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Published: 2012-11-11 21:27:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 7751; Favourites: 244; Downloads: 0
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Thank you very, very much to everyone who 
ed this piece! I usually make it a point to thank everyone individually, because I never take interest in my work - by anyone - for granted, but I have very limited time right now, so once again thank you very much! Every single comment and
is truly appreciated and means a lot.I figured that I do something that feels a little warmer this time.
Two "Beetle" shuttles en route to their Firefly-class 'mothership' from a trade mission; trying to stay ahead of a sandstorm.
COMPOSITION: Main image (except for the planets) rendered in Bryce 7.1 Pro; my work. Additional digital painting and details (surface, planets), FX and composition done in Photoshop.
MESHES: Beetle shuttle by darthviper107.
Firefly & Serenity (and related) © Joss Whedon, Universal Pictures & Fox Broadcasting Company, All Rights Reserved.
ORIGINAL SIZE: ~1920x1080 in, 101 layers.
Comments and critique welcome.
Thank you to *TreeClimber for the usual, great WIP input!
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Comments: 58
I have looked at about 100 starships today and I saw this and thought, 'Hmm, that looks like Serenitys shuttles...' I just blew myself away....
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That's a good thing, right?
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As long as you don't... wind... up crashing...
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What I would give to have one of those shuttles...
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Yep, that or one of Star Trek's Danube-class Runabouts. Been saying that for years!
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You sir are an extremely talented artist. I'm impressed by the color and detail you put into these pieces of art sir!
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Why thank you..., but I'm just having fun!
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For having fun, you are one awesome guy!
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Well, it's not easy to get employed in the media industry without proper contacts or having an arts degree of sorts, so I kept it a hobby mostly...
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I think you could get employed in a heartbeat. You have amazing skills.
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It's all a matter of availability and knowing the right people. Many look at your college education and unless you have an arts degree there's not much to be done. But then I have a day job, so that's all good.
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That is true... Of course, are you considering college or is that a no? Because I'm sure you'd catch the eye of all those art professors and such. Also, I bet you get payed more than I do at your day job.
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I'm not considering college, no. I don't work well in an environment where people try to teach me stuff I already know. Payment in the art business is highly varied and a permanent position would require to work with a company that is active in the multimedia business. I'm not very good with people telling me what they want, because I have my own idea how something should look like. The odd commission here and there, fine, and if there ever was a job offer in the art business and if I was unemployed at the time I'd consider it, but I work in IT, so I can't complain about my salary.
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The wings also follow true life current designs seen in some of the newer military helicopters and VTOL craft.
From what I have heard is that the stubby wings on those craft are there to add additional lift and steering and of course are not naturally the main source of vehicle of lift. They can also make good weapons platforms!
Nice work!
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Thank you.
If I go by the size comparison of the show this originates from (Joss Whedon's Firefly), those aren't much bigger than a bus or maybe a small aircraft. Something between a larger helicopter and a lear jet in size. Since a lot of other hardware in that show operates on antigrav engines, these are probably similar!
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Thanks! I try and force myself to keep things simple. If too much is intoduced into a scene (when not necessary) it can get cluttered.
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I agree withe the Dune comment. This is gorgeous.
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Thank you! I have no problem with that at all! Dune's a classic.
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Thank you! The right color balance always takes a while.
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Gotta love Firefly. I can see how if you don't recognize the shuttle you can get that Dune feel. But for me I can see Inara racing back to the ship in front of Zoey.
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Thank you, and yes, absolutely. One of the best sci-fi shows ever to be seen. Damn you FOX for making booting it! Hehe, yep, that story works just find for me!
I actually somewhat based it on a scene from the episode "War Stories". Just couldn't stop at one shuttle!
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You going to watch the reunion tonight on the Science Channel?
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LMAO! It's not that your answer is particularly funny, but after your husband's answer it's fucking priceless.
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Heh, well...since no tv, we had to settle for the Science channels' site streaming bits n chunks...I'm SURE we'll find a youtube of it soon enough
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Just sauce for the goose Mr. Savik
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