CROSSOVER- E.O.W. Round #190/ I.D.W. Round #206- Orbital Refinery

[Pixie Trick]

CROSSOVER- E.O.W Round #190 / I.D.W. Round #206

TOPIC = Orbital Refinery


This week we are having a weekly crossover with Industrial Design of the Week! Both weeklies have the same topic, however the approach will be different. Because of this, taking a visit to both threads will be sure to provide inspiration.

I.D.W. Thread


Brief:

The basic concept: There is a materials refinery which is orbiting a planet as it sources its material. What planet and what material being processed is completely open.

E.O.W.
Inside or outside view is up to you.

I.D.W.
Design the refinery.

As Vulgar' is currently out of reach of the internet, I will be hosting until he gets back. Apologies in advance for any mistakes!




- Post your finals in this thread, I'll take care of the poll.

DEADLINE: June 13, 2012

[Pixie Trick]

Two quick questions- Is there usually a finals thread or do you tend to post the finals in the wips thread? In either case, around what time does the acceptance of finals cut off?

[Coool Brain]

No, we post our finals in the wips thread. Vulgar creates a poll thread within a day after the deadline. So he allows the pieces to come before he puts up the poll.

[Pixie Trick]

Perfect- thanks!

[L4xord]

Does the design/illustration have to be orbiting in space or can it be on land...?

[Trespasser]

CROSSOVER- E.O.W. Round #190/ I.D.W. Round #206

I can't believe that IDW is actually older than EOW. Or is it just because EOW had more two-week rounds? :)

[Chris Sanders]

Does the design/illustration have to be orbiting in space or can it be on land...?

I'm guessing by the title and description that it has to be orbiting a planet, otherwise it's just a refinery.

[Pixie Trick]

L4xord: The refinery is orbiting in space.

Trespasser: EOW has 2 week rounds (it used to be 1 week I believe) and IDW is usually a 1 week deal.

[Chris Sanders]

right i'm getting on this one seriously and early. just a wip.

[Pixeltuner]

Derp.

[L4xord]

L4xord: The refinery is orbiting in space.

Trespasser: EOW has 2 week rounds (it used to be 1 week I believe) and IDW is usually a 1 week deal.

Thanks for the info. I've scrapped the design I had in my head (after seeing other peoples WIPs. Time for some inspiration.

[bara]

that's no moon...

[ashess]

oi, this one is going to be awesome!!
pixel and bara seem to have finished theirs already though. awesomelooking as ever Oo!

[Snafu]

Final now I think

[Coool Brain]

wip

A space refinery was put into an orbit around a planet, closest to its Sun. They found a new element on this planet which could withstand higher temperatures than any element known so far. 25 cargo ships move back and forth between the refinery and the planet, harvesting round the clock.

please comment.

[Urötskidoji]

Been a long time since I posted anything in here, but this topic is too cool to pass up. Here is my idea; a mining station sweeping up the minerals from a ring planet.

[DNVN]

Some value sketches, Not sure which one i favor more.

[Pixie Trick]

Random crits!? There's no particular reason one person got a crit and not another other than something popped into my mind right away.

Pixeltuner: Your image is very pretty, but the composition is rather static. Everything is very horizontal, and although I see the perspective, its quite flat looking as well- there's a few reasons, but one of them is the texture- the scale, edge types and value differences are similar to those on the planet (bg) and on most parts of the ship. One last thing is that you're losing the definition of the front part as it has a close value to the space behind it.

Chris Sanders: The belly of your refinery is close to parallel to the horizon which isn't helping give a sense of depth.

Snafu: Your station looks awesome but this is almost something I could see as a general concept image for ID. The bg has some great potential but right now is lacking in depth- eg. your planet/moon just melts into the bg instead of layering if that makes any sense. I think you could also try a few different crops of this for a more dynamic look as you have a lot of space with nothing much going on.

General note: Try doing a few thumbnail sketches for composition guys, it really helps.

[Pixeltuner]

Thx Pixie I was looking in to 'blurring' the planet a bit more to get a better definition of depth and work some more on the sense of scale of the ship so yeah you're right ^_^

[bara]

...that's a picture of a space station!

[Incinerated]

I wanna join in, I wanna join in,I wanna join in, I wanna join in.
Hope I can manage it work is sucking the time out of me.

[gunsbins]

Wip, I'm trying to do an interior view of the refinery. Still figuring out the big machines here and there

[Pixie Trick]

Remember- If you're already putting so much work into your EOW entry, it's substantially less work to do some orthos and maybe another mechanically focused image for IDW now that you have the design worked out! (...shameless plug I know...)

[Obstfelder]

I'm joining the fun.

Here is a first thumb of an orbital water refinery. It is latched on to a captured asteroid wich has a core of precious ice. the water gets packed as cubes and is shipped to other space installations or dropped down to the terraforming colony on the barren planet below.

Pixie Trick: Definitely going to try and make some design for IDW as well

[Grievous_666]

He guys I've been working on this for a while and I'm getting really stuck on this one, so some criticism is welcome...

On another note I really like the work you guys produce...

[Obstfelder]

Grievous_666:

Seems to me you've finished the image mostly. The composition is a bit static but I think it works quite well and pulls the eye to the white center. You could maybe add some more defining details in that bright area. Like showing more clearly that the station is a refinery. The spheres could perhaps be containers for the final product? Is it liquid or gass? Maybe there are more pipes curving around them to suggest this? the tower on top looks a bit like an oil rig burner, maybe they burn off or release a bibroduct there? Just some more story elements basically.

Also: the light that hits the station looks white, while the atmosphere and space is blue. You could probably add some blue tint to the higlights and some reflected light from the planet at the bottom of the station.

hope that helps.

[Grievous_666]

thanks Obstfelder, I hope I have some free time to fix the high lights. and I also have to make it clear that it is a helium rig..

[Corrick]

Flare those lenses...

[Cyberman]

O.K. soo here is mine. got some serious awesome going on in this thread, would like to give some C&C but I need a nap...will do it later though

[Bnoch]

"Maximum Velocity Terminal Overdrive 3: Situosity"

Lindsay Lohan is Capt. Regina Slapwaters commanding the refinery vessel BOTOX.

Coming, Fall 2013.

Engage... or be Engaged.