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TWBT 1 - Flames of the Horizon by ~ekster:iconekster:

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Initially, I was only going to do a single character piece that shows the pilot and her plane, but I decided it would be more fun to develop a story over several pieces instead. This is the first installment of the series which I am calling The Way Beyond Tomorrow.

Part 1: Flames of the Horizon

This first piece is the introduction to the series, occurring just before the moment of the apocalypse. Hundreds of miles away from the centers of civilzation on a lone airstrip, we see how it all began.


Prologue

In the beginning
Man created the machines
And the machines were taught to think
And became the slaves of mankind
Until the day they turned on their masters

As the apocalypse nears
It was they who unleashed
The harbingers of destruction
The flames of the horizon

To wipe out all of mankind

But there still lies hope
A fighting chance survives
Amongst the ranks of the bravest
And the few

For all that is left of mankind



Continued in Part 2: [link]
Daily Deviation, 2005-08-07

Daily DeviationTWBT 1 - Flames of the Horizon is an amazing piece of vector art. =eksteris great digital artist with lots to offer in the fields of simplicity and beauty. His vectors are quite masterful to behold with their everyday feel, however ekster always makes them seem a lot more interesting than your everyday occurrence. (Suggested by `garrit and Featured by !Subversive-imaginati)

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~Milfness:iconMilfness: Apr 3, 2005, 11:50:22 PM
Awesome! I love it...your art is really coming along (and I've always liked it). Ah, I'm so getting to work on my "character" cause I really want to be up there ;)

Looking forward to watching the story evolve.

Cheers,
Lacey

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~yuppy64:iconyuppy64: Apr 3, 2005, 11:51:25 PM
Epic...
Lovely work, awesome indeed, you've done well with the colouring of the plane, the boarder is very fitting, nice work :hug:

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~ekster:iconekster: Apr 4, 2005, 12:39:17 AM
A great many thanks, especially from someone who has seen the progression of it :) I'm glad you like the way it turned out as well!

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~ekster:iconekster: Apr 4, 2005, 12:41:58 AM
Thanks very much! :)
That's right, I do remember you saying something about having a couple ideas up your sleeve in regards to "character" stuff, so I'll definitely look forward to that too ;)

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~LiquidPhantom:iconLiquidPhantom: Apr 4, 2005, 12:49:12 AM
Wow fantastic, would look great as a movie poster for a WWII film, the Hurricane looks great.

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~ekster:iconekster: Apr 4, 2005, 1:30:27 AM
Thanks very much for the compliment :)
I was actually aiming for the P-51B Mustang, but this view of it does resemble a Hurricane as well. Either way, it was a fun experiment in making a WWII fighter plane :) Looks like I'll be making more later! hehe

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~jimro:iconjimro: Apr 4, 2005, 2:38:42 AM
Truly great! It has a retro-vibe which i like :+fav:
~eustressor:iconeustressor: Apr 4, 2005, 2:42:39 AM
Interesting... great detail work, you've really stretched and reached beyond purely minimalist waters here; not to suggest prior pieces haven't contained great detail work, but it's usually not the subject. This has a great, Golden Age, opening-of-a-Ray-Bradbury story feel to it. Nice 8-)

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~ekster:iconekster: Apr 4, 2005, 2:59:25 AM
Many thanks! :D

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~ekster:iconekster: Apr 4, 2005, 4:22:51 AM
Thanks very much for the mega compliment! :D Yeah, I wanted to do something completely different this time around and I'm enjoying experimenting with new ideas. Either way, I wanted to keep the warm colors/tones I've been using to maintain a continuity of style :)

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