Known Space: The Future Worlds of Larry Niven

Ringworld Art

This is a gallery of (mostly) fan submitted Ringworld art.

If you have any Ringworld themed art you would like to include in our  collection, please let the Known Space Managers know by email...

This image of the Ringworld courtesy of courtesy of Bill Seiler.
This image of the Ringworld courtesy of courtesy of Bill Seiler.
This image of the Ringworld courtesy of courtesy of Bill Seiler.
This image of the Ringworld courtesy of courtesy of Bill Seiler.
This image produced by Harry Frank using Photoshop
This image produced by Harry Frank using Photoshop
Image by Mark Woolrich. This is only a taste of what is available on his own site at: www.hellcrown.com/ringworld. Mark's site includes information about the Ringworld and images developed in series.
Image by Mark Woolrich. This is only a taste of what is available on his own site at: www.hellcrown.com/ringworld. Mark's site includes information about the Ringworld and images developed in series.
This image was produced by Django Shagnasty. The flaring effect of the sun was actually an accident in the rendering process. The problem for doing any accurate representation is the raw scale of the Ringworld is not many modeling packages will allow you to use an item 93 million miles in radius!
Image by Django Shagnasty. The flaring effect of the sun was actually an accident in the rendering. The problem making any accurate representation is its scale. Not many modeling packages will allow you to use an item 93 million miles in radius!
Image created by Bill Pragnell. Bill wrote "...the image viewpoint is about 5000 miles above the ring floor, about 1000 miles in from the mountains. The clouds are about 200 miles from the ring floor. Everything else about the pic is dead on in terms of dimensions....
Image created by Bill Pragnell. Bill wrote "...the image viewpoint is about 5000 miles above the ring floor, about 1000 miles in from the mountains. The clouds are about 200 miles from the ring floor. Everything else about the pic is dead on.
This image was created by Dagon. Dagon used a previous image of the Ringworld by Mark Woolrich and combined it with an earthly visage using Photoshop. This picture could represent the Ringworld as seen from the shore of one of the Great Oceans.
This image was created by Dagon. Dagon used a previous image of the Ringworld by Mark Woolrich and combined it with an earthly visage using Photoshop. This picture could represent the Ringworld as seen from the shore of one of the Great Oceans.
This image was created by Dave King of scifiimages.com. Dave's intention was not to make the image on the left to scale but to exaggerate the dimensions for artistic effect.
This image was created by Dave King of scifiimages.com. Dave's intention was not to make the image on the left to scale but to exaggerate the dimensions for artistic effect.
This image was created by Dave King of scifiimages.com. Dave's intention was not to make the image on the left to scale but to exaggerate the dimensions for artistic effect.
This image was created by Dave King of scifiimages.com. Dave's intention was not to make the image on the left to scale but to exaggerate the dimensions for artistic effect.
This image created by Tim Russell of the Great Oceans. Tim created this image using a 3D landscape rendering progam and Adobe Photoshop 6.0.
This image created by Tim Russell of the Great Oceans. Tim created this image using a 3D landscape rendering progam and Adobe Photoshop 6.0.
Tim also created this rendering of Fist of God as seen from space using Terragen v.0.8 to render the landscapes in these and Photoshop 6 to do everything else.
Tim also created this rendering of Fist of God as seen from space using Terragen v.0.8 to render the landscapes in these and Photoshop 6 to do everything else.
Ringworld image by Nick Stevens, (AKA Starbase1), rendered in Lightwave 3d
Ringworld image by Nick Stevens, (AKA Starbase1), rendered in Lightwave 3d
Ships: Speaker Hits The Brakes By William Waren Jr Bill says of his creation: "The wasp-waisted General Products hull of the 'Lying Bastard' is almost dwarfed by the oversized delta wing and all its attendant material and equipment. "
Ships: Speaker Hits The Brakes By William Waren Jr Bill says of his creation: "The wasp-waisted General Products hull of the 'Lying Bastard' is almost dwarfed by the oversized delta wing and all its attendant material and equipment. "
Ships: This image continues the "Flaring" pictures series by Django Shagnasty see "Ringworld from Space" page for the other image.
Ships: This image continues the "Flaring" pictures series by Django Shagnasty see "Ringworld from Space" page for the other image.
Ships: The Lying Bastard approaching the ringworld was rendered by Schuyler Horn, created using POV Ray. Schuyler says that the Liar is supposed to be about 200 miles from the surface of the Ringworld. We know that it never got this close with its wings still intact, but it's a clever rendition nevertheless. Schuler's next in the sequence can be seen below.
Ships: The Lying Bastard approaching the ringworld was rendered by Schuyler Horn, created using POV Ray. Schuyler says that the Liar is supposed to be about 200 miles from the surface of the Ringworld.
Ships: Another image by Schuler Horn, showing the back of the Ringworld and also the shadow squares.
Ships: Another image by Schuler Horn, showing the back of the Ringworld and also the shadow squares.
Ships: Lying Bastard approaching the Ringworld. Original artwork by Edwin A. Reck. Edwin used to paint in acrylics but he has combined his interests in art, computers and Larry Niven's work to produce these images.
Ships: Lying Bastard approaching the Ringworld. Original artwork by Edwin A. Reck. Edwin used to paint in acrylics but he has combined his interests in art, computers and Larry Niven's work to produce these images.
Ships: A Closeup of Lying Bastard. Original artwork by Edwin A. Reck. Edwin used to paint in acrylics but he has combined his interests in art, computers and Larry Niven's work to produce these images.
Ships: A Closeup of Lying Bastard. Original artwork by Edwin A. Reck. Edwin used to paint in acrylics but he has combined his interests in art, computers and Larry Niven's work to produce these images.
Ships: This image was painted by Paul Marquis, a science fiction artist, who has his own website at www.pmarq.com. This picture represents the scene in The Ringworld Engineers where Chmeee and Louis investigate the enormous spacecraft parked at the spacep
Ships: This image was painted by Paul Marquis, a science fiction artist, who has his own website at www.pmarq.com. This picture represents the scene in The Ringworld Engineers where Chmeee and Louis investigate the enormous spacecraft parked at the spacep
Ships: This image depicting Lying Bastard and the Ringworld were created by Perry Papadopoulos. These images are taken from an animated movie, also available on the site on the "Media" section.
Ships: This image depicting Lying Bastard and the Ringworld were created by Perry Papadopoulos. These images are taken from an animated movie, also available on the site on the "Media" section.

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