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Published: 2017-10-12 22:10:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 8590; Favourites: 349; Downloads: 0
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My new work, which I'm calling "Warmth of the Morning Suns", depicts the sunrise of a double star system as viewed from a very Earth-like moon in orbit around a gas giant. I recently traveled to the east coast of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula where I had the good fortune to watch a number of beautiful sunrises over the Caribbean ocean. The rocky limestone outcrops common to the Yucatan's east coast got me thinking about doing this scene.In this image the viewer stands on a warm and water-rich moon just inside the entrance to a rocky sea-cave. This moon enjoys a warm and balmy climate due to its proximity to a double star system seen off in the distance. Most of the warmth and light washing over this particular "Cosmic Shore" comes from the much brighter of the two stellar companions. Had conditions been a little bit different in our own Solar System, perhaps Europa would enjoys views like this.
I used Vue to render the landscape and moons for this image. Photoshop was then used to add the moons and gas giant to the final scene. The planet itself started out as my "Saturn Planetary Texture Stock Image" found here: fav.me/d8f7djy which I then altered for this scene. I wanted to create a very warm image so I stuck with many shades of yellow and orange to illuminate the landscape. I think I succeeded quite well. As always I love to hear what you think so drop me a comment!
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Quite analogous to Alpha Centauri, star-wise & no need for a cloud in the sky here.
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Re-requesting for my group(s) if you will approve the request.
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Amazing ! I would love to stand there and just enjoy the sunrise.
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Thanks! The water certainly seem inviting...
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Thanks! I'm glad you enjoy it!
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This is a very fine pice of art my friend!
The abilities of VUE and Photoshop combined are simply astounding...
c u
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I would love to see more of this kind of CGI.
Like Pritee mentioned; its got a sort of natural calmness going for it that makes it seem a lot more believable,
instead of all this crazy alien scenery that is almost too restless for the viewer to just take in.
Good stuff
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This reminds me of the kinds of scenes that got me interested in Terraspace themes in the first place years ago. Back then they didn't have to be too fancy or flashy concept-wise, they just gave very natural-looking and believable impressions of what other worlds beyond our solar system might be like and has such a calmness about them
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I agree. I got into doing space art myself because of scenes which are basically POV and from the perspective of a viewer actually standing there. If the scene is too intense, bizarre, or violent, then I wouldn’t want to stand there. But in a very Earth-like but alien scene like this (and I have no doubt places like this actually do exist) it’s very easy to imagine myself standing there in amazement. In fact, after working on these scenes for as long as I do, they kind of get burned into my memory, so it’s almost as if I WAS there. I can almost hear the waves
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I kinda like a mix of both - crazy scenes where you'd much rather just see the picture than risk certain death being there for real, but also more serene ones that look like good holiday planets 
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I love the inclusion of a second and third moon visible from this gaian one.
I might have some comments about the scientific accuracy of the image (it's really just about tidal locking) but making it more accurate would ruin the composition.
From an artistic point of view I highly enjoy this, I did think the second sun was a lens flare at first, perhaps give them similar values? Idk, I'm not skilled in this type of art And Im not sure which is realistic since the value of the sun is mostly dependant on camera exposure. With my eyes I had blinding sunsets and ones where you could stare at the sun for a bit and it was this orangy yellow plate.
Then again, the two stars emit differing wavelenghts and one us lower down, so who knows? Id have to look at a sunset/sunrise timelapse with static camera settings.
Good stuff
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