#sol7

This sort of organic technology, new take on the retro 60's futuristic look is something I want to emulate in this webcomic. Something along the lines of bio-tech. While this sort of hints that space is industrialized, it never lost that sense of having an organic history - if that makes sense 🤔

I don't want to reuse the "cyberpunk" look as much as I can. This isn't a story about human a human introducing aliens to human society, it is a story about aliens introducing a human to their society. Heck, the human in this story doesn't have any "special" powers or "chosen one" story behind him, he's just a normal kid with the responsibility of the first Earthling to be integrated back into Interstellar society.

Either way, I want the Alliance (GAPU) to be as friendly looking as possible when it comes to their technology. Cause hey, they're an organization that's supposed to make peace with the universe. So I've been looking to Lilo & Stitch as inspiration.

While yes, technically these aliens will still be weaponized, it's mostly for the safety of others in Interstellara. Still, I want spaceships to have this look.

I think for the most part I'll try to avoid square buttons and make interaction with the ship more organic, they will still have a more streamlined and circular look to their shape.

Sorry I just wanna share how much I love Jumba's ship, it has such a cool design 😭 I'm going to have a difficult time not trying to make the Halley (Solar 7's ship) look like this.

But either way, if I am going to make a city in Solar 7, the cyberpunk aspect will probably more something akin to cities in Star Wars.

The more circular and round nature of the cities gives off that otherworldly feel to it that I absolutely adore. But not to say that every planet will be industrialized like this. The GAPU also visits worlds that are even more primitive than the planet Earth sometimes. It's just that because of the GAPU's influence on Interstellara that most of alien society has progressed beyond the technology of Earthlings.

All this, I want to try and put into Solar 7 in a more simplified style. I'm going to attempt to get better at technical design, my strong suit has always been characters, but I also love this type of architecture and aesthetic that I want to be able to draw stuff like this. Slowly but surely I am learning a few techniques too.

--- I'll end the ramble here for now, but before I go I'll share some old and new drawings I've made for Solar 7 thus far.

Thanks for reading :)