Why I'm a slow worker...

[ffutures]

I wanted an image of a small shuttle craft for Titan - not a spaceship, more of a VTOL people carrier, named Opis after Saturn's wife. It's going to be a tiny picture, about half the page wide and seven lines of text high. It's not even important, the odds are that the adventurers will never go near the damned thing.

The starting point was a small picture of a motorbike with an extreme fairing based on the drop tank from a Korean-war vintage fighter. That gave me the hull and windscreen. Removed the wheels, added a hatch, ladder, logo, wings from a Jet Provost, model aircraft landing skids, and some Edwardian polar explorers. Fiddled around with it. A lot.

The bastard took me two and a half fricking hours! And I'm still not 100% happy with it, but I think enough is enough, it's reached the point where more fiddling around will make it worse.



Update - here's another that corrects the missing shadows - I'm an idiot...

Comments

[armb.livejournal.com]

Look good though. If you want another "extreme fairing":
http://www.automotto.org/entry/the-long-and-low-human-powered-ristretto-aims-to-break-the-world-speed-record/
http://www.russo-speedbike.com/speedbike.html

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I think that the one I used is probably better, to be honest - they look a bit too streamlined and modern, for 1930s SF you want more of a steel and rivets look.

[armb.livejournal.com]

Absolutely.

Meanwhile, the Campaign for Real Daleks should be glad it wasn't worse:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/josephsenior/5024037005/in/set-72157624910204971/

[johnreiher.livejournal.com]

I think its just fine Marcus. You did good work, and 2.5 hours is nothing. I spent a day on a render once. 2.5 hours is fast work.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I think I just realised why I'm not happy with it - the blasted wing doesn't have a shadow, and there isn't one for the one on the other side. I need to do something about this.

Balls!

[nelc.livejournal.com]

I think you want to either put that Edwardian explorer in the shade (just use the dodge tool, I think), or move him over a bit.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

The one in the foreground? He's hiding a dodgy bit of undercarriage. The one near the ladder is hiding the ladder, which isn't very good. And so forth.