Skimming the Jovian Clouds by TomPeters

Lightwave • Science Fiction • posted on Sep 24, 2009

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Description

A few seconds before aerobraking in the upper Jupiter atmosphere, Leonov is traveling at nearly twelve miles per second. The antenna and science booms, along with the radiator panels have been folded back to fit in the aerodynamic shadow of the heat shield. The aerobraking will slow Leonov into a highly elliptical orbit around Jupiter. Rendered and modeled in Lightwave 8.5, with cloud backdrop painted in Photoshop. Thanks for taking a look! -Tom

Comments (14)

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ramzaforcelaguna

4:34PM | Thu, 24 September 2009

excelente modelado y diseño el detalle es fantastico 5+

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necrophage

4:35PM | Thu, 24 September 2009

cool modeling!

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shayhurs

4:52PM | Thu, 24 September 2009

Nicely one!

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carlx

4:57PM | Thu, 24 September 2009

Superb sci-fi!!!

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JOELGLAINE

5:17PM | Thu, 24 September 2009

Very cool! I'm excited! Waiting for the next one.

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duo

6:38PM | Thu, 24 September 2009

Great and realistic spaceship design!

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marvini

6:45PM | Thu, 24 September 2009

Cool render!!

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geirla

11:18PM | Thu, 24 September 2009

Weee... here we go. Great job on the folding parts. Nice background motion-blurred looking image too. And very well thought out on the whole design. last two images I've been going back to the previous ones and seeing detail that now has a very specific purpose.

RealDeal

2:56AM | Fri, 25 September 2009

Really like the dynamics; good overall render.

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zhaanman

9:11AM | Fri, 25 September 2009

Wicked cool design and point of view truly amazing stuff!!

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arcas

9:55AM | Fri, 25 September 2009

Geirla, it's nice to hear someone appreciating our functionality! I love Tom's idea to do this as an image series that reveals a bit more about the design's function and mission profile with each new piece. I'd be lying if I said there weren't some token greeblies here and there, but for the most part you can point to any part of the ship and Tom or I can tell you what it is and how it works. This is a cool piece, Tom. You got that cloud blur just right and again, it's a very original perspective on a concept we've seen many times in SF art. Your breathing real life into this mission and lending it a wonderful air of reality.

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