deviant art

Deviant Login
Buy ArtBuy T-Shirts & Gear Buy adCast Buy Premium Membership
Shop		  Join deviantART for FREE Take the Tour
[x]
Browse More Like This
Shop Similar Prints
This Print Not AvailableDownload Image
JPG, 1200×674 more ▶

More from *Drell-7

Featured in Groups:

:iconsci-fi-archives: #SCI-FI-Archives
Sci-fi Archives :iconstar-dock: #Star-Dock
Sci-Fi Starships :iconepicstarships: #EpicStarships

Details

August 8, 2009
662 KB
1200×674
Link
Thumb

Statistics

Comments: 19
Favourites: 106 [who?]


Views: 4,994 (11 today)
Downloads: 480 (0 today)
[x]
:icondrell-7:
This is a study I did based on the starship featured in SF author Allen Steele's most recent novel, Spindrift. This is Allen's preferred image of the ship. I worked with him on all details and based it on his "study" model. In the process of designing this, my input fed back to Allen and resulted in some text changes in the book in regards to the ship function. One of the Galileo prints now hangs in Allen's house, in a place of honor over his collection of Hugos! The torus is not there to produce artificial gravity for the crew. Instead, it is part of the near lightspeed drive, which inflates to this shape, after the ship has passed through an initial starbridge that gets it out of the solar system. Nanoassemblers are then let loose in the toroid to build the Diametric drive.
The scene depicted occurs shortly after Galileo arrives at an extra-solar system object named Spindrift. The ships lander, the Maria Celeste, has just undocked in preparation for deorbit and landing.
I enjoy Allen's fiction greatly, he's one of the few hard SF authors who are regularly writing today.

Modeled, textured and rendered in Lightwave 8.5 Post work done in Photoshop CS2.
Add a Comment:
 
Preview   Add Comment
love 2 2 joy 1 1 wow 0 0 mad 0 0 sad 0 0 fear 0 0 neutral 0 0
:iconbear48:
*bear48 Jan 27, 2013
very nice indeed
Reply
:iconliamkerrington:
Mood: Love ~LiamKerrington Jan 12, 2013
Impressive work. I don't know "Spindrift", but I know something else: This is one very nice piece of art you have created there.
Reply
:iconjim197:
Mood: Love ~Jim197 Mar 26, 2012
Lovely work. The detailing on it is great.
Reply
:iconbendinggrass:
~Bendinggrass Mar 5, 2012
Gorgeous.
Reply
:iconjburns272:
~Jburns272 Jul 9, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I like the detail on the ship. I'm going to have a look for Spindrift now. Hard SF is always worth reading.
Reply
:icondrell-7:
*Drell-7 Jul 10, 2011  Professional General Artist
Its a good read! The ship on the actual cover looks nothing like the Galileo, though. I don't think the art director understood the description.....
Reply
:iconmikemars:
*mikemars Jun 19, 2011  Professional Digital Artist
nice detail. very believable
Reply
:iconautomnal-glimpse:
~automnal-glimpse Jun 18, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Nice work, I like the details ^^
Reply
:icongrahamtg:
*GrahamTG Jun 16, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Excellent work my friend. I love the lighting off the riing section - perfect.
Reply
:iconabacreative:
*AbaCreative Mar 25, 2011  Professional Writer
If I didn't love you I'd hate you. Please stop being so talented it makes me feel bad. Oh well, I should be mindful that I walk in the presence of digital gods. Another masterpiece, Drell.
Reply
Add a Comment:
 
Preview   Add Comment
©2013 deviantART. All rights reserved
About Us | Contact Us | Developers | Careers | Site Tour | Help & FAQ Advertise | Premium Membership Etiquette | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Copyright Policy