Hi there!
This is 'Dungeon', a custom made artwork I created for Argentinian band Plasma Sons' debut album.
The band gave a pretty concise concept to recreate: two of the band members walking towards a magic plasma tree; the third band member waits under the tree.
This is a space rock band so aside of the magic feel I wanted to give it some sort of alien look.
Here's a closeup... Other parts may be a bit rougher than they look like so I'll just stick to this one. :D
At the time -this was made a couple years ago- my favorite version was one with waterfalls coming down from the cavern's ceiling, that emphasized the perspective a lot. But the client made me remove them and looking at it now, I think he was probably right. Not that I don't like the waterfalls version but I think they take away from the main concept.
Still:
In the process animation you can also see the earlier versions. The first one I modeled completely on Sketchup and then kept sketching on Photoshop. The next frame is already this final composition but also has some buildings I had modeled in Sketchup... but in the end none of that stayed until the end. Mostly the artwork is photomanipulation with maybe 20% digital painting.
Here's a list of the resources I used:
https://www.deviantart.com/cosmicspark/art/Nebula-Stock-6-640560775 by cosmicspark
https://www.deviantart.com/macro-photo/art/Chain-3-21388307 by macro-photo
https://www.flickr.com/photos/etienne_valois/4093388676/in/album-72157619045540464/ by Etienne Valois
https://www.flickr.com/photos/63995116@N00/5858963472 by Kaitlin
https://www.flickr.com/photos/glenn_merritt/9119967122/in/faves-59104053@N00/ by Glenn Merritt
https://unsplash.com/photos/Fu_WwKclRjE by Timothy Kolczak
https://pixabay.com/photos/dark-cave-travel-outdoor-adventure-2585799/ by StockSnap
https://www.shutterstock.com/pt/image-photo/bonsai-trees-on-white-background-isolated-1011688222?irgwc=1&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=TinEye&utm_source=77643&utm_term= by LILLIAN_GZ
https://pixabay.com/id/photos/batu-kereta-plasenta-india-tengara-279466/ by Vijayanarasimha
https://pixabay.com/photos/building-architecture-cambodia-691447/ by Free-Photos
https://www.flickr.com/photos/klamurke/34919029842/ by Raymond Zoller
https://www.photobash.org/petra-ruins by Photobash.org
Finally, this is what the album cover looks like on physical and digital releases:
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