Alien Artifacts V - The glowing Colonies by me109
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
Incoming Report from Deep Space Explorer 37:
"....on the sixth planet off an uncharted star near the orion nebula we dicovered strange glowing shapes on the night side. A launched probe yielded very surprising data. The strange glow is generated by billions of insectlike beings of about 60cm length.
It is already very intriguing that all of those colonies look very similar, but the most striking fact is that their shape is very similar
to the shape of their heads. See Picture above, taken during descent of first scout ship from 28km height. Maybe an intelligent lifeform...
...we have been here for two weeks now, trying to find a way of communication, but so far without success. We are sure that they are aware of our presence, but that is all we can tell for sure. We found out that they feed on the Rocks using some strong acid.
In the area near the colonies we detected varios kinds of predatory creatures, which seem to prey on the glowing ones. Two of the species can be dangerous to humans, as we found out. We lost two scientist two days ago, who where attacked by the predators..."
My comments:
IDEA: Well, this is part V of Alien Artifacts. ;)
TERRAIN: Terrain created with TF2 and Photoshop and combined in TF2
THANKS: Many many thanks to all of you for your kind comments on my last post "AA4 - The Citadel". I was totaly overwhelmed by your reactions.
And seeing it in the Hot 20 was kind of a little shock ;o) Many thanks again and have a great day!
I hope you like this one. Comments, critics and/or advise is (as always ;) very welcome.
Thanks for viewing and Happy Rendering :o)
Matthias

Comments (26)
Ein bisschen verwirrend. Aber das Terrain sieht toll aus und die glenden Insektenfelder passen gut hinein. Xlnt!
Huh, I'm not sure if I would like to meet an insectlike being of about 60cm length... and billions... I prefer the the predators... ;-) Seriously, this is fantastic artwork! Two thumbs up, Matthias!
Fantastic art work, brilliant image, and a great narrative..excellent !!!! vote
this is an fabulous and unexpectedly work again! only the terrain may be an artwork. the surface looks like very complex. the glow is amazing! v for shock. ;-)
Beautifully abstract... Great terrain and textures, lighting, point of view, ect.
Great concept and piece of art! Nice use of the terrain and great glow(?) effect
Love the colors and the POV
Amazing and original!
oh this is heavvy !! outstanding scene and the glowing is the right fantastic effect .. !!
cool bioluminicense
Well, new kind of TG scene :) It looks fantastic :D
looks pretty cool, wonderful terrain and coloring
Surprising part V, but exelent realisation, with cool narration...
Matthias, this is fantastic! I love this storyline you are doing here! The story is as good, I mean excellent, as the renders! Awesome work...I love the glowing parts of the terrain!! V!
Novel approach and excellent results. Very creative.
Super Idee and colors! Great work!
genial :)
WOW this is wild. LOVE IT.
Wild is right! Hmmm? Are you and Vic hitting the Wine again? LOL ;o)
Die Farben haben etwas Gigerhaftes - abstrakt und mit hohem Wiedererkennungswert; wie Simp schon anmerkte, WILD!
fantastic!
Agree with Prutz; excellent imaginative work!
unglaublich! Idee und Ausfrung vom Allerfeinsten!
I agree with Topsider: unglaublich! He took the words right out of my mouth.
Extremely great abstract!! Colors and the glo are perfect. Very imaginative.
I love the story, sounds great. And the scene looks good too, although if the camera would be angled to see a bit of the sky, then we could sense the scale better. Excellent job again.