I thought I'd like it but can I just say... DISSAPPOINTED!!
Mojo, your work/direction was by far superior.
Most pictures look cartoonish in the 2004 calendar.
Bonchune needs to be a little more careful with his registry numbers... I was waiting for a 1701 to crop up on the Lexington - I found it - inside edge of port nacelle. tsk.
Wasn't inspired by this calendar AT ALL.
What a shame.
Andrew
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I recently purchased the SOTL Calendar and I was completely impressed. I really like the artwork and some of it is done by famous artists like Doug Drexler. I did not know that he did artwork. It was worth every penny and I was really impressed. It does not look like cartoon work, it looks like good quality artwork that I would want to frame and display for all to see. Good job guys.
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Hey Mojo. We met briefly at Convergence 2002 in Minnesoda. I asked you about my portfolio and you told me to send tapes instead of CDs, and it paid off big time.
Im a graphic artist here in Orange County CA. I have access to a HP2800 oversize color printer (hellooooo 36x48..) and would love to print some of your stuff!!
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Porn Tapes: they break the ice on interviews.
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I noticed on the shot of the Enterprise and Lexington, the one nacelle of the Lexington says NCC-1709 and the other says NCC-1701
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Well, I finally got a close look at this, since I got the calendar for Christmas. My thoughts:
January: Nice details. I like the built-in shuttlebays on the drydock walls -- it makes things look more realistic.
February: Another Hoth-type asteroid field, but it's still not bad. Aside from The359's nit, of course.
March: Now THIS is what makes CGI of Trek, especially TOS, such a great possibility. The recreation of the Doomsday Machine is awesome. The sparklies coming from the Constellation looks kinda strange, but it's still pretty cool.
April: The detail on their Voyager is amazing!
May: The human-type figures look particularly artificial, considering the possible detail CGI can handle. But the background looks great.
July: The picture is nice, but I really wish they'd put in a LITTLE bit more color...
October: Great pictures of the alien ENT-era ships. Can someone PLEASE find some good ortho views?
November: Why didn't they put a registry number on the Excelsior model? Nice shot of the Utopia Planitia stations.
December: Awesome detail on Khan's ship!
Overall, I wish they'd offered a little bit more variety in the selection (as they offered in previous years) -- but we've gone over that ground before.
Overall, I think they've done a pretty good job.......
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quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: What do you mean by tapes?? Like for a commodore 64!?!
VHS/DVD video of my works in a movie with commentary and such, instead of a CD full of files.
Although now I use an interactive disc with a Flash menu of sorts.
Oh of course - ok thanks. I guess that would mean you'd have to have a video capture card of somesort that had output to vcr? I suppose you could create a DVD - but you'd need a DVD burner.
quote:I noticed on the shot of the Enterprise and Lexington, the one nacelle of the Lexington says NCC-1709 and the other says NCC-1701
Yes, I mentioned that
And also...
yes the calendar is NICE - but has anyone noticed that cartoony 'finish' or 'filter' that they've included over each picture?? No crisp lines etc. The pic of the Ent, the Vulcans and the Andorians looks essentially like a cap - but has a crayon/comic feeling to the final picture - not like the episode... it makes the pictures/ships/scenes less realistic.
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I honestly think the entire calendar was made to feel as if the images were painted on a canvas, instead of like photographs. Although some of them certainly do have the detail like a photograph.
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