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Francis · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2001 12:01 pm

I painted this a few days ago for delopolis' project. There is a Hong Kong photo in the background that's been painted over. The ship is a painted pencil sketch.

Vgta · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2001 12:09 pm

Francis, buddy, pal...that FREAKING ROCKS!!!
BTW, how often did you party on 6th street?

Dryfire · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2001 12:15 pm

very very cool man.. looks seemless.. really cool dude

Gecko · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2001 12:26 pm

I like the ship damn much, but the way you colored it just seems unfinished somehow. But then I usually like painting-like pics more than ones with linework showing through.

Awetopsy · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2001 12:38 pm

Francis, that is really cool. good work.. I like the background... thats awesome.

u2art · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2001 12:47 pm

call me nuts...or just plain dumb, but you painted over a picture??? Sounds like a nice idea, that way you donthave to go insane proving to yourself that you can paint a city background. I like it!

Can you enlighten me on how YOU do it??? You just put it on a separate layer as a template???? I am really interested in the uses of this. I love your work, teach me yoda... or I will go to the dark side....lens flares...HELP! hehe

Thanks....I are a dumb

Art
art vogt art

DiXter · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2001 1:00 pm

Impressive as usual Francis..
Me likes

schabe · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2001 1:28 pm

great.. awesome design..

delo · junior member Member # Joined: 10 May 2001 Posts: 35

i've posted my comments on francis' design elsewhere, but i thought i'd reiterate here that it rocks my world! you really squeezed some amazing atmospheric effects out of that photograph. . . the crepuscular rays breaking through the clouds above the ship, the semi-decripit appearance of some of the buildings. . . and of course the ship design itself is smoooth. the horizontal spars on top somehow draw out the organic flow of the fuselage in a really compelling way.
i'm not sure about the etiquette here, but i thought i'd sub-post instead of starting another topic since it's from the same project (i'll move it if this is bad form)
my submission:

if you want to see some other people's work, there have been about 6 more submissions on this project at http://pub72.ezboard.com/fthedelopoliswebprojectfrm1.showMessage?topicID=18.topic
thanks again francis!
;-)
delo

Cos · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2001 4:03 pm

cool vehicle francis, love the design. It looks quite comical/cartoony compared to the b/g tho, maybe that was intentional... if it wasn't maybe lowering the saturation (just of the vehicle) bring it more together? Nice work anyways.

LordArioch · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2001 7:53 pm

Oh, VERY nice, Francis. Excellent composition as well as a cool design.

Peaches · junior member Member # Joined: 19 Jun 2001 Posts: 27

very nice design and lighting! but to hear that you painted over a picture for the background is a bit disappointing... no offense though, nice painting either way.

Frost · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2001 5:25 am

Nice stuff Frankentsai! =) I really love the background, but the ship seems to be standing out a little, I would say mostly due to the blueish/purpleish hues. I've always like those rounded mechanic design looks, you're very good at it!!

Francis · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2001 6:32 am

Thanks for the replies and comments.

Vgta - Glad you liked it. I hit Sixth Street a few times when I first moved there, but since I don't drink it started to get a little old. Halloween was always fun, and specific music events sometimes were cool.

Dryfire - Thank you, but there are some seams in there! Ha.

Gecko - I agree about the linework. Still working on that, as I tend to rely too much on it.

Awetopsy - thank you but I can't take full credit for the background. See photo below for the original image.

u2art - Not really that much to it - the design project is for a ship in Hong Kong, and I happened to have a photo of the skyline. The image is mainly about the design of the ship, so I didn't want to spend a lot of time recreating the skyline. You can see the original photo below.

Dixter - thanks man.

schabe - Danke. (?)

delo - thank you and I certainly don't mind. Same topic.

Cos - Thank you, and good tips. It wasn't meant to be cartoony, but it seems to be a curse of mine.

LordArioch - thank you. If I never said it before, I really dig the models you're making for your comic book project.

Peaches - yeah, sorry about that. See my comments to u2art above.

Frost - Thank you sir. Looking at the painting again, I think you are right about that. Mismatched hues or something. Good eye.

And the photo: