3d Engine Designs for Virtual Globes
(Book Cover Illustration)

Posted by samuraijkm in 3D Artwork, Blog, Portfolio

Mar
10

Recently I designed the 3D cover artwork (Globes and Space imagery) for a new Virtual Globe developer’s book authored by Patrick Cozzi and Kevin Ring.

The textures were obtained from NASA Blue Marble Next Generation w/ Topography and Bathymetry imagery set via the NASA Visible Earth website. I rendered the 3D earth completely in Luxology 3D modeling software, Modo 401. Minor post processing was done in Photoshop CS5. The 2D layout design was done by Francis X. Kelly in Adobe Indesign CS3. The book can be purchased through Amazon, and will be printed summer of 2011.

My imagery was also highlighted on Luxology’s online user gallery as a portfolio highlight image I titled “Gaia” after the primal Greek goddess personifying the Earth.