CGAN June 2017 - Navigator - WIPs

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Dragon: Nice pose you've got there, reaching out into the distance. Looking forward to seeing the next step.

Atto: Another good sketch. You can really feel the anguish and tension of those lines.

I had a bit of a scribble last night...
After obscure 80s movies, the next thing that this title made me think of was those two, old Vermeer paintings; "The Geographer" and "The Astronomer", both of which feature the same bloke leaning over star charts and maps while being lit from that familiar window on the left.
So I thought I might do something like that but with a steampunk twist in the cockpit of an airship...





I did develop the figure a bit more in a 3rd wip but didn't like it so I've backtracked to here. And if it doesn't work again I may ditch it and switch to another idea.

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A lovely sense of light coming through that navigators window already in yours Val. Loving the suggestion of all the dials and equipment in the BG too.

Welcome (back?) Dragon. Some nice skin tones there and I do like the way you've painted her hair in. The thumb is a little short on that raised hand at the moment. I think if it seperated from the hand a little and some of those back fingers were a little more bent it would look a more natural.

Wip 2: Trying to keep some of that tension in from the original sketch and I'm using a Guy Denning ref for the colours. Need to start adding some costume and paraphenalia in too before I get too precious about it. My idea is to block out her face with some kind of 'projection' detailng the voyage ahead, some kind of mentally conjured chart of planets. I've tried to add it in a few times so far but I can't seem create any effect that I'm happy with - need to sleep on it.