The Courier by JCD
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Description
"With her best friend on point and her weapon of choice at the ready, the courier prepares to make her way down the narrow passage into the city."
The Courier is a scene from some time in the not too distant future. The seas have risen, the levees have failed and dry land is nothing but a memory. As the water went higher, so too did the cities. Built on the decrepit backs of 20th century architecture, the new cities are a complex maze of water processing facilities, natural gas fired power plants and high-density domiciles. While a small segment of the population has taken to the skies in grav-drive vehicles and live in palatial condos in the clouds, the vast majority live at sea level where they are constantly reminded that everything runs down hill.
Traveling the heavily polluted waterways from city to city, couriers make deliveries in some of the most dangerous of zones imaginable. They don't care what the cargo is, who wants it delivered or who it gets delivered to. They get their fees paid up front and since they guarantee delivery at any cost, they are paid handsomely for their services.
File info: The original image was rendered in Vue 6 Infinite at 6000px wide, broadcast quality in 3 separate renders - the base structures, the mid-point details and then the foreground figures - all of which were then composited and further detailed in Photoshop CS3. The atmospheric colors and tone are all courtesy of Vue with no color correction done in post. Thanks for looking :)
Comments (63)
Hefrian_Rotter
Sallust himself would be hardpressed to duplicate your intro, and your image is a magnificent addition to the SF-genre! da 'Rotter
skynet3020
I love the detail. The environment and everything fits perfectly. There is a sushi bar next to the garbage "chunky" water - nice touch.
jgmart
This is amazing work - excellent details!
bigbraader
Fantastic work. Very well done.
traeumerle62
coooooooooooooool
deci6el
Very inspiring work. High quality is always appreciated and I hope you have the time to keep sharing these masterpieces. The small amount of narrative really pushes it along too. Keep it up, please.
aliensprog
Man that is brilliant!!! Epic scene!!!! Fav
emay68
Incredible image! The details, complexity and lighting are all fantastic! Love the story, too!
ArtFantasy
Great! I love this style, great work! +5!
Svenart
sweet work!
chrispoole
Awesome scene, I love all the detail and effort put in here.
Madbat
Excellent POV and scale, this image is great!
leoshades
Quite keen!
Whatthe
My God, just a beautiful scene all around! Looks absolutely gorgeous, reminds me of Ghost inthe Shell
Azr1el
Superb scene and image! 5+++++
Moebius87
Brilliant work!
Slav
Great colors and details.
jif3d
Excellent sci-fi scene, which perfectly illustrates the water logged near future ! the beady eyes in the cellar are ominious and a warning of what's around the next bend ! Totally BRILL in all aspects ! ~Cheers~ :o)
madmaxh
What an epic render. Outstanding!
Fidelity2
Very well done. 5+.
paerfa
magnifique ! atmosphere, sens du décor, détails... : c'est une très belle scène i love it
Daramski
outstanding render, loads of really awesome details! it looks really great!!:)
A_Sunbeam
Very impressive piece of work!
Tatooine
I love that picture. The atmosphere is great and lots of details to discover. Look on the left side... do you see the glowing eyes behind the bars? A clear 5+
Hone117
Incredible imagry. Amazing setting and well executed. Bravo!
pixeltek
I guess "wow" is the operative term here. The only flaw is the waveless water surface. It robs the entire fantastic scene of an important part of 'realism', if you know what I mean. Please, please redo that, even in post, if necessary. This awesome image deserves it.
Domi48
Fascinant!
castaneda
Another top scifi piece.
MagikUnicorn
Marvelous bunch of detail! wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Robert0921
Wow, found this in Arcas faves. You must be using a supercomputer to be able to get all of this in one scene in Vue. Excellent concept and realization!