Another moment from Halo story with UNSC "Pillar of Autumn", the only survivor of Covenant's attack on Reach.
From technical point the challenge was to depict a realistic orbital shot while meeting the requirements of a storybook illustration and layout design as well as i343 expectations. Due to 6k native resolution a lot of time were spent on detailing, including ships, debris and surface below. Fortunately the printing quality were able to capture all these tiny bits.
From technical point the challenge was to depict a realistic orbital shot while meeting the requirements of a storybook illustration and layout design as well as i343 expectations. Due to 6k native resolution a lot of time were spent on detailing, including ships, debris and surface below. Fortunately the printing quality were able to capture all these tiny bits.
You did an amazing job portraying the ship's escape and the hopelessness on and over Reach.
Or if somehow else plz explain to an aspiring artist :3
I opted for 3d because I wanted a cinematic look and feel, like a shot from Halo game or CG movie. It is possible to paint everything in 2d, though you may spend too much time laying out correct perspective grid for space ships. Also you don't need to model everything, just get the basic shapes and paint the rest. Here I did quite a lot of geometry, but all of the ship lights are painted.
The background is a traditional digi matte. I used some orbital imagery as a base and painted in all the missing details, changed colors etc.
I would love to see a painting where u show the diffrent stages of your process.
In my worklow before i merge layers i duplicate and then merge, blending the other layers out.
So if im finished i have diffrent subfolders which images from the very beginning.
Maybe u can do this once as well, i guess lots of ppl would enjoy it
I'm lost for words.
"One? Are you sure?"
"Yes--they called it 'The Pillar of Autumn'."
"Why was it not destroyed with the rest of their fleet!?"
"It fled; as we set fire to their planet, but I followed with all the ships at my command."
but bravo, man. The intricate and tiny details really make this come alive. The glassing rings below really help deliver the gravity of the situation, as well.