Reference artwork and renderings for upcoming (?) animations

[Sam Fraser]

I have been in contact with a VFX artist who worked on a previous independent low-budget film production and is now looking for other "low/no pay" work as noted here:

http://www.forumlog.com/nanobiotechnologyspace/showthread.php?p=528#post528

He is on another contract at present (hopefully it pays well! :cool:), but will be available in about a week. This is actually perfect, as this will give our faithful but very shy band of PERMANENT volunteers :rolleyes: the chance to scour the internet for artwork and renderings as reference material we can show him.

You probably have the idea already: images of near-term space development scenarios and technology, like asteroid/lunar probes, landers, rovers, miners, space tugs, steam rockets, solar power satellites etc. Even links to clips on YouTube or torrent files of a BBC space documentary or whatever I could download would be useful.

Pat Rawlings is one source of exceptional artwork as noted by Rhy here:

http://www.forumlog.com/nanobiotechnologyspace/showthread.php?t=169

Any images we collect could also aid and build on the "Dirty Dozen" multiple asteroid probe project JR is presently doing:

http://www.forumlog.com/nanobiotechnologyspace/showthread.php?t=111

Send images (the higher the resolution, the better) or links/torrent files to me at s a m AT p e r m a n e n t . c o m (remove spaces and replace "AT" with @) and put something eyecatching and relevant for the subject I will not just overlook as spam. :eek: This should be lots of fun! :D

[joertexas]

I have been in contact with a VFX artist who worked on a previous independent low-budget film production and is now looking for other "low/no pay" work as noted here:

http://www.forumlog.com/nanobiotechnologyspace/showthread.php?p=528#post528

He is on another contract at present (hopefully it pays well! :cool:), but will be available in about a week. This is actually perfect, as this will give our faithful but very shy band of PERMANENT volunteers :rolleyes: the chance to scour the internet for artwork and renderings as reference material we can show him.

You probably have the idea already: images of near-term space development scenarios and technology, like asteroid/lunar probes, landers, rovers, miners, space tugs, steam rockets, solar power satellites etc. Even links to clips on YouTube or torrent files of a BBC space documentary or whatever I could download would be useful.

Pat Rawlings is one source of exceptional artwork as noted by Rhy here:

http://www.forumlog.com/nanobiotechnologyspace/showthread.php?t=169

Any images we collect could also aid and build on the "Dirty Dozen" multiple asteroid probe project JR is presently doing:

http://www.forumlog.com/nanobiotechnologyspace/showthread.php?t=111

Send images (the higher the resolution, the better) or links/torrent files to me at s a m AT p e r m a n e n t . c o m (remove spaces and replace "AT" with @) and put something eyecatching and relevant for the subject I will not just overlook as spam. :eek: This should be lots of fun! :D

If anyone has access to any NEO databases, please be on the alert for any information on the Dirty Dozen asteroids, or even any similar ones (4.6km/s or less delta vee to reach, and more than 100m in diameter) you come across. I've searched high and low, and all I've found is orbit data and absolute magnitude on all but 1998 KY26. *That* asteroid would be a terrific candidate for a first effort at imaging: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_KY26

JR

[Sam Fraser]

Hi JR. I've moved our subsequent replies about the NEO database to the NEO database thread to keep on topic. :cool:

[Sam Fraser]

There have been some recent programmes (that's "programs" for you Yanks ;) ) about asteroids on the History Channel and Discovery Channel, which I've downloaded HDTV 720p-quality versions of. There are some good (and not so good) depictions of asteroids in space, asteroids impacting Earth, and general scenes of Earth from LEO or deep space. I'm looking for a simple program (sic) that can easily edit .mkv files, so I can build up a reference library of SFX clips for any budding animators out there. Any suggestions? The ABC series Defying Gravity also has some top-notch CGI of spacecraft and Earth. Pity the acting is subpar. Any suggestions of movies, specials, documentaries etc. with actual footage or recreated scenes of asteroids, the moon, Earth and space hardware would also be appreciated.