Songs of the Distant Earth by Syyd
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
Inspired by a book of the same by Arthur C. Clarke. Arthur C. Clarke's ideas are radical, and they have a bizarre way of half coming true.
Bizarre n'est pas? Sorry, I just had to do something strange. Inspired by something Antoonio showed me a month ago.
Background and figures rendered in Poser, postwork in photoshop.

Comments (25)
i like when you do differnt stuff ! it shows your talent strange but it hink thats the effect !
I love the muted colours, the way their bodies seem a little vague in detail, the fact that only one is facing the camera and I can't quite discern her full expression. They make me feel curious: what are the tall and short one doing? What are the centered pair looking at? Questions like that & that all too human way of trying to related to something that seems alien or foreign to us in some way, at least at first. You have me thinking...your picture is inspiration...
oh oh oh, ah! What shall I say again, I think I am missing words to describe how I feel seeing Your work my dear... Exquisite piece, Love Ya....Me
nice work! very interesting and inspiring piece..:)
Hi Syyd. You certainly do have the feel for the book's ending where mankind is so much more evolved, changed and still changing by the events in the book, where our children's children are in some ways so removed from humanity as to be alien to us... Looking at this and listening to the music that Mike Oldfield did for the game adaptation of the book, you can feel the alieness.. Beautiful work as always my dear. Gives us novices something to work towards.
Very, very well said, medraught! Thanks for the inspiration, Syyd. Once again, you're like a beacon
ouaip, c'est bizarre ! vraiment bizarre !
Syyd, I just love this. Absolutely excellent. :-)
oh. my. god. Amazing!!!!
I am just staring at this haunting beautiful art work and words escape me. As always I am in awe of your talent. Simply incredible!
What an imagination you have Sis!!!!This is just incredible!!!I love everything about it!!!!
This is outstanding Syyd. Excellent poser work. Unusual, but excellent.
I believe that Syyd will never stop to surprise me, I tell it since each new work it is an incredible creation and this it is it, but him but important it is that never you had repeated in its thematic one is always new and surprising. This image has a really very sad climate, although I didn't read the book I suppose for what I see that it should be this way, those beings wandering without a fixed direction. The strong illumination believes overexposure on the characters and they make that these they stand out with but it forces, the post production carried out in Photoshop, makes that a deformation is achieved in the bodies that accentuate its sadness and solitude. THIS IT IS A GREAT DEFINITIVELY INCREDIBLE WORK!!!!.
Your art never fails to amaze me, and to take me by total surprise, my friend! It just gets better and better!!
Very emotional Syyd. A lot of stuff going on in this. I could look at it for a long while and it would stir up different feelings. XXX...C
Inspiring as always Syyd. Fantastic use of colours.
It reminds me of a an Astral Travel experience I once had.. this is just.. I am at a loss for words... beautiful!
I'm speechless ,too! SUPERB Work of Art!! :)
the feeling and mood of this excellent... I'll just sit back and take this all in for a while... just awesome!
whoa auntie Syyd! very cool image, great effects, excellent work!
Nice one Syyd! - beautifully alien! - I know what you mean about Clarke's visions becoming true, he is one of my favourite authors, a mine of knowledge and foresight!
another breathtaking piece of art!!
starts to smile ...I know what you mean by this. Incredible, but I have played with idea just like this for a while now. JUST some wicked, twisted poserfigures and colorscene almost like this, even the composition is almost similar. Get out of my head!
...btw, thanks for a new wallpapaer.
bizzarrrrr!!!!! really really neet image!!
It feels like a vision - a vision of a future where life has evolved beyond the physical - and into other concerns we can only imagine. It's a wonderful piece.