Research and Industry by NefariousDrO
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
I was tinkering around with the idea of a station that performed tasks that could only be done in zero gravity, but given the (increasingly) terrible effects that has on the human body the operations would require rotating crews that spell each other off before the really bad stuff starts to kick in.
It's been ages since I've done one of these, and I could really tell, it easily took 2 or 3 times as long to do as it would back when I did this stuff all of the time.
Station was assembled in Bryce 6.1, textures are a mix of my own and some presets (and some modified presets) while the Earth in the background is courtesy of NASA. Compositing and other post-working were all done in Photoshop.
Thanks for taking a look!

Comments (6)
Very nice concept and image !
For such a task, however, why didn't you include a rotating, wheel-like habitat to house the crew in 1-g and thus mitigate the ill-effects of 0-g ?
Great space station model.
It is time for our scientists to invent artificial gravity for orbital stations. Nice modeling work.
Looks nice ! Yup, once you stop doing something takes time to get back into it.
Welcome home! missed your beautiful space scenes!
Dang.... I had to stop and do a double-take! So awesome to see your magnificent spaceships again, my friend! It still amazes me at the things you get Bryce to do!
This is an amazing scene!