Fair enough! I may have been there a few times myself. 
1 Like
“Ingenuity is the Default Cube”
Pure
Cycles, procedural everything.
512 samples.
Post process
Bloom, gimp.
6 Likes
!! Default cube !!
Yikes, “opportunity” missed.
My title now changed haha!
1 Like
Arrival
Pure Entry (the stars [not mars] are from an image used as the background, I believe this still allows it to be a pure entry as per the rules). The ship was inspired by the interstellar spaceship.
5 Likes
5 Likes
I admire your “perseverance” !
1 Like
Out of “curiosity”: everything? That sounds like a lot!
Hah, not everything. Materials and some displacements on landscape elements.
1 Like
@Helge I Just had a moment and updated the image slightly.
One minute before the deadline = still in time?
With time to spare! I usually wait at least another 30 minutes before closing the entry thread. 
2 Likes
“Mars is there, waiting to be reached.”
– Buzz Aldrin
This way =>
2 Likes
How did you make this nice marks in the sand, bump texture?
Here is the material. I subdivided the plane a bit as shown, then pulled the verts around a tiny bit.
Displacement and bump are enabled in the material.
4 Likes
@rigoletto I also made some very low poly grains and rocks - around 12 of them.
Then a random selection particle system with a vertex group to add additional randomness.
Geometry nodes will be better for this in the future.
For me I haven’t found a way to avoid adding some actual geometry to sand or dirt.
1 Like
Hmm. The Avalon doing a slingshot around Mars instead of Arcturus. Passengers anyone ?
@Helge Is this alright ?
1 Like
I think @Gabe_Fuchs just mixed up the movies Interstellar and Passengers. Since it was made clear that the ship’s design was inspired by an ‘existing’ one, I don’t see much of a problem here.
2 Likes
The image I used was entitled “How Realistic Is the Interstellar Ship from ‘Passengers’?,” I guess that’s what got me confused. I just skimmed through a bunch of photos and landed on that one.