Asymmetrical Ship Sets

[Taera]

Well i've been working 2 months before i left on assymetric ships. Also im trying to find what it takes to create a realy *alien*, *bizzare* or whatever race.

If you want i can post my assymetric ships here.

And i have to state it here. Only assymetric ships do look good. Only assymetric ships do look alien.

*IMPORTANT FOR ALL ORGANIC SHIP ARTISTS*
Only assymetric organic ship could ever look realy living. A fact.

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Taera:
*IMPORTANT FOR ALL ORGANIC SHIP ARTISTS*
Only assymetric organic ship could ever look realy living. A fact.

Well that's just a silly statement to be putting out there as a fact. It's certainly an opinion, and I do like asymetrical ship designs. But to state flatly that all living ships must be asymetrical is just as bad as someone stating that all ships should be symetrical. It's the variety that most of us appreciate.

Why would a living ship have to be asymetrical. Most living creatures that we know of are symetrical. Unless you thinkg that is some accident or uniqueness to life on earth. I would expect actually that most life in the universe takes symetrical forms. But that doesn't mean all life would. But it's all just a guess really. No ones guess is any better than any one elses.

Geoschmo

[Taera]

Ok, if anyone is REALY interested, here is the link:

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[Taera]

Geoschmo, well yes i apologize for my too final statement. But i must say that i've had some experience drawing organic things and always had the problem of them being too symmetric. Look, i even bought a book on drawing "characters" which can also mean "organics", and something like 3rd page was dedicated to the need for the "organics" to bee assymetric. Even human - a little smaller ear, bigger eye, longer hand.... if you think of it nothing we know is realy symmetric.

Well i must say that this is just my opinion, sorry for the final statement.

EDIT: And hmm.. theoretically all organic ships are products of gene enginering, and there is no need for a genetist to design his creations to be symmetric, rather than effective.

[ September 29, 2002, 17:07: Message edited by: Taera ]

[geoschmo]

Taera, I wasn't thinking on that small of a level. Yes you are correct very few if any humans or other organisms are truely and perfectly symetrical. There are always small imperfections. And for that metter interally we have many organs that are only one side or the other. But overall the tendancy of living things in our experience is towards, if not perfect symetry at least balance. Even plants whish are about the most asymetric lifeforms on our planet will tend to be close to symetrical on some axis, unless forced to be asymetrical by some outside influence.

As far as genetic engineering is concerned the question really isn't whther or not it is neccesary to be symetrical, but whether the designer would choose for it to be so. If the designer is from a species that evolved basically sypetrically as humans did, would they not feel more comfortable with that as we are? I don't know, but I tend to think they would.

You pictures are very cool by the way. I like them a lot.

Geoschmo

[ September 29, 2002, 17:53: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

[Pax]

Taera: oh ... very VERY nice pics. I want the Illea shipset, dammit! Gimme! Gimme!

Seriously, when that shipset is complete, I would KILL for a copy of it ...

[Taera]

oh thanks... i dont have much of the Illea and planning on focusing on different ships but i just might finish it... i can upload the rest of the ships i have (escort - BC) but its all nothing too special, the BC is the greatest of them all.

well ok, the link is:
link