Ooo. This should be interesting.
Hi there
it's been a while since i took the time to work on a purely personal project, but today i had a little sketchup/photoshop fever
For now the idea is to show the journey of an exploration spaceship around saturn moons, here's a first render of the ship in its shipyard
station.jpg
About the technique, i'm starting with sketchup models combined and reworked, and also add a little polish with photoshop.
I think i'll later try to add labels and stuff to do something that looks like a map.
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Ooo. This should be interesting.
i'm intrigued! i especially like how the layout offers room for more capsules
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Thx for the comments guys
Here's an update with a bit more work on the ship.
I'm kinda thinking about multiple views of a space journey between jupiter and saturn moons, with the ship dropping probes.
Plan.jpg
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another variation, with a different background
JUPITER-2.jpg
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This is looking good and developing nicely.
However in the most recent image, the Atmospheric Pod launcher is located way off axis.
Is there a reason you didn't keep it on axis?
good point bhk1914, the pods were a bit too off axis,
i've reworked a bit that.
JUPITER-2-2.jpg
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i've started to work on the global map
station.jpg
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This is developing nicely.
One additional comment on the exploration ship:
The ring structure near the rear appears to have only one connection to the ship's structure.
An additional supporting connection or two would eliminate the torque load on the ship's frame when the drive is active.
Thanks for noticing that bkh1914, that makes sense
here's an update with more structures, i'm still looking for a good angle and background.
station_2.jpg
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