What Goes Into Making Mission Control?
A few weeks ago I posted a look into what goes on inside Ellie’s Mission Control here at the Strang Institute. Here’s a look inside that look.
It all starts with a bunch of sketches to get the idea of how to best portray Mission Control in the most interesting way.
Next, precise measurements of the interior of the real Mission Control were fed into a computer to create a virtual model of it to be used as a guide for the painting. It was sketched over, built up layer by layer, tweaked, things added, things taken away, all to get to the final illustration you enjoy today. Click the animated gif below to see a slightly larger version.
Finally, here’s a few close ups of some of the detail!
Beautiful layering! Mission control clearly has the best state-of-the-art rendering programs around.
Thanks, John!
Wow! Nice work!
Thank you, Jules!
We appreciate all the extra work you put into it – sure, it would be easier for you to just take a photo of Mission Control and publish that, but somehow it just wouldn’t be the same!
Thanks, Artie. Being at Mission Control is sort of like being in a courtroom – no photos, but they have someone on hand that has to draw everything. However, unlike a courtroom, it is assumed your guilty when all the candy in Dr. McNichols’ candy dish goes missing and the wrappers are found in your trash. I had one, lady. ONE! Sheesh.