Gary Bouton's non-Xara Art II

[Gare]

I seem to be going through a traditional light bulb phase here!



This piece is a combination of a rendered model of the bulb, then Expressions to do the clouds, and finally Xara for retouching work, specifically on the shadows. I'd love to see a cloud brush in version 11, if anyone could build one!

My Best,

[Egg Bramhill]

... or a chamber pot?

Just admit it's a torture chamber pot Gary!

[Gare]

Just admit it's a torture chamber pot Gary!

You really don't want me to put an iron maiden on top of that bric-a-brac piece, Eric, because I would do it.

How about instead I spin a short story that explains the following piece.

As a sci-fi head as a child, I used to dote on the cheesy space ships in the B movies. And I actually saved up enough to buy the space ship I found in the back of a comic book.



All parties that took advantage of tykes ordering this are probably dead by now, so I feel no remorse posting their ad.

Cheap cardboard, took ages to assemble, fell apart the second time I sat in it.

Okay, so this is a mash-up of the comic book offer and the B-movies, done the way they should have been done from the get-go:



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[pauland]

Cheap cardboard, took ages to assemble, fell apart the second time I sat in it.

It was never designed for adults, Gare..

I half remember a similar thing that used to be a submarine you could sit in. I think the ads were in DC Super-Hero comics.

Sadly, all mine were thrown out. I hate to think what their value would be today.

[Gare]

Cheap cardboard, took ages to assemble, fell apart the second time I sat in it.

It was never designed for adults, Gare.

No, no, Paul, you misunderstood me. I haven't sat in the rocket ship for at least two years.

Mine was from DC Comics, too, Green Lantern most likely. But enough back-story!

The art? The art? Thumbs up on the art?

[Gare]

So light-speed to 2016.

I just got a plug-in for Cinema 4D that adds detail—actual small pieces, not a bump map—to meshes. I only tried out a cube below, so it sort of looks like a Borg ship from Star Trek, the added fake detail doesn't bloat the overall saved file size, and I'm going to build a spacecraft and see what the plug-in does. I might use a different rendering engine, though. The detailing can be exported as OBJ files as well as anything one creates in Cinema 4D.

[pauland]

My favourite.

BTW, If found my submarine!

The US government could have saved a fortune!

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=po...PExs6D_yAFM%3A

[mwenz]

Love the light bulb, Gary.

The spaceship reminds me of yesteryear.

[pauland]

Nice work on the retro spaceship.

This looks similar to your toy.

https://terrordaves.files.wordpress....cket20ship.jpg

[Gare]

Thanks Paul, and Thanks mwenz for liking the imp-candescent light bulb!

Here's a piece of trivia for you, Paul. Do you know who has the largest fleet on Earth?

Freakin' Disney! Between all the amusement parks with the safari rides, et al, they have more water capable ships than the Brit Navy or the US!

Crap. I'm glad you found your submarine!

Did it come with cardboard torpedoes with nuclear warheads, or was that an extra few pence and couldn't be delivered until they were invented?

:)
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