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city in the skyby ~daj

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based on something I sketched a few weeks ago. I originally tried to recreate the sketch in Blender, but I'm not great with 3D. Inkscape is awesome. Spent a couple hours on this.

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~thnzr Dec 31, 2008

great one !
i like the spotlights and the gradient on Saturn

~daj Jan 1, 2009

Thanks

~mikeroku Jun 4, 2007

Hoagland's Mars, Part III, The Moon Connection

~Anarres Dec 3, 2005

I like (and wonder) how you did the tiny spots of light in the city. They give a very eerie look to the image -- almost as if all the stars of the sky were instead clustered there.

Beyond that, I don't really fall for the large buildings. They seem too strangely placed, and out of proportion (not only between the city, but in respect to themselves). The sky is very nice, with those blurrings around the stars. The moon could use some crater detail, perhaps. And the planet definitely could use some more work. The sea shades give a very still and quiet feeling to the image. The ambient light of the city does a good job lightening the sky behind it.

I like it. Good work.

~daj Dec 3, 2005

The small lights are several random hand-drawn lines (scribbles

) with the line type set to dotted (each with different spacing). The stroke colour of each line (there's about 4 or 5 maybe) varies as well for a more random effect.

You're right about the buildings, but that's kind of the effect I was going for. At any rate this is basically just a digital sketch... if I ever make a more detailed version I'll keep your suggestions in mind.

Thanks for all your comments!

~jagged-r0cks Oct 9, 2005

Really cool concept.

~sicklittlemonkey Sep 19, 2005

good use of transparent blends

!azdruid Sep 18, 2005

That's really impressive! It's always nice to see something of quality drawn in Inkscape rather than scrapped together in a raster program. Excellent work.

~daj Sep 18, 2005

thanks!

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