References for Spaceship idea and Sketches of spaceship

I started searching through the web and gathering up reference for my spaceship concept idea.

Since my storyboard consists of one spaceship and the moon, looking for references wasn't that hard at all. The first thing i started searching for were some references for the moon and how it looks texture and colour wise in detail. The below images are just random from the google search engine.

This image below is probably the closest to what i imagined for my concept visually and so this reference image is the likeliest to influence my texture for the moon and how detail it will be.

The rocky surface of the moon and pretty much what i expected it to look like the image below.

A good overall round image of the moon, with certain shades to it colour wise.

The next step was the primary reference for the spaceship since that is the main complex thing i will be modelling in this animation.

I came across this artist called Philippe Gaulier and he worked on the concepts for the 2009 GI JOE: The Rise of Cobra film. The images below were taken from his blog and as you can see he has produced some interesting spacecraft for that film.

The two concepts below are for the one spacecraft and while reading his blog on this work, i found out that he actually produced 3D models for this spacecraft and later just took still shots of it for reference and showcase.

The spaceship has interesting design and the construction of it looks more creature based. I think certain aspects like the wings and the engine at the back could be of influence for my design of the spaceship.

Here is the link to where i found his work. http://philippegaulier.blogspot.com/

The next pieces of work that i came across was an artist named Alexey Karanak. He specialises in creating mechanical technology that ranges from spaceships to weapons. Some of his work are just truly brilliant and i got really inspired by looking at some of his concepts.

This is the link for where i found his work and his deviant website.

http://abduzeedo.com/amazing-spaceships-concepts

http://karanak.deviantart.com/

This image below is the one that i am really looking for in terms of style and its shape of the ship. I want it to look really like a rocket ship that is really generalized. So i am going to sketch some early concepts and take it from there.

I did look at Sci Fi films that have spaceships and the most obvious i looked at was Star Trek. Star Trek has stacks of spaceships on its TV show and movies. And i searched through the net and found this website that deals with the concepts of the spaceships that are on display in the films of Star Trek.

Here is an concept image below from Star Trek.

So after looking at all the references i started producing some thumbnail sketches for the possible design of spaceship. Eventually i narrowed the choice down to the one i believed look more a spaceship and not some weird looking object.

My concept sketches of the Spaceship.

Look below.

The sketch below is my final design and the one i will produce in Maya. Its pretty close to what i mentioned i was looking in a spaceship appearence wise.