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Chromattix — Watching the suns go down
Published: 2009-06-09 06:41:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 51768; Favourites: 1584; 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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Dude this looks so awesome! A binary sunset... all you need to do know is a "binary rising".
Anyway i love the way the suns came out. Especially the way the big sun dims out as it nears the horizon.
The habitable zone of such a system would change drastically depending on the size and the orbit of the 2 stars. If the stars are, lets say, 2 K-class suns of 50% sun mass each AND if the stars are VERY close together then the temperature fluctuations wont be much and it would be like living in a one-star system.
Anyhow awesome, awesome, awesome...
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Lol, of all the deviations I've made - this one fits your name best 
Your'e right about the rest too! two sun-like stars at half the size would be the next best thing to what we have. Though it would have meant building Stonehenge or lining up the pyramids so the sun enters the tomb perfectly would have been hard 
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Awesome, you're definitely improving in both technique and speed, and improving in quality at the same time!
(BTW, whenever I see two suns, it always reminds me of that famous scene where Luke Skywalker stares wistfully at those twin suns...
And in regards to 3D tutorials, have you tried Digital Tutors? That's what helped me through my one-week-13-hour-a-day speed course in Maya. He often points out mistakes that you might encounter, especially since he makes mistakes himself. But if it was perfect, then he wouldn't tell you what to to if you stuff up! I haven't seen one for Vue, but I'll probably look for one for myself anyway...
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Thanks, I was able to save a bit of time since some of it was re-used before (ahh, that's what I love about 3D 
Believe it or not, I havn't watched that Star Wars but I have seen enough to recognise that scene 
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Just looked on the Digital Tutors website (they do video tutorial packages for Photoshop and other 3D software too), but there weren't any for Vue or Cinema 4D. 
I've had GeekatPlay recommended to me before, so I bookmarked it and then forgot it. 
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i think the smaller sun which is probalby the farest (does that word exist?) away has too much glow. it would look better withouth glow at all i guess.
nevertheless nice piece
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I think you meant the furthest away
It's like having two light bulbs in a dark room, a weak 40 watt one and a strong 100 watt one...you could place the 100 watt a few metres behind the 40 watt but it would still have a stronger shine
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sounds weird but i thought it would be something like this 
but as said before, nice work anyways
(and sry for my english D
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amazing indeed, I love the 3D rendering, its looks like 2D, wonderfull, love this one
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Thanks! the 3D parts of it sure did get a makeover to give it a more "illustrated" feel (which I like more anyway
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yups
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Someone as good at characters AND environemnts like you dosn't need the assistance of 3D 
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Looking good mate, it has a nice touch to it and you've managed to use a nice atmosphere all 'n all.
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this is amazing!! I love the foreign planet concept, although those alien trees are scaring me, no lol I'm very serious
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They are scaring you because they are so damn realistic
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and scary!! lol! but i love how realistic they do look!! actually i love the whole piece just those tress *shivers*
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Awesome man,I'm doing 3D at the moment for college but really can't figure out how you come up with something like this. Great job
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Thanks, I did 3D for a while in a course I did too - and at the time I could neve rhave done this either, just takes a lot of practice and experimenting...But I'll admit having certain programs also helps, the Vue program that made the bulk of this made life much easier in terms of landscape work
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Oh yeah, i guess as with everything else practice really helps. Well i love your works, i'll look forward to your next piece
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Thats keen I want to go there for my next holiday, will I need an oxygen rebreather setup?
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Nah, the air is safe - but I'd advise you pack a shitload of sunscreen
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Another great art by you. 
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Oooh, how pretty.
Though I think it's impossible for a planet to support life as we know it with a binary orbit. The fluctuations in temperature would be waaay too drastic.
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That's probably true, and I would like to know how a planet would orbit around two stars anyway, it would surely have its orbit warped as the center of gravity changes between the two stars as they go around each other at a different rate than the planets...Oh well, if anyone asks - the same advanced race that has built this city here were responsible for engineering plants that can last outside
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Bet it would have a figure 8 orbit. One of the stars would have to be bigger than the other, too. So the stars would be orbiting each other. And the planet would orbit between them in a figure 8.
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Ouch...then imagine how hot it would get when the planet passes between them
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Yeah, it could be hotter than Mercury. But maybe there's an atmosphere layer that reflects 99% of the radiation.
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Just wow. The colour and lighting is too gorgeous!
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Thanks, those were probably the two key aspects to this one
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Absolutely amazing!
I love how well this entire scene is done, such a world of its own and you executed it perfectly
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This is kinda interesting which is good
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Awww, only kinda interesting? 
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This picture really amazes me. It's again quite different to some of your previous works, and seems to have a lot of emotion put into it. I particularly love the colour scheme and inclusion of the sun and moon. The water and cliffs are done incredibly well, and the industrial aspect does a great job of breaking up the scenery.
By the way, I saw you at the mall yesterday.
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Thankyou, yeah - some things are different - like I hardly include man-made structures in my scenes, and the colours and shading are more natural and realistic too than my normally bright or more contrasted pics, guess the result of an artwork really depends on the mood I want to evoke, I almost wasn't going to include that distant moon, bt I felt that gap in the corner was plain without it
Was that mall-sighting late in the afternoon? 
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I really like that you used the moon as well as the sun, because I rarely see them both together. (: And yes it was late Monday, I was there looking for a dress for my 16th but I couldn't find anything.
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This is gorgeous.
I wish I could go there, it look wonderful.
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This is gorgeous.
I wish I could go there, it look wonderful.
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gorgeous! And I love the suns heat...hmm is irony the world? Well maybe not nonetheless I love the story btwn the two stars and the wierd plants...ur were in my backyard weren't u...dont lie to me! 
Oh I did of one thing to say...if u wanna do something "for art sake" try a diff star style...I think the reder the less heat...I think and the bluer the more...if that's true and u want a twist...go with a small blue star (sun) I'm no artist but thought that could be a REAL twist
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Awww, but I have a few different styles already 
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I figured the color and the "feel"would be contradicting...I thought bout after I submited...it does seem wired
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That's so nice!
I dont know anything about 3D
the only time i tryed was with Blender and it was a pain >__<
Look soooo hard
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