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Published: 2009-04-02 21:00:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 8580; Favourites: 95; Downloads: 0
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This is fan art trying to depict the beginning battle of Echo Base on Hoth, in "Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back"Dreamorchid78 is hosting here "80's Ultimate Contest", and this is my entry.
Here is a link to the Contest: dreamorchid78.deviantart.com/jā¦
I tried to capture the feel of the 80's, and added a lot of noise for a film grain affect. I really wanted to get away from that obvious 3D look that I often have, and get that great movie feel to it. I had to do a lot of texture work on this with the Snowspeeders and the ATAT Imperial Walkers. I learned a lot of things making this piece.
I used Poser for model setup, Vue for rendering, and lots of Photoshop for the Matt painting and postwork. I put this in mixed media because there was a lot of painting over the 3D.
*Edit:
billythebrain had made some good suggestions, so I added some snow and some motion blur on a few of the speeders. Let me know what you think.
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This was one of my favorite scenes from the entire star wars saga...when he vaults off the speeder and does an Olympic level dismout and flows right into combat it's priceless 
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Thanks. I made the landscape and sky in Vue.
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I knew that... but what's the technique for making two suns?
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I love the silhouette and the sense of speed. It's generally simple, but the extra detail on the bike pulls it together nicely.
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Thank you
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It's great work and I like the angle. The silhouette is mysterious, but it seems 2D. Considering the character on the bike, it does make sense that you can get sucked in that black abyss, yet it doesn't quite fit the realism with the rest of the canvas, IMO. Personally, I think a very subtle outline of his body would give it some depth. Or maybe what's throwing me off is that its too black. But again, I can understand if the "black abyss" aspect was done intentionally.
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Thank you. I was definitely going for mysterious animated, meets slight realism. And odd combo but I liked it
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And you as well
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Wonderful motion action and I like the angle. Well done!
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Thats ok, I'll let it slide... this time
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Thank you
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This is just fantastic work, really well done!
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Much thanks Mel
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Always welcome!
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But that aside, you've done a wonderful job here - great POV, DOF, and the twin suns of Tatooine... I recognized the setting from the small preview image alone, so - well done!
Will there be more SW fanart in the future? I'd love that.
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oh yeah, almost forgot your a Star Wars nut lol.
This was fun to do, so I definitely want to do some more Star Wars fan art in the near future. I've been in fan art mode lately
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I know that mode - but it's a good one.
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It is interesting how his shape is really just a void..
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I was trying to have him with more of a silhouette to seem more mysterious. But I think I may have darkened him a bit much.
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such an awesome sci-fi piece babe, great action, i love how the scene is blurred but he is in focus it adds a lot of drama, nice work hun
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Much thanks love
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Fantastic DoF effect 
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Thats what I was going for so I'm happy other people get it as well
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Thanks man
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Stunning. Love the movement. Love the wonky horizon. Love it all.
Still the best user of Poser I've come across.
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There are some really good Poser artists out there, pushing out some top shelf professional work. I'm more just playing around and having fun lol. But thank you, it's much appreciated.
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I always thought that Darth Maul got shafted when he... got shafted I guess.
He was a much more interesting character than Dooku.
He should have been the villain for all 3 preqs
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Oh most definitely, but I think thats what made him even more liked. The fact that you really didn't see much of him, so everybody wanted more.
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too true.
It's the same with Fett in the original (holy) trilogy. He was dark and mysterious, so everyone wanted more.
Even though they showed a bit too much Jango in Ep 1-3, he's still interesting.
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I was all about Boba Fett, thought he was the coolest man, and barely had any lines. Just the fact that he was quite, badass and everybody knew it really added to the character. And to have gotten killed off comically by a blind Solo was the kicker lol
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Although, I do like that fett survives the sarlac and escapes in the books.
Later on (spoilers) he becomes a responsible leader of Mandalore. He even has a family.
That I liked.
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Ni kidding, never knew that. I never picked up the books, which is odd because I liked Star Wars and I like to read lol.
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Yeah, do yourself a favor and pick them up. There's a whole timeline over at lucasbooks on what comes when. I highly recommend doing it chronologically, more interesting that way.
All in all, there's like 45-60 books. And in most cases, they're very good. Often better than ep 1-3
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Your Welcome
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OMG You're doing a Star Wars theme, will you marry me?? 
Very Very Awesome perspective ATON. I love it!!
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Lol and out come the fangirls
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