I wish I could texture like you man, but finding a free program to make textures and doing UV's is difficultI've dusted this model off for use in the background of a new cgi scene I hope to have finished in the next week. In tweaking the shaders for that new project, I thought that I may as well make a new image whilst I'm working on the ship. The planet below is actually a Mars texture map, with its colours slightly altered and a cloud layer added.
I've never used free image editing software, but looking at pictures of the user interface of GIMP, I believe it might be possible to make these sorts of textures using that free program: It has a line tool, a paint bucket, layer effects and selection tools.
I agree 100%. Even Trilobite is a bit of a rugged machine, although obviously one and a half centuries further down the star Trek timeline compared to Reliant. Fancy gleeming Apple iStore starships don't have any charm do they?Reliant.. nice to see that old bucket of awesome again. Trilobite looks great too but I'm a sucker for old ships..
Your work is already top notch, Donny. I'm not sure if there's any tips I can offer, just things I've picked up from others: I try to back-light my models as much as possible, giving a bit more contrast to the image. That's why there is often (perhaps too often!) a sun in my images.
Thankyou very much - it was fun making a star trek ship in this style. I'm currently trying to pin down a design era for my next project, and may yet continue in this 'Discovery' style of making ships.That... is a gorgeous ship! Really well done, and I appreciate the divergent style, era, and purpose of the ship.
Not just CG - I always enjoy your 2d illustrations
Thanks, it's really nice to know that people are liking the design.
That's a good idea: If I do another image with this ship, I'll try and put some lights over the name and registry. I'll definitely be adding those sorts of details to my next design, which I'm drafting out now.
