October Art Challenge - B.J.'s entry

[B.J.]

Thought I'd get this in before it gets too late. I'm taking the real-world route on this month's theme. Obviously it's a work-in-progress.

 

[Trekker4747]

Boy, if mine was long, thin, and limp like that I certainly wouldn't be grining.

 

[Rattrap]

Cool.

Can you do it big enough to use as a wallpaper?

 

[BolianAuthor]

Trekker4747 said:
Boy, if mine was long, thin, and limp like that I certainly wouldn't be grining.

LMAO!!!

It is a nice shuttle, though.

 

[Klaus]

very cool start!

 

[B.J.]

@Rattrap: The final image will be bigger.

I cleaned up the original sketch somewhat (especially the pitot tube!) and added some base color. Next on the list will be shading.

 

[B.J.]

*sigh*

Well, here's what may be the final entry, unless there are any improvements anyone can think of!

 

[Kaiser]

no looks good to me

but im sure he wont be smiling when he finds out he aint ever going to space

 

[The Axeman]

Does the shuttle have a pitot tube on the nose? It'd burn off, surely?

 

[SonicRanger]

The Enterprise did -- at least when it was unveiled:

http://klabs.org/mapld06/pics/invited/gpn-2000-001421.jpg

And you can barely see it here with these crazy cats:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...e_star_trek.jpg

 

[Trekker4747]

Was it a pitot tube? I thought it was some sort of aerodynamic device or antenae. I mean, regular airplanes do well with far smaller pitot tubes.

Anyway, all drawings look nice.

I like the cute/cartoon designs you do. Makes me think of a Star Trek "Cars" or "Thomas the Tank Engine" like movie/show would be like.

 

[B.J.]

If you look at pictures of experimental and test aircraft, you'll see that most of them have long probes attached to their nose. That's so that they can get air data that isn't disturbed by the aircraft itself. The smaller probes on production aircraft have to be carefully calibrated (using the test data) in order to compensate for whatever disturbances the aircraft makes.

And thanks for the comments!