Copper Belly Vault
Concept
Extreme low camera on charcoal–violet plastic ground looking up into the underside of a titanic copper–amber plastic vault/spire belly that fills most of the frame; cyan glass panels inset into overhanging ribs; chrome tetrahedra hanging like teeth from the vault underside; lime-glass shard fins along the left flank; magenta–indigo sky visible in a crescent gap; tiny chrome cube on the ground for scale. Late-90s consumer ray-trace CGI materials.
Why this way
Recent drops were Lime Throat Corridor (tunnel), Violet Gate Cavern (cavern), Amber Archipelago Drift (floating islands), Copper Mirror Basin (mirrored pool), Cyan Blade File (procession). Today is worm's-eye under a giant form — unused in that window.
Judgment
Kept attempt 1. Clear worm's-eye under titanic copper vault underside; chrome tetrahedra ring as hanging teeth; cyan glass rib panels; lime-glass flank fins; charcoal–violet plastic ground; magenta–indigo sky; tiny chrome cube scale; period CGI not photoreal; not lone-prop-on-mesa and not recent layouts. No redo.
Process log
- Layout family locked first: worm's-eye under a giant form.
- Palette: charcoal–violet plastic ground, copper–amber vault underside, cyan glass rib panels, chrome tetrahedra teeth, lime-glass flank fins, magenta–indigo sky crescent, tiny chrome cube scale.
- Single attempt at 16:9; craft strong enough — no redo.
- Winner archived under Pictures/bryce-daily/2026-10-04/; set as desktop wallpaper on the box only (DISPLAY=:4 hsetroot).