Lovely front view
Thank You ^_^
NP bro.
Originally I was just going to do the side view and call it a day, but upon some further reflection, I decided that if this was to be a kinda dual gift to TrekBBS and of course to you, that I should put forth some more into her. So I opted some other views. This ship is for this community. Her design is for you guys to play with. Whether it be someone meshing her or building her as a physical model of some type. Or even someone doing an interior layout, or designing a dock for her, or auxiliary vessels (shuttle, pods, etc..). So Have at her mates!
Love your artwork, Atolm! I'd love to know more about your process if you wouldn't mind. Your linework is spectacular! Is this all freehand, or do you use anything to help things along? It does look like you at least use a straightedge for some lines, and I'm guessing the top and front views were digitally mirrored. And is this the only version, or are you tracing over a rough draft?
When I design a ship, I generally do what most do, play with shapes, but I generally look at nature for inspiration. Even something as mundane as a puddle shape on a sidewalk can lead me to a starship shape. From that I may sketch, or just jump in and draw, with little to no refinement. In this case, I just drew the ship, with no refinement of shape.
My tools are simple:
Mechanical pencil .05 lead (usually a softer lead like 2b)
Eraser(white kind)
Compass for circles(if need be).
Metal Ruler 12" (with metric on one side)
Indelible ink pen (like a micron or a staedtler inking pen) .01 thickness
Markers (any, as I use everything from a crayola marker to a prismacolor to a sharpie) if I colour the drawing.
Black Sharpie (for shape final outline).
Paper.
I sometimes sketch out a ship in pencil, then trace in ink. Then erase pencil. Then colour, then outline.
Other times, I just draw in ink straight away. it all depends how tired I am and/or how confident I am about the shape in my head.
If a design is symmetrical, I do mirror it digitally(after I scan it), as there is no point in drawing things twice if the design does not call for it.
Hope that helps.
Dude!! I love it when you make Trek ships your own, and go nuts. But this, one of the most 'standard' Starfleet designs you've done sofar, is still unique and totally Atolm. I love it!!!
Thank you. I did purposely reign myself in some when I designed this ship, as to hopefully appeal to Kaiser, and this Community, as it is intended to be "everyone's ship" (if that makes any sense to anyone other than me
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