Alien Cloudscape - Jadrien Cousens

[Jadrien]

Hi everyone,

It's been great watching this challenge unfold. I finally finished my entry today; I'll start posting WIPs over the next few days. Good luck to everyone and thanks MPC for putting this on!

Here's my distant sun and planets:

http://th03.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2012/243/9/6/96a5794f777b0ab7f66f907f86a09dc7-d5d4t81.png

[OxS]

Nice start!
I just take a look at your portfolio and you have some nice works.
Very promising.

[Jadrien]

Thanks Saphir! Right back at you.

Hi everyone, here's another WIP.

http://th03.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2012/244/4/c/4c0b0b5274335c66af734d6de1f83059-d5d8bo7.png

I decided early on to move my values from a bright horizon to a darker foreground, with a slight color shift. Originally I created the horizon as an undefined cloud mass, but a few weeks ago I decided there wasn't enough depth and reworked it into the version above, which I think helps sell the scale in the final image a bit more.

[Jadrien]

Hi Everyone, below are a two random WIPs and the final image. The top image was my original unfinished sky, which I ended up reworking early on for a tad less backlit and more detailed finish. The second image was an unfinished interpretation of the mid-ground, as some sort of cloudy whirlpool. I felt it was too busy so I ended up reworking most of it, which is always a hard thing because I spent a significant chunk of time crafting it.

http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2012/250/d/2/d262270ce4e4a9054f80345d085cd17c-d5dxfy2.png

Final matte:

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/250/4/a/4a31604f4d33b991faa712db74a6090c-d5dxg8y.png

Good luck all, thanks for looking.

[bpsola]

This is really realistic :D congrats in advance

[thiago-pires]

Hey Jadrien, this could definitely be a shot from the movie! Great light and mood! Good luck to you!

[hamza]

Nice work Jadrien!looking great.