Excllent image! Great work on the spacesuit and the sky. My only nit is if the sun is really where the lens flare shows it, the Earth would be a very thin crescent.
One of your very best, IMHO. Excellent work.
The Earth should be a crescent, and the Sentinel is a tetrahedron, not a monolith. Not withstanding--a good piece of work.
cool sci-fi scene - great lighting!
Fantastic...a wonderful homage to both the classic movie AND the story on which it's based. I love the way both are interwoven here...I always thought that the monoliths were more visually arresting than the original tetrahedron...I don't know why, I guess it's just because the monolith shape looks like God's own stereo speakers. Fantastic work.
Excellent scene for the story.
Very nice looking render. You did credit to Arthur's iconic story.
That should be rendered again with the 2001 movie setup... you did that scene before ! It would be good to have another render in the movie setting. Sure the alien object should be a tetrahedron like in the original "Sentinel" - on the other hand it can be more visually appealing this way
Cool!
Dave ! I would not touch that which is not fully under stood
awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Super creative and very well done!!!