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Firecracker
1st October 2008, 07:36 PM
I was bored... so I did a quick, simple photoshop for my desktop.
Preview
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm30/Eternalgrace86/alternity002.jpg

Original size here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30985766@N07/2903516895/sizes/o/).

Preview
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm30/Eternalgrace86/alternity003.jpg

Original size (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30985766@N07/2906301148/sizes/o/)

Preview
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm30/Eternalgrace86/alternity005.jpg
(unfortunately the original photo of robot mode is shocking, I tried to clean it up as best I can, but I'm no PS guru)

Original Size (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30985766@N07/2905490881/sizes/o/)

Preview
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm30/Eternalgrace86/alternity004a.jpg

Original size (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30985766@N07/2906265376/sizes/o/)

I'll get 'round to doing a few more of these... watch this space.

MV75
1st October 2008, 08:22 PM
Do one with the car. Maybe even both modes too. I like the silver. :)

If you do do a red version, do both a silver and red car, maybe both at 3/4 angle facing each other.

Firecracker
2nd October 2008, 10:25 AM
Added a few more.

STL
2nd October 2008, 10:45 PM
Classy.

kurdt_the_goat
5th October 2008, 07:54 PM
You inspired me firecracker... this was traced off a photo of the artwork at C3X Hobby Show a few months back. Click for larger version!

http://www.australian-postcodes.com/alternity-wallpaper-small.jpg (http://www.australian-postcodes.com/alternity-wallpaper.jpg)

MV75
6th October 2008, 10:21 AM
Awesome Firecracker. :)

jaydisc
6th October 2008, 07:36 PM
Wow! That's pretty impressive Kurdt. Is that vector based?

kurdt_the_goat
6th October 2008, 07:43 PM
The Prime outline is vector, yeap! I can post later if you want to mess around with it. I planned on colouring it in, but it was gonna take an age and wasn't looking that good anyway, so i gave up :)

jacksplatt11
6th October 2008, 07:49 PM
very very nice, wouldn't look out of place as an official wallpaper for the alternitiy line.. whats this vector business? is it an effect on photoshop or something? its been ages since ive stuffed around with graphic design stuff on the computater :D

jaydisc
6th October 2008, 07:52 PM
Vector based is more like the way Illustrator works.... which is resolution independent. I'm sure the background eventually got passed through Photoshop, but I'm curious if Kurdt has that Alternity wire frame in vector format, thus making it resolution independent.

jacksplatt11
6th October 2008, 08:13 PM
after a quick read on wikipedia about illustrator and vector based images im quite intrigued... looks very cool to play around with, sweet looking and resolution independent images... nice

kurdt_the_goat
6th October 2008, 08:54 PM
... but I'm curious if Kurdt has that Alternity wire frame in vector format, thus making it resolution independent.

Be curious no longer! Illustrator file (http://www.australian-postcodes.com/alternity-convoy.ai)
Jaydisc is correct, the outline was traced using Illustrator, and the wallpaper was composited in Photoshop, at the large resolution i linked to earlier (I don't have a 1920x desktop :))

jaydisc
6th October 2008, 09:33 PM
That's awesome. Thank you!

gamblor916
7th October 2008, 07:39 AM
Nice desktops Firecracker.
Kurdt that line work is awesome, must have taken you a while.

kurdt_the_goat
7th October 2008, 11:31 AM
Yeh gamblor, it did take a while! The photo reference wasn't ideal, that's for sure :) I have plenty of practice tho (see: Bunnings catalog illustrations)

Firecracker
7th October 2008, 06:55 PM
*feels outclassed* :p. Nice job kurdt.

jaydisc
7th October 2008, 06:57 PM
Yours are fantastic too Firecracker. It's just that my knees get a bit wobbly for vectors :D

jacksplatt11
7th October 2008, 07:07 PM
Yeh gamblor, it did take a while! The photo reference wasn't ideal, that's for sure :) I have plenty of practice tho (see: Bunnings catalog illustrations)

wowa is that your job? making those illustrations of the tools? i have always wondered who did those..

kurdt_the_goat
7th October 2008, 07:14 PM
*feels outclassed* :p. Nice job kurdt.

I like yours too :) Don't stress, your photography (poses thread) is nicer than mine, i haven't been able to do anything remotely as good!


wowa is that your job? making those illustrations of the tools? i have always wondered who did those..

It's not my main job, more of a freelance thing. I'm not the only one doing them, though at times it feels like it! I end up doing around 70+ per month, with some real nasties from time to time. Next time you're looking at the catalog, shed a tear for me, for the time spent on some of the lawnmowers. Especially considering they're printed at about 5cm on horrible paper stock!

jacksplatt11
7th October 2008, 07:28 PM
ahh ok fair enough, i thought that might've been the case, i hoped it wasn't just one person haha..


Next time you're looking at the catalog, shed a tear for me, for the time spent on some of the lawnmowers.

haha will do :D

Saintly
13th October 2008, 09:25 AM
wowsers! nice looking kurdt!!

firecracker, loving the 3rd picture (red Convoy).

thanks to both of you :)