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Chromattix — Watching the suns go down
Published: 2009-06-09 06:41:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 51700; Favourites: 1583; Downloads: 0
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This is that "something much more interesting" thing I said I was going to make based on what I learned from =nukeation 's Vue video tutorial - the raw results of which can be seen in my Procedural Vue terrain deviation.Been wanting to illustrate a binary sunset scene for a long time. For the un-educated - a Binary system is where there's two stars or "suns" in the center of a solar system instead of one
these "double stars" are surprisingly more common than single stars like our own Sun. Often both stars will be a similar size and colour/temperature, but to make this more interesting, we see a larger but cooler/dimmer red star accompanied by a brighter, hotter white one...The collective heat from two suns would probably make this planet very hot! But listening to science alone can really limit one's creativity - so I still included a civilisation, water and some really odd-looking foreign plants too for art's sake 
Well as stated already, this started out as a rather basic Vue scene. I saved time by recycling the same terrain for the landscape that I made after watching the tutorial - I also was able to use some sci-fi building models I made last year too. All this put under a a different lighting/atmosphere setting provided a very different base for me to matte-paint over (this is one of the few deviations I have that I think could be passed off as being a matte-painting
)Artwork is made and copyrighted by me and therfore should not appear on any other site or gallery without permission from me
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Lol, besides, if they grew up on this world, they'll be used to the heat. Though more likley it's a colony established and they would probably have a LOT of air conditioner's in those buildings
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lol That's true. Or they're just stranded there since rescue ships melt before getting close enough. They had no choice but to adapt xD
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Don't know how long it took you, or what program you used, but you've created an enjoyable piece. And while I enjoy the picture very much to the point of faving it, I'm much more intrigued by the existence of this '~The Worst Artists on dA club;' it promises laughs and I'm in the mood for them.
~Daniel
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It took around 20 hours and the programs used were Photoshop, Vue and...oh wait - that was a rhetorical question 
Ouch, that was mean, especially since I did my fair share of awful fan-art at some point too 
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LoL, Excellent dis, sir. It's okay, we've all been there. As a writer, I remember the days back in high school when I had the 'audacity' to role-play my fav RPG characters in on-line clubs. Yahoo Clubs, it was; then Yahoo Groups... LoL, good times.... I never got as bad as the full-blown, independently written fanfic, though. But it makes people happy, so w/e.
See? I still got my laugh. It all works out.
And your welcome, btw. Maybe I'll go poking around the rest of your gallery. Once these fools in an on-line chat room I'm in stop playing fart noises, death screams, animal sounds, horn honks, and cricket chirps. But, avast! I have spoken too much already.
Love, peace, chicken grease,
~Daniel
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Beautiful warm work 
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Thankyou very much! I wante dnice warm colours here, I tried some blue in the sky for a more realistic colour scheme but it just killed the mood. Your'e not the first to say it represents both the past and future, I'm a fan of both time-zones actually and I'll often incoporate one or anothe rin some of my works, or in this case - both 
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Yeah, blue would kill the whole mood of it. It look nicer orange, like a really bright sunset.
Mmm, yes, it's like a distant planet somewhere where the landscape is like primitive earth, but with far more developed technology.
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This is beautiful! Instant
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amazing great job! I thought you would put at least three but i guess that's too much hot! are you thinking about doing one with moons i would like to see that. but nice touch with the city and exotic plants.
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I wouldn't be too surprised if one day I did make a scene with three suns, the landscape would have to be rather barren though, so when I find a way to make a dead scene interesting, I could do that (but even now, it's too sudden after this...I'll wait a long time on purpose
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Amazing! I envy your landscape skills so much!
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In the long run it's WAY more profitable to be a portrait artist..people will always want themselves or relatives drawn, me - I havn't seen a paying commission all year, Since the year started I've only made 50 bucks on some minor anime stuff, and they weren't even submit-worthy
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so you know, it would be called a Binary Star System.
no offense to you, just when i was reading the description i noticed you called them "double Stars"
not sure if you already knew this or not but i wanted to let you know hahaha not sure why.
anyway this is frakin AWESOME work man, i mean really awesome work.
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Oh yeah, I knew that each pair on their own was a Binary Star, though lateley I've been hearing the term "double stars" a lot, often referring to talking about an entire night sky's worth of binaries (like saying "most of the stars in the sky that look like single stars are often double" etc
But just in case I didn't, good thing you said that anyway
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cool cool.
don't you find it kinda random though that binary stars are the most common? lol
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I was surprised when I heard that
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same here.
have you heard about the possible earth like planet that was discovered not too long ago.
i think its called Geilse 51b or something like that.
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The "Geilse" part sounds familiar, I always forget the numbers and codes though
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i thinks its only about 2-3 time its size but yes they think it may have liquid water because of where it happens to be
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oh and forgot to say, it would depend on the distance if the planet was hot. with 2 stars the habitable zone would be farther away from the stars then our habitable zone. so if the world was far enough away it would more then likely be a lush planet like our own. hahaha sorry again man im just really into this kind of stuff and i tend to rant.
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Greetings Matthew,
You have indeed made something exceptionally more interesting than your original. I knew it would be good albeit, I am rather astounded . . . Honestly!
My very best,
Michael C. Turner
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Thanks, yeah the original was just a test showing natural colours and lighting, the real-deal is this here 
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Greetings Matthew,
Yes, this is certainly among the top ten of my favourites of your works on DA. I shall watch for your next great work . . .
My best,
Michael C. Turner
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I know its all warm colors, but why does it look like it is really cold or will be very shortly...
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Probably because the surrounding sky is very dark, plus the landscape is a bit desert-like, and they tend to get really cold at night since dry air dosn't retain heat as well as humid air
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Lovely. I would consider visiting.
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Oh wow, amazing! I love the colour scheme and detail and... just everything. Nice work!
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Very cool looking! Great job! I love your imagination!
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very pretty - love the colors and atmosphere. My favorite part is the crazy plant life in the foreground - would love to see a whole scene with them!
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Thanks, I'm a fan of warm colours like this too, I resist the urge to abuse them in every artwork I make
in the past few months I've become loaded with various alien-plant concepts, I'll have to start releasing them as part of sci-fi scenes among my other stuff 
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mesmerizing!!!! brilliant, lovely, ethereal, otherworldly fantastic 
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Wow..it's a very beautiful sight. Definitely a romantic sight if you are floating down the river on a row boat. ^^
I wonder having two suns in a solar system would increase the overall temperature of a planet.
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Thanks, it would be romantic, perhaps they don't have rowboats, but some futuristic high-speed ocean liner...but where's the fun in that?
Indeed having two suns would mean more heat. But in this case, each sun is smaller and dimmer than our own, so their collective heat would only sum up to our one
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Ahh, a binary system in Vue. Not often I see that. This is a very nice image.
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Thanks! it's pretty much impossible to get two suns in Vue, both were actually postworked in
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That's how I do binaries as well
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I love the coloring. Nice job Mat. As always.
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