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Re: Sighthound Recon: MOC for non-violent space contest
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lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space
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Wed, 9 May 2001 04:22:36 GMT
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On Tue, 8 May 2001 8:46:23 -0600, Todd Trotter wrote
(in message <GD0uDB.4I0@lugnet.com>):>
> Well Ben, I don't have a simple solution for you.
>
> I first built the ship in LDraw. I took screen captures of the different
> views
> of the ship from that program.
>
> I placed the screen captures into Adobe Illustrator and traced over them to
> get
> my vector graphics. I had to color the ship and adjust the stroke weights
> manually to get the look that I wanted.
>
> I've been using Adobe Illustrator for years and I find creating tech
> illustrations in this manner very tedious. The final result though makes it
> worth it (in some cases).
>
> I hope that helps,
> Todd
Um, wow. Well, regardless of how you do it they look outstanding!
Ben
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Ben Vaughan
buster@marsbase.com
http://www.marsbase.com
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