No one was watching... by czarnyrobert
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
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"No one was watching..." ...their landing. Their first scout ships arrived at dawn, but only a handful of humans was still alive. Not on Earth, but far away, on the invaders mother ship - behind Moon's orbit. Lucky were those few taken 8 months ago. They were kept as specimens of a race that had to be slaughtered.
Invaders did not want to destroy Earth, its biosphere was just what they needed, it was the purpose of their long journey. They have only to get rid of potential thread posed by humans. Although primitives, but still dangerous. Invaders were preoccupied by thread posed by nuclear missiles. They have not been prepared to wage an open war with a technical civilization, and a single low yield nuclear warhead could easily destroy any of their ship.
They left their home planet over 20000 years ago, they knew their destination thanks to robots which provided them with very detailed information about Earth. However by a strange coincidence, no robot succeed to identify stone age humans as a specie that could quickly develop to technical civilization, which now posed a thread that have to be dismissed.
Just six month earlier, they started sending on Earth drones that spread deadly virus all over continents. Of course, drone ships were well protected against Earth's tracking radar systems. However, few malfunctioning drones crashed and remains of one have been discovered on hills surrounding Zaisan Lake. They have been even correctly identified, so humanity could learn the cause of mysterious disease that has been proliferating since a few weeks at alarming rate.
Fortunately, it is only fiction - I hope I did not scare you too much :)
The story will continue.... (if you like it)
CREDITS :
Ships are from 3D Cafe, 3D Heaven, and De Espona 500 3D Objects
Credits go also to cermit who provide me with some valuable suggestions.
Harbor structures, Scout Ships, Aliens and whole city infrastructure (roads, trees, signs etc) are mine.
Sky is volumetric atmosphere with one cloud layer of my design.
I use many additional lights to simulate global lighting.
Cheers ! :-)
Robert
Comments (147)
~Brilliant~ work, as usual!! It is Great to see You posting again... Your scenes are FANTASTIC and Magically done!! And I hope Artists without expertise in Vue, remember that before commenting!! EXCELLENT!!
riko, I may be a moron, but if you are so hung up on photography why have you never heard of depth of field? Everything can be in focus, as long as it's not 4 feet away.
Wow, a jaw-dropping image from the Vue master; one of the best cityscape I've ever seen here at R-sity!
Stunning image! Your work keeps on amazing me, it's so rich in details! You have my vote as usual!! :-)
nothing to say i thought it was a picture but no!! thx thx for my eyes chapeau bas!!!
My God - the Best and perfect Vue/Science Fiction work I see - you are the Best - wow - I vote
WOW!!Brilliant!!Wow!!Thanks!!
A masterpiece. Thanks for sharing it. 'v'
Another moron commenting here - Marvellous work! V
Unbelivable. Excellent POV, use of modewls and the lighting and atmosphere give a real sense of depth the this masterpiece. The story is great as well. V
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Most fantastic arwork!!!!!!!!!!V
OMG! What a magnificent piece or work! Incredible sense of depth and I am in awe at your attention to detail here! I would also to know the render time and other specs of this composition, i.e. #of lights, objects, polys? My only ? due to my living outside a large US city is where the heck is all the litter and trash '-)?!?
Absolutely amazing. Incredible detail and a fantastic image. Thanks for sharing.
What a stunning image and it has so much depth and atmosphere, I can imagine being there. You are a true master of reality art. Excellent stuff and a big VOTE from me. Steve:)
Fantastic amount of detail! Excellent use of smog over the city, too!!
I was litarly left with my mouth wide open, this STUNNING!!! that's how NY will look 50 years from now. I can certinaly title it as the best computer generated image ever. big big BRAVO and a vote, which is far from enough.
Your work is always above and beyond the normal quality here at Renderosity. This image is yet another example of the height of rendering Vue can be taken to when used by a master artist! I look forward to the continuation (and am glad it's fiction too). :-)
Cool! Great image!
Fantastic POV and composition as allways... Absolument vertigineux ... Bravo
Wow !! Unbelievable details. A fantastic image. Excellent work !!!
Impresionante.... hay hasta un barco de Trasmediterrea.. :P
Fantastic detailed work. Excellent composition, Perspective and lighting.
I really enjoy this one. Fantastic compostion, POV, atmosphere & ligthing. As for "riko": This is not photorealism, but science fiction. One of the great things about CG is that you can do something the camera can't. V
Exceptional work Robert, so much here to look at and wonderful lighting and atmospheric effects. Vote!
I am speechless... absolutely one of the very best Dystopia images out there on the web. You are a true master of your craft. :o)
Perfect and outstanding work! As always... Moje gratulacje :)
This is simply stunning!!! The best i have seen yet!! The way you constructed this image is incredible!!! Robert this is a masterpiece!!
Mistrz detalu ? Brawo !
Wow! The city looks fantastic, Robert! I really like the way you've done the docks and the alien ships look awesome too.
Outstanding modeling work as usual. Excellent!!!!