Orbit - Redux
By ANTIFAN-REAL
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This is a little bit of a revisit to an old idea – “Orbit” was originally just me mucking about but became very popular for prints and publishing – however I never really thought that much about it at the time (I was literally just sketching space art as a bit of fun between projects). I loved the idea of the piece so now, 8 years on I've had another stab at it. 
“A highly advanced race builds an enormous spaceport off the coast of a continent, dwafing the 20km high skyscrapers on the land, the main structure brushing the cloud layers with near 100km diameter docking spurs surrounding it. Built above the main structure, another level that is beyond the atmosphere – allowing craft to dock without braving the weather on the planet”
Painted in Adobe PS CS3
Wacom Intous 3 Tablet
Original res 5k wide
About 20-22 hour work.
I used some great photos of Earth from space as reference for the world.
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“A highly advanced race builds an enormous spaceport off the coast of a continent, dwafing the 20km high skyscrapers on the land, the main structure brushing the cloud layers with near 100km diameter docking spurs surrounding it. Built above the main structure, another level that is beyond the atmosphere – allowing craft to dock without braving the weather on the planet”
Painted in Adobe PS CS3
Wacom Intous 3 Tablet
Original res 5k wide
About 20-22 hour work.
I used some great photos of Earth from space as reference for the world.
Book now out
BOLD VISIONS Amazon USA
BOLD VISIONS Amazon UK
G x
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Perfect work! Always wanted such breathtaking view from a window :3
Somehow it remindes me on elysium from cenoblade chronicles 2 :3
Awesome work!
👍🏽
Wow, 😲 😲 just a terrific piece of art. 👏👏👏😊😊
This is beyond words. OMG. Such beautiful colours and such an amazing scene. I could stare at this for hours. Stunning work!
This peace is naaaaaaaiiiissssuuu
That's sweet...
You painted that? are you serious?
That's A-M-A-Z-I-N-G
Man, and I thought the Dubai tower was tall...
What an inspired and truly talented artist. Thank you so much for replacing the initially cheesy cover for the urantia book with a work of art that sends chills down my spine when i look at it. XD It could be my personal bias, but i see divine inspiration behind so much of your artwork. Combining the harmony of nature with the progressive mindset of engineering is a technique i love to employ in my environment art for tripmine studios. Keep up the good work, everyone loves it!
Thank you for your kind words!
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Very astonishing piece! I always love art that depicts the beauty of space.
What an image! The clouds are so well rendered, and I just love the city's details.
De las mejores que he visto de Sci-fi
Absolutely fantastic!
Cool perspective, it could use some more detailed highlights in the dark/light transitions. The lighting overall seems a bit imbalanced, the dark area should have some more lighting reflections.
I love it
Breathtaking view 
enjoying this with Strauss's "The Blue Danube" would be ecstatic . . 
I'd like to see the whole process on creating the planet's atmoshpere
enjoying this with Strauss's "The Blue Danube" would be ecstatic . . I'd like to see the whole process on creating the planet's atmoshpere
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