Flying Past Earth, Slowly
I thought my last video, “Buzzing Around the Earth,” was a little too fast, although in retrospect, perhaps it wasn’t after all, especially if you’re not planning on stopping for a visit and just trying to get through the neighborhood as quickly as you can.
So, anyway, this new animation clip is much slower. And, oops! I did it again! I rendered the animation at a lower resolution than what YouTube displays. I must remember to change that in the future!
Without further ado, here it is:
I did create the whole thing this evening, from building the model to rendering the animation. I’m guessing maybe about two or two and a half hours were spent on it. I started with creating a rocket, which ended up looking something like a booster rocket. So, then I duplicated my completed rocket, bridged them together, extended the bridge and then added the spherical head. And, that gives it a Star Treky look, which wasn’t what I was going for at all.
I was just playing around with the modeling software. It’s been a while since I’ve used it, so I had to brush up on it. Not that I was too advanced with it anyway, but you still manage to forget what little you did know! I skimmed through the manual the other night, and read up on a feature I hadn’t tried before, so I gave that a go and have a better idea now how and when to use it!
That’s cool. Quite literally a “rocket” ship.
Reminds me of a book on my list, Bradbury’s “Twice 22,” who writes all kinds of good sci-fi stuff. I love vintage sci-fi where they use words like rocketship and other arcane space terms. It’s all so modern and old at the same time. Sort of steampunk-ish, but not really.
Steampunk-ish retro scifi. I wonder what that would look like? Maybe something like this?
OK, not that retro steampunk-ish. Maybe I’m thinking more atomic age. You know, brown and orange color palette stuff. Nuclear war and scenes set in 2026, you know the distant future.
You’re five months too late.
I think it’s great, very cool.
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Bravo Bravo Dan! I am standing while typing-
that’s a standing ovation.
I love this movie, and have now seen it
a dozen times and posted it to my website for others to enjoy!!!
Thanks!