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Ark W.I.P. 01by *steve-burg

Digital Art / 3-Dimensional Art / Scenes / Futuristic & Sci-Fi

This 3D model is a recreation based on a very obscure SF television series. The show itself was less than brilliant, but I found the idea of it to be very compelling. Okay - enough people have guessed the source - the series was called "The Starlost" [link]

In the distant future, a great catastrophe will destroy our solar system. In order to save human civilization, a huge spacecraft is constructed. This ship - called the Ark - carries a large number of self contained "biosphere" domes, each supporting an independent human community. Each dome is several miles across, and the entire ship is truly monumental in scale.

In the TV show, there was only one Ark. But I put four of them in this image... just because

This is a work-in-progress - made about one year ago or so. The spaceships were modeled and rendered in Lightwave 3D, and the image was assembled in Photoshop. The background nebula was once a procedural texture rendered on a card in 3D, and since then it's been modified beyond recognition. I've had it for years, and I call it "The Frankenstein Nebula"

That's all I'll say for the time being...

EDIT: I modified the text to name the source of inspiration for the design

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*Bartoleum Aug 27, 2012

Wow! I find that series fascinating! I used to love watching it as a kid in the early 80's. Good job.

~coelacanth1938 Mar 6, 2012

Actually a fleet of arks makes more sense.

~Archer7Tadayoshi Feb 2, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Oh cool, the ships look similar to what I have designed, only with a lot more detail.

~mbc12-5-58 Jan 28, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

Ellison adapted his script "Phoenix Without Ashes" into a four-issue miniseries for IDW Comics. You can either look for it in the back issue bins or order the trade paperback.

*steve-burg Jan 28, 2012 Professional Filmographer

I have (or had) a copy of the novel - but I didn't know there was also a comic! Thanks for the tip

!DeviousBastard May 9, 2011

Pandorum had a very similiar plot and even made referred to it with a guy's skeleton hanging around on the ship.

*steve-burg May 10, 2011 Professional Filmographer

I actually enjoyed Pandorum well enough - it wasn't great, but it wasn't terrible either!

The concept of a giant ship carrying the survivors of earth to a new planet has a long history in sci-fi books - I've always liked the basic idea

!DeviousBastard May 11, 2011

Yeah, it basically retold humanity's origins in the form of scifi tropes (wrote a series of blogs about it). My biggest problem with the film is that though it was somewhat satisfying it could have been better with the concept it had. I hope the unrated version gets released.

~KatesFriend Oct 23, 2010

I remember this series well, I watched it when it premiered on CTV back in 1973.

Your model is fantastic and I would love to see more of it.

~KatesFriend Oct 23, 2010

And you are right of coarse, if any old TV series should be re-imagined (a la Battlestar Galactica) it is 'The Starlost'. Perhaps even the title should change. Still, it was a fantastic concept which deserves a second chance someday.

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