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Published: 2006-05-01 12:34:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 18076; Favourites: 471; Downloads: 1567
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This idea came to me out of nowhere. Most of the time, you see asteroids as a destructive force. Why not the opposite? What if a civilization tamed one of these beasts and used it as a vessel to travel around a system? Clearly fantastical, but I wanted a believable depiction.Everything is as i want it to be. Not too busy, and focal points aren't too close to each other. There are more things, but nitpicks from my part, even though there arent as many here as I have for my other sci-fi works.
Asteroid, city, and planets done in 3D Studio Max, final composing in Photoshop, which you can see in the walkthrough
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Comments: 93
Holy crap. I thought you stole this idea from The Beast Below, a 2010 Doctor Who episode, but, after looking at the date of this image, I'm starting to think someone stole the idea from you.
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Somehow I just got the image of someone trying to hitch a ride on a pig.
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Great work with a great idea just too make Astroides a better Utopia and not a Distopy
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hey, very original, I saw this image time ago, the asteroid came out very well and the light of the background only helps the picture, good work.
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Glad you like it! After all this time, it's still one of my favorites
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your space art is amazing....I'm breathless. o.o
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What can I say? Outstanding!
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Thanks! I 'm starting working right away
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AWESOME :Heart::Heart::Heart::Heart::Heart::Heart::Heart::Heart::Heart::Heart::Heart::Heart::Heart::Heart::Heart::Heart::Heart::Heart::Heart::Heart::Heart::Heart::Heart::Heart::Heart:
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wtf my hearts didnt werk -sad-
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Such vibrant colours.. And oh, how I like the atmosphere as well
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Cool...though I can't help thinking of Armageddon.
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The idea makes total sense to me. As long as you can seal the holes you make in it you have one sturdy hull. I'd imagine it would be kinda like living on mars, as shown in Total Recall. Many asteriods can be miles in size, so carving out room for agriculture, housing and various other needs shouldn;t be a problem as long as the population dosen't get too big. I would guess that they would recolonize a larger asteroid with the whole population or more likely sending half the pop. to another similar asteroid. As for propulsion, well, you could go with a reactor of some sorts or perhaps more eco friendly solar sails. Even though a reactor puts out a fraction of the radiation already in space. Completly plausible.
Oh, and awesome job! I love it!
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ya know, thats actuly a good engineering idea, it would take so much time to travel across the univers, that a city with everything needed for mankind to live (trees for oxygen, farms for produce and meat, comunities and a functioning society with weather and all) would actuly be a good idea for a space project.
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I think it'd be interesting but steering the mofo could be an issue
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hmm... what about nuclear exposions to propell it, kinda the way that they where thinking about using for a mission to mars?
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Unfortunately, the Orion drive concept has been determined to be unfeasible (mostly due to the quantity of nukes and shielding required). The amount of propulsion provided by your typical fusion device is substantially less than the mass of the starship and its nuclear payload. A nuclear magnetohydrodynamic torch engine, however, would be quite useful for such a vessel.
However, using hollowed planetoids as space habitats has been a staple of science-fiction and long-term space exploration concepts for quite some time. Although I do not believe I have ever seen the concept rendered visually with this much attractiveness before.
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Let me just say this about that... DAMN! I'm glad you mentioned which program you used, because now I'm interested!
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Fantastic work. Great concept and idea to, very original and unique. I love the trail that asteroid leaves, the brush work is very very good.
Red isn't my favourite colour to be honest. But i'm not letting that opinion of mine get in the way of this. Great work
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that's awesome :3
Congrtz its only of the best pictures forever
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Hey man. Is there somewhere I can get a hi-rez for my dualscreen wallpaper?
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Send me a note with your email address and the resolution you're running.
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I'm running two 1280 x 1024's. This would rock across both those. Let me know. My email is jamie@jamieeaston.com
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Asteroids/comets tumbles all around and rolls over in every direction at usually insane speeds, so I have two things to say:
Never look up and if a girl says she has a natural tan, she's lying xD
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And umbrellas must be reinforced titanium
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Beautiful as always...or is it the mango juice talking? Anyway, I love this. How many of these bad boys do you have on your walls? I bet they're awesome.
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Wow, I wasnt expecting a comment from you at all! I was glad to see your name in my message center
I have this one hanging in the space between a window and the ceiling. I used to have many space stuff in my room but then i got tired of them. Now I have a bunch of design stuff and the Three Stooges.
After I get done with some work, I plan on doing some more stuff to fill up empty walls.
So, how are you?
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I am very well. Why wouldn't you ever expect to see a comment from me?
I am busy like always, but I am enjoying life so much. What about you?
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Well its not that I wouldnt "ever" expect a comment from you, its just that it was a nice surprise
Good to hear you're doing well! As for myself, well I'm enjoying my last few days as a free man! I'll be starting my first job as a graphic designer on Monday. We'll see how that goes. Not the job I had in mind or wanted, but what have I got to lose at this point? Not a lot.
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Nice painting, the colors give it a misterious, kind of epic atmosphere, a detailed view of the asteroid, with lots of focal points and with the same colors, should be very sweet.
Is the sun going into supernova? Well, if it is, then its no wonder why they're getting the hell out of there, je, je...
Also, they're is not going to be too much asteroid to stand in, if it keeps dropping material like that! Yeah, shure, no air in space, the dust and debris follow the rock instead of being left behind it, like airplanes.... But still! living in an asteroid that decays progessively doesn't sound like a very smart idea...
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Dude this pic is simply amazing, you are one of the best in this webpage..... in the world xD. I would like to coment the drawing but there is one single problem ITS perfect!!! there is nothing to comment on!!
Well done, I hope to become like you
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The idea is no more fantastical than some of the ideas that are out there.
Is there a fractal in the sun glow?
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My eyes are dazzeled by the BEAUTY of it! Dang it your good!
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this is very cool. i love the fantasy sci-fi feel to it. the trailing fumes behind make it look like everyone in the city got waaaasted. city's got some serious red-eye! 
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Very nice - I really like the composition and detail in the various elements. The coloring is also very strong and I like the focal point in this image. 
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very cool stuff 
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Beautiful work - amazing detail! I think I might have to 
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