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wraith11 — Disturbuing the Serenity
Published: 2008-04-17 13:22:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 5695; Favourites: 131; Downloads: 93
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I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar...***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Felt like drawing ARIA, also felt like drawing Firefly, killed two birds with one stone and a time paradox (ARIA's set in 2301, Serenity's plated 2459). Actually I was suprised at how neatly the firefly design fits into the Aqua sky.
Yeah, I know, Serenity isn't particularly accurate, and it probably isn't very neighborly of her crew to be flying over a population centre with the reactor spill doors open, but I took some artistic license. With them closed she looks a bit wrong, like a 1980s 911 without the whale-tail.
Oh, for those who haven't yet seen Firefly/Serenity (and God of all things shiny help you if you haven't), you're really missing out. ---> [link]
What I was listening too ---> [link]
As for ARIA, that just has to be experienced.
Wraith 11
Firefly/Serenity (c) Joss Whedon/Universal/Fox
ARIA (c) Kozue Amano
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Maybe because they're both sci-fis that aren't really sci-fi? (well, more so ARIA then Firefly... but you know what I mean, they're not tech centric)
Cheers a bunch mate
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Cheers mate, and for the watch as well
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Looks great! I always like your "finished" stuff.
By the way, how do you get that kind of bloom lighting?
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Cheers mate.
Bloom lighting? You mean the little reflections? Basically use a normal brush (or possibly the one that gets softer around the edges as you press harder, either will do) in photoshop to pick up the edge you want to be highlighting in white. Then use a large (I think I was using around 45-65px) soft white brush to just lightly dust the area around the highlight. If it's a particularly large bit, possibly use another soft brush to bring up the glow even closer to the highlight. Then it's just a matter of adjusting to taste. You can do it all on one layer, but I prefer to use two so I can adjust the highlight and glow seperately with the eraser.
Usually right at the end of the piece I go into levels and hack the ends off the histogram which really brings the whites and darks out.
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Ah, I see.
There's always some new and cool trick to learn in Photoshop.
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That there is, just when you think you've got it all worked out something else pops up...
...it's all rather vexing
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It's pretty fucking amazing bro, very nice work.
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Shiny indeed.
Very awesome work, mate.
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Shiny's always good.
Or should that be SHnY looking at your avatar
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Very nice, I like it indeed. I really love the brightness of the entire image and the way that Serenity is soaring out of the frame. It gives it a very 3-D 'look at me, i'm escaping the canvas!!' effect.
My boyfriend actually only just made me sit through Serenity. Surprisingly, I really liked it!
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Cheers mate, I'm glad Serenity caught your attention that way. I was having serious issues trying to draw the viewer's attention to her rather than the girls in the foreground (where all the colour wound up being 
"Serenity" is a great movie. If you did enjoy it, try to look up the series "Firefly", just as funny and interesting, if not more so
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Cheers mate, 'specially for the fav.
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My pleasure. Theres a lot of great work out there I that I wish I could fav but unfortunately, I haven`t the time so I try to make sure I get the ones that really impress me at least.
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Oh man that is damn cool!
I'd be shocked if i saw that scene in real life 
Still... that's an awesome work! The coloring is so sweet that it almost looks real
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Sadly probably not...
Cheers mate, 'specially for the fav
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No problem
I always fav cool things
And this work is awesomely cool
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Faved this, as Firefly and Serenity make me happy in my pants. Great piece, love the juxtaposition of images.
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Firefly was such an awesome show...
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Aw I love how pretty the sky changes from a greenish hue to blue!!
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Heh, thanks mate.
After doing this I've come to the conclusion that I need to do sky practise, particularly clouds, clouds are such a pain
Some practise on water wouldn't go astray either...
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A true fan! Excellent work!
Good use of space here, too... I like how you lead the eye with the curving panel.
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Very much so, total geek-fanboy
Cheers mate. Heh, actually the curved panel wasn't going to be there, but I didn't draw far enough out at the bottom and angling it in cut out too much background for comfort, hence the curve
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I have to agreed that they fit very well despite the difference in technology.
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Love that ship. Course we don't know how old it is so it COULD have been around at that time, only as a newer vessel...
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I think we all love that ship
Ok, I'm about to show my geek-ness here. See, before I drew this I went and bought the blueprints book for Serenity... which includes builders' plates and a short history of the Firefly design.
Serenity keel was laid in August 2459, making her one of the first Mk3 Fireflys and she was first sold as The Betty before she was sold to Mal and re-named in 2473. So sadly shouldn't really be in Aqua's skies
Cheers mate.
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Well then...if she's a Mark 3 version...then perhaps the one in the image is a earlier mark.
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I like. Shiny, mate.
Also, I think that you did an okay job on the Serenity. I recognised it and it resembles the movie version.
"Ah, seren-ity. So much seren-ity
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"It's all shiny Capt'n no need to fret..."
Cheers mate. Yeah, the book of orthographic views, cutaways and cross-sections I got shows the movie Serenity. Unfortunately, and I didn't realize this when I bought it, there's no 3D views... so workingout how things go together was more than a little difficult
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Hmm, kinda I guess... there should be a lot more detail on Serenity but I ran out of patience
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Congratulations 
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Heh, yeah. "Serenity" came out a few years back now... whether there was another film of the same name before I'm not too sure.
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Smartarse. I reckon I'm gonna acknowledge here and now that your colouring style is easily surpassing my own.
That said, damn nice. Everything in it comes together beautifully, and the perspective gives this the edge. Cool theme too.
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Hah, I got a long way to go before I catch up with you skills wise mate.
You seen any Firefly yet?
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Nah, but thanks for reminding me. Next month, I'll start looking into it. Been on a Battlestar Galactica nav route at the mo.
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Awesome man You've always had a knack for vehicles though also the compositon is great looks like the cover for a sci-fi novel
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Cheers mate...
...before you say anything about vehicles: this has taken me two weeks, at least half of which was spent swearing at the screen trying to draw that spaceship. Notably the last hour and a half was spent swearing at myself for not saving in a timely manner...
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Still for some reason when it comes tovehicles and me they never want to behave especially when I try for fancy view angles like yours.
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such an impressive effect. I like the colours and the futuristic looking dropship. I like the perspective and design.
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Cheers mate.
Actually Serenity's not a dropship, but an un-armed freighter... though she pulls off manuvers fit for a dropship every so often
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