What happens when the Orokin occupy and exploit the moon? It was very interesting to do concept art for this level.

Commissioned piece for @barrelhand. Space exploration is entering a new era. After more than half a century since humanity stepped foot on the moon, we are now preparing - not only to go back - but to venture further into space than ever before. Soon, the Artemis program will launch humans to the moon, this time with plans to build a permanent lunar base. Crewed missions to Mars will follow, and space more broadly is becoming accessible for tourism and various business ventures. This space…

Visual Development and final design for the Moon Base in Ad Astra 2019. More to come soon! Thanks to Step Zavala for advice and art direction! Copyright ILM

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Establishing a moon base to support future space missions. Long before humans can fulfil their mission to terraform a planet they needed to significantly reduce the cost of launching space missions and space cargo. Setting up a moon base to launch future space missions was key. The moon’s smaller gravity (1/6 of earth) meant space shuttles can conserve the fuel needed to exit the earth’s atmosphere and carry more cargo. However establishing a moon base wasn’t easy. The moon has extreme ...

An Interstellar cargo cruiser NOMAD 95 finally arriving at the far off colony on CoRoT-25 B, carrying much needed supplies. New piece for me and Oliver Fetschers project http://unitedcoloniesspacefederation.tumblr.com/