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The Arrival

Vue Science Fiction posted on Dec 12, 2009
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This one started out with a matte painting commission that I did a while back and ended up not being used in the client's production. Multiple photo resources are used in the landscape and both photographic and Vue renders for the sky. Since I already had the base scene setup in Vue, I dropped in a Basilisk and then began building the formations of Epici low-poly soldiers, a few mechs and wheeled tanks. To save on resources I rendered out each group one at a time and and then moved them over for the next render, adjusting to show more movement of the troops and vehicles until getting to the two airborne Basilisk units. With all of these rendered out, I merged them together in Photoshop saving the shadows to a separate layer for easier blending over the original painting. The foreground is a separate Vue scene built using the original scene file to retain accurate camera position and lighting. The final piece was rendered to match the size of the matte painting which came in at just over 12,000px wide. Thanks for looking! :)

Comments (73)


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DarkStormCrow

6:46PM | Sat, 12 December 2009

Excellent sci fi, well done....

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Mutte4R

6:47PM | Sat, 12 December 2009

Superb modeling and great idea!

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lalverson

6:51PM | Sat, 12 December 2009

Brilliant work. the scale and impact is just perfect.

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mamarsha11

6:55PM | Sat, 12 December 2009

Genius. Just genius...

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Etrigan_102

6:57PM | Sat, 12 December 2009

As always, JCD, fantastic work. My one comment would be: You are one heluva loadmaster to get that many troops, mechs, AND tanks into that Basilisk.

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blbarrett

7:08PM | Sat, 12 December 2009

Well Done! Everything Blends perfectly.

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1402dandoy

7:16PM | Sat, 12 December 2009

Cool idea, you immediatly know that a new paradise is about to be devastated! Full-size view is a must!

altec101

7:20PM | Sat, 12 December 2009

Most excellent artwork!

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OrphanedSoul

7:21PM | Sat, 12 December 2009

Great explanation and a totally WoW work of art Bravo and then some!

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AnIronButterfly

7:24PM | Sat, 12 December 2009

Great piece. Rather reminds me of the Empire, staking out a new world for inclusion...

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RodS

7:33PM | Sat, 12 December 2009

WOW! Un-freaking-believeable! If Mr. Lucas sees this, he'll start making more Star Wars movies. Fantastic work!!!

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black222

7:44PM | Sat, 12 December 2009

Extraordinary fantasy... Really beautiful scene n great composition... Fantastic

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shayhurs

7:48PM | Sat, 12 December 2009

Very nice job indeed!

Dannegirl

8:07PM | Sat, 12 December 2009

Beautiful image.

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egehlin

8:49PM | Sat, 12 December 2009

Super image...great sci-fi models and the figures of the woman and big cat are top-notch. Definitely a fave for me!!!

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NefariousDrO

8:50PM | Sat, 12 December 2009

That is so cool! I have to remember your trick of multiple render passes on the objects, I have a bad tendency to overwhelm my poor computer. I like the wide sweeping view, and it's such an interesting contrast, the flowers and butterflies and all of those war machines.

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danway

9:18PM | Sat, 12 December 2009

As always a nice scene!

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AwarenessLogic

9:20PM | Sat, 12 December 2009

Just beautiful work, visually and technically!

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grafikeer

9:56PM | Sat, 12 December 2009

Oustanding!!

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Orinoor

10:08PM | Sat, 12 December 2009

I only followed about half of that, but the results are fantastic, excellent work!

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Stardust_Crossing

10:10PM | Sat, 12 December 2009

Fantastic sci-fi scene! Cool image!

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rbratche

10:37PM | Sat, 12 December 2009

Excellent!

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deci6el

12:27AM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Always love the big pictures. Great panorama for the Heavy Metal wrap-around. You just know its going to be bad news for Dejah Thoris and her colorful art nouveau world. Technically the only thing I wonder about is if the planet/crescents are pointing at the sun? You know better than I can tell. Gorgeous skies and everything else.

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CrownPrince

1:01AM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Wow one day im going to do images like this!!!

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anitalee

1:14AM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Wonderful

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JCD

1:28AM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Thanks everyone for all the great feedback, I definitely appreciate it :) @Etrigan_102 - Yes, I definitely (re)imagined the inner hold of the Basilisk to be double-decker from front to back and utilize every square inch. Hey, that's the fiction part of sci-fi, right? ;) @deci6el - Definitely no shortage of artistic license on the near planet crests... I did tilt them slightly towards the sun, but my OCD just tends to like them more level than not :)

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powerage Online Now!

2:59AM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Exceptional art !!

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faroutsider

3:02AM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Wow! Great idea, brilliantly executed. And thanks for the excellent idea of multiple renders. I guess the neighbourhood can only go one way now....

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MarkHirst

3:43AM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Superb image, all the more so with the techniques you used. Agree with others; with the contrast of the desert background and lush colourful foreground, you know that a beautiful place and its inhabitants are about to be destroyed.

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Krid

4:23AM | Sun, 13 December 2009

wonderful scene and composition


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