Not bad considering this sort of art style is very much outside his wheelhouse - all the other images he drew for people this year were pastel & watercolour-style nature scenes of ponds and beaches.

For context, I sent him some quotes from the books describing both GSVs and Orbitals but didn't give him much direct guidance - as such this is his interpretation. I like the idea of a domed rooftop section as opposed to an entirely open top deck, though the scale he's drawn (with the islands) seems to imply an absolutely gargantuan GSV - not that that's a bad thing!

  • DefinitelyNotAPhone [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    The Player of Games is my go-to recommendation for a starting book. It's got a very unique concept, shows off a lot of what makes the Culture the Culture, and most importantly has the Culture interacting with a complete antithesis to themselves to show off the idiosyncrasies of their ideology and how they interact with the rest of the universe.