Chance by maaria

Beautiful.. I have had this dream too

Very nice

Hi Maaria,

I just got pointed at your awesome picture, by a friend called Ávár. He thinks that your ship looks like it could be a ship from Spelljammer, and I agree.

Spelljammer is a fantasy RPG campaign setting, for Dungeons & Dragons, where open decked ships fly up into space (it is called "Wildspace" in the game) and bubbles of air ("air envelopes") naturally form around the ship as it leaves a planet. Many of the ships in that game are shaped to look like insects or birds.

I love all the little details you have, like the broken wing feather, the gap in the deck rail and the holes in the bottom of the hull. It really makes it look like some sort of disaster happened to the ship. They remind me of my favourite painting: a Spelljammer painting called "Last Descent" by Jennell Jaquays.

I would love to put your ship into Wildspace: The Spelljammer Fanzine, so that I can show it to more Spelljammer fans. I will be happy to link anywhere you like in return, and credit you however you prefer to be credited.

And if you have a name for this painting (or the ship) or you recall any other details of the dream that might help people use your ship in a tabletop game, I would love to hear any other details about this picture.

That's what happens when you leave the parking break off. Great work. It reminds me of the Golden Condor from Mysterious Cities of Gold.

Wow, this is super cool.

Reminds me of the Golden Condor from Mysterious Cities of Gold.

Miyazaki was one of the first things I thought of when I saw this. I love how it has little wheels underneath it, almost as if it wasn't so big, it could have been a fantastic pull toy.

Lovelovelovelove

Awesome, love it <3

awesome

I agree with the others: WOW

Love it.

wow

Wow, this is amazing! I love how you kept the dream-like flow and feeling of it *v* And the colours and lightening... it all looks so good <3

"It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's . . . . . . . both?"

Incredibly inspiring

I love how this could be an illustration out of a children's book. It really captures the "action" of the moment, and you just know that grappling hook probably won't make it, but there's the small chance it will!
Wonderfully compelling piece!

It reminds me of the golden condor from The Mysterious Cities of Gold, such an excellent series.

GORGEOUS! it kind of looks like an Egyptian machine (I wish there were some lol)

This is utterly gorgeous - I love the design of the ship, and the colours, and the composition of the picture is wonderful. Great job!

Hei, Desuconissa + Traconissa kyttäilin tätä kyseistä työtä ja valitin silloin värimaailmasta. Kerkesin hukata kahteen otteeseen dA tunnuksesi jonka avuliaasti annoit minulle paikanpäällä. Joka tapauksessa onneksi löysin tämän tunnuksen sitten muiden tiehyeiden kautta.

Muistat varmaan, että puhuimme tuolloin siitä Abe's Odyssee - tilaustyöstä, jota olisin juuri sinulta halunnut.
Tässä on se kyseinen tausta pelkistettynä versiona, (suora screenshotti pelistä) [link] & [link]
Ja mielelläni olisin toivonut, että kuvaan kuuluisi olennaisena (Scrabs tai miksikä lie kutsutaankaan?), oikealla.

Tuossa olisi pari ns. reffikuvaa, joita voisi käyttää sellaisena suuntaaluovana viivana jos nyt innostut tästä työstä. Koko tulisi olla suhteellisen iso, koska haluaisin sen tauluksi. Toisin sanoen printattuna pitää olla huomattavasti isompi kuin A4.
Mailaillaan jos olet kiinnostunut ja WATCHaan sinut nyt, että en varmasti unohda tunnustasi. Oma tunnukseni tällä hetkellä on ihan tyhjä, kun loin uuden saadakseni "fresh startin". Jeps, ollaan yhteyksissä.

This has so much feeling in it. The motion of the guy with the grappling hook is so real, and there's such careful tension in the movement of the hook. I'm seriously left wondering if he'll be able to reach it. :I I hope he does, he seems like he has adventure in his heart.

This is entirely beautiful, maaria. :>

What an idea for an RPG adventure!

beautiful!

Stunning!
Gorgeous bird! Love the colors, the texture, the story my mind sees when I look at this.

win.... ornithopter win

Awesome
I really like your style, the way you colored it... this image opens a big door for imagination...

Very inspiring image.

awesome I really like it

I love the concept and there is a sense of story lodged within the art. As another commented before me, it invokes a feeling familiar to Shadow of the Colossus.

Such a great dream! I really love the composition and colors in this image. Just beautiful!

this is freakn awesummmm

I really love this. The imagery is amazing, and I love the feeling of the whole piece. Beautiful stuff!

Herra isä miten upea...
Alus on hienosti piirretty ja muutenkin kuvassa tunnelma on todella hieno.

Pakko kysyä, saako tästä desussa printtiä? :3

wow! this is great! I love the composition and lighting

seems like a cross between airships and shadow of the colossus

Cool, very cool. Really awesome ship design, and I love that this guy tries to grapple-hook his way onto it.

I am completely in love with this concept. It's beautiful.

Upea... *_*

Wow. I wonder what the man hopes to find in his dream?

this is really awesome and epic

Missä lens flare?!
Hiano ja tunnelmallinen kuva silti...