Dragon's Claw Artifact by Incarnadine

Bryce • Science Fiction • posted on Jul 06, 2005

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Description

Seen from the vantage of the end of the black moss plains plateau against a setting of Joker palms and flame trees just coming into season, the famous Dragon's Claw Artifact. The deep core geologic formation is named after a local legend that the magical artifact placed the celestial dragon lord's body into a state of slumber allowing the first land to created. We do not know what the artifact is, nor why it slowly pulses bursts of neutrino and tachyons as it rotates once every 2.375 years. Where it came from and how it beacme embedded in the 4.5 billion year old rocks is a mystery no scientist can yet answer. ...nor do we know why a series of small earthquakes occur every 26 years. _________________________________ Started as a terrain doodle and ended up in this image/postcard. All bryce 5 native foliage and textures. Bryce/PhotoPaint Thanks for looking!

Comments (10)

Strondar

12:15AM | Thu, 07 July 2005

Superb work, Richard!! Really beautiful depth and shading!! Love the effect around the artifact!

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frogdot

12:47AM | Thu, 07 July 2005

wonderful terrainwork

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LadyLisa

2:05AM | Thu, 07 July 2005

Excellent imagination and texture work.

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Snow_Angel

2:18AM | Thu, 07 July 2005

Fantastic image and composition! Very interesting doodle :) Excellent.. and reminds me of the Myst game!

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greetinx

4:10AM | Thu, 07 July 2005

That's an excellent idea, I love the rock formation!

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Amethystwolf

7:30AM | Thu, 07 July 2005

Intriguing landscape and a great story too!

lordstormdragon

8:19AM | Thu, 07 July 2005

(grins) I, of course, know WHAT, WHY, and HOW in this case, being one of said celestial dragon lords, although not currently slumbering! And the quakes are every 29 years, not 26! (jokes, at a time like this?) An excellent scene, I can only hope to go to rest in such a beautiful locale...

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Forevernyt

8:47AM | Thu, 07 July 2005

Fantastic! I really need to buckle down and play more with Bryce. This came out beautifully, plus the story really lends the render some weight. Great job!

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