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jonty-comp · Post by **jonty-comp** » 09 Dec 2005 17:25

Seeing loads of other people having a try at drawing trains I thought I might give it a go.

I've read Purno's drawing tutorials and used pictures I found on the internet to recreate the passenger car from a Virgin 'Voyager' class 220. I know this is already in the BR set but it looked like a fairly easy train to start with, and they are pretty much the only train you see on the Midland Mainline (Where I live)

Comments welcome!

Oh, and just one question:
Is the sprite drawn right next to the previous sprite (like Style 1) or a few pixels away (like Style 2)? I just wondered...

EDIT: fixed broken picture

maley123 · Post by **maley123** » 09 Dec 2005 17:29

very good

isn't the voyger a sloped front train

jvassie · Post by **jvassie** » 09 Dec 2005 17:37

maley123 wrote:very good

isn't the voyger a sloped front train

Notice the fact he hasnt included an engine!

Looks very good jonty-comp, did you see the one i drew?

James

jonty-comp · Post by **jonty-comp** » 09 Dec 2005 17:37

maley123 wrote:very good

Thank you!

maley123 also wrote:isn't the voyger a sloped front train

Yes, but I just drew the cars that go in between the curved driving cars. I don't think I'm good enough to draw sloped sprites yet.

and jamesvassie wrote:Looks very good jonty-comp, did you see the one i drew?

No, is it in the BR set thread? I haven't had time to go through all the pages yet (the search doesn't go into enough detail)

maley123 · Post by **maley123** » 09 Dec 2005 17:39

opps never seen that

YouTube · Post by **Geo Ghost** » 09 Dec 2005 19:35

jonty-comp:
Very impressive!

I would very much like to see this in the game, although the roof of the / & \ views may need a very slight bit more shading IMHO.
Thats about it. Very good other than that!

jonty-comp · Post by **jonty-comp** » 09 Dec 2005 20:19

Geo.c Ghost wrote:I would very much like to see this in the game,

According to the BR set tracking table, the Virgin Voyager (as drawn by jamesvassie? I think so...

) is already in the old release. You could try that, or I may try and do the front/back driving carriages. Wish me luck!

Geo.c Ghost also wrote:the roof of the / & \ views may need a very slight bit more shading IMHO.

I didn't really know whether they looked smooth enough or not, but now someone's said, I'll try and make it better.
Always a perfectionist, me!

Wile E. Coyote · Post by **Wile E. Coyote** » 09 Dec 2005 20:29

I recommend to use style 1 anyway.
You must paint roof sides in different colours (for example, in | wiews left and right side of roof in your drawing are same colour; left side must be darker than right).
Anyway, good start!

jonty-comp · Post by **jonty-comp** » 09 Dec 2005 20:45

I've just had a go at putting more shading on the roof and the sides in the / , \ and | views:

Wile E. Coyote · Post by **Wile E. Coyote** » 09 Dec 2005 22:38

Yeah, much better! Maybe try to use more colours for roof shading?

Raichase · Post by **Raichase** » 10 Dec 2005 09:02

Looks good, but you will need 8 views of the coaches, as they are not symettrical. You can only draw 4 views of symmetrical trains

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jonty-comp · Post by **jonty-comp** » 10 Dec 2005 09:07

Oh yeah, the door would be at the wrong end when it's going the other way. I didn't think about that.

Post by **PikkaBird** » 10 Dec 2005 09:37

Not necessarily - those sprites do work as a 4-view carriage, if the doors on each side are at opposite ends.

On the other hand, reference pics would suggest that the Voyager carriages have four doors, one on each side at each end.

-Pikka (who has also drawn a Voyager, for the UKRS)

Aegir · Post by **Aegir** » 10 Dec 2005 09:43

Very nice, Jonty, very, very nice. Is this really you're first piece of pixel art? Bloody heck, it's good.

Well, Maley is a f*** tosser, I'd wish he never came here, but he's started a wave of a new artists that show some real talent, Killer for one, and now you, Jonty.

Maybe that's his ONE redeeming feature.

maley123 · Post by **maley123** » 10 Dec 2005 09:45

thats not very nice to say that anyway

that is very good for a 1st timer

Aegir · Post by **Aegir** » 10 Dec 2005 09:47

maley123 wrote:thats not very nice to say that anyway

No. It isn't. But can you CATCH THE BLOODY HINT?

maley123 · Post by **maley123** » 10 Dec 2005 09:50

why not ask csuke by pm if you can put this with the virgin voygar

eis_os · Post by **eis_os** » 10 Dec 2005 09:54

Some users are getting on my nerves, because of direct or indirect results of maley123 . It's not a good idea to get on nerves of moderators.

Stay on topic, that rule applies to the regulars aswell, simple ignore maley!

Raichase · Post by **Raichase** » 10 Dec 2005 09:57

eis_os wrote:Some users are getting on my nerves, because of direct or indirect results of maley123 . It's not a good idea to get on nerves of moderators.

Stay on topic, that rule applies to the regulars aswell, simple ignore maley!

Or Moderizzles for that matter.

Maley - I'm fine with you being here and working to improve yourself. But, you cannot critique others graphics the way you have been doing (especially not drawing your own version to be "better") until you are a qualified artist yourself. I draw, but I don't critique people, becuse I'm only learning myself...

Post by **WWTBAM** » 10 Dec 2005 10:04

James may I post your tilting one you made for Patchman to test tilting trains.

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