Engage the FTL drive! by Darklorddc
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Description
"With the press of a button, the courier ship 'Hard Bargain' expended more energy in a few nanoseconds than the entire Roman civilization, wrapping the vessel in a negative mass field which instantly accelerated it to many times the speed of light.
Trips between stars now took a matter of days or weeks, depending on the distance, and what was once the fanciful dreams of futurists had become the purview of the mundane.
And somewhere, even then, there was someone dreaming of a way to go even faster..."
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Postwork in GIMP 2.5 (lots and lots of layers)
Comments (33)
Killer sense of motion!!
Great effects! I like the writing, too.
Yeah I like the sense of motion in this as well.
Fab work! Great storyline too!
FANTASTIC.
I like the blurring effect. Not only does it look like speed, the effect focuses our attention on the Hard Bargain rather than the rest of the universe. Fabulous.
wonderful. both the science, AND the art!
Nice render...5 stars from me...Do more please!
Fantastic sense of motion!
Pretty cool. You did good!
Fantastic scifi scene!!!!
Cool scene! :)
excellent composition and motion !!!
marvelous!
excellent work
Oh Wicked effect man that just looks Sweet!! Love the ship design as well I can almost see the story unfolding!!
Awesome!
Nice - love that Zoic sense of camera motion :)
man this one is so good, fantastic render, love the senese of speed you have achieved here
Wow, Great effects and movement in this!
Perfect sense of motion and sudden acceleration. Like how you did the fx on the engines too.
Excellent sci fi!
Simply wonderful!!!!
Fantastic image..
nifty courier design; nice blurred background
Nice blur effects.
Very nicely done effect. Imaginative yet well grounded at the same time.
awesome
Very nicely produced!
Nicely conceived, nicely executed, nicely told.