AT, Buddy,.. I'm sorry to say I crashed one of your ships..

[David E. Gervais]

Image removed due to bad link. Sorry

In spite of my 'Crashing' one of your beautiful models, I hope that we can colaberate on more artwork in the future.

Cheers!

P.S. Comments welcome, and AT, you'll notice that I added a few elements to enhance the scene. Enjoy.

P.P.S. BTW, this was done using Bryce 5 and I have posted in the Daz3d gallery and the renderosity gallery.

[ July 18, 2004, 00:56: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]

[Ragnarok-X]

unfortunally your scene doesnt show http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[David E. Gervais]

Originally posted by Ragnarok-X:
unfortunally your scene doesnt show http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Really? it shows fine for me. Can anyone else verify if the pic is being displayed properly?

Thanks, http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

EDIT: Oops, it looks like off-site linking is blocked by renderosity, Sorry, I'll see if the daz3d Version can be linked to.

[ July 17, 2004, 16:18: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]

[Alneyan]

I am denied access to the site where the picture is hosted (that is, when I try to view the image alone). The error in question is 403, and not the dreaded 404, so there *is* indeed a picture somewhere. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[David E. Gervais]

Oh well, I guess I'll have to find someone to host the image so that you all can view it.

..hey AT, maybe you could use the pic as a spiffy splash screen for your shipset web page? Just a thought.

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

P.S. Sorry, I really didn't mean to tease the natives.

[ July 17, 2004, 18:39: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]

[Taera]

*gets out kinetic impact dynamite-attached spears and plasma burning torches*

[Atrocities]

http://www.astmod.com/ATCrash2a.jpg
1024x768 link (http://www.astmod.com/ATCrash2.jpg)

http://www.astmod.com/suvocoa.PNG
1000x1000 Link (http://www.astmod.com/suvoco.PNG)

I told the crew to take it easy on her maidan voyage.

[ July 18, 2004, 06:57: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

[Aiken]

This scene perfectly fits "Empire Lost" event.

[Raging Deadstar]

Dam that is pretty...

David, you are a graphics god! If this is the standard of stuff to be seen in SEV then i am seriously contemplating hibernation until it's released http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

That is going as my new wallpaper http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif Beautiful work!

[David E. Gervais]

Hey, AT, thanks for posting the pics. It's fun to see the 'before' and after pics to see how I used the model in a different (than normal) se4 enviroment.

Your model is the real star of this pic. I'm very happy that you shared the model with me. I can do a lot of stuff, but personally I really shine when I have good material to work with. We should start a company and call it AT&D Productions. LOL

This humble artist is only as good as his tools, and my tools work best with high quality material. Your ships are extremely high quality material. Thank you for sharing.

Have a great day, Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

edit: P.S. sure, use it as the 'empire lost' event pic if you want. feel free to resize as necessary.

[ July 18, 2004, 13:24: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]

[Ragnarok-X]

wow thats pretty awesome ! Really good work !

[Renegade 13]

Other people have already said it, but I'm going to say it again. That's some truely awesome work. Both the model and the portrait scene. Actually, the model looks really good in the portrait, even at that scale (except for the flames...I don't think she's in such good shape anymore http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif )

[Spoo]

Awesome! Make more http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Captain Kwok]

Cool stuff.

[DarkAnt]

thats amazing work. How many years have you been doing graphics?

[Atrocities]

Originally posted by aiken:
This scene perfectly fits "Empire Lost" event. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">OMG you are soooooooooooooooo right. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif David.....What do you think?

[Atrocities]

David you are the man. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif I could never do what you have done here. Just awsome. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

I am happy other people appreciate your work as much as I do. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[DeadZone]

What program(s) you use to create that David?

That is just amazing

[primitive]

Awesome work as usual David.
The skulls, the ship, the sand – Now tell me; why do I have a feeling I have seen this motif before ? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[ July 19, 2004, 07:19: Message edited by: primitive ]

[David E. Gervais]

Q1: How many years have I been doing Graphics?

A1: Well, If you mean 'Computer Graphics' then the answer is 25 years. If you mean graphics in general, then the answer is since I was a wee lad and crayons were my medium of choice. If you mean 'Professionally' the answer is about 25 years but not exclusive to computers. Thanks for asking.

Q2: What program(s) did I use to make this?

A2: Bryce 5, with a beautiful ship model that Atrocities made using Doga. The skull objects are part od a 3D model collection I have on CD. The rest is pure Bryce 5. Oh, and a bit of post production in ArtGem and I use PSP 8 to convert the original .bmp to .jpg (it does the best job and I can tweak the quality using the 'optimizer')

Q3: Why does the motif look familliar?

A3: Yeah, I got that same feeling when I made my first render. I think I remember an old sci-fi book that had cover artwork that is similar.

/end of mini Q&A

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ July 19, 2004, 11:17: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]

[pathfinder]

Excellent work. Very, very cool... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Atrocities]

David they are right, this would make a nice "Your Empire Is Dead" image.

And the ship was the Enterprise (Star Trek) on the cover, but David has taken the look to a whole new level. Its absolutely haunting. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Great work, and ya I would love to see more. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Originally posted by David E. Gervais:

[b]Q3: Why does the motif look familliar?

A3: Yeah, I got that same feeling when I made my first render. I think I remember an old sci-fi book that had cover artwork that is similar.

/end of mini Q&A

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">My dad thinks he does too.

That is an awesome pic.

[ July 19, 2004, 16:34: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[Wardad]

The Motif? Familar?
Like the (intro?) to Wing Commander III.
With the Lost Carrier sinking into the sea.

BTW: It looks great http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[ July 19, 2004, 22:40: Message edited by: Wardad ]

[Fyron]

Maybe www.imageshack.us (http://www.imageshack.us) would be of use to you?

[Kamog]

That's a very beautiful picture, David! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Originally posted by Wardad:
The Motif? Familar?
Like the (intro?) to Wing Commander III.
With the Lost Carrier sinking into the sea.

BTW: It looks great http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I don't think either of us have played that.

We bought another one, but our computer was to fast.

I was really good at the first. I perfected my 'homing missile' tactic on it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif Unfortunatly that doesn't work to good on the newer space sims.

[ July 20, 2004, 07:07: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[David E. Gervais]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Maybe www.imageshack.us (http://www.imageshack.us) would be of use to you? <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Interesting link Fyron, I'll have to try it out. Thanks.

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif