I haven't made a single classic space scene in 2011, even though I have my roots in space art. So here you go. ;-) The main motivation for this work was to practice angles and perspective and it took a lot longer than expected.

To complete this image I made use of several different techniques: While the station in the foreground is mainly painted with addition of a few textures, the resource for the people in it is stock photography ([link], [link], [link]. To render the planet and the spaceship the 3D functions of Photoshop came in handy. The ship model in the mid-planes is based on one of ~dmaland's renders ([link] and edited with the usual addition of textures and effects. Thanks a lot!

I am going to submit a step by step-progress of this image tomorrow. Check the 75%-details below:
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Thanks for stopping by. :)
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