Oolite Bulletins

I am trying to find some particular images from the Elite/Oolite game.

I am thinking along the lines of a station interior or artists impressions of life inside a Elite space station.

I need them for some screen backgrounds that I would like to make.

I have done a google search but it only came up with exterior views of stations.

Thanks.

Deepspace did some, but by default, therefore, they've already been done. Perhaps you might try a different tack, big warehouses or production plants, such as http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/lib ... 09_big.jpg

or here: http://www.radarvector.com/uploaded_ima ... 703467.jpg

(One of the most amazing buildings I've ever been in was the production hall of Boeing in Seattle)

You could take the trees and people out of this one and then edit it heavily so as to not breach any copyrights.

Thanks.

The reason I asked is because I installed the BGS oxp and I love it.

The background screens are cool but I thought they could have been a bit better.

I thought maybe the inside of a space station or busy docking terminal full of humans and aliens for the F5 screen, a big wearhouse with row apon row of cargo canisters for the F8 screen, ect...

My PC drawing and art skills are crap which is why I thought that there may have been an Elite fan site somewhere that had fan artwork on it.

Years ago I remember reading The Dark Wheel on a site that had great images to go along with the story, but I can't find that site either.

Thanks.

As you can see my pc artwork is not that great either, but I had a lot of fun creating it.

DaddyHoggy wrote:

You could take the trees and people out of this one and then edit it heavily so as to not breach any copyrights.

I might be wrong there, but the only way not to breach copyright is to completely create a similar picture from scratch, merely using the existing one as inspiration. A heavily modified copyrighted image is still a copyrighted image afaik...

@rustybolts: hmm, beer!

Instead of "not breach any copyrights" how about we say "alter the picture enough to arrest only casual suspicion and mild legal interest"?

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@Kaks, you're right of course, I was aiming for more of what DB said!

Kaks wrote:

@rustybolts: hmm, beer!

Hmm, I think that cat has been drinking it judging by his hat perched at a jaunty angle.

I did a bit of fan art on the Frontier website.

It probably doesn't help, but it's a great excuse for me to show the pics here

RELATIVE TO MERLIN


PLANET PARADISE


THE TROUBLE WITH ASTEROIDS


THE PLANET WAS PLAGUED WITH FREQUENT CIVIL WAR


X-MAS AT SIROCCO STATION



I fancy doing some more now....interiors are a good idea.

I like the Planet Paradise! It's nice to see the Cobby against a ground structure.

Me too, it's beautiful! Did you paint it the "traditional" way and took a photo of it, or did you produce it digitally?

I really like Planet Paradise too - but either that's a 1/4 scale Cobby3 or it's flown by giants...

Maybe Frontier Cobbys are smaller than ours.

I did a nice bit of cover art for Rise of the Kirin I was quite proud of: