Atmospheric energy siphons

With this piece I was imagining an array of energy collecting antennas at a high altitude. I sketched out the idea in Feather 3d, then took that sketch into Nomad Sculpt and rendered out what I thought might be an interesting composition, then went to town in Artstudio Pro trying to put it al together.

“Atmospheric Energy Siphons” concept.

“Atmospheric Energy Siphons” concept.

3d view of energy siphon sketch in Feather 3d

Timelapse of paint over process once rendered and fleshed out a bit with textures,primitives, and a few ships also created in Nomad Sculpt. Painting finished in Artstudio Pro.