Intro | TΞMPLUM

Introducing TΞMPLUM, my new sci-fi art series. This is my most personal project which I consider to be the pinnacle of my art at the moment.

This series of landscapes, keyframe artworks and animations revolves around life in Templum — a fictional mega city located on the colony planet Neo Pangea in the 22nd century.
However, this is not going to be a classic cyberpunk "high tech low life" dystopian world building. Instead, I want to create the kind of a world I myself would like to live in. Pleasant enough, but far from perfect. I chose to focus more on the inner feelings of the characters, explore the themes of melancholy, dreams and comforting loneliness in a highly populated city and nostalgia for times that never happened. Call it Dreampunk or whatever you like.

Templum city is defined by the complex of kilometer-high structures, built among the alien mountainy terrain with waterfalls and vegetation that doesn't require sunlight. Districts are divided by the levels of height, which makes each of them a kind of city of their own, with millions of people, whether it’s the ground level or the one that reaches 3 km above the sea. The lore will be described piece by piece with every next artwork.

Highly inspired by retro futuristic artists like Syd Mead, John Berkey, Charles Schridde, Dreampunk music and Wong Kar Wai films, I've finally defined my own style and direction I want to go with my art. I really appreciate everyone who read this far.

Wallpaper Engine link: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2565816521
Music: 2814 - Impact