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I have been interested in Digital Art ever since first surfing the web and seeing all those neat free desktop wallpapers. My desire to create art became a reality in 2003 when I first started posting images at Renderosity. In June 2009 I starting focusing on creating free resources for other digital artists. I wanted to be able to give back to the community who had given so richly to me and provided the resources for me to be able to create art.
I love to make pretty things and hope that God will use them as a blessing in your lives. It is my desire to create art which is encouraging to the viewer, as well as thought-provoking. Some of my art is dark, but most is filled with the beauty of life.I am a family man, married to my wonderful wife, Melissa and have been incredibly blessed with three super children, two crazy dogs, two cool cats and one cute hamster! :) Have a look at my freebies web site - http://www.pewter7.blogspot.com - before you go, you may find something useful :) Also, feel free to download any images you like to use as desktop wallpaper, to make a card for a friend, etc. May the blessings of God be upon you. "For it is one thing to see the Land of Peace from a distant ridge, and yet another to tread the road that leads to it" -St. Augustine
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Comments (20)
magnus073
Love it Neil, really creative vision you had here. I'd love to hear your thoughts behind it
moonwatcher
Looks like somebody is a Treky (The Wrath of Khan). This is a nice image but it is physically hard to look at.
jmcgstp
Great concept... Nice work :)
pops
Awesome work!!!!!
adrie
Amazingly beautiful work my friend, excellent done.
mel841
Excellent realization! Outstanding!
kftate
Very cool and creative image! Excellent work.
Miska7
Very creative scene. Nice lighting and post work! Well done.
ragouc
Very good light and scene. Well done.
novelist
Great concept. Very original scene with a message. Love the plants in a bubble.
Flint_Hawk
Amazing work! Great imagination!
Jay-el-Jay
A nice piece of work.It is kind of like and extraterrestrial terrarium.
magichild2
Amazingly georgeous...
kahun.hida
神秘的な宇宙の中のワンシーン!!! 見事な構成とイメージ!!!!!
Darkwish
I like this pic! Very well done!
MagikUnicorn
BEAUTIFUL AND YOUR TITLE REMINDS ME THIS STORY: Cool Stars Have Different Mix of Life-Forming Chemicals Life on Earth is thought to have arisen from a hot soup of chemicals. Does this same soup exist on planets around other stars? A new study from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope hints that planets around stars cooler than our sun might possess a different mix of potentially life-forming, or "prebiotic," chemicals. Astronomers used Spitzer to look for a prebiotic chemical, called hydrogen cyanide, in the planet-forming material swirling around different types of stars. Hydrogen cyanide is a component of adenine, which is a basic element of DNA. DNA can be found in every living organism on Earth. The researchers detected hydrogen cyanide molecules in disks circling yellow stars like our sun -- but found none around cooler and smaller stars, such as the reddish-colored "M-dwarfs" and "brown dwarfs" common throughout the universe. "Prebiotic chemistry may unfold differently on planets around cool stars," said Ilaria Pascucci, lead author of the new study from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. The study will appear in the April 10 issue of the Astrophysical Journal. Young stars are born inside cocoons of dust and gas, which eventually flatten to disks. Dust and gas in the disks provide the raw material from which planets form. Scientists think the molecules making up the primordial ooze of life on Earth might have formed in such a disk. Prebiotic molecules, such as adenine, are thought to have rained down to our young planet via meteorites that crashed on the surface. "It is plausible that life on Earth was kick-started by a rich supply of molecules delivered from space," said Pascucci. Could the same life-generating steps take place around other stars? Pascucci and her colleagues addressed this question by examining the planet-forming disks around 17 cool and 44 sun-like stars using Spitzer's infrared spectrograph, an instrument that breaks light apart, revealing signatures of chemicals. The stars are all about one to three million years old, an age when planets are thought to be growing. The astronomers specifically looked for ratios of hydrogen cyanide to a baseline molecule, acetylene. They found that the cool stars, both the M-dwarf stars and brown dwarfs, showed no hydrogen cyanide at all, while 30 percent of the sun-like stars did. "Perhaps ultraviolet light, which is much stronger around the sun-like stars, may drive a higher production of the hydrogen cyanide," said Pascucci. The team did detect their baseline molecule, acetylene, around the cool stars, demonstrating that the experiment worked. This is the first time that any kind of molecule has been spotted in the disks around cool stars. The findings have implications for planets that have recently been discovered around M-dwarf stars. Some of these planets are thought to be large versions of Earth, the so-called super Earths, but so far none of them are believed to orbit in the habitable zone, where water would be liquid. If such a planet is discovered, could it sustain life? Astronomers aren't sure. M-dwarfs have extreme magnetic outbursts that could be disruptive to developing life. But, with the new Spitzer results, they have another piece of data to consider: these planets might be deficient in hydrogen cyanide, a molecule thought to have eventually become a part of us. Said Douglas Hudgins, the Spitzer program scientist at NASA Headquarters, Washington, "Although scientists have long been aware that the tumultuous nature of many cool stars might present a significant challenge for the development of life, this result begs an even more fundamental question: Do cool star systems even contain the necessary ingredients for the formation of life? If the answer is no then questions about life around cool stars become moot." Other authors include Daniel Apai of the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md.; Kevin Luhman of Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Thomas Henning and Jeroen Bouwman of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany; Michael Meyer of the University of Arizona, Tucson; Fred Lahuis of the SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, the Netherlands; and Antonella Natta of the Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory, Italy. Spitzer Space Telescope Release Images
DreamersWish
Fantastic vision and realization! Well done!
garyandcatherine
What a cool thought
netlauv
Love too this title and i'm agree with Dave. Wonderful and evocative pic. Very well done, Neil, bravo ;0)
quietrob
I was going to comment on one of your many spiritual renders when this one caught my eye. It has a serene quality about it, yet certainly IS science fiction. All of your renders are superb. For me, this is something special. Thanks for sharing!