I've long had this idea in my head for spaceships inspired by anvil-shaped cumulonimbus clouds. These are the first two proper renderings of the concept.
I think there'd be just a few of these, each of a unique shape. Each one is a generation ship the size of a small city, capable of travelling through a hyperspace/slipspace type of dimension at great cost. Everywhere they go, they act as the base of operations for a resource collection operation taking many years, eventually gathering enough energy to make another jump and repeat the cycle. Who knows why they go where they do?
i love ELO more than i can put into words so i wanted to visualize the sheer the joy and hope their music gives me. i mostly listened to shangri-la on loop for this one. idk if these cropped pics will be any better quality but they might be easier to see !
I absolutely loved doing this commission for my brother! He 3D printed the model and I painstakingly painted each detail with a small brush, washi tape, and YouTube to guide me... So proud of this one.