Overtly Derivative by NefariousDrO
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Okay, this should (hopefully!) get the last of this fannish-like behavior out of my system, I hope. As I've said before, I saw the new "Tron" movie a few weeks back, and while I did enjoy it, I found myself missing the much more unique and unabashedly geeky esthetic of the original Tron movie. To be sure, the new one looks great in many ways. It's sleek and elegant. But I do miss the nerdiness and more computer-like designs of the originals, so I found myself trying to get some of that feel in a couple of my own creations. And while I liked the designs I created, I don't think I was satisfied with the textures, so I kept going back and trying again, and again, and yet some more. Which ended up leading me to this thing. Much more imitative than I'd wanted to go, but it was a real learning experience for me, so hopefully that balances it all out. Everything here is pretty much my own, the textures are mostly created in Adobe Illustrator, and possibly some Photoshop work as well, then imported into Bryce. The light-cycles aren't exact matches to the original, mostly because I decided to have a little fun of my own with them. The other plus to this is that it also resulted in a huge array of new patterns that are slowly making their way into textures for Bryce, that are quite different from my usual stuff, but certainly look interesting to me!
Hopefully you all have had a good weekend, and thanks for taking a look at me behaving at my fanboy-worst!
Comments (16)
RodS
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mike, you can behave at your fanboy worst anytime, if art like this comes from it! This is quite simply phenominal, my friend! I for one have really enjoyed your journey into the Tron-world, and the art that has resulted from it! Freaking amazing!!
Rausen
Very Accurate to the 80`s movies i like it so much!
MagikUnicorn
SUPER COOL BRYCEING
blankfrancine Online Now!
Looks like a labor of love,Mike.Awesomely retro-techno! I saw the original a long time ago;haven't seen the new one.
Debwhosmiles
Wonderful work!
geirla
Very cool! Yep best to get that out of your system. But it looks very nice.
peedy
Fantastic! Great POV! Corrie
claude19
impoosant modeling work. The colors are reminiscent of the original, but the decor is interesting, because in the original version, there is no decor!
SIGMAWORLD
Excellent sf!
tse60
Interesting scene. Looks like a computer game :)
Bambam131
A little Tron-ish but I like it!. Very cool looking image and excellent setup and lighting! Cheers, David
fredster66
Excellent details!
moochagoo
Impressive scifi town. I like it.
DMWVCS
:) David
Chipka
Yep. You got the 80s down...not just TRON, but the whole era! Yep. This is a humdinger of a winner too. I love the blue tones: 80s SF was full of blue tones. I guess blue meant "the future" or at least the cool bits of it, and what I really like are the vehicles. Yeah, they kinda look like lightcycles, but they're a bit more muscular. They mean business. What I really like is the full-on manner in which you've channeled so much of that glorious time. Well...semi-glorious--me and my best friends lived on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain at the time, so that bit wasn't so good. But the sf vibe at the time was amazing! TRON encapsulates that so well, right down to David Warner being the kind of bad guy only David Warner can pull off: and in those boots to top it off. How 80s!!!! Marvelous! This really captures that, and the cityscape is super. It also reminds me of another 80s gem: The Tripods...and please tell me I'm not the only one who ever saw that incomplete series. The pyramids and brilliant lighting makes me think of "the City of Gold and Lead" only this seems a bit less toxic than a city full of lead. That's always nice! I love this.
kjer_99
I was never very keen on the original Tron either for story or computer graphics, but I expect the newest version would be impressive. Still don't know if I want to pay to see it, though. I definitely like your work here, though.