Planetary Explosion

I was asked to blow up a peaceful planet for Sonnet Realm Films a couple of weeks ago, and it seemed I had very little choice but to comply...



Done mainly in 3DS Max, where the use of glow effects really helped in the final render.

Departure

Turning out very differently from what I sketched out here, this is a shot for a Star Trek Sim of a ship departing an Asteroid base.

The story required a holodeck-type effect on the doors, so I added this here but I thought it might be a little hard to explain outside the storyline:

Avalon Station profile images

A very simple model, but it's design seems to be quite popular - So here's some raw shots of the station to see what actual detail is there:



Here is a close up shot, well, as close as I'm willing to go on a model that was only meant to be some background dressing in a scene!

Orange Planet & Asteroid belt

Before I ruin it by putting a spaceship in the foreground, thought I'd post this up.

The barren planet texture was from a picture that Chrissie took of the rust on the surface of an iron garden roller.

Update: I fianlly got round to ruining it by adding that space station here:

Avalon station shot orbiting a star

I've recently been bought a new Graphics Tablet by my very kind and understanding fiance, and boy what a difference it's made to how I create pictures. Here is a shot of the station shown in the "First Step" picture, now renamed Avalon station for the sake of a Star Trek Sim I am doing some images for.

Done in a combination of Photoshop and 3DS Max.

Asteroid Base Survey Room

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This image was created based on an idea for a Star Trek Sim storyline, where an Insignia Class ship was being constructed inside an asteroid. I posted an earlier concept image of the ship departing the base, but here it is whilst still docked.

I originally got the idea for the window affect from the following image on the net:


I then put together this rough image as a concept for approval before I worked on the final version:

A couple of Insignia Class starships

Just some images of two Insignia Class Starships I did as a request for a couple of Star Trek Sims.

The USS Achilles:




...and the USS Phoenix: