The Probe Returns

[Ramiel]

Excellent exectution and very interesting idea behind this wonderful piece of art!
Great palette and mood, I love it!

[Shadowblade]

awesome work!

for some reason i can see a (de) motivational poster made from this...

[Nick]

Wow! Thanks for all the responses folks!

BolianAdmiral – Cheers! This image was partially inspired from all the trek books I used to buy. I loved the painted artwork. I certainly wouldn’t mind getting into illustrating book covers at some point ^___^

Enigma X – Haha, yeah I think you could spend a lifetime pouring through all the trek art out there…one more for the fire! :P Glad you dig it, I played with the composition to make the ‘whale’ ships overly dominating, helping to emphasise the huge difference in size.

IRML – I’m glad people are interpreting this differently. I wanted to keep it a little ambiguous so the viewer could make up their own narrative. Thanks again!

Darkness – Hey man, cheers! I approve of your avatar. ;P

Firelode – Hey dude, how’s it going? Yeah it’s been quite a while I guess, but the really scary thing is, that it doesn’t really seem like that long ago I was last here! It’s all these short deadlines making time fly! Thanks for the kind words!

Deg3d – Cheers man! I wanted to keep the painting style in line with the trek books of old as for the concept…well Prog Rock dictated that I draw giant space whales. Where Prog goes, I follow ;P

JeffrySG – Thank you very much! I’m chuffed to be on the header it has to be said

Mr Wilde – HAHA…subliminal maybe? :P You should have seen the other faces it had before I changed the details!

Dannage – Hey man…crikey, smarvelous; there’s a word I haven’t heard in a while! Yeah it’s certainly been a while, concept art has certainly kept me away from the forums for a while. I’ll have to post up the transformers piece when I get a moment to finish it. It’s based around the movie designs featuring Prime, Arcee and ‘some other one’..i dunno the name…but he’s a Decepticon of some sort.

You have a tablet eh? Get using it man! Get yourself a copy of Photoshop CS3 and get stuck in! Simple brushes are all you need.

Hint of the week: Flow control is more important than it might look…in Photoshop that is HOHOHO *sigh* It’s much overlooked, but the lower you have it, the easier it is to blend. Obviously it’s horses for courses, but if you’re blending, a flow setting of 19% or less will make your life easier imo.

Yeah best your partner and I don’t meet up; it’s like the Lynx Effect, but with fewer catalogue haircuts and more paint brushes. Later dude!

Gpdesigner – Thanks man! I’m trying to inject more narrative into my paintings these days, I enjoy opening a piece up to different interpretations. The space humpback may actually make a come back, though I suspect it’ll be in a non trek piece so I can make more use of the piece

Ramiel – Thank you very much! It was a lot of fun to do this piece and certainly reminded me that I need to get more space opera done this year!

Shadowblade – LOL! That’s very true man, I like the way you think. Speak softly and carry a big probe.

[Shadowblade]

For some reason i also get a hitch-hikers guide thought when i look at this picture...

[Dannage]

Ah I'll try and avoid a copy, I'm going genuine on all me software! (Now I'm older and more responsible... and I can sort of afford it.)

I will look out for photoshop CS3 in the stores then. What are the chances we can meet up some time for some tutorials? I can bribe you with another beer and bowl of chips! Actually, I seem to remember Firelode having a tablet, maybe we should all meet up and do a tablet session.

[Nick]

hehe, just because I said 'copy' doesn't mean i meant taking a ride on the ol data torrent ;P Heck you're talking to a guy who actually buys those excellent but incredibly expensive gnomon dvds!

As for meeting up, difficult to say dude. I don't think i can manage it in the short term as we're winding up on another game at work and it's all abit crazy. I'm pretty sure you've got my email address and i know you've had my msn address, if you've got any questions send em that way in the short term and i'll be happy to help. I'll be posting tutorials on Exula eventually too.

Take it easy!

[gray_death]

absolutely breathtaking!!!

[NanoGator]

Very slick!

[Mauiman]

That looks rather quite intresting.
Kinda like the whale probe bringing back it's master. And I sure do hope that they understand that a select few of the Enterprises crew is responcible for getting the humpedback whales re-populated.

I give that one * * * * * / * * * * *

[Starship]

I don't have words... Incredible!! Congrats for the well deserved header.