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Published: 2004-10-02 20:01:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 18364; Favourites: 535; Downloads: 5324
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A blustered man stands planted and looks to the sky. Behind the glowing moon his mind pours fourth visions of radiating clouds, swirling with colour and promising new life to the stars growing within that will soon twinkle and illuminate their surroundings. Thick belts of asteroids and galaxies churn their way through the depths of space surrounded by magestic planets grasping onto their children while they hover suspended by forces unimaginable. Through all these fantasies the man is reminded of his own insignificance and wonders if ever he will escape the bonds holding him in his place.Ive poured 2 weeks into this piece and its really nice to see it completed. It started with and idea that I threw into concept stages and carried right through to this finished product that I am really happy with. Working alot with my colour schematic, lighting and overall communicational theories and practices. No resources used...yes I did make the house -.- Used a huge amount of different programs and techniques...from photo maniping myself in to the piece to digitally painting the nebula to modelling the house...not much else to say but except I really hope you pick up the feel and enjoy as much as I do.
// Details
Programs:
Photoshop 7.0
3D Studio Max 4.0
Vue D'esprit 4 Pro
PhotoImpact 8
(My digital Cam..Oympus c-60)
Time Estimation:
30 hours
**edit** It seemed almost everyone took note of the compositional barriers produced by the 50% sized version I threw up...this is a vast project with many elements and at that size the composition appeared to "cluttered". Therefore this is a ~2/3s size and is quite a bit bigger. I think now the different elements can truly be appreciated (with alot of scrolling -.-) ..Id love to hear your feedback now!
**UPDATE** Prints now are now up on DA, as you can see I got myself a prints account finally, if any of you are interested and have any issues with prices feel more than welcome to mention them to me. Also thank you all for the heaps of comments you've left for me, all I can say is Im glad that you all enjoyed it so much, in the future feel free however to leave any critiques at all that you have, all it does is help me see what needs improving. Keep at it all and get all the expression and enjoyment out of art that it has to offer
-- Brennan Massicotte --
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Comments: 225
Oh my God, this is...this is amazing! I'm usually just into drawn pictures, but when I saw this in the Daily Deviation, I had to check it out, only to find out that full-viewing it makes it look even more gorgeous!. Who would have thought making something like this was even possible?
The asteroid belt (that's what it is, right?) on the left side looks magnificent!. I've honestly never seen something like this, it looks so realistic!. And only 2 weeks taken to make this whole masterpiece...I wouldn't be able to get even close to do something like this in a 100 years. (Well, with practice in this kind of stuff it is possible, even for me whom can only draw chibi anime things)
I'd like to ask, what's that big planet thing in the right side? It looks very beautiful, it's very realistic. And the moon in the background is shiny, and in my personal opinion, looks way better than the real moon. Looking into this small, shiny moon is almost like looking into the real one, you know?
Even though you're asking for critique, the only part I can give you advice on is at the very top, where all those orangey colors are mixed in. I want to point out that it's a bit *too* bright, and it would be almost impossible to become dark and grey all of a sudden. I'm not saying you should have made it dull and ugly, I'd just like to point out that you shouldn't have made it so bright, other than that, that's the only critique I can point out, because I'm just 14, and I'm not really that advanced in critique...
I also like the fact, that on the far left side, if you look closely, you can see a small planet. It's awesome for you to have snuck in such small details, they look nice.
Oh, and again about the asteroid belt, at the very tip, maybe you could have blurred it a little, because it almost looks 3-D, like a pan, and the rocks are just laying on there. Am I making any sense at all? 
Now I'll move to the bottom. The man who's standing there and looking up was a brilliant idea to throw in there, because it makes one think,"What is that man thinking? What must it be like to look up and see....all that?". A very, very, thoughtful idea. How long did it take you to think up the whole thing?. Oh, one more question, is the man real, or like someone asked, just a "design" on there?
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Hey I appreciate the comment, thats a real interesting idea about the blur on the asteroids- wish I had of thought of that 
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I generally find space pictures pretty boring, but the bottom half of this, especially the figure, is fantastic. It's got a lot of feeling to it.
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omgomg, i so whish i could buy prints from DA. O_O
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HOLY FREAKING CRAP! THIS IS THE BEST I'VE SEEN!
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A worthy DD. So vast and textured. It will take me a while to look at it all.
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*looks at little planet all alone at the top-left*
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My GOD!!!!! You really used no photo references! I cant fckn believe it! I worship you! You made something magical with SO much detail, it was worth the time!
I just think you should have uploaded a smaller resolution version, which is not printable. This would sell a lot in the prints service. Consider enabling it.
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dude thats brilliant!!! is that man a photo or a design?
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I can tell an amazing amount of work went into this, great job !
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How does one accomplish something liek this wow, its amazing, although the sky seems a bit cluttered, its very good piece, !FAV!
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holy shiiiiiiit... this is breathtakingly detailed and just plain amazing. The nebulas, and the snow, and everything are gorgeous; I cannot think of any critique other than "Damn him/her and his/her talent, I'm gonna use a lot of ink printing this!"
Nice stuff
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The is hugely and entirely awesome
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You smashed my dreams of being an artist quite expertly...sigh
+devwatch anyway
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...astounding piece. just... so real, so majestic... the coloration and form are impeccable. there is little i can say about this piece other than it really effectively portrays the feeling you were looking to depict. just... astounding.
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You can pick one up at Zazzle mate 
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shows how much i read the desc lol.
thanks
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np man, it seems nobody does these days but theyre handy shiz lol.
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OMG! I love the colours and just everything about it seems to complement each other, wonderful peice.
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I have to say that I am not really the fan of these transition images. But this one is truely well done. It is too big for me to view the whole image but I like the starfields and the asteroids. It has a nice polished look and you can see the work put into it. Well done.
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Whoa! This is such an extrodinary picture! everything looks so realistic! You really put a LOT of effort in this! Nice job!
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WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH....
im in total aweeee....... u rock man... mad props
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wow man,
I am currently at work,
where I only have a 800x600 screen.
It took me quite a while to see all parts of the piece.
Many surprises came to my eye,
among the most impressive ones for sure the wondeful
asteriod work on left hand side, which simply took my breath.
All the glow and nebulae above the bigger planet - my
english isnt good enough to say how much I like what you did there.
I thought nothing else could catch my eye after I saw all the wonders
you had put in at that point, and I truly waited while
scrolling down for the terragen part or something like that, but when I
scrolled down to bottom on the right side, I was so impressed by the
tiny house and the wonderful atmosphere it conveys, and when I finally
saw the guy standing there, oh my god, I thought: get home man, to
see this masterpiece in full on my 19". One of the most excellent and
mostly creative works I`ve seen in my time at deviantART.
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wow, glad you liked it so much
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Not bad, whilst you are bound to be immersed with praise by those who aren't experienced in the genre, I'm here to offer some more critical insights.
First factor is overall image quality, i think you could've upped that, it has a very negative impact on the fairly well done snow technique.
The second is another overall image thing, and that's flow. All to do with composition, finalising the image so it feels as if it is one image is one of the most difficult aspects of the genre. This is pulled off to a moderate standard here, but some points. Due to the vastly black and white nature of the bottom half, the top part (especially due to it's fairly close nature) seems perhaps a little too vibrant, to get that looking better you might have to work on desaturating parts of it.
I know this is more of a realism point, and this is Not a realistic image, but placing a galaxy, nebula, and planets in such relative close proximity is a mistake that more experienced artists in the genre will slate you for. Consider the size, galaxies are incredibly vast, hence why galaxies are often depicted on their own. In my opinion, you've added too many different elements of space into the one picture. Now whilst this does add points of interest, it just seems to be of detriment from my stance.
the planet rings, not to my taste, that's due to the noticeable bevel/emboss aspect of them (left most). Remove the bevel and we're in business. The rocks are beautifully rendered, but again I hope they're not part of the ring because once again, that'd be killing astro-physics, as rings are made up of many rock particles, which are actually, tiny from that view. Again with the ring, it almost seems to be an afterthought when displayed in that position, jutting in from the picture.
your nebulae brushing style is nice, but at the same time, the light sources seem a little too sporadic, some more just loose colours in the background would be excellent, and a subtle texture too. The quality again, makes it suffer though.
Starfields... uhm, not sure, starfields often enhance composition greatly, and I think again, it's a little sporadic in this instance, a thin background coating would just be so much better in my opinion.
The moon, nice, good texture to it, and nice eerie style, but on the big side. In fact, there are a fair few aspects to this that just make the scale and proportions really tenuous, another negative for the composition.
The planets are fantastic, the large one is superb, you've got a winner there, although the texture seems a little bit loose on the bottom half.
The adding of the person into the bottom half is fantastic, very well done indeed, excellent inclusion.
As a summary, you've got the techniques all down, a nice brushing style, good asteroids, planets etc, but there's just that composition factor I feel is somewhat lacking. Fix that, and you're good to go. Some tips
- a general starfield, if only very subtle.
- some sort of idea of scale and depth, less conflicting aspects
- more prominent focal point
- negative space, some sort of larger transition would good imo
- image quality
Fix them and you're good.
NB - I know this comment was largely picking out the flaws in the image, but lets face it, when you get a DD the majority of the comments you receive will flatter you with outright praise, whether it's a long comment or an "omfg excellent". Now whilst this is all well and good for the artists ego, it's not too much of help. I'm just giving you an insight into what I see in this image, and where you can go from it. I hope you understand where I'm coming from.
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Well what I would say to you then is thanks alot man, I understand that as this is my first ever DD or real coverage for that matter I can say hopefully with no ego that I WILL be getting alot of flattering comments that I will try my best not let get to my head if that makes any sense
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Absolutely amazing. I am truly stunned and awe-inspired. I'm going to hire you to come tutor me
-Jack
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I would very like to see something similar when i look to the sky, but this only exist only in my head and imagination. When the first warp drive ? I want to visit other worlds
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AWESOME
i thought it'd be just another space scene, but there's the house
and the cool guy
this is excellent
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i'm glad i bought a 23 inch display
excellent work, those detailed textures are eycandy
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This is one of the most incredible beautiful pieces I've ever seen. Incredible variation and lots of different views.
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PHENOMENAL texture work! That wooden door looks real! This is one of the best pieces of this genre I have ever seen, wonderful work.
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Congratulations for the DD, this piece really, really deserves it. Now the idea is excellent. One can see many combinations of space and earthly scenes (like my "Good Night") but this is somewhat different because of that guy there gazing the night sky. That is in my opinion the best parto of the picture, he isn't much detailed or anything, but he brings some sort of humanity and the fact that humankind is actually almost nothing compared to the vast galaxies and nebulae. That brings me to another part that I especially like, that galaxy on the left of the planet. It is simply amazingly realistic! Nothing added to it, so it seems and feels like an ordinary galaxy. I appreciate that you didn't try to mix all the colours and details to it and so on, it is a perfect part of the compostition. Also the lighting effects in the lower part (earth) are amazing. They're blurred nicely but not too much and give a realistic look.
10 out of 10 
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I definitly appreciate the comment man
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Simply amazing. I love how you incorporate..well..everything.
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