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Cover Art For A Book Trilogy
Well, a few of you here might remember me telling you lot about me making renders of ships from a book series...

Well...He liked them so much...he hired me to do cover art ;7

And I'd just like to shove this in front of every one of those peoples faces who dissed the ships...I'm being paid...fairly well I might add...

...and did I mention that I'm not out of highschool yet?



Those are direct scans from the pocket-paperbacks. (Order of the books go from right to left: The Human Equation(Blue), The Alien Equation(Green), and The Renegade Equation(Brown) )

More info can be found here: www.earther.net

Feedback? Questions? Comments?

(BTW: I'm Wes Prewer, Ship Artist)

 

Offline Solatar

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Congrats on the job.

I still don't really go for the flying cube look, but it's probably more realistic than super-smoothed/bloated fighter jets. If this is going for realism, nice work.

 
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Oh...my bad...Forgot one thing...

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Buy the books! They Rule! It's a mix between history (old style naval tactics...broadsides and such...*points to the massive broadsides on the ships* ) And space battles...huge...space battles...each side has atleast 2,000 ships in most of the battles (first battle was a 1,800 vs 2,300 ship battle) And has a plot that would rival any other sci-fi story out there. Ands with the new pocket-paperbacks, you can get them easier :)

Just get the first one...you won't regret it :)

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I still say those ships look funky, but good work :)

If I see these books around, I'll be sure to pick one up.
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Congrats mate. :)

Though I would of expected a warship to have a bit more variety. You seem to have the basics down pat, why not give some more advanced techniques a go for your next project. :)

 

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Congrats on getting paid & published, but they're still bloody boxes.

 

Offline Unknown Target

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Congrats...but those ships are blocks. Sorry, I just don't go for the flying blocks :)
But still, congrats.

 

Offline NGTM-1R

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...I'm sorry, but those don't deserve to be called renders. They're far too basic. I could do something like that in Cinema 4D within 30 minutes. There's just no detail whatsoever.
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Offline Gai Daigoji

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The story looks interesting, is The Human Equation out in the UK? I cant seem to find it on amazon (the UK amazon that is)
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This is so unfair :p
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How's the french render artist job market looking these days venom?
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Everyone saying that they're just boxes: Ever seen a Stardestroyer/Flying Arrow? Or maybe a flying vacum cleaner? Or a flying Rifle?

Different authors/designers come up with different ways to make things work. The design for the Earther Warships work for them. Fairly well. So sod off from the slacking, you want to voice your opinion, you can email the author...it's on the website :)

As for the availability in the UK...I'm not sure...once again...email the author for more information.
« Last Edit: May 08, 2005, 08:38:25 pm by 660 »

 

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But the Star Destroyer and the like have a lot of detail and greebling and specific points on them. Those are literally just flying boxes.

 
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...I had a feeling this was going to be reduced to a blantent bashing of the ships...

So...Here's a scan from the inside cover, these are what the ships originally look like...



@ngt: Show me what you can do in C4D...Trust me...I've got a few things that could beat it...The Sulaco render for starters...
« Last Edit: May 08, 2005, 08:37:22 pm by 660 »

 

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Just me or does that Krogg Dreadnought vaguely resemble an SD Demon?
« Last Edit: May 08, 2005, 09:32:45 pm by 783 »

 
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...Holy ****e...Cannikin...Strangely enough I doubt the creator of the Kroggs and their ships (another guy) has ever played FS1 or FS2

...it's probably an extremely huge coincidence...

...I've been reading the books for a while and...I didn't even catch it!

...only difference between the SD Demon and the Krogg Dread, is that the Krogg Dread is a Living warship...it's an animal...and...well...the battles with them can get...gorey...literally...

 

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Originally posted by aldo_14
Congrats on getting paid & published, but they're still bloody boxes.
Put this in your profile if you know someone who is fighting, has survived, or has died from an awp no scope.

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Originally posted by aldo_14
Congrats on getting paid & published, but they're still bloody boxes.


Indeed. I stand by what I said about these things last time. Look at the Borg cubes - same basic concept, seven tonnes more detail. Look at a space shuttle - relatively simple shape, real space craft, still detailed. I mean... you could have at least put some noticable metal plate textures on there. There's no real sense of scale without it, and noi sense that these were built of metal rather than modelled in a computer. They look like plastic.

I'm sorry to say it, but, were I just wandering through a bookstore with no prior knowledge of the author (Who is, by the looks, a relative unknown coming out of a small publishing house run by his parents), the stories, or the universe, I'd have no incentive to pick up the books. And that's how you sell - getting people to pick up the book and impulse buy. Once you've got a few thousand copies under your belt, word of mouth, reviews, libraries - these are what boost your sales, not what start them off - For that you need flashy cover and fancy ships - as it stands, being brutally honest, I'd dismiss these books based on those ship designs. It might be shallow, and it might not be fair, but that's the reality of breaking into the modern market.
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...and this is why I seldom come here anymore...

L8er all!

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http://www.wluexposed.org/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10

http://www.wluexposed.org/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=12

Found some reviews of the first books, for those interested, though they never mention the ship designs.
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