Monday, April 13, 2009




It's been laborious working on this line drawing, but it was fun to paint. Once I added textures, I wasn't sure if it worked against the clean line drawing look I had going. I wasn't sure how 'flat' I should go, so I went somewhere between flat and rendered. Any thoughts...? I also have a bit of a 'poop' deck thing going...too weird?

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  1. Hey Steve, this is looking great so far! I'm ok with the poop deck thing.I would be disappointed if it were clean, considering they are birds. It still looks a bit like a texture brush, though, especially since the other textures around the boat are all the same size. Give it a little spice. Be careful of some of the areas that are just a flat color, like the pipework on the car doors; they are reading as two dimensional and don't fit with the boat as well. Maybe try using a different texture brush than you have been using to give the different materials some life.

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  2. Hi Steve,
    You have a great drawing here! Lots to look at and really feels aged by all the texture. It looks pretty even on my screen though, I think you need some darker darks here & there. If you squint at it it looks overall kinda grey and a lot of the cool details disappear. Maybe the propellor could be lightened up a bit too for contrast so that it reads. I think pushing the values would further add dimention. Good luck Steve!

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