OH MY GOD!! This brought me to tears. 10 year old me and 54 year old me are joyfully hugging right now. (I'm pretty sure that sentence will only make sense to the people who comment on this video.) Thank you for this. Thank you, thank you, thank you. You've done something amazing here. I still have my copy of Spacecraft: 2000 to 2100 AD, and it's currently in my library next to the copy of Great Space Battles I (finally) picked up a couple of years ago. I recognized every ship in this video, and could name about half of them off the top of my head. I'm going to have a stupid grin on my face for days because of this. I can't think of another TH-cam video that's ever given me such a feeling of pure, innocent happiness, and I don't know how I could explain that to anyone who didn't grow up with this book.
It did that to me too. :-) I did have the TTA books, but most of the images were already familiar to me from the SF novels they were on originally. Its like seeing the book covers of my youth brought to life. I don't care what Stewart Cowley says, the "Stellar Queen" was always the "Hooded Swan" from Brian Stableford's Star Pilot Grainger novels to me.
I never knew this existed. This book is so special to me, I've had it all my life, a gift from my aunt and uncle. It's one of my most cherished possessions and I read it still at least once a year. Thank you for making this, It's amazing!!!
as the tears roll down from my eyes...thank you....you bought back memories of the series of books that more or less started my sci fi fantasy passion..you bought those pictures to life in an amazing way...thank you so much
A childhood friend of mine introduced me to this series of sci-fi art back in the late 70's and lost touch of this tittle of artwork after I moved to Houston, TX. Now, almost 40 yrs. later and I see this beautiful animated presentation of it and brings back memories just the same. Granted, most of these publications are no longer printed but are available on ebay as well as an RPG based on the TTA series. Word of advice, if you plan to shop for these publications do so wisely; but, if money is no objection and you mind not sparing any expense... go for it, it's your money (LOL). Still... thanks for rekindling our memories.
I can only echo what others have said. I'm 50 now and I remember first picking up Great Space Battles in a shop when I was very young and refusing to put it down. The other three were obtained in the following years. I still have all four and I think about them often. But to see them brought to life and with that music was something else. Emotional.
Hi all, Many thanks for all the comments. Bit of an update: As things are looking a bit slack in the paid work department, for obvious reasons :-( I should have a bit of spare time, so there's a possibility of more TTA stuff. I'm actually just doing a few scenes for a new one based on 'Starliners', probably the least well known of the four original books. More news as it happens! Note to self: Reply to comments sooner!
Saw this a few years ago and like others have sed. These books where my introduction to sci-fi, they where my fathers. Only have starliners left, found a guy online who is reprinting the books.
Ah yes, Starliners. I still have all of mine (Spacecraft 2000 to 2100 AD, Great Space Battles, Spacewreck and Starliners) from when I bought them in bookstores in the 70s and 80s. I remember going to the bookstore constantly, waiting to get the next one in the series.
@@caliban88 Starliners... always a tricky one to find. Also, I only have 'Great Space Battles' in softcover - would love to have the hard cover of that one to complete the set. Also, and update on Starliners... I'm about 85% done on a short 'Starliners' video... two tricky bits left to sort out, but as I've got a bit of time on my hands, it shouldn't take long to finish!
@@Erny_Module I remember a few years back that there was talk of connecting back with Cowley on another book, a reboot of sorts. It was going to be called 'Capital Ships' but alas, it guess it never got off the ground. I'm 52 years old and when I looked at your video, I was quite amazed with myself at being able to rattle off the names of the ships. There were a couple I didn't recognize, but that goes to show how much I read and re-read those books. I would spend hours looking at every one of them and let them my imagination carry me into each of their stories.
My ten-year-old self is dancing around screaming with delight, and my fifty-one-year-old self is thinking, "This is holy." Thank you so much, Mr. Mann. Thank you from both of me.
Same here now you need to live it, get "No man's sky" game and disappear for a few days or weeks. It's obvious where they got their art style from. Camera mod in the game is special.
@@stevemiller9608 Oh, I have to recommend Elite Dangerous! It's my *other* childhood sci-fi obsession brought to fruition, and in a lot of ways it feels like living in the TTA universe. I've logged over 5000 hours in the game and I'm still always excited to get back out into the black. It really is a living, breathing galaxy, set in a 1:1 recreation of the Milky Way, with far too much to do to ever run out. It's also absolutely gorgeous, and has been affectionately referred to as a "wallpaper generator".
Christmas Morning 1978 all over again; my mother realized the effect of this book - it kept me quiet all day despite the selection box sugar rush - and bought me two of the three subsequent editions. I only recently got a copy of the TTA: Great Space Battles, and I'm captivated all over again. But now we have TH-cam and cgi and my 11 year old mind's eye imagines is made manifest; magnificent.
That was incredible... my jaw dropped open... to create not just the main ships but actually recreate the scenes. The hours it must have taken... Thank You.
oh my god....You would not BELIEVE the size of the nerdgasm I am having right now! The TTA Spacecraft book was my ABSOLUTE favourite book when I was a 8-12 year old kid dreaming of the future to come, where anyone could fly into space and not just an elite few, when interstellar war took the place of intercontinental, and above all, starcraft were designed by Stewart Cowley's elite team of Angus McKie, Bob Layzell and 3 or 4 others who'se names I don't recall off the top of my head. I got my best friend to read the book and admire the astounding art, and we spent weeks LARPing in the TTA universe (long before anyone know what larping was, even us) and battling the dreaded Proxima Centaurians whenever they landed to invade Terra. To see these amazing starcraft all over again when I thought I had lost the book 10+ years ago when moving THANK YOU OP! You have made my day, my week, my month and even my year if you merely uploaded it, but if you had any hand in the creation of these stunning animations you deserve far more then a 'nice job' you deserve worship.
Hi Paul, Allow me to fill in the blanks, if I may: 3:16 - that's the Battleship "Umberto" from 'Great Space Battles". Plus a few "Mako" cruiser escorts and a few Hornets. 3:39 - Proximan K-4 'Toad" Interceptor 4:26 - AAF 225 Cobra, + K7 PIranha + other random ship purely as background Well spotted though! Regarding Umberto: Always been a bit of a 'pet project' to imagine what it would look like, based on the small bit we can see in "Great Space Battles". I hope my Umberto fits in with the overall TTA style. I've even written a backstory for it, and created a double-page spread for it, as it would appear in the book "TTA: Capital Ships". A book, which I'm afraid to say, I have the only copy, and unfortunately will probably stay that way for the foreseeable future. :-(
Ahhhh... thank you ! I am so happy that you took such loving care in producing this video. The subject matter was was so impressive to begin with, so many of those magnificent works of art were beautifully kinetic to begin with and all told a story in their own right (independent of Stewart Cowley's interpretation for his narrative), but you sir... you brought them to life and imbued them with soul through your incredible CG artistry and selection of sublime music. I am happy that I get the chance to applaud you for that too !
Oh wow... I remember the Terran Trade Authority books from when I was a kid. Books full of random pictures of sci-fi spaceships from paperback book covers, thinly strung together with very short stories. I thought they were the coolest thing. This made my day. :-) (And yes, I recognize every single spaceship in this video from the original books!)
Man. This was awesome. I just started collecting these. I remember checking the same books out numerous times as a 12 year old from the school library.
This is why I signed up to TH-cam.. to see a video, of a bunch of spaceships, fly across my iPad screen.. tears... the music.. 7cities, by Solarstone...more tears.. mr. Mann, you are a digital art God.. thank you for such a powerful experience... this 49 year old man, had to dig, for some hours, to find his book. to see the ships, to hear the engines whine, the explosions... mind boggling...long live the TTA!! If you make more space themed ‘movies’.. let me know.. I would gladly watch!!!
if you repost this in 1080p it will get over a million views seriously...thanks again for bringing Stewart Cowleys work to life...just an incredible effort...perfect music choice as well...over the years this has remained my favorite youtube video...it's amazing how good the animation still looks in 2023
Getting it up to 1080p quality is not trivial! Most, if not all the texture maps would need to be higher res, plus the rendering time... I've been considering it but other things have a habit of consuming all my time! But thanks for the comments - much appreciated!
Excellent video, really amazing. LIke many others have said, thanks for taking me back perfectly to the book that started my Sci-Fi obsession. I still have my copy somewhere though I haven't seen it for many years. Great to see the Sharks, Partisans, the good old interstellar queen, the tarantula etc. The only thing missing was the out of place Ford Model T being blasted off the Sentinel Launch pad!!!
Terran Trade Authority - Spacecraft 2000-2100AD I was a young teen when I discovered this book at the Library. This one and there was another I forget the name, Suffice it say, they never made it back... 😇
Thank you so much. This is the best thing I've ever seen on TH-cam. I have so many happy memories of the book from back when I was a boy and you've brought it back to life. ❤
You're most welcome! Not sure it's the best thing on TH-cam though... cats on Roombas are definitely up there in the top 5! I wish I could find the time to do more.... I've got a embryonic next TTA vid - "TTA: Unidentified", that will be properly unsettling and scary, if only the Real World wouldn't keep intruding and consuming all my time! Be sure to look out for Starliners and Capital Ships: Preview (on Vimeo if memory serves.)
Thanks! You quite right, and in fact, the tune came first! Long time Trance fan - think "Tranceport" and "Trance Nation". Loved this tune, and had the visuals/pacing in my head - I'd tried some other tunes as a soundtrack to TTA stuff, but... meh! It really came together with this one. So glad that others can identify and appreciate it! Just wait till you see "TTA: Unidentified"!
This video is so perfect. Anytime I want to listen to Solarstone - Seven Cities which is all the time, I will play this video because the animations make the song 20x better. It's like this song was made for this video or this video was made for this song!
That was a wonderful way to remember such a wonderful book from my childhood. Your video is so well put together. Appropriation, creativity and invention. Thank you
Some truly iconic design elements there. My faves from the books were the Hornet and the Tarantula, seeing them moving and flying in squadrons is truly awesome!
Absolutely amazing. You brought a tear to my eye. It all comes flodding back; I am in awe as to how perfectly you have captured those paintings which so absorbed so many of us as kids. Truly astounding.
You're most welcome - I'm immensely pleased that I could share it, and also quite amazed that how I saw the pictures chimes with all the other TTA fans out there. If I had the time, I'd quite happily do this stuff all day!
The most heroic animation ever made! Father? Yes son. I wanna thank you (for bringing that book home so long ago!) I feel like I'm on acid! Even if that music makes me wanna take a running leap off a bridge!!!
Thank you! You seriously wouldn't believe my utter astonishment that new TTA fans are still discovering this thing after all these years! I only did it because I could do basic 3D animations and love the TTA books, and wanted to see for myself what they might have looked like in motion. The reward has been all these comments and being able to give something back to what I suppose we might call the TTA community.... Honestly, I haven't made a brass farthing from it, and that's OK. "TTA: Unidentified" is still very much in the works - if I get it right, you'll simultaneously a) wet yourself, b) demand that you mommy makes it stop and c) watch it over and over again! I have the soundtrack, 80% of the modelling & texturing done, the storyboard and timing set out, and it already scares the living crap out of me! All I need now is an M3 Ultra Mac Studio and a 27 hour day!
I have been coming back to this video for years now. Please leave this up forever, its perfect. Perhaps one day a space faring civilization will stumble upon this and feel as we once did.
Like so many others have said, watching this video, no matter how many times, is always a profound moment for me. I still have the books (I'm 52), three of which were obtained by my assiduous parents, after I latched onto Great Space Battles in a bookshop and wouldn't put it down. Thank you so much for creating and posting.
Huge tears of joy!!!!!! I've been looking for years for who the artists were and what the books were called. My older brother had one of the TTA books, and now can take my passion for Sci Fi even further with your amazing artwork. I like what one of the viewers said "its the best thing I've seen on TH-cam....ever"
I grinned several times (the Spaceliner, the big red Peter Elson space station, and that silver two-pontoon "speedster" especially) watching this. Thanks for making the effort to make this. You brought my childhood alive again!
The Shark! One of my absolute favorite ship designs. Never understood why this stuff wasn't turned into a movie/series. The development of anti-gravity and the DeVass warp generator, the Colonials going to the Centauri system, The Proxima War - tailor made for TV/Film.
I can't add anything to what's already been said here.. just freaking cool as hell!!! 😁 I designed my first ship at 13 after my dad bought me the book, which I still have, and you've brought it to life brilliantly.
Wow! Thank you! Just, thank you. These really are special memories from a special time in my childhood. It's also nice to see a reminder that, if something is fantasy in the first place, there's no reason to restrict yourself to pizza slice shaped spacecraft.
I appreciate you posted this over a year ago but like so many have said before me, thanks, I mean Wow! Like thanks for bringing these great books to life, you pretty much had them all there, from the Interstellar Queen to the Cutlass the and Mule. Just amazed at how you managed to accurately animate these great ships, must have taken ages but I'm glad you did as it was well worth it.
Thank you for doing this. I had a copy of this TTA book years ago and the wonder and mystery contained within are very fond memories of mine. So inspirational and a delightful read even today. To see these ships made “real” brings me joy. 😊
Seeing this amazing video reminded me of many hours I spent during over every page of the book when I was a young boy. I've just bought a second hand copy for my two boys and they love it. Thank you Adrian for bringing such great memories to life. Netflix or Amazon need to pick this up and make a series from it.
Simply stunning! I checked these books out from the Inglewood Library, as a child, on a regular basis. I'm in my early 50's now, and the memories fuel my imagination to this very day! This post is a blessing for us old school heads. May it inspire others to dream!
I find it so weird yet wonderful that there are so many people who had exactly the same experience! At least half of the date stamps on the Rothwell Library copy of this book were repeated loans by me! I would pore over it for hours as a kid. Superb.
Unbelievably awesome. Like so many comments these books and images started my passion for SciFi and you've made it all come alive so perfectly... thankyou so so much
Talk about getting the band back together, I'm amazed that 30+ years later they were able to put such a beautiful piece together. So amazingly nostalgic and relatively optimistic as well.
What a beautiful job bringing these to life, I teared up a bit the first time I saw it. These books were a huge influence on my childhood. Still hunting for a copy of Starliners I can justify paying for, but I managed to get a copy of Spacewrecks recently, and I had saved the rest in pretty good shape. Hoping to do some 3d printed models of these eventually.
Wow! One of the coolest books I read as a child turned into a video. Instantly I was six again. This video left me in tears of beauty. Thank you for creating this.
More than a million thanks you's for bringing this fantastic book to life, like many commenting here this book was a key corner stone in my Sci Fi life and pushed my imagination. Believe it or not I still have my original copy of this hard bound book with the cover, a little tattered on the edges but it here on the shelf with me in my office as I write this.
This is absolutely stunning and brought back memories of when I was given the first Terran Trade book for Christmas. I bought the other three many years later (Starliners can be quite expensive, for a decent copy). And yes, I could name all the ships!
Stunning work. Like many here and on vimo massive nostalgia. Thanks for bringing my childhood memories to life. For those here check out vimo for the high def version, worth it.
This has absolutely made my day, my week. These beautiful ships, bought to life so faithfully... A sight to behold. I love it. Thank you for your beautiful art!
My sincere thanks. A truly wonderful job bringing life to books I so well remember. I really hope you find time to do more. How about Gerling’s flagship? Once again thank you.
Absolutely amazing work Adrian! Thank you for this. Only thing missing is a Patreon page where those of us who grew up with these books can send you money to make more of these!
The only thing missing are the creepy unidentified objects in the end of the book, including the translucid transpassable craft, and the Alpha flying cities. Amazing work!
this was a book I had read as a kid back in '80s, and I still remember the names of some of those ships......thanks for bringing back some good memories.....Impressive video although you left off the dark and deadly red-black look of the Medusas
Still my favorite video on youtube. Think this is my 3rd time commenting but god I can't tell you enough how amazing and beautiful this is. Especially starting at 2:02 when the music dies down and the main melody of Seven Cities begins to play.
Feel free to comment as often as you like! A lot of it was pure accident, how the music and video matched up. I could still tinker with it as there are a couple of places where it's... err... suboptimal... but it is what it is so I'll leave it alone! I'm still working on "TTA: Unidentified" on and off. Getting the scale and enormity of those city ships on Alpha is quite the challenge, and I've already selected the soundtrack for it, but it's copyright, so I won't be able to monetize it, but what the hell... somethings just have to be! My most profound and dearest wish is that someone in "Hollywood" doesn't find out about the TTA, or we'll get something along the lines of Apple "Foundation", Amazon LOTR Rings of Power or Disney "Star Wars". If I had a couple of Bazillion Dollars I'd buy up the rights to everything TTA just to stop them! Hands Off TTA!
HOLY CRAP!!! I have all these books to this day! They've been an inspiration to me and so many. You've brought them to life in a way I never would have imagined!! This is incredible.
OH MY GOD!! This brought me to tears. 10 year old me and 54 year old me are joyfully hugging right now. (I'm pretty sure that sentence will only make sense to the people who comment on this video.)
Thank you for this. Thank you, thank you, thank you. You've done something amazing here. I still have my copy of Spacecraft: 2000 to 2100 AD, and it's currently in my library next to the copy of Great Space Battles I (finally) picked up a couple of years ago. I recognized every ship in this video, and could name about half of them off the top of my head.
I'm going to have a stupid grin on my face for days because of this. I can't think of another TH-cam video that's ever given me such a feeling of pure, innocent happiness, and I don't know how I could explain that to anyone who didn't grow up with this book.
Yeah, I have a copy of the book too, and just found this!! Amazing! Just joined a fb group on the Terran trade authority too 😁👍
I'm 53. My local library had the collection when i was a kid. Don't know how i stumbled across them, but i Loved those art books
It did that to me too. :-) I did have the TTA books, but most of the images were already familiar to me from the SF novels they were on originally. Its like seeing the book covers of my youth brought to life. I don't care what Stewart Cowley says, the "Stellar Queen" was always the "Hooded Swan" from Brian Stableford's Star Pilot Grainger novels to me.
I poured over these books as a kid, and to SEE them move! to see them FLY! My inner child awakened!
I never knew this existed. This book is so special to me, I've had it all my life, a gift from my aunt and uncle. It's one of my most cherished possessions and I read it still at least once a year. Thank you for making this, It's amazing!!!
as the tears roll down from my eyes...thank you....you bought back memories of the series of books that more or less started my sci fi fantasy passion..you bought those pictures to life in an amazing way...thank you so much
I'm crying with joy :')
Me too !
Beat me to it...Damned malfunctioning eyeballs....
A childhood friend of mine introduced me to this series of sci-fi art back in the late 70's and lost touch of this tittle of artwork after I moved to Houston, TX. Now, almost 40 yrs. later and I see this beautiful animated presentation of it and brings back memories just the same. Granted, most of these publications are no longer printed but are available on ebay as well as an RPG based on the TTA series. Word of advice, if you plan to shop for these publications do so wisely; but, if money is no objection and you mind not sparing any expense... go for it, it's your money (LOL). Still... thanks for rekindling our memories.
It did hit me with tremendous joy to see this video!
I can only echo what others have said. I'm 50 now and I remember first picking up Great Space Battles in a shop when I was very young and refusing to put it down. The other three were obtained in the following years. I still have all four and I think about them often. But to see them brought to life and with that music was something else. Emotional.
Hi all,
Many thanks for all the comments. Bit of an update: As things are looking a bit slack in the paid work department, for obvious reasons :-( I should have a bit of spare time, so there's a possibility of more TTA stuff. I'm actually just doing a few scenes for a new one based on 'Starliners', probably the least well known of the four original books. More news as it happens!
Note to self: Reply to comments sooner!
Wonderful work you have done with this
Saw this a few years ago and like others have sed. These books where my introduction to sci-fi, they where my fathers. Only have starliners left, found a guy online who is reprinting the books.
Ah yes, Starliners. I still have all of mine (Spacecraft 2000 to 2100 AD, Great Space Battles, Spacewreck and Starliners) from when I bought them in bookstores in the 70s and 80s. I remember going to the bookstore constantly, waiting to get the next one in the series.
@@caliban88 Starliners... always a tricky one to find. Also, I only have 'Great Space Battles' in softcover - would love to have the hard cover of that one to complete the set.
Also, and update on Starliners... I'm about 85% done on a short 'Starliners' video... two tricky bits left to sort out, but as I've got a bit of time on my hands, it shouldn't take long to finish!
@@Erny_Module
I remember a few years back that there was talk of connecting back with Cowley on another book, a reboot of sorts. It was going to be called 'Capital Ships' but alas, it guess it never got off the ground. I'm 52 years old and when I looked at your video, I was quite amazed with myself at being able to rattle off the names of the ships. There were a couple I didn't recognize, but that goes to show how much I read and re-read those books. I would spend hours looking at every one of them and let them my imagination carry me into each of their stories.
Ah the terran trade authority books. My youth floods before my eyes.
And in seconds I’m 13 once more. This is utterly glorious.
That was the single most impressive thing I've ever seen on TH-cam.
My ten-year-old self is dancing around screaming with delight, and my fifty-one-year-old self is thinking, "This is holy." Thank you so much, Mr. Mann. Thank you from both of me.
Same here now you need to live it, get "No man's sky" game and disappear for a few days or weeks. It's obvious where they got their art style from. Camera mod in the game is special.
@@stevemiller9608 Oh, I have to recommend Elite Dangerous! It's my *other* childhood sci-fi obsession brought to fruition, and in a lot of ways it feels like living in the TTA universe. I've logged over 5000 hours in the game and I'm still always excited to get back out into the black. It really is a living, breathing galaxy, set in a 1:1 recreation of the Milky Way, with far too much to do to ever run out. It's also absolutely gorgeous, and has been affectionately referred to as a "wallpaper generator".
One dislike? ...must be a Proximan (or a surviving Lagunan).
Never would have though to see these ships in motion. Outstanding work.
Christmas Morning 1978 all over again; my mother realized the effect of this book - it kept me quiet all day despite the selection box sugar rush - and bought me two of the three subsequent editions. I only recently got a copy of the TTA: Great Space Battles, and I'm captivated all over again. But now we have TH-cam and cgi and my 11 year old mind's eye imagines is made manifest; magnificent.
That’s awesome! Where r u based - I am in the uk and had a similar experience 😎👍
I wish I could go there and never come back.
I think I saw this 6 years ago. It still brings a tear to my eye -- THIS is science fiction!
published in an age that we thought we would see space travel just beyond the next century.
That was incredible... my jaw dropped open... to create not just the main ships but actually recreate the scenes. The hours it must have taken... Thank You.
oh my god....You would not BELIEVE the size of the nerdgasm I am having right now! The TTA Spacecraft book was my ABSOLUTE favourite book when I was a 8-12 year old kid dreaming of the future to come, where anyone could fly into space and not just an elite few, when interstellar war took the place of intercontinental, and above all, starcraft were designed by Stewart Cowley's elite team of Angus McKie, Bob Layzell and 3 or 4 others who'se names I don't recall off the top of my head. I got my best friend to read the book and admire the astounding art, and we spent weeks LARPing in the TTA universe (long before anyone know what larping was, even us) and battling the dreaded Proxima Centaurians whenever they landed to invade Terra. To see these amazing starcraft all over again when I thought I had lost the book 10+ years ago when moving THANK YOU OP! You have made my day, my week, my month and even my year if you merely uploaded it, but if you had any hand in the creation of these stunning animations you deserve far more then a 'nice job' you deserve worship.
0:22 Proximan K13 Sharks (and Strategic Command Stations) Pg.36-37 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
0:33 Terran CAM 130 Cyclops Pg.14-15 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
0:40 Alphan ACM 118 Manta Pg.28-29 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
0:52 Terran AAF 121 Hornets Pg.18-19 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
0:58 Proximan K13 Sharks Pg.36-37 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
1:02 Terran AAF 121 Hornets Pg.18-19 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
1:05 Terran Cam 117 Gunships Pg.8-9 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
1:17 Terran Sentinel Majors Pg.12-13 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
1:22 Terran Skybase (and Avery C14 Transporter) Pg.22-23 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
1:35 Terran AAF 311 Warhawk (and Birdsnest) Pg.20-21 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
1:45 Terran Skymaster 28 Pg.64-65 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
1:50 Terran Martian Queen Pg.52-53 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
1:57 Terran Interstellar Queen Pg.54-59 & 62 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
2:17 Alphan Starblade (and Starblade Shuttles) Pg.70-71 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
2:36 Terran TTA Colonial III Pg 48-49 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
2:50 Proximan PC1 191 Gourmet Pg.74-75 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
3:00 Proximan K34 Bee Pg.76-77 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
3:05 Terran MRT 114 Mule Pg.50-51 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
3:16 ? ? ? ? ? and Terran AAF 121 Hornets Pg.18-19 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
3:32 Alphan ACM 128 Stingrays (and Proximan C89F Whale) Pg.30-31 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
3:39 ? ? ? ? ?
3:47 Terran Avery-Frost Orion Pg.66-67 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
3:53 Terran TDA 107C Partisans Pg.16-17 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
4:04 Alphan ACM 113 Fatboys Pg.24-25 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
4:20 Terran SSF 21D Cutlass Pg.10-11 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
4:26 ? ? ? ? ? and Proximan K7 Piranha Pg.38-39 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
4:38 Proximan Tarantulas Pg.40-41 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
4:57 Terran LG 223 Starraker Pg.18 "Great Space Battles"
5:13 Terran Mother Ship Pg.12 "Great Space Battles"
5:23 Terran Voyager II & Connestoga Pg.80-81 "Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD"
Hi Paul,
Allow me to fill in the blanks, if I may:
3:16 - that's the Battleship "Umberto" from 'Great Space Battles". Plus a few "Mako" cruiser escorts and a few Hornets.
3:39 - Proximan K-4 'Toad" Interceptor
4:26 - AAF 225 Cobra, + K7 PIranha + other random ship purely as background
Well spotted though!
Regarding Umberto: Always been a bit of a 'pet project' to imagine what it would look like, based on the small bit we can see in "Great Space Battles". I hope my Umberto fits in with the overall TTA style. I've even written a backstory for it, and created a double-page spread for it, as it would appear in the book "TTA: Capital Ships". A book, which I'm afraid to say, I have the only copy, and unfortunately will probably stay that way for the foreseeable future. :-(
Ahhhh... thank you ! I am so happy that you took such loving care in producing this video. The subject matter was was so impressive to begin with, so many of those magnificent works of art were beautifully kinetic to begin with and all told a story in their own right (independent of Stewart Cowley's interpretation for his narrative), but you sir... you brought them to life and imbued them with soul through your incredible CG artistry and selection of sublime music. I am happy that I get the chance to applaud you for that too !
P.S. The "Interstellar Queen" may be better known as the "Hooded Swan"
Fantastic! My father bought me this series of books when I was a kid. Loved them.
Your father was a man of vision and imagination! World-class parenting! Glad you enjoyed it, and welcome to the cult of TTA!
Oh wow there's a blast from the past.
i have always loved the insterstellar queen and the proximan shark
Wow. I never expected to find anything like this. I had the TTA Spacecraft book when I was 13. Memories.
This show you can bring the 70s and 80s space art to life.
Oh wow... I remember the Terran Trade Authority books from when I was a kid. Books full of random pictures of sci-fi spaceships from paperback book covers, thinly strung together with very short stories. I thought they were the coolest thing. This made my day. :-)
(And yes, I recognize every single spaceship in this video from the original books!)
Man. This was awesome. I just started collecting these. I remember checking the same books out numerous times as a 12 year old from the school library.
This is why I signed up to TH-cam.. to see a video, of a bunch of spaceships, fly across my iPad screen.. tears... the music.. 7cities, by Solarstone...more tears.. mr. Mann, you are a digital art God.. thank you for such a powerful experience... this 49 year old man, had to dig, for some hours, to find his book. to see the ships, to hear the engines whine, the explosions... mind boggling...long live the TTA!! If you make more space themed ‘movies’.. let me know.. I would gladly watch!!!
if you repost this in 1080p it will get over a million views seriously...thanks again for bringing Stewart Cowleys work to life...just an incredible effort...perfect music choice as well...over the years this has remained my favorite youtube video...it's amazing how good the animation still looks in 2023
Getting it up to 1080p quality is not trivial! Most, if not all the texture maps would need to be higher res, plus the rendering time... I've been considering it but other things have a habit of consuming all my time! But thanks for the comments - much appreciated!
@@Erny_Module thanks for taking the time to reply, and that's very understandable!
You might be able to use AI to upcale it instead of having to re-render and remap everything.
Use AI? The horror! @@zentran2690
Excellent video, really amazing. LIke many others have said, thanks for taking me back perfectly to the book that started my Sci-Fi obsession. I still have my copy somewhere though I haven't seen it for many years.
Great to see the Sharks, Partisans, the good old interstellar queen, the tarantula etc. The only thing missing was the out of place Ford Model T being blasted off the Sentinel Launch pad!!!
wow! i loved these books. just stumbled upon this , awesome!!!
Terran Trade Authority - Spacecraft 2000-2100AD
I was a young teen when I discovered this book at the Library. This one and there was another I forget the name, Suffice it say, they never made it back... 😇
Naughty! But I'm sure they ended up in the right place!
Thank you so much. This is the best thing I've ever seen on TH-cam. I have so many happy memories of the book from back when I was a boy and you've brought it back to life. ❤
You're most welcome!
Not sure it's the best thing on TH-cam though... cats on Roombas are definitely up there in the top 5!
I wish I could find the time to do more.... I've got a embryonic next TTA vid - "TTA: Unidentified", that will be properly unsettling and scary, if only the Real World wouldn't keep intruding and consuming all my time!
Be sure to look out for Starliners and Capital Ships: Preview (on Vimeo if memory serves.)
You honestly couldn't have picked a more perfect song for this.
Thanks! You quite right, and in fact, the tune came first! Long time Trance fan - think "Tranceport" and "Trance Nation". Loved this tune, and had the visuals/pacing in my head - I'd tried some other tunes as a soundtrack to TTA stuff, but... meh! It really came together with this one. So glad that others can identify and appreciate it!
Just wait till you see "TTA: Unidentified"!
This video is so perfect. Anytime I want to listen to Solarstone - Seven Cities which is all the time, I will play this video because the animations make the song 20x better. It's like this song was made for this video or this video was made for this song!
That was a wonderful way to remember such a wonderful book from my childhood. Your video is so well put together. Appropriation, creativity and invention. Thank you
That Was So AWESOME!!! Ahh, the memories. Still have my copy. Thank you! Ditto to all the comments below!
This is so cool. So many memories of the books. Thank you for sharing.
Some truly iconic design elements there. My faves from the books were the Hornet and the Tarantula, seeing them moving and flying in squadrons is truly awesome!
Absolutely amazing. You brought a tear to my eye. It all comes flodding back; I am in awe as to how perfectly you have captured those paintings which so absorbed so many of us as kids. Truly astounding.
You're most welcome - I'm immensely pleased that I could share it, and also quite amazed that how I saw the pictures chimes with all the other TTA fans out there. If I had the time, I'd quite happily do this stuff all day!
The most heroic animation ever made! Father? Yes son.
I wanna thank you (for bringing that book home so long ago!)
I feel like I'm on acid! Even if that music makes me wanna take a running leap off a bridge!!!
Thank you! You seriously wouldn't believe my utter astonishment that new TTA fans are still discovering this thing after all these years! I only did it because I could do basic 3D animations and love the TTA books, and wanted to see for myself what they might have looked like in motion. The reward has been all these comments and being able to give something back to what I suppose we might call the TTA community.... Honestly, I haven't made a brass farthing from it, and that's OK.
"TTA: Unidentified" is still very much in the works - if I get it right, you'll simultaneously a) wet yourself, b) demand that you mommy makes it stop and c) watch it over and over again!
I have the soundtrack, 80% of the modelling & texturing done, the storyboard and timing set out, and it already scares the living crap out of me! All I need now is an M3 Ultra Mac Studio and a 27 hour day!
I have been coming back to this video for years now. Please leave this up forever, its perfect. Perhaps one day a space faring civilization will stumble upon this and feel as we once did.
It's not going anywhere... I have 97 backup copies of in places such as Svalbard and St. Helena, plus all the models and textures!
@@Erny_Module I'm blown away that you extrapolated the dimensions of everything from prints of oil paintings. Well done.
I still have my brazilian HC copy of the book, in portuguese. A spetacular show to see those awesome paintings moving!
I wish I could add a like each time I watch this magnificent video.
This deserves a billion views. What stunning work and music.
I am so in love with this animation! I didn't grow up with these books but this video still makes me emotional.
Amazing work bringing the Terran Trade Authority ships to life.
Like so many others have said, watching this video, no matter how many times, is always a profound moment for me. I still have the books (I'm 52), three of which were obtained by my assiduous parents, after I latched onto Great Space Battles in a bookshop and wouldn't put it down.
Thank you so much for creating and posting.
Thank you for the amazing work. This video bought back so many childhood memories. Thank you.
I absolutely loved this book!
Huge tears of joy!!!!!! I've been looking for years for who the artists were and what the books were called. My older brother had one of the TTA books, and now can take my passion for Sci Fi even further with your amazing artwork. I like what one of the viewers said "its the best thing I've seen on TH-cam....ever"
That is incredible. I first saw this book when I borrowed it from the library 35 - 40 years ago. Wonderful.
I grinned several times (the Spaceliner, the big red Peter Elson space station, and that silver two-pontoon "speedster" especially) watching this. Thanks for making the effort to make this. You brought my childhood alive again!
Wow! That was fantastic!
Loved the ships and all, but the musical score was absolutely riveting and beautiful!!
The book series was awesome; I enjoyed the space wrecks, the most.
The Shark! One of my absolute favorite ship designs. Never understood why this stuff wasn't turned into a movie/series.
The development of anti-gravity and the DeVass warp generator, the Colonials going to the Centauri system, The Proxima War - tailor made for TV/Film.
My childhood revisited! TTA images really influenced my tastes in art and dreams of possibilities.
I remember this book from early 1980's as child of 12 and imagined the moving images.... and now they are here!
I can't add anything to what's already been said here.. just freaking cool as hell!!! 😁 I designed my first ship at 13 after my dad bought me the book, which I still have, and you've brought it to life brilliantly.
Someone needs an Oscar for this work. It's epic!
Steady on there! It's just some 3D models flying about set to music!
Wow! Thank you! Just, thank you. These really are special memories from a special time in my childhood. It's also nice to see a reminder that, if something is fantasy in the first place, there's no reason to restrict yourself to pizza slice shaped spacecraft.
I still ahve the 4 volumes of the books in my personal library. Great series.
I appreciate you posted this over a year ago but like so many have said before me, thanks, I mean Wow! Like thanks for bringing these great books to life, you pretty much had them all there, from the Interstellar Queen to the Cutlass the and Mule. Just amazed at how you managed to accurately animate these great ships, must have taken ages but I'm glad you did as it was
well worth it.
Thank you for doing this. I had a copy of this TTA book years ago and the wonder and mystery contained within are very fond memories of mine. So inspirational and a delightful read even today. To see these ships made “real” brings me joy. 😊
Seeing this amazing video reminded me of many hours I spent during over every page of the book when I was a young boy. I've just bought a second hand copy for my two boys and they love it. Thank you Adrian for bringing such great memories to life. Netflix or Amazon need to pick this up and make a series from it.
Ah yes! The Pasta Space Force! Not sure what happened to my coffee table copy...
Simply stunning! I checked these books out from the Inglewood Library, as a child, on a regular basis. I'm in my early 50's now, and the memories fuel my imagination to this very day! This post is a blessing for us old school heads. May it inspire others to dream!
I find it so weird yet wonderful that there are so many people who had exactly the same experience! At least half of the date stamps on the Rothwell Library copy of this book were repeated loans by me! I would pore over it for hours as a kid. Superb.
Unbelievably awesome. Like so many comments these books and images started my passion for SciFi and you've made it all come alive so perfectly... thankyou so so much
Talk about getting the band back together, I'm amazed that 30+ years later they were able to put such a beautiful piece together. So amazingly nostalgic and relatively optimistic as well.
Thanks for this, a great project. Made me very nostalgic.
Ooh; Jazzy new scenes (the last two).
What a beautiful job bringing these to life, I teared up a bit the first time I saw it.
These books were a huge influence on my childhood. Still hunting for a copy of Starliners I can justify paying for, but I managed to get a copy of Spacewrecks recently, and I had saved the rest in pretty good shape.
Hoping to do some 3d printed models of these eventually.
I would love 3D printed versions too! I didn't even grow up with these books and this video made me emotional.
Wow!
One of the coolest books I read as a child turned into a video.
Instantly I was six again. This video left me in tears of beauty.
Thank you for creating this.
Wow!
Wow, just... Awesome.
Phenomenal. So good...love this so much.
I read this book years ago... THIS IS FANTASTIC! You got the looks of the ships down perfectly!
Stunning. You captured the spirit of Cowley's book perfectly. Thank you and more please.
More than a million thanks you's for bringing this fantastic book to life, like many commenting here this book was a key corner stone in my Sci Fi life and pushed my imagination.
Believe it or not I still have my original copy of this hard bound book with the cover, a little tattered on the edges but it here on the shelf with me in my office as I write this.
This is absolutely stunning and brought back memories of when I was given the first Terran Trade book for Christmas. I bought the other three many years later (Starliners can be quite expensive, for a decent copy). And yes, I could name all the ships!
Just WOW, you brought so many memories to life. Thank You
Fantastic work, genuinely wonderful. Thank you!
Thanks for the comments - much appreciated!
This is so good. Great memories of these books. The music so matches the animation. I think i am responsible for about 5000 views.
I lost this book years ago, thanks for bringing it to life!
I have the rpg of this books
Give a medal to that guy ! !
This is brilliant .... I still have my TTA books and love them. Thank you for this amazing tribute and labor of love!
Stunning work. Like many here and on vimo massive nostalgia. Thanks for bringing my childhood memories to life.
For those here check out vimo for the high def version, worth it.
You have made me a very happy man, loved the books when I was a kid, and always wondered what the ships would look like moving. Now I know 😄
This has absolutely made my day, my week. These beautiful ships, bought to life so faithfully... A sight to behold. I love it.
Thank you for your beautiful art!
My sincere thanks. A truly wonderful job bringing life to books I so well remember. I really hope you find time to do more. How about Gerling’s flagship? Once again thank you.
Absolutely amazing work Adrian! Thank you for this. Only thing missing is a Patreon page where those of us who grew up with these books can send you money to make more of these!
Great stuff. Very well done and a nice tribute to the TTA books.
Great to see this, I still have two of the books on my bookshelves. Amazing to see them animated now.
The only thing missing are the creepy unidentified objects in the end of the book, including the translucid transpassable craft, and the Alpha flying cities. Amazing work!
this was a book I had read as a kid back in '80s, and I still remember the names of some of those ships......thanks for bringing back some good memories.....Impressive video although you left off the dark and deadly red-black look of the Medusas
Cool video man
Way to few views. Awsome
Still my favorite video on youtube. Think this is my 3rd time commenting but god I can't tell you enough how amazing and beautiful this is. Especially starting at 2:02 when the music dies down and the main melody of Seven Cities begins to play.
Feel free to comment as often as you like! A lot of it was pure accident, how the music and video matched up. I could still tinker with it as there are a couple of places where it's... err... suboptimal... but it is what it is so I'll leave it alone! I'm still working on "TTA: Unidentified" on and off. Getting the scale and enormity of those city ships on Alpha is quite the challenge, and I've already selected the soundtrack for it, but it's copyright, so I won't be able to monetize it, but what the hell... somethings just have to be!
My most profound and dearest wish is that someone in "Hollywood" doesn't find out about the TTA, or we'll get something along the lines of Apple "Foundation", Amazon LOTR Rings of Power or Disney "Star Wars". If I had a couple of Bazillion Dollars I'd buy up the rights to everything TTA just to stop them! Hands Off TTA!
HOLY CRAP!!! I have all these books to this day! They've been an inspiration to me and so many. You've brought them to life in a way I never would have imagined!! This is incredible.
Wow! Fantastic recreations of art from the book. Excellent work.
Awesome work, I still have this book on my shelf and was greatly impressed with contextual accuracy of all your recreated scenes
New Video! TTA: Starliners - th-cam.com/video/noDUK8ehayI/w-d-xo.html
Not as long as this one, but thought you might like it.
You did this? Wow
I did... all fashioned from organic polygons by hand! Glad you liked it! Wish I had time to do more...