My submission for the Art Challenge art work. I won :) ! I want to thank my team members for making it fun and challenging. The theme for this challenge was "Ancient Civilization" and/or "Space Opera" (there was a tie for the theme). I look forward to doing another one in the future.
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Story: "Millions of years ago, Mars used to be a water filled planet with a vast ocean. The planet
eventually had a cataclysmic drought, drying the ocean up at an extreme rate. The inhabitants grew
desperate for any means to save their planet. One of these methods were to call upon their god of
water through an ancient ritual they called the "Aqua Ritual”. Legend says that this ritual brought upon
water from unknown sources. Current day explorers can’t seem to explain what ever came of this
ancient civilization, as the planet never recovered and dried up. Only a faint trace of architecture, tools
and trinkets were left behind. As for the Mars population, there are no clues of where they might have
gone..."