The Pod Bay

7 August 2007

This image was my contribution for the Vue Environment Competition 2007 and took around one day to complete from start to finish.

I didn't want to make just a plain landscape render, so I came up with this idea of some Alien Pods populating my environment to bring some interest and excitement into the image.

Published

3D World Issue 97, Dec 2007.

Awards

Finalist and Second Runner Up as one of the three winning images the Vue 3D Environment Competition 2007 presented at Siggraph 2007, 7th of August.

The judges motivation why The Pod Bay was one of the final winners:

• • "A great work. Very interesting design and a great composition."
  • "I like the fact that I'm wondering what they are. I keep feeling like they're a part of a much bigger (science fiction) story that I'm not quite clued in to yet."
  • "All parts are well-arranged to produce the impressive colors."
  • "It vaguely reminds me of the Myst series of games!"

The judges consisted of leading experts in the 3D entertainment industry coming from the companies;
Industrial Light & Magic, LucasFilm Animation, Polygon Pictures, Electronic Arts, Psyop, Whiskytree, 3D World magazine and Softimage.

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