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Published: 2009-09-23 05:11:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 23609; Favourites: 1206; Downloads: 0
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A man-made Solar System, fully functional or just a hologram? - it's up to the viewer
. Though it was created with the theme "Genisis" in mind, like a new artificial dawn in my interpretation since that's the theme of The Luminarium 's 8th art exhibit, of which I also had othe rideas for too - but I only had time to make this one among other things I'm working on.This evolved significantly and is evidence on how gaining outside opinions really can improve an artwork. But the biggest help came from *SomniCelestia who suggested this steep and dynamic perspective...beforehand, my theme was still in the right place but the angle was straight-on and pretty boring. I think I need not only think outside the box when it comes to concept, but perspective too. I'll just have to see
All models made by me in Cinema 4D, imported to Vue where they were textured, lighted and rendered (blurred reflections made the base render take friggi'n 26 hours to render
) and a lot of digital painting over it afterwards as it looked far too much like a room in a game beforehand 
P.S - in the off chance someone buys a print, it can potentially be hung upside-down too for a different perspective of the same scene
See also a similar concept work - Climate Capsules
Artwork is made and copyrighted by me. Not use, alter or display my work anywhere without permission
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WOW! Very impressive 3D render. And modelled in my favorite 3d render engine C4D!
I like the brushed methal shaders! Great ligthing and coloring! WOW!
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Thanks! Cinema 4D was the only program I got any kind of professional training in - and that wasn't much either 
Thanks for faving too!
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Hi Matthew,
right ANISOTROPIC is the name for that shader system.
It is highly improved and I use it for creating brushed surfaced since Release 9 i guess...
You did an outstanding render!
I made an solar system render myself some years ago [link] but lately I have fun doing human and none human renders in C4D like this [link] and this [link] ...
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Ahh good, I got it right
Character modelling is something I would do if I had the knowhow, I'd only ever do characters in 3D if I knew I could do them well and on my own, instead of relying on Poser 
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I once did a human modelling some years ago. [link]
And it is one of the most hards things in the 3D world.
Organic modelling! Zbrush is a great system to do that. But I never had the time to get in to it...
Since Cinema4D is able to have direct acces to poser files (without needing poser) I like doing organic renders...
It is time intes enough to improve the skin, eye and hair shaders using the c4d shader system and creating a realistic
light and reflection system, believe me!
If you are interested in some 3D inspiration (I enjoy) take a look here: [link]
You are still welcome to be a member!
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This is a wonderful piece. I love the angle, especially (probably because I have a hard time achieving that effect in my own work). I really got a "charged" and "energetic" feel from the sun, like something's about to blow!
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I guess the Sun is constantly exploding anyway, gravity keeps it from blasting out to bits 
Thanks for faving too
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i was just about to say Mars is beafore the asteriod belts.
But this isn't our solar system is it haha.
Very catching piece of work here.
I really like the idea and feeling of the shading and lighting.
Well done mate
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Lol, I can't beleive how many others thought it was supposed to be ours, but nine planets (even the 8 main ones) would have been too much, they would have to had been smaller and closer together making them harder to see and too many orbit paths too, so yeah - just a fictional one
Glad you liked it, the base for the lighting was acheived in Vue but lots of extra stuff for this one had to be done in Photoshop
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Really? thanks a lot 
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Beautiful pic. Love the details in the models and the colors are fantastic!
Great concept too.
If anyone lives on any of those planets, it would be a monumental discovery to find the edge of their universe...wonder what would happen if they accidentally turned off the machine.
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Lol, if that were us we actually would have found the edge of our universe ages ago...I guess humans do evolve pretty quickly when you think about it 
If it gets turned off, then they're dead - simple as that
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looking cool! i was thinking of joining that art group i hope they let me in
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They should (between you and me, they've allowed less-skilled artists in before 
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LE GASP! 
LULZ! This is very good!
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It would be very trippy if that were the case, but I doubt it 
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Wow, it really could be hung upside down! Now that's awesome!
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Thankyou! the scene in 3D was symmetrical, making it one of my few peices that could be viewed it either way (some of my little planets are like that too, but this one even moreso 
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That is so cool. It's amazing what u can do when u put ur mind to it. You in particular
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Wow this is amazing! The idea is so unique and it was so beautifully created! Well done!
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You'r featured in my journal [link]
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Wonderful colours and perspective. It looks like it was such an incredible amount of work... but it was well worth it, for the final result is stunning!
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Increidble amount of work indeed, most of the time was spent modelling that damn machinery 
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Fantastic work! 
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Great job! Love the colour scheme!
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sry this took soo long. first off, i love the idea that u have resented here. alltho its very well done, i still feel that u could have made the planets a lil more visible, for i can only find 3 out of 6.
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Thanks! as for the planets, in reality they would actually have to be smaller again in comparison to the sun. I wanted to get some as small as possible without losing them altogether. In the full-sized image they're easy to spot, as they would be in a large print too
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i understand that, wut i was trying to say was that maby u could brighten the other planets a bit more. or atleast the ones that u cant see. do u get wut i mean? also, i forgot. how often did u say i should change the soil for my bonsai?
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Well the planets are different colours, some are naturally brighter than others. Imagine what real observers had to go through to find something so small and far away
As for the bonsai, how long have you had it, how long has it been in the same pot in the same soil? if less than a year I wouldn't worry about it
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xD lol, very true
since the 4th of july^_^ and thx once again
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I love the color palette that you used for this work. The cool colors add to the futuristic feel. Great job, man!
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Thanks man. I think purple is pretty fitting to the futuristic theme, it's cold dark and mysterious 
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Oooh, awesome idea and picture!
"Oh, oh, call the professor, they've reached Mars!"
"Really!? We'll be famous!"
... I shouldn't eat chocolate this late in the evening...
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Lol, unless those are super-tiny scientists, I wouldn't consider going to Mars a big feat when it's a few feet away
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Probably not, but they might be amazed that the tiny creatures they've created managed to. xD
(Late reply for the win!)
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This looks so cool!!! I love the purple and orange... not to mention the idea that the universe is just the creation of some experimental scientists 200 times bigger than us... haha!
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Lol, well we now know for sure our Solar System is genuine. But as for the whole Universe...who knows
Glad you liked the colours, I tend to enjoy this combination
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It's a great combination, 2 of my favorites combined. Green, purple, and orange. All of the BRIGHT varieties
But yeah... that'd be cool to find out our universe isn't as huge as people think. Also quite weird... so yeah. I dunno.
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