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Two scoutships explore the moons of an uncharted planetary system. This image was heavily inspired by the sci-fi art of the 1960s and 1970s -- particularly the works collected in Stewart Cowley's Spacecraft: 2000 to 2100 AD.

These ships were modelled in 3ds max 2011, with UV layout done with Roadkill 1.1 and Maya 2011. Textures were generated with Darktree Textures 2.51, ZBrush 4.0, and Photoshop CS3. The scene was assembled in Maya 2011 and rendered with mental ray. Background moons were also rendered with Maya and mental ray. The textures on these moons are colour-shifted maps of the Jovian moons Callisto and Io. Final composite was put together in Photoshop CS3.

Neither this image nor the ship design is in the public domain. You may not use either for any purpose without the consent of the copyright holder. Image and design copyright © 2011 Vikram K. Mulligan.
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Mood: Joy ~Tog23 Feb 4, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
CAM-117s, right?

(kudos from another TTA fan!)
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~vmulligan Feb 5, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Inspired by, but not a direct copy.
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~Queen-Of-Salvation Jul 13, 2012  Professional Photographer
Great job!
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~vmulligan Jul 13, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Merci!
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*Deepblu742 Jul 8, 2012
Impressive, smooth airbrushed look of the gas contrasts nicely with the detailed ships...love your take as well on those TTA-era illustrations. Do you like any of Dan McPharlin's work style? (It looks like it fell straight out of an old OMNI magazine) [link]
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~vmulligan Jul 12, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Merci beaucoup!

Yes, I like his style quite a bit (and others of the era). I liked Omni when I was a kid. It's a pity that it's gone, now.
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*Deepblu742 Jul 12, 2012
You're welcome, me too...doesn't seem anything of that magazine's style has come along since.
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~TheAtomicDog Jan 2, 2012
I recognized these from the thumbnail. Originals by Angus McKie, if memory serves.
An aces homage.
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~vmulligan Jan 3, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
The image that inspired this design, yes -- though the design is only very loosely based on that.
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~TheAtomicDog Jan 3, 2012
Regardless, it's still nice to see some good old "rocket ships" up in here; it's a refreshing break from all the titanic, uber-sleek, galaxy-crossing starcraft. Hertiage must be reviewed from time to time.
Cowley had two more of the "TTA" series of books: Spacebase 2000 and Spacewreck. I certainly hope you can produce more of these reinterpretations in future.
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