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SemperFi1012 — A New Beginning
Published: 2006-03-15 12:47:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 1324; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 132
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A New Beginning picks up where this ---> [link] <--- left off.After closing the doors of heaven, the universe was destroyed. After several centuries passed, a flicker of light began to appear. Giant spheres of water and earth began to form in the galaxy. All these sphere's began to rotate and gather around bright lights. Life began to appear in all sorts of forms. The first humans were formed. A dawn of a new galaxy, and man's second chance, had come.
The complexity of everything in this piece is designed to show God's ease in creation. You'll notice that the humans are stick figures, this symbolizes the simplicity of man at his beginning. The man is also pointing at the planets, showing that everything is new, and humans are just starting to explore the universe and their own world.
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Aprox. Amount of time taken: 10 hours
Mediums used: Terragen, Photoshop
Resourses used: (of course I started doing celestials using Alyn's tutorial), MODIS website by NASA - [link]
Details: Everything except textures on planets created from scratch.
Inspiration: TheonlyFallacy's [link]
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Comments: 41
I hope you dont mind, I used this picture for my philosophy paper on "where does the world come from?", put © there
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Oh no I don't mind at all! If anything, I'd just really like to see the paper if you wouldn't mind. 
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u have the right to. the picture accompanies text, ill send it to you in a message.
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wow it's pretty good but i'm sure that i've u worked a bit more on the clouds and the terrain it would be perfect
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this is quite good, keep it up
my problem is that the planet looks low res, and the sky looks a little too square
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Thanks. I noticed the planet too. I actually improved it for my next piece...
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Thanks. 
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It didnt, well it's fav+d now.
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Wow... the details. Very beautiful (honest). Ok, I'll make a deal with you if you want. Since you posted this:
"I would really appreciate it if you would comment on this and possibly
I'll fav a future deviation of yours if you can finish it with a quality near to this "A New Beginning" in atleast 5 hours max.
I know you can do it. I usually finish my works less than five hours. So if you want to have a deal then reply that you agree with it.
Good luck! and excellent artwork!
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Thanks for your kind comment, but I don't believe that making something in 5 hours or less would make a piece any better. I think as long as the picture looks good, it doesn't matter how long it takes. I don't enjoy limiting myself, i'd rather just make something as good as I can.
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I'm not saying it would look better if you make it in less than 5 hours. I'm challenging you to unleash your capabilities with time pressure (if you only want too, that is why I'm making a deal) and not limiting. Just to make things straight, I am not mocking your abilities actually I'm impressed especially with the way you render the details(really time consuming stuff).
Ok to prove it I'll
Hope I did not offend you. 
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No no, I wasn't offended. I was just really confused at what exactly you were trying to say. 
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Yeah, maybe after a few days it would be possible for you to do the feat. Good luck!
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very nice..i had almost this same idea..but nice job man, I love the planets, and the people.
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Thanks Gmoney!
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yw..im doing good enough.
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Wow, great piece. Those clouds are fantastic...nice job.
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i can see why this is important to you, its lovely. everything seems to work here. i cant critique anything!
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Hehe! Thanks! ^_^
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Very nice. I really like how the light hits off the planets.
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This is awesome!
The starfield is brilliant, the planets are psychotic! The clouds are also cool.
My only itch is that you make the atmosphere -> space transition a little more gradual somehow
Otherwise great going! you should be proud
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Thanks!
About the atmosphere... that's about as smooth as I can get it without making it look rediculously long and drawn out. Sorry
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lol it's cool, that's what i thought too. hmm
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i like everything except the two people who seems very unorganized, i suggest u overlay a picture because right now it is obvious that those are brush strokes for an example: [link]
everything lse tho is amazing u did a wonderful job on the planets, maybe your best yet
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Kay! Thanks for the advice. I made them a little further back into the fog and gave them some lighting too. I hope it's good enough.
Like I said, I don't want the figures themselves to be more complicated because of the symbolizm. Thanks for the advice! ^_^
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much better, awesome job m8
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Awesome job buddy. And the lil' stickmen on the hill made me laugh.
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Really great work, i especially like how you made the clouds work, i'm so bad with clouds. Keep up the good work
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