Hi All.

A quick update to progress. In my last post I outlined a course of attack.

I made a short list ordered by geographic subtlety of what would likely appear on the ground around the landing site. Shallow depression, Very subdued crater, Subdued crater, Sharp crater, Rocks. These were mapped onto a base area.

Primary Elements
site_01.jpg

Detail
site_detail_01.jpg

Roughing in colour, texture and tone as per Shallow depression, subdued crater,
Sharp crater, Rocks etc...
site_02.jpg

Detail
site_detail_02.jpg

I felt the overall tonal quality was a bit uniform, so I tweaked the Contrast and Hue (via adjustment layers within PS) of the ground layers - This resulted in an appropriate amount of visual 'noise' a gives a nice level of visual diversity. Because I used adjustment layers I can go back and tweak this if need be.
site_03.jpg

Detail
site_detail_03.jpg


Now to add the detail as per this list:

Physical Items - known things with a size, shape and location
Lander position, American flag
LRRR, PSEP, SWC, Television camera, ALSCC, Jettison Bag etc...

Temporal Activities
First Steps, Panoramic Photography, Science experiments / observations, Moon Walks

site_04.jpg

Still working on the detail, colours etc...
site_detail_04.jpg

I am comfortable with the overall look and structure and will now move onto the frame and border elements. Will no doubt continue to tinker with small details.

C & C welcome.

Cheers Tom