Art of Francis Tsai

A finalized design, finally. Well, probably still time for some tweakage. Wanted to get some of that 70s era, Joe Johnston/Nilo Rodis-Jamero practical model feel for some of these ships and outer space locations. The earlier concept sketch is at the bottom. Originally I had a vertical slit for the main hangar space, but that was not going to be practical for the scenes taking place in there.

comic books, environment design, space opera

environment design, space opera

Here is a shot of the Planetary Federation outpost from which the rescue mission to retrieve Vitaly Fentonov originates. I’ve placed a few Galactic Imperium troopers in the shot for scale, but story wise they would not be present here.

environment design, sketches, space opera