Location: Plasma Ovens (Patreon)

Hey everyone,

I hope you are all doing well :)  

I'm currently working on several new illustrations for Space Rescue & I wanted to share some progress with you!

So, as you know, I've been detailing the 'Plasma Ovens' background, which is a location in the Junkyard ship.  It's the place where scrap metal is broken down into minerals & where Yi-jie works as a plasma-smith.

The concept

Now I must admit, that when I came up with this location, I just named it 'Plasma Ovens' because it sounded futuristic.

But I believe good science-fiction, should always have an actual  science-element. So I did a bit of research, to see if there actually could be something like a 'plasma oven' :)   

Now one thing I came across, was a process that takes place in our sun.  And if I understood it correct, the size of the sun creates enormous pressure in its core, which breaks down atoms into a state of  'plasma'. And if those atoms fuse again, that creates heat -lots of heat.

So, I imagined my 'plasma oven' could look like a mini-sun; being a spherical machine that would induce an artificial gravity field to create the required pressure to make plasma.  Next I added the tubes as a way to get hydrogen into the oven (being it's fuel). And this also lead to the idea of the 'pumping station' in the back.

Now it would be weird if you needed to open the oven to heat something up, so instead I thought the oven could shoot out a flame, which heats the area below it & melts the collected scrap metal.  

And last but no least, I added a plasma-heated anvil, where Yi-jie crafts her droid parts :)

Now, you might think this is all a bit much for a game that's supposed to be about sexy girls...  But I just find it easier to draw something that makes (some) sense, then something that doesn't.  

Drawing Process

Well, here is the drawing process step by step again. I struggled a bit with the colors here, but in the end I added a layer of pink-fog which pulled things together & helped to put the focus on the right elements.  

Animated Parts

For a while now I try to add a bit of animation to each background. And in this case the conveyer belts will move, as well as the oven & the flame.

But to make this work, I need to cut up the image in an efficient way. Here you see how I did this.

From the 'Plasma Ovens' you can also go to the 'Pumping Station', of which you can see a sketch below. But in order to not spoil the surprise here, I've hidden quite a few elements here...

Well, of course there is much more story to these backgrounds, but for that you'll have to play the next game-update.


I hope you liked this post, more will follow soon ;)

Have a great weekend & all the best!

-Robin