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steve-burg โ Passing the Structure
Published: 2012-02-19 18:49:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 14456; Favourites: 208; Downloads: 443
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Two spaceships make a close flyby of a very large structure of unknown origin...This is a revised, alternate version of "Express Delivery" [link]
There were some things about the earlier image that I was dissatisfied with, so I more or less started over using the basic shapes and silhouettes created the first time around
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Whoah. Very cool. Did you have a particular concept or inspiration in mind as you were doing this piece?
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Hi there!
just wanted to let you know that your artwork has been featured in my latest journal. Feel free to take a look at:
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thanks
Markus
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Thanks so much! I am going straight over there and have a look!
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Is there a name or tutorial for this technique? Because I absolutely love the way it looks and it seems like it allows fairly quick results.
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I'm not sure if it has a name. But the use of the custom shapes tool is how I get the crisp appearance of the various areas of color. I'm not sure if there's a tutorial on it or not, but I found it immediately useful once I started experimenting with it! The process for making custom shapes is very similar to making a custom brush, except the "shape" is a vector (a path)so it is high contrast and resolution-independent. Any selection can be turned into a custom shape just as it can be made into a brush - but I usually use the threshold adjustment first to preview how the contrast will finally appear.
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This is probably one of my favorite of your ship designs.
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Thanks! I seem to have good luck with orange
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Yes
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I must say the added colour of the craft does make the image seem a little "cleaner" the foreground craft being a different colour to the huge backdrop derelict adds a little more depth. (if that makes any sense)
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It does make sense
I wish I had the nerve to just "go for it" with a high saturation paint-job like Chris Foss did. I always pull things back a bit. Ah well, one of these days...
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The shape of the ship seems to read much better with the warmer saturation.
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Looks way better, glad you got rid of the starburst effect on the engines
The basic shape of the ship looks really nice, the way the front connects to the back is a little hard to make out, but then this is just a concept. Really like the new colours as well
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Of course you were dissatisfied with the last one. This one has more detail and is more fascinating.
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**The two spaceships are very well done. 
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A blue light! Madness!!! You've gone off the edge, Steve!!!
Nothin' says "utility craft" like warning stripes and coloration creeping towards Cat yellow
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You're cranking 'em out! Like the bronze/copper hue of this one a bit better as well as the added inner details...and cool propulsion blast effect or whatever it's called in this universe.
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They kind look like the space age version of caterpillars. I like them and the picture!
Thank you for showing, Steve!
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They are like bulldozers, or maybe freight locomotives
I'm glad you like the picture
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I do - you really create wonderful worlds, nice places to go from here.
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And those three really cracked us up!
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