(Click on images for larger version. Click on post title for link to animation on youtube)A simple set of nested spheres. One for the planet, one for the atmosphere.
No precipitation on Dune, so no clouds (unless they are dust or sand clouds/storms.)
I used the map in the novel to create the texture for the "main" part of the planet (the north pole to 40 degrees). Also managed to find one for the south pole - also to 40 degrees. The region in between is open desert.
My original model had the northern hemisphere map taking up the whole of the northern hemisphere and looked "wrong", so I researched it a bit further and finally took note of the note on the original map.
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Beautiful animation. Easily my favorite of the three prologues, because it tells so very little and has you figure it out yourself over the next few scenes.
ReplyDeleteMy only suggestion is you could probably remove the word "Planet" above each of the planetary texts. Considering you see each planet, so you know it's a planet, and the Guildsman-narrator is saying exactly what shows up on screen, the additional "Planet" is both redundant and crowds an otherwise smooth shot.
In fact, all the of the text could probably be removed since it's all technically redundant, but then the shot might seem too empty.