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The Legendary Ladder is a renowned structure built by a race of aliens to take advantage of their close proximity to a neighbouring and tidally-locked fertile moon. The Legendary Ladder serves as a colossal elevator between both worlds complete with a stop-off station at the near-halfway point where the gravity of both worlds is in tie with each other. It is used for both practical and leisure purposes and is the central hub of huge cities at both endsMy sole entry to TheLuminarium 's 10th online exhibit and the last "themed" one to my knowledge, given the theme Legendary. As most think of the past when they think of Legends, I deliberately went the other way and thought towards the future.
Creating buildings and spaceships often feels like such a chore to me, regardless of whether I do them in 2D or 3D (much of it was 3D though) I have no idea how other space artists handle them so well
Made using Cinema 4D, Vue 7 and Photoshop, oh, I'm aware the copyright says it was made a few months earlier than the submission date...that's because it was and I had to hold it for a while.
Edit: Wooo! the first time one of my sci-fi themed deviations gets a DD, it is after all one of my favourite things to do! Thanks a lot to *hoevelkamp and ^taenaron , both quality sci-fi/space artists in themselves
Artwork is my copyrighted creative property and is not to be used for any manner by anyone without my consent
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Chromattix In reply to ??? [2020-08-23 04:27:56 +0000 UTC]
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db62 [2016-01-02 20:37:08 +0000 UTC]
I can see this on 2 of 4 of a series I've written. I've never seen this image before but it closely matches a scene I wrote in the 2nd novel. Number 1 in the series was self-published 2015, the next is due out early 2016. In fact, finished the final draft on New Years Eve (sad I know). And since I wouldn't dream of using without permission, I wonder if you are open to the idea.
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Chromattix In reply to db62 [2016-01-05 13:08:31 +0000 UTC]
I think I've let someone else use this on a book before though. That would be the only problem that might arise there
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VincentValeAuthor [2013-06-14 04:10:21 +0000 UTC]
Definitely could be a book cover. Great work.
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Chromattix In reply to VincentValeAuthor [2013-06-14 13:41:22 +0000 UTC]
I think someone once wanted it for that...But I wasn't too impressed by their offer
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Tsukiyomi98Tenshi [2013-03-01 19:55:53 +0000 UTC]
lol reminder of Gundam 00 XD. Still, this is FUDGING AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Chromattix In reply to Tsukiyomi98Tenshi [2013-03-02 05:13:36 +0000 UTC]
I think I've heard of that...but I don't know what it is other than the fact it involves robots
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Tsukiyomi98Tenshi In reply to Chromattix [2013-03-03 07:39:53 +0000 UTC]
It's one of the series of the anime of "Gundam"
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SGTErikPike [2013-01-23 20:02:30 +0000 UTC]
Well researched concept, and executed with excellent attention to detail. Is this a book cover?
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Chromattix In reply to SGTErikPike [2013-01-24 04:16:34 +0000 UTC]
Not a book cover, just something I did for fun
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SGTErikPike In reply to Chromattix [2013-01-30 20:01:39 +0000 UTC]
Well, great work. Your creations look very anime inspired, you must watch a lot of that. Keep it up!
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Trinitas127 [2012-10-14 11:58:34 +0000 UTC]
You know how much I love your works of art, and how I can't seem to resist favoriting them either.
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azile0 [2012-08-23 08:24:18 +0000 UTC]
That is a dazzling landscape. Hopefully we'll get there someday.
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Chromattix In reply to azile0 [2012-08-23 11:08:57 +0000 UTC]
Thanks! But I wouldn't count on it happening soon
Maybe next week
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G-hamm [2012-08-02 19:37:33 +0000 UTC]
i love stuff like this! so epic. conjures up so many questions about how a race might have built such a structure. love it
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Chromattix In reply to G-hamm [2012-08-03 02:20:11 +0000 UTC]
Even I don't know how they'd do it
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electricTwilight [2012-05-15 12:45:31 +0000 UTC]
Love this one. It first recall me of the tower of babel, but here, there are two linked one with each other.
I just hope the elevators are not going too fast !!
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Chromattix In reply to electricTwilight [2012-05-15 14:40:57 +0000 UTC]
A more modern tower of Babel...MUCH more modern
They would have to go fast, imagine how long a trip it would be otherwise Though elevators can only go so fast before you start feeling some intense G-Force
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Porecomesis [2012-03-03 10:15:01 +0000 UTC]
*SNAP*
WORKER: Guys! The planets moved and the ladder snapped again!
EVERYONE ELSE: *simultaneous groaning*
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lululetti In reply to Porecomesis [2012-03-12 16:37:34 +0000 UTC]
Lol I thought the same thing.
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Chromattix In reply to Porecomesis [2012-03-03 13:06:53 +0000 UTC]
Nah, they would have found ways around that No-one is gonna build something like this without considering that first, spend hundreds of billions of dollars only to go "oops, we forgot that planets moved
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Porecomesis In reply to Chromattix [2012-03-03 13:10:31 +0000 UTC]
I wonder how they'd do it, though? The moon spins and rotates around the planet, which in turn spins and rotates around its sun.
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Chromattix In reply to Porecomesis [2012-03-03 13:49:48 +0000 UTC]
In this scenario the two are tidally-locked (which often happens when two planets or a planet and its moon are really close to each other) which means one orbits the other with the same side always facing, and sometimes that happens along with the two orbiting and spinning at the same rate, so there's almost no variation in their relative positions with each other
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Porecomesis In reply to Chromattix [2012-03-03 13:59:27 +0000 UTC]
Okay then, that solves that pr-
WORKER: Guys, another satellite's falling out of orbit!
EVERYONE ELSE: *groan*
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EXPIDITOR [2012-02-26 05:48:42 +0000 UTC]
..OVERWORLD
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Letri [2011-11-24 05:50:19 +0000 UTC]
Round of applause for this epic piece of work ladies and gentlemen!
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Sahar-sss [2011-10-13 20:45:37 +0000 UTC]
I really love this, it's fantastic ! Haven't been here for a long time, I logged in just now and saw this again it made me happy !
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Chromattix In reply to Sahar-sss [2011-10-14 01:35:45 +0000 UTC]
Looks like a whole year has passed since my last comment on your page Glad you still like it and haven't got bored of it
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Sahar-sss In reply to Chromattix [2011-10-16 09:18:20 +0000 UTC]
Why would I get bored with such an amazing work ? I have been so buy last year, now life is better
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KnightonWorks [2011-10-12 18:52:41 +0000 UTC]
absolutely brilliant, the detail is incredible the concept is fantastic, the idea behind the tidally locked planets/moons is ingenious. and the design of the city reminds me very much of Atlantis. I love every part.
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Chromattix In reply to KnightonWorks [2011-10-13 00:18:36 +0000 UTC]
Thanks a lot. Finally someone who paid attention to the fact they're tidally locked and not prone to much moving of position
Glad you liked it, and thanks for watching
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KnightonWorks In reply to Chromattix [2011-10-13 21:47:07 +0000 UTC]
Does no one read the description?
You are most welcome, allot of your sci-fi work reminds me of the worlds and universes I have in my head.
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gabrielroque [2011-09-12 20:01:01 +0000 UTC]
It looks great, perfectly done. But i cant help thinking, how does it works when the planet moves?
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Chromattix In reply to gabrielroque [2011-09-13 00:36:42 +0000 UTC]
I had to cover myself by making both planets move in-sync by being tidally locked to each other (which usually happens between two planets or stars that are really close to each other anyway) Even then there would be some variation, I figured the tower would probably be segmented to allow for some degree of bending or stretching
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