"No one in town expected to be visited by aliens. In fact, half of the residents didn't believe in them. Until one day, someone published an invitation on the internet."

This was my entry in the Uplift Universe challenge. I'm very grateful to a heap of people who offered ideas and suggestions. That feedback influenced this image a lot and as is usual around here, taught me a lot!

I drew the main environment on a sheet of A2 paper using an ancient technology called a pencil, and then scanned it into my computer. Then traced the linework onto a new layer. After that, everything, including all the humans and aliens, were drawn and coloured in Photoshop.

In order to keep the neatness of the linework I kept it on its own layer throughout the entire illustration. Please feel free to click on the image to see it in high-resolution - you'll see a whole lot more detail that way