[atombender]

Banks usually describes the ships as oblong bubbles, and I've seen very few illustrations online that do service to Banks' descriptions. I like this one:

https://www.deviantart.com/ex-pacifist/art/Culture-GSV-and-e...

It's going to be a challenge to anyone who decides to adapt Banks into a movie or TV show.

[stcredzero]

Affronter ship designs: https://philbale.blogspot.com/2012/03/excession.html

[cgrealy]

That is exactly how I pictured the Affront!