From PhotoChop to Bubble-top
Zoomed out to study the results. Then; Menu-Edit/Transform/Distort, which places a bounding box with control points around the perimeter of the part. I click/hold on the right middle handle and move it left to shorten the body. I made a new layer, selected the outline-path and stroked it with red so that there was a reference to show how much the side was changed. Note that some menu commands work on paths equally.
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I have added a layer and filled the newly distorted side panel path with a candy-apple red and set the layer’s opacity to 90 so that the red color shows some of the body’s details. Also visible is another bounding box from Menu-Edit/Transform/Distort so that the fin can be reshaped larger.
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Here is the Menu-Edit/Transform/Distort bounding box showing how far the top-right handle was moved. After I’m satisfied with the fin, not too much exaggeration, I double clicked inside the bounding box to accept its shape and then released (deselect) the fin back into its layer. Then I drew a new path around the fin and filled it with red.
Here is the Menu-Edit/Transform/Distort bounding box showing how far the top-right handle was moved. After I’m satisfied with the fin, not too much exaggeration, I double clicked inside the bounding box to accept its shape and then released (deselect) the fin back into its layer. Then I drew a new path around the fin and filled it with red.
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The existing path outlining the near side is reshaped with Menu-Edit/Transform Path/Distort plus some additional fine tuning by aligning the path’s vectors with their handlebars to match the new curves of the fin. Here’s a neat little automatic feature of p-shop; if a path is “on” some of the menu commands change to include the word path and will no longer affect the pixels. I filled the reshaped path with the previously used red.
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Zoomed out to examine the changes and made notes. Drew the bubble with a simple path.
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WOW! Charlie! This demo came out great. I am so honored with the attention. Thank you for the opportunity to show off. I have continued fine tuning ELROYDORADO, but it’s not quite finished. Everybody will have to visit the \Tips, Techniques and Tutorials\ in Motorburg’s terrific artists forum to stay caught up. Thanks again (Problem Child, too).
Great tutorial Keith! I love the final artwork.
Very good tutorial!!!! I’m not sure, but I think this could be applied to a program I have on my computer called Xara Xtreme 5….Do you know anything about this program? I use this program to set up my drawings for building my vehicles as described in my web sit at modelsbyken.com
Hi Ken, I visited the XARA website on Saturday evening and I must say that the software looks powerful. I can’t say if you can get the same results. Their website building software looks really great for anyone who knows not HTML. Thanks for the compliments. You should post your models in Motorburg’s Modeling Agency sometime soon.
My fanship has been galvanized by this one man.
Wow
Absolutely fantastic.
Lemorris, thank you. Great new word; fanship. I immediately pictured a fan-ship. How about, fandom? Fanhood?
Awesome tutorial, Keith, it took me back to Step By Step Magazine from the late 80’s and through the 90’s, absolute top quality!
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