Space Shuttle

[Gavman]

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Hope you like.
Took a while to paint it :S

[fukifino]

Wow, that's pretty sexy. I'd like to see the full painting without the grayed down overlay though..looks like we're missing a lot of the vibrancy if the closeup is any indication. But damn...painting that tower must have been madness.

[Gavman]

painting that tower must have been madness.
Indeed. Not something I wish to do again in a hurry :[

I actually enjoyed painting the smoke on the right side of the picture, which came as a welcome releif once the tower was finished.

[Doomgriever]

wow that sure was sexy :D ;) good work

[Theo]

awesome

[Gavman]

Thanks for the comments.
The sky is the only thing which is bugging me, it didn't dry as even as I hoped it would.

[ColdKodiak]

awsome man! its a little flat and graphic. Think its because the glare from the rockets should produce a darker image (sky color mainly, probably should be darker)

[miljenko]

Gavman, that piece is MAD. Please tell me what is the format of the picture. Also what is the smallest brush that you used? The reason why I ask you this is because I have trouble painting small details with acrylic (don't ask me why, ignorance I guess :S )

[Gavman]

coldKodiak - yeah, in the image I painted it from the sky was very dark blue despite the photo being taken mid-day (due to rocket boosters contrast). Well spotted. I decided to paint it lighter for aesthetic purposes, so people can see it's a daytime scene. Works quite well now it's been framed.

miljenko - What do you mean by format of the picture?
As for brushes, I used two of them (sable), a number 1 for the intricate stuff and a number 6 for the larger fill areas.

I like to work with slightly watered down Acrylics, as it makes painting fine detail a lot easier (like writing with an ink pen almost). When using such a small amount of paint on a fine brush, the paint trys to dry very quickly if you don't water it slightly before use.
The other thing which helps painting small detail,,, patience my friend ! and lots of it.

I also noticed how the towers quality looks better lower down in the picture... I must have improved my technique during the painting.
Cool :}

[miljenko]

miljenko - What do you mean by format of the picture?
As for brushes, I used two of them (sable), a number 1 for the intricate stuff and a number 6 for the larger fill areas.




Well, I meant what was the SIZE of it, like canvas size, or paper size, or whaterver you were working on... :^^: