pardon the ‘roughness’ of this image, but i could only work on it this weekend… otherwise these crazy orange guys would’ve chopped my head off.
this is a bit more gimp than blender, but… oh well…
i just rendered out some little thingies and then stuck them together in gimp.
the idea for this image is a bit older and so is the little dino character.
enjoy!
.andy
Roughness? This is beatiful!
Truly magnificent! I am speechless.
Wow!! This is truly sensation! It has left me with a great sense of wonder.
This is excellent! Wow, seriously keep these things up in your free time!! 
i think it’s rather spiffy. i’m particularly impressed with the cloud/dust effects and the earthen background. i’d like to see the seperate parts you had put together for this finished piece.
though … my only bug is the starry sky. far too many stars, scrunched together there. even “way back when,” the stars are spread on too evenly and thick. as well, they’re all basically the same color. it needs some new blue stars, and some old red stars, and patched about in a “Milky Way” sort of fashion.
Hi @ndy,
Really very good… not your best work, but really very good.
Of course I should probably be very glad that it’s not your best work, because that means you’re putting most of your time in on Orange stuff. Good choice of priorities!
If, in the future, you were to touch this up a bit, I might suggest you remove some of the dust cloud and give the image a better feeling of depth. The clouds need some work, and it seems like the dino is a bit too lit. If anything, you should darken him up to bring more attention to the butterfly. The butterfly would look cool if it appeared to be lighting up the immediate vicinity around it and glowing, and while the dino is important too, he feels too important as he overpowers the butterfly with his lighting.
Of course, all this is subjective, and you may have a different vision than what I think you’re trying to portray here. All in all, this is a very good work, and with a bit of tweaking, has the potential to become a masterpiece.
<3,
spiderworm
heey finally posted it! way to go, i sat next to this guy pumping it out in like one night, bloody insane skills.
Congrats =)
edit: i’m now currently trying to grab that technique for the asteroid, that stuff is insane, theres no post pro on that thing, or maybe no more then 1% contrast post O_O
@ndy : Could you make bigger version ? I want to do wallpaper from it
Can’t believe you’re apologizing for this great piece of art…
Joost
@ndy, you’re right, that’s such a rough image! It’s like, “Oh my word, that is one of the best pics I’ve seen yet” rather than “—” (instant death from extreme shock) 
No, seriously, a really great picture, plus it gives me a bit of a chuckle. Seems a shame that such cute things wouldn’t be around for much longer!
So tell us, what’s the asteroid technique that LohnC’s talking about?
woah @ndy, what a great piece of art!!! I’m so impressed of your work, again and again!!!
That’s magnificent. It looks like a painting or something. Incredible work.
Nice colours, everything! Pleased to look at an image like that 
hi andy,
great particle system, you used for the smoke ( do i sound like yoda?)
i am not sure if the dino looks at the butterlfy or somewhere above and next to it.
claas
I love how it has more of a painted look than photoreal.
Was the render time quick since your working elephant’s dream?
Ronin.
Personally this is the best image I’ve seen from you yet. This one would make one wicked poster. Pretty little scene.
Nice, but I think the skin on the dino could use some work, it looks a bit off to me (it looks a bit too hard and soft at the same time, can’t quite put my finger on it). Also I think the ‘lightness’ of the butterfly contrasts a bit with the background, maybe that’s what you intended but I think it could be just a tad more in sync with everything else. The flow of the back of the neck has a strange bend as well.
really good work nonetheless, surely if you rushed it.
heres no post pro on that thing, or maybe no more then 1% contrast post O_O
…
I would pay for a screen captured movie of you working. It doesn’t need to be a tutorial. Just… you working.
This is such an awesome image. Great job!
–Colin
I wonder what is 3d and what is gimped in this image.
The look and feel is constant, which is a big plus.
but… Stars are too bigs imho.
GJ.