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September 12, 2012
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This image was created for a competition on [link], where the objective was to turn the following concept art into a photorealistic matte painting: [link]

The contest was fun and very challenging. I worked a good 50 hours on my entry and there are still many things I'd like to change but I just can't work on it anymore and time until deadline has run out anyway.

You can also find a couple of wip pictures in this thread: [link]

I don't expect to win anything, but I learned a lot during the process and now I have a cool piece in my gallery. It will also be part of my 2013 calendar. :)

Hope you like it!


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:iconpnfdrawer2001:
It looks great,the detail,the enviorment and the title reminds me about the movie Prometheus. The deviation is great or in other words awesome.this may be one of the best deviations I have seen, in sci-fi art, it makes me think that it is earth 2 and that the life that lives in the planet (or moon) are exploring the planet or moon and the solar system and looking for a planet or moon or solar system like theirs for earth 2 or possibly our earth.this drawing is of course very awesome and very scientific fiction, drawing is very very realistic
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I'm an author. As a critique, you are getting an author's perspective on how this artwork might inspire the imagination of a writer. I have no idea what goes into creating an image like this, but it looks like it would take a great deal of work and heart.

Setting: A very unique world, moon, nebula. The clouds seem thick and endless, but form a sort of canyon. We are either very high up, or ths is not a world at all. Clouds are so thick that it might even suggest gas giant. If there were a way to incorporate blue flashes of lightning, it mught add something.

World is in close proximity to another world, which may happen every so often as they have discovered systems where worlds crosss paths in their orbits. What would this do to the feeling of the world? Its nice how the clouds sort of seem to make a path to the world in the horizon. The ther moon in between suggests this might be a moon with an atmosphere or even something like a tiny nebula. The star in the background is masterful and you really seem to get the lighting from it correct.

Characters: The spaceships are facinating, each one slightly different, but similar enough to seem like they all come from the same race or technological background. The formation suggests they might be military, but the lack of any two of the ships being the same goes against most notions of a military type protocol. Perhaps they are a wayward group of star travelers that found each other?

As an author of science fiction, this very much stimulates stories that I would like to tell, and may even be used for inspiraton of a second book in my planned series, should the first one ever catch on. All around 4.5 stars out of 5.
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:iconxelfrepuslax:
Amazing details and take on the concept, you did very well in my opinion. It looks almost life like :).
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=ErikShoemaker Jun 13, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
thanks a lot! :)
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:iconxelfrepuslax:
You're most welcome :).
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:icondoombringer88:
Wow, this is absolutely stunning, I'm speechless! This looks really beautiful and the details are incredible! I could never take a concept art to such a high level, I bet you need to be a very patient artist to get such an amount of detail and I'm a very impatient person... Wow, once again, the scenery is breathtaking! I also like the ship design! This definitely gets a well deserved fav! :)
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=ErikShoemaker May 20, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
thanks so much for the nice comment! Indeed a lot of patience was required here, and I usually don't have it either. :XD: The contestants were able to see each others wips, which was extremely motivating. It really made me wanna push my boundaries and create something equally amazing.
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:iconfriendlypet:
This photo is amazing. And wow 50 hours to create this artwork? I never knew fantasy art like these took that long.
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=ErikShoemaker May 1, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thank you! Actually I rarely work that long on one image (usually it's around 15-20 hours). It may not look like much, but what took most of the time here is the specific cloud formation. I had to warp every single piece of clouds and adjust lighting accordingly, which was quite painstaking. :)
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~ShakkaiMoon Apr 29, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
This is absolutely stunning! :iconluvluvplz:
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=ErikShoemaker May 1, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
thank you!
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~madmadman01 Apr 25, 2013   General Artist
perfect colors and shading and everything
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