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Fractured Tranquility IIby *AdamBurn

Digital Art / Other / Sci-Fi

A print of this painting can be bought here [link]

What was once a system blessed with the most tranquil and beautiful worlds has been turned into a system of fractured dead worlds splintered by vast crystal formations and immense storms. Approximately 2 months prior to this point a large comet, not native to this system, passed through and as it heated in splintered and rained small crystal fragments over every world in the system before finally crashing into the larger sun in the system. These crystals grew with ferocious speed when exposed to heat, the hotter it was the faster they grew. Some made it into the planets core and split the worlds apart. You can even see the impact zone on the largest sun, a crystal citadel millions of miles high. But due to this the star will soon die.

This is what I have been working solidly on for the past week or so. The big project which the preview I submitted earlier previewed. It was a comet containing something, but a crystal that grows very very fast when exposed to heat. This is a remake of an older piece by the same name and is my favorite most original concept I've come up with.

Enjoy

has written a wonderful poem based on this piece called The End [link] I suggest you check it out. Thanks mate.

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Time: approx 48 hours
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~ConstantineZhukov Apr 5, 2013 New member

Oh man . . . No comment. . . What a piece.

~Poetbyday Mar 28, 2013 New member Hobbyist Writer

I sure hope nobody lived there...

~ironkings Mar 10, 2013

Awesome pic. This is sort of how I imagined Zanth swarms from Great North Road (Peter F Hamilton). I wonder if he was inspired by your art?

~ZombieStoner Jan 25, 2013 Student Traditional Artist

you sure have some beautiful art here man

im thinking about try out some new styles and ideas i have in mind.
to try out making some cool sci-fi planet/space station or somthing my self ^^

*AdamBurn Jan 26, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

Thanks

~FunnelFlaky Jul 29, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

I'm not sure if a star could become crystalized like that. Sure, the interior of a star has extreme heat and pressure, but, being made of mostly hydrogen, it does not have the minerals for the crystal to grow, nor will it until it becomes a red giant.

Also, the comet proboly would have been vaporized when it got within 1 million miles of the star.

*AdamBurn Jul 29, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

Its. Not. Real, don't overthink these things it's pointless. Many things in sci-fi can't possibly exist but they do because it's sci-fi, that what makes it fun. Yeah it's always good to have sci-fi somewhat rooted on reality but sometimes it's also fun to just have some outrageous stuff.

~tonystardreamer Feb 27, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Exactly. It's in the name. Science-FICTION, that's why it's awesome and why this picture is absolutely and amazingly, awesomely, incredibly stunning.

Question; if you were up close to the crystal, would you be able to visibly see it growing?

~Helge129 Feb 5, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Tiberium on steroids =o

!Aust1nrulesall Jan 19, 2012

Oh noes!

Cool picture

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