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I wanted to create a cheerful and happy scene. This was the result (go figure!) Well, at least it's colorful :D This image was made for the book "Concept Design II" about 5 or 6 years ago.

The huge spaceship was created in Lightwave 3D, with a very large custom texture painted in Photoshop. It was rendered against a blank background.

Everything else is painted in Photoshop. I looked at some reference images to paint the clouds and the farm. The clouds took ages to finish because I really wanted them to wrap around the ship. There were a lot of layers!

The barn and some trees were painted in a separate image, at much larger size to get the detail. They were then reduced and softened with grain and noise, and a slight Gaussian Blur.

At the time this image was created, my overriding goal was to achieve an absolutely photographic look to the painted elements. It involved a lot of painstaking effort, adding grain and noise to simulate the look of actual film. Really, not so much fun... I've discovered that simply painting is a lot more enjoyable, so I no longer pursue this "faked photo" effect in my work.

CHANGE: I adjusted the text to clarify some things :)
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Imagine waking up in a morning and seeing something like this... The Sighting by *steve-burg has a moody atmosphere with a colossal extra terrestrial space ship in the sky. Quality and skills of the artist speaks it self and the power of the composition is undeniable. ( Featured by `KeremGo )
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~MisterSanitz Apr 23, 2012  New member Hobbyist Digital Artist
Amazing picture!!!

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~m0zch0ps Apr 12, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
great image, the scale of this is nuts, very blimp-like,
I dont think we should be worried about this invading us, we just need to shoot something sharp at it, and then collapse in a laughing fit as it farts off in random directions.

wicked gallery btw Mr Burg
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~Herakleides Mar 16, 2012  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
Great work!
Clouds, grass... and obviously the ship itself!
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Mood: Wow! *rooosti Mar 13, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
wow
it looks so ...dominating
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~funkitty Mar 12, 2012  Student
to beautiful im just speechless :wow:

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~Mysterykids Feb 23, 2012  Student Digital Artist
This is so beautiful !!!!! I really love it

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*steve-burg Feb 24, 2012  Professional Filmographer
Thanks very much! :)

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~Squeakybuddha Feb 5, 2012  Professional Filmographer
Excellent work. You should be very proud!
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*steve-burg Feb 6, 2012  Professional Filmographer
Thank you very much! :)

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~bigton Dec 29, 2011
*wakes up* *goes outside to stretch..* *sees that giant thing....* "well we are utterly and officially fucked..." yep!

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i'z nice :3
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