I just love it when the film adaptation manages to elevate the book it is based on. I can now re-read Project Hail Mary with this absolutely magnificent film score in my head. #beautiful
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I kinda hate to do it, but every now and then I need to go back and fix the base geometry to get rid of rendering issues. Problem is I need to adapt some of the panels I already made. #whocares
I don't mind the face replacements, but that color grading... oh god why...
Thank you for the kind words!
I don't think I did. I only did the "vanilla" Spacedock from the movies. www.artstation.com/artwork/y46E95
Worked on the arboretum that I added to the Akira design. If you like what I do, and want to support my endeavors, check out my blog post(s) on Patreon about how I approached this.
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New image up. I've been focusing on other things lately, but I'm hoping to get back to CG soon. In the meantime, hope you enjoy it: www.artstation.com/artwork/AZ0kv5 #startrek #llap #excelsior
Moving along at the breathtaking speed of one panel a day. But I did write another post about my process on Patreon, so I got that going for me, which is nice.
Render of the forward underside of an Akira class model, showcasing the work in progress.
Render of the back underside of an Akira class model, showcasing the work in progress.
Further paneling work. More details available on my Patreon.
#akira #startrek #firstcontact #ilm #7ftakira #ilmheroakira #enterprise-e #sovereign #blender #b3d #modeling
Every once in a while I find myself wondering what Star Trek: First Contact would have been like with Ben Sisko in command of the Defiant. "BLOW UP THAT DAMN SHIP, PICARD!!!"
I wonder what it would cost to build such a thing.
My procrastination strategy is working. I've been annoyed with a chapter of my novel, so returned to modeling my Akira class instead. Now I'm annoyed with modeling the hull panels, and suddenly I want to finish that chapter again. #crackedthecode
A lot of the time that sort of stratagem is the solution to ‘this isn’t working’ in a book. It’s not the story itself that’s the problem, but your way of telling it.
I wrote a little tutorial on how I create the panels. www.patreon.com/posts/152034...
I will bevel the panels in another pass to match the Enterprise-E panels, so it will be a bit softer.
The panelz progress thus far. Going for a mix of the original and the Enterprise-E. #akira #startrek #firstcontact #ilm #7ftakira #ilmheroakira #enterprise-e #sovereign #blender #b3d #modeling
I find myself reading through my draft, deleting em dashes. #paranAId #noAI #writesky #writingcommunity #wip #amwriting
#wipsnips #writesky #writingcommunity #ptbd "metal"
I took the time to write up another wee lil article about how I design and create the panels on my Akira class variant for my Eager & Excited patrons.
www.patreon.com/posts/150530...
#akira #heroakira #7ftakira #ilm #b3d #blender #modeling #wip #concept #startrek #firstcontact #fanart #bts
Tons of more details, polish, animation, fixes, and lighting work on this Star Trek shot, I'm now really happy with it! Movin on to the next. :D
Currently in the process of planning all the panels and details. #akira #startrek #firstcontact #ilm #7ftakira #ilmheroakira #enterprise-e #sovereign #blender #b3d #modeling
I'm not big on tutorials, so I made a blender file with 10 stages of my Akira class modeling process available on my Patreon.
www.patreon.com/posts/downlo...
#akira #startrek #firstcontact #ilm #7ftakira #ilmheroakira #enterprise-e #sovereign #blender #b3d #modeling #conceptart
I owe you a retopology.
In order to be able to afford an RTX 5090 I only need 1700 more Patrons. #ahwell
