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Published: 2011-03-28 02:39:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 8625; Favourites: 147; Downloads: 975
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"Monoliths are fictional advanced machines built by an unseen extraterrestrial species that appear in Arthur C. Clarke's Space Odyssey series of novels and films. "1920X1200
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Edit: fixed sun 3/31/11 (thanks Qaz2008 for your comment!)
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All i see are Cosmic Death Bricks from outer Space as seen in Mark Busslers Classic Game Room Comic: Lord Karnage - Book 1
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Holy shit! 2001: A Space Odyssey is one of my favourite movies! When I saw this picture, I was like; DUDE, THIS GUY IS FUCKING AWESOME!
Keep up the good work!
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Thanks a lot! Yeah, 2001: A Space Odyssey is one of my favorite movies too, I enjoy the sci-fi of Arthur C. Clarke.
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Hello. I run a youtube channel called LookNowTV. I am working on a video about earth & space Monoliths. Can I use your art for about 5-10 seconds in it & possibly use this piece of art as the thumbnail for the video? I will give you full credit in the video description. Let me know. Thanks!
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Ahh....love your close up planets. They are really nicely done. What do you use to make them? Because I use vue for such closeups and render times are really really long. Dunno how other programs renders such things...
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Thanks! I use Terragen and Vue for my planets. There are a lot of tips available that show how to optimize Vue and Terragen render settings to get the highest possible quality in the shortest period of time. Some things are always going to take a long time to render (clouds), but I like using Vue because you can render in stages if you wish.
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yeah, the resume render feature is one of the best things in vue.
My main problem is that I like to work with large resolutions, and no matter
what optimizations I make the render times are almost everlasting
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Do you use custom "user settings"?
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Not really. I mostly play with quality boosts settings in the atmosphere editor.
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Read this if you get a chance:
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Cool! This will b helpful! Thanks!
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oh wow. the monolith is just a steel wall. nothing really much else.
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They're covered by an impenetrable forcefield, give off powerful signals, and oh yeah, they turned Jupiter into a star.
They're a lot more than steel walls.
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Yay monoliths! Love Space Odyssey art. nice work!
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Haha! That is a really creepy scene, lol.
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ya :3 in fact its one of my favorite scary scens in cinema 
oh if yo don't know what Amnesia actualy is... its one of the most scary games ever made.... i only recomend it i you are a fan of that kind of video games.... because i can only play it 15 minuts at a time xD
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I loved the films! First time I saw the ending of 2010, I really was not expecting it.
It makes me sad that no one in my dorm knows about the series other than me!
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You know, Clarke made two sequals: 2061 and 3001.
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I'm aware of them, but I've never read them...
Gonna have to add those to my list of books to read some day.
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What did you use to make this? And how did you make the clouds?
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This was done in Terragen 2 for the large planet. Freelancah has made available a file for those who wish to learn - [link]
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Looks good. I would make the smaller planet have almost no visible surface. The sun is almost right behind it and it should look similar to the smallest moon. Everything else looks great.
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Finally got around to fixing it.
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Thanks! You make a good point, I will probably fix the shadowing on the smaller planet.
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Awesome! I was wondering if you would post this ... i wonder if there's a monolith down on the surface too
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The book was good, and so was the movie. I also liked the "Rendevous with Rama" series.
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I even liked those more
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btw these monoliths are the ones that finally merge together into a black hole?
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Have you read the books? I haven't read them all. Which book does the merging happen?
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