2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY - moon monolith at TMA-1 by duo

Bryce • Science Fiction • posted on Jul 03, 2006

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About TMA-1: Tycho Magnetic Anomaly-1 (also known as TMA-1) is a phenomenon in the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey" and the book of the same name. TMA-1 refers to the apparent magnetic irregularity found at the Tycho crater on the moon surface by American astronauts. The anomaly is caused by a buried monolith 30 feet under the surface of the moon; when exposed, it was found to be a black cuboid whose sides measured in the precise ratio 1:4:9 (12:22:32). An identical (except in size) object was found later, orbiting Jupiter (on a moon of Saturn in the book, although this was changed to Jupiter in the sequel book, 2010). This object was dubbed "TMA-2" even though it had no relationship to the Tycho crater and no magnetic field. By the year 3001, the first Monolith to be encountered by mankind's prehistoric evolutionary predecessors was found in Africa buried in ancient rock, and was retroactively dubbed "TMA-0". About the picture: The 2001 astronaut props are by Zorzim, a great Renderosity artist and a friend of mine, all the rest is mine. I always loved this scene in 2001 movie because is the real "core" of sense of wonder itself: the men in fron of the "great unknown". Comments rates and suggestions are welcome :) If you are interested to buy a print of this artwork just visit my Ebay shop at: http://stores.ebay.it/NY-FORM where you wil find more movie related artworks! :)

Comments (16)

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kelvinhughes

5:19PM | Mon, 03 July 2006

excellent work well done

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chrispoole

5:26PM | Mon, 03 July 2006

IO, IO, It's off to the moon we go, sorry couldn't resist LoL, excellent modelling and render looks very movie like.

AeroJett

6:12PM | Mon, 03 July 2006

Very nice! The texture on the walls looks just like the movie. Light stands could use texure though.

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pakled

6:35PM | Mon, 03 July 2006

did a more humerous version of this once..;) not nearly so much detail..;) great stuff, keep it up.

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jif3d

8:30PM | Mon, 03 July 2006

Great scene, just like the film ! wee crit, the equipment could use some variations, as it seems to be one tex for the whole object ? Cheers

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zorzim

6:03AM | Tue, 04 July 2006

Way to go man !

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TheBryster

10:09AM | Tue, 04 July 2006

All these worlds are yours - except Europa - attempt no landing there. Use them together - use them in peace........

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9:26AM | Sun, 09 July 2006

Excellent work!!

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evinrude

1:33AM | Tue, 25 July 2006

Very well set-up, and spectacularly lit.

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ephotosaver

9:53PM | Tue, 23 January 2007

Another great movie and render. Great recreation.

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thecytron

8:42AM | Fri, 30 May 2008

Great render! AmaZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzing illumination FX!

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arcas

2:16AM | Mon, 27 July 2009

You captured the scene's lighting almost perfectly! Wonderful work. So is that astronaut available publicly?

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722

7:15PM | Wed, 16 December 2009

Great work

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yankee30

8:55PM | Wed, 16 December 2009

I remember this movie as a child, and the eerie moon archeoligical scene in which the monolith emited a pierce tone when humans dug it up. (Theres no air on the Moon, so could they really hear it ?). This is very close to what I remeber Excellent

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