I decided to break my own moratorium on not posting my work while image thieves are lurking around. I wanted to at least finish posting my Intrepid work here. It only seems right to do it.
Here is the first of the orthos, the dorsal view, with a silhouette scale of the starboard view with it. I will post completed versions of the other views as I go, as I finish them. I'm not promising the insanely-detailed version anymore. I find putting that much work into a project just to have it stolen a bit on the angering side.
Dear God or equivocal deity! That is beautiful...damn near professional! Awesome work Irishman!
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Very nice. Just one suggestion... posting it as a *.gif file might eliminate the mottling effect in some parts of the picture that *.jpgs sometimes have in like, line-art art-work.
Andrew
Posted by Sarvek (Member # 910) on :
Awesome work Irishman. You do such fine work and I am always glad to see your work. You and Narsil have a great deal in common, I can see it in your work. Well, keep up the great highly detailed work and I am looking forward to seeing more of those professional profile views.
Cheers,
Sarvek Posted by Irishman (Member # 1188) on :
Sarvek,
That's funny you mention Narsil. I was struggling to come up with a good way to do a page layout with my Enterprise-era work, and never really got it feeling right. Then Narsil came along with his NX-01 orthos and I really liked his page layout. I decided to go that way, taking elements from the Enterprise GUI on the show, and this layout emerged. I'm not the first to go that way. The guys over at the Subspace forums have been doing it for a while now.
Great bunch, those guys! Theelnombre's work is inspired.
Andrew, Illustrator 10 doesn't have the option to export as a .gif file, or else I would do so, of course. Posted by Cpt. Kyle Amasov (Member # 742) on :
The top view is amazing, but the side view is a little dark IMO. Posted by Irishman (Member # 1188) on :
Haha,
The side view is a bit of a tease, I'm afraid. Guess which view I'm going to post next?
Maybe if there was enough demand for the Insanely-detailed version I'd finish that too. The dorsal view is almost finished on that one. I've been thinking of a way to do a huge (1600 x 1200) graphic of the ship while showing zoomed areas of the really uber-detailed areas. (So that all the work uber-detailing it won't be wasted on you, the viewer.
Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :
I certainly was looking forward intensely to seeing the final product behind all the "insanely detailed" sections you posted while in progress. The above looks great, though.
Posted by Irishman (Member # 1188) on :
I'm on a roll, guys.
Even though this is technically not a WIP, I'm open to suggestions.
I have to say, the ship looked a lot better on the screen. The ginormous nacelles look kind of goofy in an isometric side view like that. I guess it's like the New Orleans. Really nice in perspective, but ugly in three-view.
Which is not a comment on the quality of the drawing, mind you. Just the ship itself.
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
Wow! Really nice Illustrator work. Using the symbol feature in case you feel like making a shaded version?
Posted by Sarvek (Member # 910) on :
Irishman, great work so far on the Intrepid. Are you also planning on using the same format on the Flying Wing warp 2 starship? I also have a suggestion for a name for that ship- "Spirit". The name "Spirit" would be after the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber used by the USAF and is also the most advanced flying wing to date.
Cheers,
Sarvek Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Damn nice rendering. Posted by Irishman (Member # 1188) on :
Is it just me, or do the nacelles not look thick enough? I mean the illustration is top motch, fantastic, I just recalled the nacells being thicker, less sleek than the drawing shows. Yeah, they're big to the ship, I just thought they were more sausage like too. Posted by Irishman (Member # 1188) on :
The overall silhouette of the nacelles is thick. There is an optical illusion I think you're seeing in my views with the pipes and catwalk running alongside the nacelle. This is where I believe the extra thickness is located.
Posted by Irishman (Member # 1188) on :
Sorry guys, but I just noticed how shitty the last image I posted was.
Here's a GIF format of the same file. It should be an improvement.
Nice! I have a nit, and I don't even know if it's a proper nit. But in the rear view, where the nacelle pylons meet the hull, I get the impression that those shapes are more complex than simple rotated rectangles, that they might be slightly tapered/flared, and maybe a little 'swoopy'. But you've probably got more info about those shapes than I do. It just stuck out as being a little odd. Great renderings, though.
Posted by CaptainTombs (Member # 1395) on :
will you be finising this awesome work of art by adding the front view ?
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
HA! I'm aquiring three (2500th resin) NX-01's next week sometime and will be using your excelent illustration to build the Intrepid from one or two.
Mabye I'll sennd you (Irishman) one if they turn out nicely. My NX-01 in the same scale turned out great (as I brag) so this should be a snap.
Posted by Irishman (Member # 1188) on :
Jason,
That would be awesome! Im flattered that you consider my intrepid that good.
Yet, I have been working on it quietly in the background. I am enlarging the views, and shading them, which is causing me to rethink some elements. If you can wait a week or two, I can be completely done.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Double-posteriffic! Look down. Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
By comparison, a Intrepid will be a snap!
Posted by japol (Member # 1149) on :
Awesome, Irishman! I've been enjoying your stuff for some time now and am really looking forward to the completion of this particular schematic.
Thanks.
Posted by Irishman (Member # 1188) on :
Does anyone have Flare upload access? I STILL don't have enough messages to use it, so I've been using photobucket. Problem with the new Intrepid shaded version is it's too big, even as a perceptive GIF file. (372 k). Photobucket arbitrarily trims all files above 250 k, and trust me, it does NOT look good. Can I email the dorsal view to anyone who can post it for me in full size?
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
quote:Originally posted by Irishman: Does anyone have Flare upload access? I STILL don't have enough messages to use it, so I've been using photobucket. Problem with the new Intrepid shaded version is it's too big, even as a perceptive GIF file. (372 k). Photobucket arbitrarily trims all files above 250 k, and trust me, it does NOT look good. Can I email the dorsal view to anyone who can post it for me in full size?
My Photobucket page says images up to 1 MB are allowed. I don't know when it increased, but it was 500 kb last week. Check your page and see if your limit is still 250 kb. I've also contributed to the site, so maybe that's the reason.
Posted by Irishman (Member # 1188) on :
Masao,
On my login page, it says images larger than 250 k are automatically resized. Maybe they don't like me. LOL
That's as of Thursday 9/30/04 11 am.
Posted by Irishman (Member # 1188) on :
Masao,
I figured out why the difference. I use free Photobucket. You must be using the Premium service.
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
Irishman: I contributed $25 when I signed up but haven't given anything since. If someone else hasn't offered to host your puny 372 kb file, email it to me and I'll put it up on my Photobucket page. The address is okazaki at jikei.ac.jp
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
Here's Irishman's schematic. It's big, so step back after clicking the link! Intrepid Schematic Posted by Irishman (Member # 1188) on :
Masao,
Thanks for the help, man.
Posted by Sarvek (Member # 910) on :
Masao and Irishman, that schematic is totally awesome. Irishman, it looks like you did your homework on this one, great job and I can not wait to see the other views like this. Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
quote:Originally posted by Irishman: Masao,
Thanks for the help, man.
'Twas nothing!
Posted by Irishman (Member # 1188) on :
Here are two of the final three views of the Intrepid.
Masao, can you help me again by posting my larger file on PB?
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