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Ruined Cityscape at Nightby ~Malcadon

Traditional Art / Drawings / Landscapes & Scenery

After making the first Gamma World landscape, I was not happy about it, as I see such a post-apocalyptic world as a place where the roots of a new world grows over the ruins of the old world.

Gamma World is an odd and campy, post-apocalyptic game with ruins intermixed with alien wilderness both filled with unseen dangers, bazaar mutants, primitive savages, deranged robots, power-mad warlords, strange secret societies, and campy '50s-styled space-age tech buried under ancient ruins.

In this picture, the earth is reclaiming the world and so an ancient city is getting covered over by a forest. Unlike the other work, the moon is turned around to make everything darker and more mysterious (note the dust-cloud and the crack). The white-line across the sky is a habitat-ring spinning freely and quietly around the earth. The Aurora Borealis was add to this temperate climate to reflect a nuclear holocaust and to make this world even more queer. I choose to make the northern lights blue/green in color, instead of making it more colorful, because I wanted to make it calm instead of loud. One of the first thing you might notice, are the white-shadowy people looking around from on top a dome. They are explores to add a feel mystery and adventure (I based the tall 4-armed one on the tharks from the Princess of Mars story).

~arkan777 Oct 19, 2012

This is a beautiful, haunting image that portrays the look of Gamma World PERFECTLY!

~Malcadon Nov 23, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Thanks! I'm glade you like it!

~Balron Nov 15, 2011

the fact that it's done on some black paper is awsome x3

~Malcadon Nov 19, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Thanks!

I recommend using a black medium when you need to convey a dark moody feel, or the look of nighttime or darkness in general. You can find this type of paper at Walmart or Target (ether in the Arts & Crafts or Office Supplies department) - they look like normal stacks of letter-size "cardstock" copy paper, but black. You can also find them at art stores, where they sell them at different sizes, but they usually cost more.

~Meta-Fox Mar 27, 2010 Writer

Huh, if you google "ruined cityscape" this is top! grats on that I guess. ( and nice pic )

~Malcadon Mar 27, 2010 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Thanks, and thanks for the heads-up on that!

I'm #1! LOL

~MythAdvocate Dec 3, 2008

I like this. Moody.

~Malcadon Dec 3, 2008 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I'm glad you like it. Black paper is really good at setting such a mood.

*jerek-uk Aug 30, 2007

Nice pic. Great eerie atmosphere.

~Malcadon Aug 30, 2007 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Thanks! I have a way with showing the quiet beauty of the night, mostly because I love the night so. [howls at the moon]

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