The Show Your Paintings/Drawings/Images Thread

**Oli** · 07-10-09, 04:01 PM

And to give you an idea of size (it's drawn at FULL SIZE) I'll add a "human": this is zoomed in towards the smaller fuel tank that's shown near the main spine, but I've moved it nearer to the larger tank and support structure.

**Stryder** · 07-10-09, 04:24 PM

All I can state for 3D modelling Oli. Is save OFTEN!, In fact save MORE OFTEN!

The main reason for this is down to my years as a CAD operator, where large works would sometimes find themselves lost to poor programming or memory management.

**Oli** · 07-10-09, 04:25 PM

Yeah, the first package I ever used used to crash every 20 minutes or so in the early days...

**cosmictraveler** · 07-10-09, 08:53 PM

A recent image from Nashville I took then altered it in Photoshop a little.

**Quantum Quack** · 07-10-09, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by cosmictraveler

A recent image from Nashville I took then altered it in Photoshop a little.

neat-oh!

**Quantum Quack** · 07-10-09, 09:04 PM

hey Oli, stryder, any ideas on how to avoid the "feathering " of the lines.....I don't know what it's called but it has something to do with resolution..

The lines are fractured or what ever....

**Oli** · 07-10-09, 09:06 PM

Feathering of which lines?
From a CAD drawing?

**Quantum Quack** · 07-10-09, 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by Oli

Feathering of which lines?
From a CAD drawing?

the cad drawings all show as you would expect, lines that are not clean lines.

Just wondering how to fix this problem if it is possible at all of course...

**Oli** · 07-10-09, 09:29 PM

The only way is to have as high a resolution (pixel dpi) as possible.
The "jaggies" form because although the line (mathematically) runs smoothly from point A to point B (it's a vector line) it's always displayed as a raster image (a series of dots). And since these dots are arranged in a rectangular pattern anything that isn't exactly aligned with that pattern will show jaggies.
The higher the resolution the closer the dots and the less the jaggies show: but I've been using CAD for so long now it rarely registers with me, and given a decent printer/ plotter the lines come out smooth on the actual hard copy.

And one other problem (especially with the images I've posted here) is that although the drawing is a vector image I've had to save those shots as raster (jpg) because I suspect that few members here have anything like E-Drgs software to display the actual interactive CAD image, plus the conversion from vector to raster will drop the dpi of the image itself.

**Quantum Quack** · 07-10-09, 09:33 PM

Thanks I thought that was the case...nice drawings BTW

**Oli** · 07-10-09, 09:34 PM

Thanks.
Now all I have to do is finish them...

**MacGyver1968** · 07-10-09, 10:21 PM

Nice drawings Oli!

**MacGyver1968** · 07-10-09, 10:22 PM

Originally Posted by cosmictraveler

A recent image from Nashville I took then altered it in Photoshop a little.

You should title it "Nashville on 3 hits of Acid"

**Killjoy** · 07-11-09, 09:44 AM

Originally Posted by Oli

As for actual 3D/ solid-modelled stuff, here's a little something I was working on a few months ago (just for fun).

Orbital railgun ?

**MacGyver1968** · 07-11-09, 09:51 AM

Originally Posted by Killjoy

Orbital railgun ?

Naw...I think its some sort of suppository insertion device.

**Oli** · 07-11-09, 09:53 AM

Originally Posted by Killjoy

Orbital railgun ?

Nope, look at the scale: it's a ship (or will be).
The toroid at the front end is 30 metres in diameter.

**Killjoy** · 07-11-09, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by MacGyver1968

You should title it "Nashville on 3 hits of Acid"

IIRC, some German chemist first cooked up LSD in 1943 while looking for a sort of "combat drug" or whatnot...

Imagine if they'd given it to their troops...

Speaking of panzers, when Pope Benedict ws first elected, I read an article in which the author called him the "Panzerpope" - perhaps due to his time as the "defender of theological doctrine" or whatever.
For some reason, I thought this would make a good name for a heavy metal band, and cooked up a couple of imaginary album covers...

**~~draqon~~** · 07-11-09, 10:14 AM

KillJoy whats with you and the tanks??? were you some sort of an artillery dude in war?

**Killjoy** · 07-11-09, 10:15 AM

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Damned 3 image per post limit !

Insignia for an imaginary motorcycle gang.

Somebody mentioned to me wanting to start a "This Day In World War 2" site, using a theme which would equate to a person blogging about the events which took place. Sounded kinda kooky, but I gorked up this for a logo.