07.05.2008, 20:51
Almost 0% Il-2, I'm afraid. Hopefully I'll be working with higher quality stuff from a new PC in the near future.
![[Image: Spitfirey2.jpg]](http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb167/aaron886/Spitfirey2.jpg)
A Firey Spitfire Sunset
07.05.2008, 20:56
whether it is IL2 game or not, it is a wonderful pic!
07.05.2008, 21:40
The aircraft are pretty much it. The background is scratch made and most of the lighting is Photoshop magic.
Glad you like it.
Glad you like it.
07.05.2008, 21:59
Very good picture
So, planes are from IL2? Then you have done very nice lighting on them.
So, planes are from IL2? Then you have done very nice lighting on them.
07.05.2008, 23:03
The only IL-2 resource used...
![[Image: spitclear2.jpg]](http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb167/aaron886/spitclear2.jpg)
:lol:
:lol:
08.05.2008, 01:38
Very nice, M8!
08.05.2008, 03:37
nice
08.05.2008, 04:22
Very nice!
...and you made the background from scratch? Good job, m8!!!
...and you made the background from scratch? Good job, m8!!!
08.05.2008, 10:29
How does one go about creating such beautiful backgrounds? I never find the perfect background for my pictures.
08.05.2008, 15:26
Superb
08.05.2008, 17:14
Thanks all!
@rigamortiz - It takes a degree of luck, but for this particular job, because I felt lazy, I used a set of cloud-shaped brushes, careful layer manipulaton (think hard light, gaussian blur overlay, etc), and the smudge tool to add some highlights. I'll be honest... when I started, it was looking horrible, but the more you tweak it and the more layers you experiment with, the better it turns out. When I'm NOT lazy, I'll hand-draw the clouds (more or less requires a pen tablet) >
1) Block in the basic shapes... standard round brush, 90% hardness, pen pressure = opacity
2) Block in shadows using new layer
3) Block in highlights using new layer
4) apply mid-tones to original layer using a softer brush
5) using the smudge tool, attempt to shape the clouds realistically.
6) apply thin white highlights, and a blurred, low opacity copy-layer as a "glow."
It varies from job to job, and it's no science. My hand-drawn clouds are still really very poor. Choosing colors for anything but big white CU's can be very difficult.
Cheers.
@rigamortiz - It takes a degree of luck, but for this particular job, because I felt lazy, I used a set of cloud-shaped brushes, careful layer manipulaton (think hard light, gaussian blur overlay, etc), and the smudge tool to add some highlights. I'll be honest... when I started, it was looking horrible, but the more you tweak it and the more layers you experiment with, the better it turns out. When I'm NOT lazy, I'll hand-draw the clouds (more or less requires a pen tablet) >
1) Block in the basic shapes... standard round brush, 90% hardness, pen pressure = opacity
2) Block in shadows using new layer
3) Block in highlights using new layer
4) apply mid-tones to original layer using a softer brush
5) using the smudge tool, attempt to shape the clouds realistically.
6) apply thin white highlights, and a blurred, low opacity copy-layer as a "glow."
It varies from job to job, and it's no science. My hand-drawn clouds are still really very poor. Choosing colors for anything but big white CU's can be very difficult.
Cheers.
12.05.2008, 19:23
Hand-painted clouds might look like one of these two cu's:
![[Image: cloudstudy.jpg]](http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb167/aaron886/cloudstudy.jpg)
There are about 6-8 layers per cloud... A base layer of medium value, a shadow layer, a highlight layer, a glow layer, a scattered particle layer (little bits of cloud hangin about the main piece,) and a sharp edge highlight layer. The trick is creating a convincing mix of material that looks like a real sky... there's almost never a sky full of one type of cloud. When in doubt, use real pictures as reference.
There are about 6-8 layers per cloud... A base layer of medium value, a shadow layer, a highlight layer, a glow layer, a scattered particle layer (little bits of cloud hangin about the main piece,) and a sharp edge highlight layer. The trick is creating a convincing mix of material that looks like a real sky... there's almost never a sky full of one type of cloud. When in doubt, use real pictures as reference.
16.05.2008, 15:37
Wow, cheers for the tips! Sorry, I completely missed this thread, and only just realised when I was browsing through. Thanks so much, I'll definately have to give it a go! :lol:
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