Done for Inktober a few years ago—the prompt was “Dune.” I know a lot of people probably went in the direction of the Frank Herbert books/movie/series, but I’ve never really gotten into any of those, so my plan originally was just to do a simple night time scene of sand dunes in a desert. Then some pyramids popped in, and I thought, “Okay, I guess we’re going Egyptian, then, that’s cool.” And then one of the pyramids decided it wanted to emit some kind of eerie, mysterious glow and shoot a beam of light straight up into space. It was at that point I realized that instead of Dune, I was apparently channeling the influence of a different sci-fi series I actually am a huge fan of: Stargate.

Also, I really like how peaceful this turned out. Yes, there’s a weird glowing pyramid off in the distance, but it still feels tranquil and restful (as long as there’s not a Goa’uld system lord hiding in that pyramid….)