The Imperial Shipyards

Imperial Creative Engineering => Graphic Artwork => Topic started by: smeagol92055 on February 06, 2014, 11:32:19 PM

Title: WIP progress on a certain Starship captain
Post by: smeagol92055 on February 06, 2014, 11:32:19 PM
So I was fiddling around with Sketchup yesterday, using a model of a Stormtrooper, when it struck me that this would make an interesting base for an illustration.
(http://i.imgur.com/nImPYGI.jpg)


I slapped several coats of Geek No. 7 on it and came up with this as a reference for the project.
(http://i.imgur.com/Qq2uwKH.jpg)


After that out was time for lineart in Photoshop. I used an Intuos S tablet for that... And I seriously drew and redrew that arm about ten times. I'm STILL not happy with it.
(http://i.imgur.com/TYak4xg.jpg)


So after that I colored it in and colored the lineart too.
(http://i.imgur.com/7MN3QTO.jpg)

The next step will be to take it into Corel Painter for shading and texturing, before bringing it back to Photoshop for compositing with an appropriate background.
Further updates to come!
Title: Re: WIP progress on a certain Starship captain
Post by: Tamer on February 07, 2014, 02:59:17 AM
Woah. you are showing some serious graphic skills here. Love the step by step.
Title: Re: WIP progress on a certain Starship captain
Post by: DocOutlands on February 07, 2014, 10:44:19 AM
Wow - that's fantastic!
Title: Re: WIP progress on a certain Starship captain
Post by: smeagol92055 on February 07, 2014, 11:41:17 AM
Goals I set for myself this morning: learn more about Corel Painter for the next steps on my Picard illustration.

Steps taken:
1. Watched an incomprehensible hour-long tutorial on how to paint in Corel Painter.
2. Rewound in several spots to watch again, yet still could not comprehend what manner of wizardry was going on there.
3. Screamed internally for a bit.
(http://i.imgur.com/C4oe7HP.gif)
Title: Re: WIP progress on a certain Starship captain
Post by: Tamer on February 08, 2014, 06:43:58 AM
Sounds like me interacting with photoshop every now and then. LOL!

I know that feeling! I would love to take a class on image creation from someone who specializes in doing sci fi type work.