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| yamatetsu:
While that may be an iconic view, transforming that pic into black & white results in something like this. I wouldn't even know how to simplify this so I get something that I can saw with a fretsaw, and even if I could, this MIGHT be done on an A4 page, but definitely not on 12cm x 9cm. Besides, that Death Star is cut, sanded and painted, which cost me a few hours of work. So I guess I will sell this as an infinity mirror scenario, in which the scene plays in the Death Star while looking out to the Death Star, in which this scene plays, looking out to... Art critics and Star Wars fans may ponder the philosophical ramifications of this piece of art for decades to come. Oh wait, except for you guys, just a handful of people will ever see this, so maybe not. |
| Zebidee:
I'll give you three alternative suggestions. FWIW, I think you could just leave the window as stars, and call it "done". Otherwise you distract the viewer's attention away from the subjects of your art (Darth/Obiwan). If you still feel you need something in that window corner to achieve balance, how about adapting from Death Star to forest moon of Endor (yes, this is from ROTJ, but the Death Star had to get made somewhere yes?), or even Alderaan (if you forget that it got destroyed already)? You could do it in 2 colours (white/blue, clouds/ocean). However, I still feel that is too much fussy distraction. Going back to your tie-fighter idea, just keep it small in the distance, then no/little detail is required. No bigger than one of the subject's faces. By keeping it small, there is little distraction from the foreground subjects. It can just be an "H" with a round glob in the middle. Main colour of tie fighter can be consistent with the grey/magenta used on the walls, though you might vary it slightly (this also means you avoid introducing new colours to the work). You can black out some of the round glob to indicate windows. Done! This would also be most consistent with the original Star Wars scene, in which a space port would have been visible through the window. |
| PL1:
I like Zebidee's suggestions, but a small tie fighter head-on view H-shape might be difficult to cut without breaking. It might be easier to make it strong and small if you turn it like this. If you want to go the Star Destroyer route: 1. Cut the outline of the cropped Star Destroyer as a single piece. - Use tape to mask/paint the diamond, lower left triangle, and lower right thin wedge areas. - Use a different shade for each area. 2. Drill/cut out the three engine holes or cut the engine circles from a piece of very thin material. - For engine holes, not sure if it would be better to use a tape backer and blue paint or blue paint over the part of the starfield visible through the three engine holes. Scott |
| Zebidee:
--- Quote from: PL1 on October 05, 2022, 07:02:15 pm ---I like Zebidee's suggestions, but a small tie fighter head-on view H-shape might be difficult to cut without breaking. It might be easier to make it strong and small if you turn it like this. --- End quote --- Yeah, looks good. I was already thinking along the same lines after posting. |
| yamatetsu:
--- Quote from: PL1 on October 05, 2022, 07:02:15 pm ---I like Zebidee's suggestions, but a small tie fighter head-on view H-shape might be difficult to cut without breaking. It might be easier to make it strong and small if you turn it like this. --- End quote --- I was going to use this one. At that size, it would be difficult to cut out the panels on the wings, the module in the middle would be ca. 2 cm in diameter, doing the details on that would be impossible. --- Quote from: PL1 on October 05, 2022, 07:02:15 pm ---If you want to go the Star Destroyer route: 1. Cut the outline of the cropped Star Destroyer as a single piece. - Use tape to mask/paint the diamond, lower left triangle, and lower right thin wedge areas. - Use a different shade for each area. 2. Drill/cut out the three engine holes or cut the engine circles from a piece of very thin material. - For engine holes, not sure if it would be better to use a tape backer and blue paint or blue paint over the part of the starfield visible through the three engine holes. Scott --- End quote --- I am underwhelmed. The Death Star is instantly recognizable even to non Star Wars fans, this... isn't. --- Quote from: Zebidee on October 05, 2022, 06:06:15 pm ---If you still feel you need something in that window corner to achieve balance, how about adapting from Death Star to forest moon of Endor (yes, this is from ROTJ, but the Death Star had to get made somewhere yes?), or even Alderaan (if you forget that it got destroyed already)? You could do it in 2 colours (white/blue, clouds/ocean). --- End quote --- That would look like just doing a random planet/moon. There are no distinguishing features on a planet view from Space that would make anyone go "This is Endor/Alderaan!" I'm still in favor of the Death Star. |
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