Alpha Program

This work is set in the near future when it is easier to travel through space, and scientists create a satellite to go on a journey to find an extraterrestrial planet. Through its journey, the satellite will capture images of what it is looking at to bring your imagination to life and see what is really out there past the vast galaxy we call are Milky Way. The farther the satellite goes, the lower the frequency we will be seeing that gets transfers back to us. This body of work is based on realistic research that I found. I strive to make realistic or semi realistic work. My inspiration for doing this body of work is that I have always had a love for astronomy and looking at the different discoveries that astronomers have been making throughout time. I watch astronomy documentaries that spark my interest in what I am doing, the difference how far a planet has to be from the sun or what the solar system looks like. As a result, I wanted to make a solar system of my own that could or could not sustain life. My process includes a lot of research to create that look a I wanted coming from the solar system. I had to find out what type of suns to use to create the look, I had to find the goldilocks zone for the extraterrestrial planet will be sitting at. Then I created everything else around that one planet. When I came to the surface of the planet’s I had three choices to choose from. I could make them look all like rocky planets with more blues, reds and yellows in the atmosphere, I could make some look like gas planets by manipulating the look and texture to create the gas planet, or I could make it look like a deserted planet that hasn’t been touched by anyone. I would like to thank Andrew Layden for helping me with my research on this project.