Competition #13 - A Sober Irishman

A Sober Irishman · 13-02-2008, 05:37 AM

Hey guys, just thought I'd take a shot at designing a spaceship for this competition, I thought it sounded pretty interesting. I've just done a drawing of the cargo/frigate mothership so far, which has taken influences from art deco automobiles and aspects of architecture. I'm hoping someone could offer some comments and criticisms if its not too much trouble. Sorry about the crappy pic, my printer/scanner refuses to be installed on my computer, so I had to take a photo.

I'll probably take a shot at designing a fighter/escort tomorrow. Any ideas for those would be appreciated too.

nistrum · 13-02-2008, 06:29 AM

nice. those cannons look like lascannons from warhammer. what i would say is maybe make the front slant some. instead of being flat angle it forwards a few degrees.. i was looking for a design to show but apparently art deco is just too big :P..

A Sober Irishman · 13-02-2008, 02:37 PM

Actually, the things at the back are supposed to be thrusters, I guess i should have made that clearer. Might have to redesign the thrust/engine. But thanks for the other tip.

Dennispls · 14-02-2008, 02:39 AM

The design is nice but still a bit simple.
You got lots of large surfaces without any detail.
Do you intend to draw those or do you make that up as you go?

A Sober Irishman · 14-02-2008, 05:35 AM

I made it up as I went along, I'd like to add some detail, I'm just having some trouble thinking of something that won't make it look cluttered or break up the overall design. Any suggestions of details to add would be appreciated.

myles · 14-02-2008, 06:01 AM

Sure, im not going to give you details. But I would suggest thinking, how is this thing going to work? What sort of people are going to live onboard? What uses will it have? It's History/Age? Scale? Just imagine this thing is real, It is likely this would be alot more slimlined. More than one engine in one place. More arnaments (maybe), Senors, ect.

Hope this helps!

13-02-2008, 05:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
A Sober Irishman Freelancer 127 - 3	Competition #13 - A Sober Irishman Hey guys, just thought I'd take a shot at designing a spaceship for this competition, I thought it sounded pretty interesting. I've just done a drawing of the cargo/frigate mothership so far, which has taken influences from art deco automobiles and aspects of architecture. I'm hoping someone could offer some comments and criticisms if its not too much trouble. Sorry about the crappy pic, my printer/scanner refuses to be installed on my computer, so I had to take a photo. I'll probably take a shot at designing a fighter/escort tomorrow. Any ideas for those would be appreciated too.

14-02-2008, 06:01 AM	#6 (permalink)
myles Teenage Artist 414 - 56	Sure, im not going to give you details. But I would suggest thinking, how is this thing going to work? What sort of people are going to live onboard? What uses will it have? It's History/Age? Scale? Just imagine this thing is real, It is likely this would be alot more slimlined. More than one engine in one place. More arnaments (maybe), Senors, ect. Hope this helps! __________________ > Portfolio > Support Constructive Criticism Error: The operation completed successfully.

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13-02-2008, 06:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
nistrum Freelancer 450 - 71	nice. those cannons look like lascannons from warhammer. what i would say is maybe make the front slant some. instead of being flat angle it forwards a few degrees.. i was looking for a design to show but apparently art deco is just too big :P..

13-02-2008, 02:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
A Sober Irishman Freelancer 127 - 3	Actually, the things at the back are supposed to be thrusters, I guess i should have made that clearer. Might have to redesign the thrust/engine. But thanks for the other tip.

14-02-2008, 02:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
Dennispls Industry Artist 1,506 - 631	The design is nice but still a bit simple. You got lots of large surfaces without any detail. Do you intend to draw those or do you make that up as you go?

14-02-2008, 05:35 AM	#5 (permalink)
A Sober Irishman Freelancer 127 - 3	I made it up as I went along, I'd like to add some detail, I'm just having some trouble thinking of something that won't make it look cluttered or break up the overall design. Any suggestions of details to add would be appreciated.