Earth Abides by RedSpartan
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You've probably seen images based on the original plate for this one before, as it was used as the starting point to a Matte Painting challenge on CGTalk a couple of years ago. I took a stab at it then but I had neither the skill or the patience to see it through (Believe me, my attempts were pretty pitiful). I was lucky enough to receive a couple of CG art books from 3D Total for Christmas, and one of the walkthroughs by David Edwards used the original image of the Natural History Museum in London, which I still had on my hard drive. So I thought, what the hell, let's give it another go and see if I've actually learn't anything in the last two years. The original brief was to clean up the image (Lots of people, modern museum stuff, dinosaur bones etc) and extend it. This is the result after a lot of work. It's still a bit rough in places, especially at full resolution (8K pixels, 135 meg bitmap), but I'm quite pleased with it.
Thanks for looking, and I hope you like it...Ian
Oh, and a happy 2010 to everyone...
Comments (44)
MagikUnicorn
GRANDIOSE ART HAPPY HOLIDAYS Marco Calliari
1358
very, very cool image of apacolyptic devastation and the eventual renewal... reminds me a bit of Logan's Run.. very nicely done!
Penters
Great work, how did you introduce the foilage, is it 2d images, or hand drawn?
qrud
Terrific piece of art.
achei
awesome
zfigure7
Surprising well done! Excellent work!
foleypro
Dude... This rocks...
CaptainNeatoman
Astounding! Very very well done.
Pewter7
Wow! I love this idea and the image you have created. So much detail, so real and so cool looking. Awesome imagery!
Mark@poser
Really nice work...Lots of talent here...I think of nature triumphing over man when I see this...5 stars from me...Do more please!
dirtyeddy
Wow, very stunning
Pirx33
Fantastic image! Excellent work!
prutzworks
xlt work!
thefixer
Terrific work!
Ken _Gilliland Online Now!
exceptional work
aufgebauer
WHOW, really nice work
texboy
what a stunning image.... Happy New Year, colleague!
autview
This is simply wonderful!
geirla
Fantastic image!
blondie9999
Excellent work!
Hubert
Stunning!!!
jif3d
Top shelf result and I'm glad you stuck it out and gave it another go ! Well done & ~Cheers~
psyoshida
Excellent! I love what you did with it. Superb work.
MRX3010
Amazing work, I would say you hit it just right with this one. Great atmosphere and POV. What book did you get? I need to pick up a good obe myself.
Rorsdors
Wow and wow again!
auntietk
Absolutely spectacular result! Wow. Gorgeous work!
Nod
Excellent stuff. Very atmospheric. Reminds me of a scene from The Time Machine novel.
ElorOnceDark
Wow! What an amazing environment! Awesome work!
London224
Nice to see this again and know that others look back and think about redoing with new skills. It was wonderful then and more so now...
barticus
Stunning work matey!!!