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yes, this miniverse is sorta linked with the one in [link]Went for bgrade retro film poster look
Thanks to Benqwek, my cosmic duststorm looks much less like a pollock filter. Still nasty, but I like it enough.Another pet project I'm keeping. Might make a sequential some time! In short, this is about a team of hunters in a really sad future where mankind is forced to harvest extraterrestrial species to fuel the biosciences/pharmaceutical industry, keeping a dying Earth alive and looking forward to better days.
Yes of course there will be plenty of blood, guts [non species specific], sentry guns, frantic running, more running and people getting stomped on by 20 foot alien rhinos.
Ta!
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saw this picture,went onto your profile and pressed watch straight away...amazing,i need to learn how to draw!!!
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Kinda makes me think of how I envisioned the Sardaukar to look the first time I read Dune. 
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For real? Wow thanks. I personally love how Westwood did them in Dune II, well.. at least the minigun wielding harkonnen infantry..
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I was kinda in a old-school sci-fi mental state at the time I read it - perhaps a bit Meobius-style art in there too (I had just read The Incal. - and it turned out he'd done some artwork for a failed movie adaptation as well.) So round shapes and a mix of high tech and antique was how I envisioned the Dune universe. When I saw the Harkonnen minigunners... well, I dunno. They seemed a bit too industrial and a bit too modern-military to me. A bit too "familiar", if you will. As in 90s sci-fi as opposed to the era of weirdly psychedelic sci-fi that Dune was written in. But that is of course just my "reader's vision".
I guess that's one of the things about Dune that I liked (I wasn't so crazy about the characters, but that's just me); the grand scale of it all, and how our current creeds, beliefs and by extension our styles, sensibilities and prejudices had been completely outdated and forgotten; only for snippets to survive in completely new settings. I suppose I like the humbling feeling sci-fi on that scale can give you; that for all our achievements, all our grand designs, there is going to be a time when all we were will be forgotten, and entirely new things will be the crux of conflict and the center of ideologies.
But anyways - great work, sorry for rambling. XD
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I hear you on the psychedelica SF. While hyper fresh and forward thinking for its time, I think audiences of today have been spoilt to the point they demand a golden ratio, if you will, of Familiar vs Fantasy where design is concerned. Doesn't help that the school of thought wove its way into entertainment design academies all across Hollywood.
I did enjoy reading through your thoughts on the theme of 'highbrow scifi', as I like to call it. They truly are the ones that, as you mentioned, evoke a sense of humility and awe that the 'harder' sci fi may not- as those tend to focus on different themes entirely, and in more familiar settings. At least in my experience.
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i want to see more of these badass mutha f******
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thanks! Its a personal project of mine that I hope to ressurect sometime!
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I really ought to clear out my old DA notes ;_; thanks bro
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For some reason it really annoys me to be browsing about to find an awesome new picture and "oh, surprise, itΒ΄s yours!"
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monster hunter meets deep space exploration? nice, very nice
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This is awesome, love the concept and the composition, also really makes you wonder where the hell they ended up, as in what the rest of their world and daily life looks like. I love pictures like these that tickle my fantasy
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Hey, that's great! I'm currently developing a game, and your talent may prove useful to create exceptional pics. What do you think?
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Frantic running AND 20 foot alien rhinos!?
btw: This piece is amazing.
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The first thing that struck me was that the flag is invisible. It isn't a major detail, but it conveys a sense of void that really brings the character focus into the forefront.
Excellent piece.
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Strangely Dark: Sons of Orion by `ukitakumuki [link]
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Looks like the cover to an old E.E. Doc Smith book, (I think it was one of the Lensman novels) only in the E.E. Doc book cover the two guys were in some badly designed star trek style uniforms. (original series, not TNG)
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The retro B movie poster feel totally comes across. Excellent work!
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They may be the space pirates, but we are the ones who get da treasure, arrr arr.
Ok, aside from bad lines, this is really awesome. Love the grain/texture and the colours. flawwwless.
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i like the overall look of it its very well done^^
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Kaboom!
Hey,great pic.I like the sandstorm.And even before I read your comment,I thought that the whole thing looked really old and wondered how long you might have been making pics like this.At first I really thought it was from a book cover from the eighties or something.
Nice work.
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Reminds me somewhat of this Frank Frazetta picture.
[link]
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awesome.. it really does have that retro fathers of sci fi look. i love that look! Although i hate drawing architecture vehicles and a lot of that stuff
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awww.. learn to love the machine
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We quote the author of the painting Frank Frazetta
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