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Submitted: May 14, 2011
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Customs Checkpointby *JamesLedgerConcepts

Digital Art / Drawings & Paintings / Sci-Fi

I had to let this go as i was fine tuning endlessly.
It has been completely painted in Photoshop CS5 using a Wacom Intuos 4 large tablet. It took me about 3 months (on and off) mainly during evenings.
I used 1 point perspective techniques with a little help from the new CS5 vanishing point tool for a 2nd (very slight) vanishing point. I just aint got the time to learn a 3D package...yet.
I created the main central area first and the added more structures as I went on, making the composition spread further horizontally.
I masked area's and painted in the details using the vanishing point grids as guides. On occasion I used a textured brush or city textures which were manipulated over and over and reduced in size dramatically until I could piece them together to make new textures.
I wanted to add a more detailed space craft but my inexperience in art has limited me this time round.
The lighting was draining - I used lots of lens flares, shrunk down to small points!

To create a similar image would now take me about 5 to 7 days. The cost would be £500 to £700 ($800 to $1120).

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Customs Checkpoint by ~kingjamesuk Suggester says: "A hidden gem in the urban-outer-space genre with plenty of technical lighting effects to behold. This artist definitely deserves more attention!" ( Suggested by ~DTKinetic and Featured by `MacRebisz )

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*frodo-lives 6 days ago Professional General Artist

Hello,
I would like to feature your beautiful image on my blog on Amazing Stories, here: [link]
The blog is scheduled to be published on Wednesday 15 May. You will be able to access it through the above link, once it is up. The image will be fully credited and linked back to your DA gallery.
Please let me know if you do NOT wish to have your image published, and I will remove it! Apologies also for the short notice.
cheers, f-l