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Asteriant Prime
Asteriant Prime is a highly developed planet with giant city-scapes. There also is life on his moons. Due to the climate, which is very cold and windy , there are only a few savage colonies. The image shows the search for a shuttle that crashed on one of them. The snow is not falling from heaven but blown away from ground by heavy storm. I used the freedom of art and ignored some issues 
Timeframe: about one month (unregular working-time), mixture of photo, painting and 3D Hardware used: Wacom Graphire 4, Canon EOS 350D, 50D Software used: Adobe Photoshop, 3dsmax Other important things used: coffee, musicThis is my entry for the latest exhibition "Reverie" of =theluminarium , which can be found here: TheLuminarium
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Thanks for taking the time to write something
At least it supports the "cold" impression because it is covered with ice
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It's really a nitpick... ...but a visible one
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Well lets jump right in.
Right off the bat, I pick up on the scene you are trying to convey to the viewer. The spotlights and the flare are great indicators of a classic rescue at hand. The hostile terrain with its dark and low-lit approach, really give me a strong feeling for the tension, as if I could almost relate to the people that re stranded. The large planet in the background with its moon(s) provide just the right amount of contrast to keep the viewers attention and add subtle elements to help the viewer figure out the story behind the piece.
Your level of detail is incredible. I can see it in every little corner I look into on this piece. It's great to see someone who goes the extra step in their work. Take for example that faintest of halos around the flare, the tiny building lights, or even the frost on the branches. It's things like this that really push a piece to the next level.
Now setting aside what I just mentioned, lets consider some areas that could use some improvement.
-- Lighting. While I think you have an understanding for lighting that goes beyond the average artist I think that sometime an extra technical eye can really be us use. Your lighting on the large planet and moon are consistent with each other, but its does not seem to translate over to your rescue scene. I can't really place a definitive light source, not that this overly critical, but some viewers may question it.
-- Your rescue craft, while being well portrayed and artistically displayed seems to be a bit cliche in design. We know that a sphere serves as a very utilitarian shaped object, but when used in this picture it seems to steel a bit of your creative spirt. When you approach spacecraft design, be very open minded and be willing to consider odd designs. Since it does not exist, that is your chance to push its design without people rejecting it.
-- Also, the flames coming from behind the craft as propulsion seem a bit far fetched. The craft closest to the ground appears to be going the same speed as the ones far off the ground because its jet looks just as "full-blast" as the others so to speak . Consider maybe changing the flame color to something more futuristic. That orange color seems to much like a combustion engine of today.
-- Another thing that sort of bothers me is the way you aligned the foreground and the middle-ground. In the foreground you have this flat ground with some rocks and tree, but then behind those you have a very tilted landscape that does not seem to match. It kind of looks as though one half of the terrain is just sliding away. This creates a good visual tension but is also a bit distracting.
Other then what is mentioned above, I think the piece overall is great. Keep up the good work.
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Thanks for your constructive critique 
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This make me think to 2010 by Arthur C. Clarke with apparition of life on Europe, a moon of Jupiter
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Wow! Looks very cold! I think that pilot will be eating ice cream for some time
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awesome job!!! the attention to detail is amazing and the concept it so cool
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Hmm lovely.
I wonder if both planet's could be near each other, then they could probably transfer heat and save each other
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allthough i love ships and landscape i really dislike the castle and the planet's texture.
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sorry it was so brief but you asked wether people had been notified for both deviations, i think due to a lack of comments. That's why i commented quite fast. Don't get me wrong because it's a good piece, just not my taste.
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hehe no worries
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your planets are always detailed and kick ass, and I love the concept, but I'm honestly not a fan of that snow. It looks like a few layers of random dots with a simple motion blur applied. One gets the idea you were going for, but I think it could have been done better.
I like the rocks and trees in the foreground, they give a great sense of depth to the piece and the details that were mentioned before like the frost really set it off.
Great work as always.
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Was soll ich sagen 
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Reminds me of something like LOST PLANET (PC Game)
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featured you here: [link]
keep up the great work!
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wow! what an awesome work!!
i bet the primitive savages would stare with awe and envy at the sight of the main planet before them; whose inhabitants are many many generations more advance than them... it must be an awesome sight to behold!
keep up the good work!!
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Great as usual. Love the details, and the general theme.
Only tiny niggle is that on the closest rescue vehicle, you can see the flat straight light at the bottom of it's spotlight, not easy to notice but it's there.
Nitpicking however. Great work.
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