War of the Worlds - Desolate Harbor by czarnyrobert
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Description
At the end of XIX century an Italian astronomer Giovanni V. Shiparelli presents a map of Mars - it is very detailed; however, details on Giovanni map are rather effect of his luxuriant imagination than of a reliable scientific work. Giovanni put on his map numerous straight lined "canali" which resulted in idea that Mars is inhabited by intelligent life forms who build such huge structures - this idea gets a strong support form another astronomer Percieval Lowell who presents even more detailed and fancy map with hundreds of channels... Inspired by those ideas, H.G Wells writes in 1898 his famous "The War of the Worlds"- about Martians invading Earth.
It must be noticed that Mars surface seen from Earth, even with the best XX century telescopes, is very blurry shows only a few details. It was 40 years ago (on November 28th 1964)that an American probe Mariner 4 was launched, and in July next year sent us the first detailed pictures of Mars surface. No channels, only craters on this cold desert world.
This is my first big project made with Vue 5.
While preparing this scene I did a lot of work with texturing - especially experimenting with new cool functions - I did a lot of mixed textures - bitmaps mixed with procedurals - ex. you take bitmapped bricks and you add some procedural fractal stains - it yields to fabulous results. I used radiosity lighting model and volumetric atmosphere.
This time I didn't model a lot - I rather used third part objects (that I completely retextured). I modeled only harbor, roads and of course terrains, I also made the wagon model.
I used fabulous Alain Garcia buildings, lighthouse and ship.
Dogs and distant Martian Machine were imported from Poser,
Closest Martian Walker is from Derrin Proctor http://members.ozemail.com.au/~dproc2/martiantripod.htm
motorboat is from Helmut Shaub http://www.3dxtra.net/,
numerous small items are from Vue 5 object library.
Comments (126)
iamkate101
maybe I am an idiot but I dont see anything wrong with this image I think it is absolutely incredible!!!! excellent job!!
LastAngel
Wow, perfect!!! Absolutely perfect!!! Love the perspective and the lighting... Excellent!!! -V-
mmoir
Very cool image, it has a great feel to it.
bladrickscodpiece
The shadowing and depth of detail in things like the verandas is what I enjoy. The light angle is also very well placed.
synergy33
A chaque fois que je vois une de tes rlisations, je me demande comment on peut faire seulement avec un ordinateur. Orwell aurait appricette image, je pense!
zfigure7
Absolutely stunning! I admire your style and clarity. Totally rocks!!! "V"
superior
Wonderful work !!! Very original composition !!!Superb homage to H.G Wells ;)
Renderonesio
Great science fiction scene. A real classic for the war of the worlds Brave and I vote
pfrank
Cool Marian Machines ! Love it ! A real piece of good and intelligent art !
SeigMancer
Wow, stunning work as usual!! The king of vue sci-fi :) Keep up the great work.
marcfx
WOOOOW, so much going on in this artwork, excellence comes come to roost, well done
Ensomniac
Excellent work as usual. Looking forward to more.
melevos
Fantastic work!!Excellently done!!
IanPerder
Top class imagination & excellent render quality ! Fantastic artwork !
DinoPen
Woow! this one is even better ! How you do it ?
runningcollector
Wonderful work!
IgorRostov
Fabulous details and story ! Continue with this one!
vvveronika
Fantastic details and lighting. You could only add some litter and red weed to this scene ! Whatever it look cool ! Really a nice scene!
Rooster
This is so awesome, I love the detail in this, like the clothes on the clothsline. The lighthouse is fabulous and those machines are so cool. Awesome image!
KasiaMali
Nice picture Bob!
Pelican
Uff.... I think I missed a lot of your excellent artwork, top render vote,vote,vote !!!!
Tolamaq
This is lovely.
KingPtolemy
Awesome work!!! Excellent design!!!
brycelover
Really ... Fantastic V
adrian3Dart
Wow this is so Fantastic. Your attention to detail is wonderful. I love the textures and lighting. Congratulations! V
Mollock_20
sweet!!
MoppelundWilli
awesome light, textures and pov, woow!
davidrivera
Nice Job!! It reminds of my old "War of The Worlds" record album I had back in 197...it's so long I don't remember. LOL
278
This work is beyond EXCELLENT......it belongs in a MUSEUM !!! I wonder if czarnyrobert has a signed limited edition GICLEE PRINT of this fantastic image ??!! If anyone here knows about this limited edition......please let me know [include size & price]. I LOVE THIS WORK !!! __ Signed: Robert Singletary [ SINGLETARY GALLERY pops up NO. 1 on google search ]. Saturday April 2, 2005__2:33 P.M. (eastern standard time) USA
stealthman
I love the fact that all of the people are absent but the dogs have come innocently to explore... not to mention how you can capture a time of day, and the weather so flawlessly... Awesome piece!