3D illustration of a sci-fi Japanese capital

[Gamerprinter]

Not sure what this is. I intended to create a world with an extinct civilization, which I think I accomplished, but this could also fit my prison, garbage world of Purgatory. However, I'm thinking those torus structures were probably orbiting staitons, however, they couldn't have fallen out of orbit and crashed, otherwise they'd be debris fields, these seem intact, just stuck into the landscape, as if affected by some kind of Manhatten Project/Teleportation accident. Perhaps some experimental planetary defense teleportation shield was invented and used, however, all the orbiting structures got teleported into the world beneath, somehow causing the end of civilizaiton here... not sure what happened. Perhaps it's just a mystery that explorers to this world might fine...? Thoughts?

GP

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[Redrobes]

I think this one is missing a few shadows. I know its overcast but the actors in it all look like they are stamped into the frame and not part of it. But I like the rain and I think the persepctive is great. It looks like those structures were designed to be in space and would not handle the forces of supporting themselves on the ground. But then thats Earth and maybe this place has barely any gravity for some reason. Maybe its a hell of a lot smaller planet but large enough to keep those structures bound to it.

[Gamerprinter]

I think this one is missing a few shadows. I know its overcast but the actors in it all look like they are stamped into the frame and not part of it. But I like the rain and I think the persepctive is great. It looks like those structures were designed to be in space and would not handle the forces of supporting themselves on the ground. But then thats Earth and maybe this place has barely any gravity for some reason. Maybe its a hell of a lot smaller planet but large enough to keep those structures bound to it.

I didn't remove any shadows, and I don't need to turn on shadows using the default Sun light source, so the heavy cloud overcast, heavy fog and haze combined seems to have minimized the shadows from appearing. And as stated in my post, I'm thinking some kind of teleporation accident caused this to happen, as normally a fall from orbit would result in a debris field, not intact toruses, yet these are intact...

[Tiana]

Nice, I like the composition. I would photoshop in shadows after the fact if the setting is causing them to not appear, though.

[Gamerprinter]

There are actually subtle shadows showing, the sun is the front right of the scene. You can see a shadow cast by the object on the left of the foreground, the leg is casting a shadow. As well as to the front of the figure standing there, though as stated very subtle.

[Gamerprinter]

Another, I had an image in my head, but no purpose behind the thought. I need several more illustrations for the Planet Builder book, and have unrefined visuals ideas that don't seem to have a reason to exist, so maybe just make work to keep me modeling until I hit on something I actually need. Big structures in the clouds was all the inspiring thought I had to work with, but don't necessarily have a use for it... enjoy!

GP

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[Gamerprinter]

Next 3D illustration for the Planet Builder supplement... this could fit a lot of categories: flying through the asteroid belt, riding the torrents of an event horizon along a black hole, in proximity to a moon in an unstable orbit too close to a gas giant and is breaking up into a descent path, in the wake of a passing magnetar, or a planet nuked from orbit, because it was the only way to be sure. This fits any of those, though the event horizon is where I was aiming for at the start... enjoy!

GP

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[rredmond]

Firefly Class look to that one
Very nice, thanks for sharing!

[Gamerprinter]

Here's an illustration I've tried doing in the past without luck, so maybe this one will do the trick. An asteroid mining station, with towers and structures in many of the larger surface craters, and a deep shaft placed into one side where an O'Niell cylinder 30 miles wide and 120 miles long is inserted into shaft holding a population of 240,000 in dozens of communities with extensive areas of farms, forested hills and large lakes. A semi-tropical environment exists within the colony. Regular supply drops in exchange for food exports is the standard trade at this location. This fits within the Planet Builder project as well... enjoy!

GP

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[Gamerprinter]

Inspired by the hexagonal basalt columns you find at Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, as an architectural feature as an alternative to skyscraper urban design. I saw the image in my head as something on an asteroid, but when trying to make it, it ended up looking more like an urban landscape on some planet, so I added detail for it to fit that function. Calling this New Dublin, on Hybernia Prime, a 50 year old space colony, that now rivals the ecumenopolises of the core worlds in Corporate Space. I might use this as is for the Planet Builder Project, or as a background for other illustrations - we'll see where it fits best... enjoy!

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