Are the research buildings that you are working on designed with the area of study in mind? (Currently studying biology would love to see a lab based on genetic engineering ahahah)
Are you going to show designs from other worlds and moons and their respectivo architectures? (would be really cool)
Keep up the good work I am really enjoying everything you show!!!!
This is gorgeous and inspires a lot of curiosity. Reading your notes on process and seeing the progression fills me with anticipation in a way that a blurb in Previews never has or will. You've got me probing the image for answers. Questions like: There's vegetation on the meteor but not on the shoreline. Why not? Are there specialized fungi on the meteor which break down the minerals into more accessible nutrients for the plants which are absent from the native terrain? Why build at the base of the meteor? Why build on top of it also? Is there some advantage to being up there that makes it worth the hassle? It doesn't matter if these questions have actual answers or even if those questions EVER have answers. What makes this special is that it's a piece that gives me the space and desire to wonder about these things. I cannot wait to see more.
Would this be a compound/ research lab of a corporation or a wealthy playboy/ mad scientist- or a diy family man with a strange hobby? So many questions. Like, is this a normal thing for this region of the planet or alien to this world? I picture myself in the research pod just playing with the controls and probably just annoying the person who built it. Can’t wait to learn more.
this rules! do you have other eras or genres that you are most often drawn to for reference when designing settings/characters as you were with mid-century modern / Bond villain lairs here?
Mike, amazing stuff. Question- do you find it challenging to create alien worlds given the mental anchoring of our own people, places, houses, machinery, etc…? In other words, is it better or worse for a reader that we think of a house as something that visually seems consistent with its main attributes here on Earth? When I think about the question, is there life beyond Earth, I often wonder if there is but it just looks , acts, and feels so different that we might struggle to recognize it. Thank you again for all of this- absolutely phenomenal stuff and can’t wait to start the books!!!
What a nice house....on the lake
Really good job on the alien Venture Compound vibes. The mid-century modern scifi look also reminds me of Incredibles. Both great places to start.
I'm hankering to learn what goes on inside this setting.
curious to know usually how much time is needed for the mentioned progress to be made
Love it - just set the last render as my phone background
Two questions
Are the research buildings that you are working on designed with the area of study in mind? (Currently studying biology would love to see a lab based on genetic engineering ahahah)
Are you going to show designs from other worlds and moons and their respectivo architectures? (would be really cool)
Keep up the good work I am really enjoying everything you show!!!!
This is gorgeous and inspires a lot of curiosity. Reading your notes on process and seeing the progression fills me with anticipation in a way that a blurb in Previews never has or will. You've got me probing the image for answers. Questions like: There's vegetation on the meteor but not on the shoreline. Why not? Are there specialized fungi on the meteor which break down the minerals into more accessible nutrients for the plants which are absent from the native terrain? Why build at the base of the meteor? Why build on top of it also? Is there some advantage to being up there that makes it worth the hassle? It doesn't matter if these questions have actual answers or even if those questions EVER have answers. What makes this special is that it's a piece that gives me the space and desire to wonder about these things. I cannot wait to see more.
Did you develop any floor plans for the home? Is that typically part of your process when designing buildings or is it more about he look and feel?
Would this be a compound/ research lab of a corporation or a wealthy playboy/ mad scientist- or a diy family man with a strange hobby? So many questions. Like, is this a normal thing for this region of the planet or alien to this world? I picture myself in the research pod just playing with the controls and probably just annoying the person who built it. Can’t wait to learn more.
Seeing the picture of the compound when the substack launched was what convinced me to sign up. It's beautiful.
But what's on the inside...👀
Stunning. Love this window into the process. Really excited about this project!
this rules! do you have other eras or genres that you are most often drawn to for reference when designing settings/characters as you were with mid-century modern / Bond villain lairs here?
Really awesome to see the process!
Mike, amazing stuff. Question- do you find it challenging to create alien worlds given the mental anchoring of our own people, places, houses, machinery, etc…? In other words, is it better or worse for a reader that we think of a house as something that visually seems consistent with its main attributes here on Earth? When I think about the question, is there life beyond Earth, I often wonder if there is but it just looks , acts, and feels so different that we might struggle to recognize it. Thank you again for all of this- absolutely phenomenal stuff and can’t wait to start the books!!!
-Mike M.
Those sketches gave me real Forbidden Planet vibes
This is great stuff