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I have a drawing I created that I'm fairly happy with. It has a ship appearing through a lifebelt.
I'm happy with the fade in of the vessel through the belt but I'd like to get the bow section (not completed drawing yet) pop-out more from the lifebelt.
Any suggestions on how to achieve this please?
Perhaps the foreshortening effect should be stronger, bigger in the front and smaller at the rear.
Like it a lot.
Perhaps use a ship with more perspective and have it extending past the ring.
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And more shadow under the ship and under the preserver ring.
Similar to #5 Egg, some shadow under the hull and preserver. BTW I like the image a lot :)
Stygg
Thanks for all the assistance. Unfortunately changing the perspective was not an option, far to much redrawing, so I've gone along with AndFar & Stygg's suggestion. I'm pleased with the final result.
I really like that Egg. The increased shadow makes a difference. Perhaps a bit of ocean waves at the bottom of the ship like in sadler's example above and perhaps the addition of some bespoke vector shadows with extra transparency stops to provide a bit of extra depth?
I quickly painted in some just to give the idea I'm sure you could do much better.
Ah! Thanks Frances. That reminded me I'd forgotten the wake!
Added - Fractal Plasma. Thanks Frances ;)
Could you just use the mould tool to give the ship a bit more perspective without redrawing?
This is a very quick and dirty attempt:
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Cheers for that Tim but the mould tool doesn't really cut it on a 3D image, fine for 2D but it changes all prospective at once in my opinion. To do it even close you'd need to do more than a single mould for left & right vanishing points.
I'd still go with what Sadler said, and pull it a little further out of the ring, even if you leave the perspective as it is. It still feels a little flat, pulling it a little further out may help. Even Tim's quick and dirty attempt looks a little more of a "pop-out" effect. Although to be fair, it does look really good as it is too.
Okay Keith, I tried this and I think it does work better :)
And even more out of the belt. Personally I think this is too much.
I think the image in #14 is the one Egg and you woke up Tg members, including myself, to participate :D
Stygg
#14 is my favourite too. Really like the additional rope around the ring buoy. If I were to suggest one thing (lol) it might be to remove the wall shadow from the bow and mast to see if that does anything.
[Off topic additional comment]
There used to be similar ferries sailing out from the port of Newhaven to Dieppe when I was a boy - the Velency, Villandry and the mighty Senlac, which even had a disco! Living near Newhaven it was something we'd occasionally do on a Saturday, was have a day trip to France. Although it was about a four hour trip each way! The ferries had to reverse in at Newhaven, and if it was breezy, that turn was a bit scary. Once coming back from a school trip we were stuck out waiting in a force 8! Ah, great memories!