LEO Taxi by NefariousDrO
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
Following the announcement of Dr. Rephi Muiniche's discovery, there was a rapid expansion of stations and launch capabilities as nations and private industry raced to position themselves to take advantage as soon as the "Rephi Portals" became available. This led to a need for vehicles that could move between the various orbiting stations. Vanguard Industries moved quickly to build a standardized core vehicle, with power plant, propellant and reserve storage that could then be used for a variety of functions, depending upon what would be attached to the front. Their initial products were more basic industrial uses, but their showpiece was their Low Earth Orbit Taxi, which moved VIP's and other passengers between the various stations, and was later expanded as stations were established at the Lagrange points, and eventually mining outposts were finally established on the moon. This was a promotional image, featuring their taxi moving in orbit over a spectacular view of Africa and the Middle East.
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The ship was modeled in Bryce 6.5, while the background image was taken by one of the astronauts on the Space Station, courtesy of NASA.
There's a mix of preset textures and my own, and all compositing and post working was done in Photoshop CS3.
As always, comments, critiques, suggestions, etc. are definitely welcome.
Thanks for taking a look, and hope you all have had a good weekend.
Comments (21)
Very cool image and great write-up
Nicely done! Great modelling and textures!
Nice pic, and great idea for the background! ;)
well done!
Great model,and the planetary view really conveys a sense of realism to the scene!
Excellent work on this! :) It is amazing how many stars can be seen from out there.
Very realistic! I like the story and that you've come back to earth for a bit~ =)
Outstanding work on this awesome space scene!!! Love the narrative also!!
Beautiful realization of the LEO transport concept -- you've put some really cool design work & textures into this -- I really like the gold insulation on the tanks! The the structural modeling is both credible and at the same time evocative of its own distinct alternative science fictional culture -- in terms of design this fits right in with proposals put forth from Rockwell and Boeing in the '70's -- superb.
WOW!!!!!! Mike, not only are your ships just beyond words, your ability to composite then into the NASA images is amazing! I'm always looking forward to your next space masterpiece, my friend! This one is magnificent!
your ships is done with skill for sure
Excellent image and modeling. Corrie
Outstanding work once again.
great modelling, great sci-fi image
Fantastic spacecraft model.Great space render, Mike.
Awesome scene...I love the contrast and sharpness...the detail is superb!!!
Have NASA seen your work? They might just get some great ideas... Excellent!
Awesome work.
great idea and background!
Excellent creation of this Low Earth Orbit Taxi and an outstanding background to show it off.
Man ive been away for too long, this is awesome my friend, just awesome! bet wishes as always:) Steve