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Published: 2013-02-06 03:13:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 23604; Favourites: 1068; Downloads: 0
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We just finished a lunchtime class on the use of Maya as a base for drawing perspective. This is what I drew at the end. I think it's pretty apparent that a 3D software was used for that illustration, but there's potential to make it more seamless, I know it
-3D blocky with Maya, paintover in photoshop-
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Nice design! Something new in steampunk - 1940s destroyers with wooden decks, side paddle wheels, and some blue plasma power source.
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I'm a big fan of battleships and dreadnoughts. Not sure the wooden decks were a good idea, but it was only for an illustration so I went with what was pretty
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Nice. I personally don't care so much about the 3D use. It's just a tool. The end result is art. You did a nice job with the rendering. The structure you used isn't all that important in the end since it doesn't look like some cookie cutter image that was mathematically produced by a machine. I think it's only obvious to you.
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No problem with 3D being obvious or not; I would've thought this was a 2D illustration had you not said it wasn't.
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Oh nice stuff! The ships are pretty cool, but I really like those buildings. I like the design and the way they look like they're kind of built into the rocks.
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Wow, this is very nice!! I'm curious -- can you show the 3D Maya base that you started with?
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I'll think about it. It's pretty rough and not very pretty hehe.
I'll try to sneak it in next time I update something.
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very nice, I wouldnt have known u used a 3d base having looked at it. but now that you have i only really notice it most on the long straight hull and the cyclinder shape on the biggest ship. they look almost perfectly straight and remind me a little of primitive polygon shapes in maya. but only slightly i love you painterly style over the 3d base uve done a great job. ps esp love the buildings in the clouds.
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Thanks!
You got it, it's exactly what I meant when I said I thought the 3d was transparent. However you made me realize it's because of the ellipses and the ships keel
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Very interesting combination, lots of possibilities there to make things a bit easier when doing large complicated layouts.
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Exactly.
Drawing a cathedral or anything elliptic isn't so scary anymore
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*crunch*
"Bosun, what was that?"
"It was a house Captain sir."
"Oh, well give them our apologies man!"
"I can't sir."
"Why not?"
"The house came off the foundations and they fell off a cliff"
"Blast!"
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More awesome designs. I'd still love to see a comic from you someday.
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Thanks!
Working on it 
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Nah, I'll be working on that when I have more experience. I'll start showing more of my current project in the near future
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I know how that goes. Well, I'll be keeping an eye out. I've followed your art for years and would love to see some of these stories come to life.
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Coolness! I love how the towers emerge from the clouds, and the mushroom shape is very elegant! And of course the ships
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Is this based on a book/TV/film, or straight out of your head? Either way, it's brilliant!
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Straight out of my head
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I really like the ambient oclusion you used. I don't know if it was done in 3d software or it was from you, but the mix of both is looking just very pretty. I like a lot the buildings and roofs. Very well done man
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Thank you!
I'm a fan of ambiant occlusion, it makes everything much more solid
Some of it was done in Maya (for the big shapes mostly) and the rest was in photoshop.
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I would have never thought this was done using Maya and painted in Photoshop. I thought it was a complete 2D illustration! Amazing work!!
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Thanks
I think that when you start using maya for illustrations, you can't help to notice where it's been done. So many strait lines
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Hahaha! I haven't worked with Maya in a while..so maybe my eyes have kinda lost it when it comes to that. But...I personally still can't see it as being a 3D model! I would definitely have to see if I can pull something up like that! (I would have to get back into my 3D modeling..lol!)
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i <333 the style of it!
wish more games would look like this *.*
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I agree, we need more floating ships!
FFIX was the bomb
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yeah
although i would put that style more towards Ratchet and Clank or so
(not really though)
this clean shape and the ambient occlusion/radiosity is what i really like
mostly the colors i think^^
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Almost no words, I feel like deviantart needs to categorize the real hard workers of art from the frist timers on here. But who am I to judge lmao, very nice job on this amazing image zazB.
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first thing i looked at was the building center down and i thought "hamburger bun kingdom?" sorry
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How could you!
It's pancake town!
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ah, the lack of butter threw me off course.
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