When boredom strikes: METROID EDITION

**Valigarmander** · 09-01-2009, 07:10 AM

If there's one thing this recession has been good for, it's been to keep me out of a job long enough to produce crap like this. I may not have money, but at least I have the INTERNET.

Anywho, this is an idea I'd had for a while, and have been working on for quite some time now. Self-explanatory, and I hope you have fun messing around with it.

All done in Photoshop. The stars, planets, asteroids and crap were all done by me (except for Earth and the Moon). Most celestial bodies are based off of appearances in games and media, but for those that were only referred to in name or briefly shown, I had to use my imagination. Got my data together, drew up a generic design of the universe, and then transferred it all to Photoshop. The PSD file is about 35.9Mb alone, and over 150Mb expanded. The image you're looking at right now is actually the low-resolution JPEG version (1700x1300, 633kb). The full-resolution JPEG version is much larger (3400x2600, 1.80Mb), and I might put it on Sendspace or something sometime for those who want to see it.

If you notice anything wrong with the picture, let me know, and I might fix it. For now, have fun. I'm going to bed.

PRAY FOR A TRUE PEACE IN SPACE.

***Ace Mercury*** · 09-01-2009, 07:20 AM

Nicely done. I'd think you can sell prints and posters of this, if you can avoid litigation.

Luigiman7 · 09-01-2009, 11:04 AM

That's just amazing.

***Cosmonautical*** · 09-02-2009, 01:05 AM

Sweet dude. One issue: Phaaze is through a dimensional warp, yes? Any idea where the hell that is, exactly?

**Valigarmander** · 09-02-2009, 01:15 AM

^ It was my understanding that Phaaze existed in the same dimension/universe as everything else, with the wormhole opened to it at the end of the game just being a shortcut to Samus and the GF (who had no idea where the actual planet was).

Wasn't it originally discovered by a Chozo probe launched from Elysia or something? Ehh, I'll have to check sometime.

Acradius · 10-11-2009, 01:16 AM

I'm somewhat behind on my Metroid literature, but was Zebes a homeworld in name only, like Tallon IV, or is that where the Chozo species actually originated?

**Valigarmander** · 10-11-2009, 01:36 AM

^ I think the Chozo homeworld is as of yet unknown. Zebes and such were all just colonies.

**LASER BEAR ASSAULT UNIT** · 10-12-2009, 02:17 AM

Bro, thats tight man, nice going.

1-up Salesman · 10-12-2009, 08:28 PM

It's freaking amazing! Nice one, Val. This is proof that you should be bored more often.

Mintod · 10-26-2010, 03:54 AM

hnmmmmmmmmm

Speed · 10-27-2010, 10:27 AM

I hope you never get a job.

**Valigarmander** · 10-15-2011, 12:11 PM

Perhaps motivated by that Zelda sword thingie I made last week, I decided to work on something that I was planning on doing since before Other M had even come out: a diagram of Samus's Power Suit, including lists of all her powerups. After a few days of writing up all the text and gathering all the images I'd need, I created this (which ended up being much, much larger than I was expecting):

Click the image to see the full-size version on my deviantART account. Beware, it's 2600 by 2000 pixels, and 2.3MB in size.

Let me know if you see any mistakes.

09-01-2009, 07:10 AM	#1
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,700 Times in 2,580 Posts Blog Entries: 20	When boredom strikes: METROID EDITION If there's one thing this recession has been good for, it's been to keep me out of a job long enough to produce crap like this. I may not have money, but at least I have the INTERNET. Anywho, this is an idea I'd had for a while, and have been working on for quite some time now. Self-explanatory, and I hope you have fun messing around with it. All done in Photoshop. The stars, planets, asteroids and crap were all done by me (except for Earth and the Moon). Most celestial bodies are based off of appearances in games and media, but for those that were only referred to in name or briefly shown, I had to use my imagination. Got my data together, drew up a generic design of the universe, and then transferred it all to Photoshop. The PSD file is about 35.9Mb alone, and over 150Mb expanded. The image you're looking at right now is actually the low-resolution JPEG version (1700x1300, 633kb). The full-resolution JPEG version is much larger (3400x2600, 1.80Mb), and I might put it on Sendspace or something sometime for those who want to see it. If you notice anything wrong with the picture, let me know, and I might fix it. For now, have fun. I'm going to bed. PRAY FOR A TRUE PEACE IN SPACE.

09-01-2009, 11:04 AM	#3
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10-15-2011, 12:11 PM	#12
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,700 Times in 2,580 Posts Blog Entries: 20	BUMP Perhaps motivated by that Zelda sword thingie I made last week, I decided to work on something that I was planning on doing since before Other M had even come out: a diagram of Samus's Power Suit, including lists of all her powerups. After a few days of writing up all the text and gathering all the images I'd need, I created this (which ended up being much, much larger than I was expecting): Click the image to see the full-size version on my deviantART account. Beware, it's 2600 by 2000 pixels, and 2.3MB in size. Let me know if you see any mistakes.

09-01-2009, 07:20 AM	#2
*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 23,274 Thanks: 568 Thanked 3,297 Times in 1,582 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Nicely done. I'd think you can sell prints and posters of this, if you can avoid litigation.

09-02-2009, 01:05 AM	#4
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Sweet dude. One issue: Phaaze is through a dimensional warp, yes? Any idea where the hell that is, exactly?

09-02-2009, 01:15 AM	#5
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,700 Times in 2,580 Posts Blog Entries: 20	^ It was my understanding that Phaaze existed in the same dimension/universe as everything else, with the wormhole opened to it at the end of the game just being a shortcut to Samus and the GF (who had no idea where the actual planet was). Wasn't it originally discovered by a Chozo probe launched from Elysia or something? Ehh, I'll have to check sometime.

10-11-2009, 01:16 AM	#6
Acradius Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Where Time, Space and Reality fade, and there is left only the mind... Gender: Posts: 1,000 Thanks: 30 Thanked 39 Times in 29 Posts	I'm somewhat behind on my Metroid literature, but was Zebes a homeworld in name only, like Tallon IV, or is that where the Chozo species actually originated?

10-11-2009, 01:36 AM	#7
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,700 Times in 2,580 Posts Blog Entries: 20	^ I think the Chozo homeworld is as of yet unknown. Zebes and such were all just colonies.

10-12-2009, 02:17 AM	#8
LASER BEAR ASSAULT UNIT Videos Mod Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: In my pants Gender: Posts: 4,613 Thanks: 2,502 Thanked 767 Times in 422 Posts	Bro, thats tight man, nice going.

10-12-2009, 08:28 PM	#9
1-up Salesman Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Letting you guys know that I'm planning on continuing Attack of the Spammers soon. Gender: Posts: 4,095 Thanks: 2,162 Thanked 250 Times in 194 Posts Blog Entries: 9	It's freaking amazing! Nice one, Val. This is proof that you should be bored more often.

10-26-2010, 03:54 AM	#10
Mintod Newbie Join Date: Oct 2010 Gender: Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	hnmmmmmmmmm

10-27-2010, 10:27 AM	#11
Speed Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: If there's a bright center to the universe I'm on the planet it's farthest from Gender: Posts: 3,747 Thanks: 1,598 Thanked 320 Times in 224 Posts Blog Entries: 1	I hope you never get a job.