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This is my final painting for advanced painting. I am so proud of it, which is a relief considering that all my other paintings were so shitty that I actually tossed the canvases out. This class made me feel like absolute shit as an artist and made me seriously reconsider the university I'm enrolled at. But, man, once Jupiter came together, I felt like a painter again.

The assignment was self-directed and my proposal was to do a diptych showing Jupiter and the Galilean moons in initial and late stages of human colonisation. In the first panel, the shadow of Ganymede falls on Jupiter as a large ship carrying the first wave of colonists orbits the planet. In the second panel, an inter-moon commuter ship is approaching Europa, which is well into the process of being terraformed. Io and Callisto (brightest speck to the left of the commuter & Io) are visible beyond it.

I spent a lot of time just building it up slowly with thin washes of acrylic and then oil paint to get the starfield. And each star was placed individually. It's cool to see in-person, because most stars don't show up from far away, but as you walk closer and closer to the paintings, more stars reveal themselves. I also realised, equally slowly, that Europa really isn't suitable for terraformation. XD I was thinking too much of Farmer in the Sky (even though that was on Ganymede) when I came up with the concept. I'm still not sure how to finish it off. Something is needed to keep the atmosphere from bleeding off, and to protect from Jupiter's radiation. Maaaayyyyybe the whole thing's domed? The tech even needed to bring Europa that far to open habitability would be pretty high, so, presumably that could be done.

Influences are 2001: A Space Odyssey, the Red Mars trilogy, Farmer in the Sky, and Avatar. The program Celestia was used to position and scale the planet and moons.

Each panel is 5' by 3' oil on canvas. I did some digital touch-ups on the dark sides of the celestial bodies because they're a bit shiny and had a lot of glare in the photos.

Work-in-progress images can be viewed here!
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Satellites of Jupiter by *CrowbarTK-Hullo Suggester says: "This piece is not mindblowing. This piece is MINDBLOWING!!! One of the best traditional space-pictures that I have seen up to this date". ( Suggested by ~BLPH and Featured by `MacRebisz )
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~Abraxis-Kav May 7, 2012  New member
Very well done, Spectacular Painting :-)
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=CrowbarTK-Hullo May 7, 2012  Student Digital Artist
Thank you very much. :>
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*ElaboratePlanet Sep 19, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
amazing work, looks so great traditional instead of digital.
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=CrowbarTK-Hullo Sep 19, 2011  Student Digital Artist
Thank you! :>
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~sc9 Sep 17, 2011  Student General Artist
Fantastic work!!! I love working in panel series/diptychs too

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Mood: Wow! ~Silveressa Jul 27, 2011
Incredible, you captured the beauty of Jupiter extremely well, especially on a 5x3 oil painting, very impressive!

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=CrowbarTK-Hullo Jul 27, 2011  Student Digital Artist
Thank you! :D
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~GeneticZ Jul 6, 2011
Hey can u please tell me what colors did u use for the background especially those lighter parts..sry...im learning how to paint better and still rather 'juvenile' at it ^^
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=CrowbarTK-Hullo Jul 6, 2011  Student Digital Artist
The background is painted with a lot of thin layers, starting with a light pink and then getting progressively dark with blue, purple, red, and black washes. I've uploaded all the work-in-progress images I have here, with a more detailed description of the process. That should help you more. :)
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=Maarel Jun 21, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Hi, this work was featured here : [link]
:hug: Have a nice day

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