Approaching Gezemane 07 is a project I had in mind for a long time. It shows my very personal view on science fiction: The scene appears as a tech bunker but also seems to be a location where people can live for a certain time. We see objects that are pure phantasy, but also things we know from our lives in the present. I think that the idea of science fiction only works when we can relate to our actual environment. The scene is modelled, textured and rendered with MAXON´s Cinema 4D R17.
Probably this rocky little planet with the ironic name Gezemane is too small for having its own atmosphere. The mountains on the surface give an idea of the diameter, probably it is even smaller then our moon. To small to hold an atmosphere. But hey. I just could not resist to paint one...
Very early stage of the space station. I was not quite shure about the surfaces, allthough the lighting is already close to the final rendering. But it gives an idea how much of the image is done with pretty simple instances and what is built just for adding realism. Or, if you want, "eye candy".
The final mother of all instances is not even that much work. I choose a very functional looking design, using a rather reluctant wall shader. To make it look more realistic I added little damaged spots by using a vertex map. Simple but I love this way of painting directly onto the geometry.
My favourite way of lighting is to do it with a clay model. No colors, very few displacement or bump, so nothing distracts from the interplay of lights and shadows...
