Sunday Afternoon on Terra Prime by Darklorddc
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A Sunday afternoon on Terra Prime, capitol of the Terran Protectorate and humanity's second home after the loss of Earth.
I did this image for two reasons. First, I've been doing what I call "big and small" images. Basically, I realized that a lot of us CG artists will get stuck doing images of big things, like starships, planets, and the like...or small things, like people and devices. But we often avoid blending the two. So, in the last few of my sci-fi images, I've been doing just that. Not only does it give a sense of scale, but it gives a completeness to the images that is often missing. It "brings it home" for the viewer I think, if you have things of recognizable scale interacting or in frame with these fantastical starships and otherworldly devices and settings.
The second reason is that I was watching the special features of the Star Trek (2009) special edition DVD and JJ Abrahms was talking about how they filmed the movie in anamorphic film because he didn't really like the sterile quality of digital cameras. Anamorphic film gives you all those horizontal flares with bright lighting. And, as Abrahms said, "everything is better with flares." So I've been fiddling with the flare settings built into Carrara. Lo and behold, it has a specific setting for emulating anamorphic lens flares.
Enjoy, and let me know what you think.
Comments (34)
Great POV! Bravo!
Really nice work, the perspective is great, especially in full size. Great job!
Fantastic scene and nice use of the flares
Nice; yeah, when you lose the stray light, shadows, and reflection, it goes sterile... I can relate--I'm working on a "big" right now (when I am not job hunting and updating the network) related to expanding the Station Ship concept.
This is most excellent! On a scale of one to ten, definitely a 20!
Great POV and lighting
fantastic POV!
great sci-fi scene - amazing pov and lighting!
This is gorgeous! Extremely well done. The POV, Lighting, and lens flare rock. Love it!
FANTASTICA CREACION.
Wonderful scene!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice touch.
Very cool work, fabulous POV too!
Hmm...Now you got me thinking with that whole big and small thing. I don't usually give any thought to what I make, I'll have to keep that in mind! And yes, I have to agree with you about flares. I just got C7 pro, I'll have to mess with those. Dystopia+big ships+lens flares=great image. Thus concludes today's math lesson.
perspective is marvelous and lighting top notch! This really comes together well!
Exellent pov and agree the lighting is very well done.
Great scene, the blend between day-to-day things and starships above is breathtaking !
Great render!
graet POV anf lightning
Great POV!
Excellent sci fi!
Superb!!!! Excellent viewpoint.
Awesome cityscape!
Brilliant (sorry for the pun) image! I really like the sense of scale.
Wicked point of view and lighting love the blurred effect!!
Stunning render...
Excellent Sci-Fi!
Fantastic design lights and all! BRAVO!
Very nicely done. I like. :o)
Yes, you raise a good point about many of our renders. Think you've done a fine job of blending the two elements in this one. Lighting is superb, too.