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Originally Posted by jayru
yeah... "bit" of Transfomer fan myself... will admit that I did a shed load of DVD captures to get the detail I needed from the forst few minutes of the pilot... (ok, yes I'm that sort of fan... best not to ask what sort of cars we have displayed on the shelves... ). As i say, the Ark is done, just needs textures. So that will be a learning experiance for me... lol
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Hey, there's nothing wrong with getting screen captures. When I was starting my WIP for the Intrepid from Enterprise, I popped in my Enterprise DVDs with the 3 episodes that feature that model and started making some 'caps. DVD drives and software are a valuable resource for those of us who love emulating the stuff we see in movies and on TV.
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Originally Posted by jayru
Yep, big fan of McCaffrey's Pern series... I did the cover art for the aniversey book that came out in 2007, which was a biggie for me... don't get many offers to do stuff like that, I make money as a writer normally, lol. Anne's description of the three coloney ships, and the pics she had drawn up by another artist have a very 2001 feel to them... although i am doing my take on it all.
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That's awesome, dude. Cover art is something I often emulate because I think it's some of the best artwork out there. After all, it's one image that's supposed to tell you enough about a book to want to read it, so it has to be great artwork.
My dad is a huge Anne McCaffery fan and has read (I think) everything she's ever written, including the whole Pern series. As I said, I've only read a little of her work myself, though I do like what I've read and one day should get more of her books from the library.
