Tuesday 10 March 2009

Illustration Friday: Intricate

This week Illustration Friday gave us the word "intricate". Following on from my image last week I felt encouraged to draw another vocational scene and it struck me that flying a plane (with all those complicated controls) must be quite an intricate process. As it turned out, the logistics of drawing a cockpit full of buttons proved to be slightly more challenging than I had expected... so in the end I scaled-back the details to make the image more managable. Additionally, in certain places the perspective got a wee bit out of hand and I had to be careful about how I coloured things in. Ultimately though I'm rather pleased with this, especially since I threw it together over 3 short evenings.

15 comments:

Kris-Tea said...

Really great work! The controls are veeeery good Jim. It deserves 50 comments..minimum,lol :P
I loved it, hope you keep your work with this top-quality!

MrBibleHead said...

Wow! Jim, that whole cockpit is truly amazing! I can't see where or how you scaled back a bit...the detail is simply mind boggling. Fantastic!....as usual

Lifer said...

Jim this is awesome! The detailing is amazing and definitely time consuming. 3 short evenings.. OMG!

one day i will be able to do that too

flower girl said...

Your work is just awesome in that short time :)
I really love all those "complicated controls" that you draw.Perfect Jim!!

AtelierBrigitte said...

In just 3 evenings such a complicated drawing! And there are still so many details. Great drawing!

Bella Sinclair said...

I'm with everyone else. Three short evenings! Well, the time and effort shows, Jim. Great cockpit, great details! Say, judging by that stormy looking sky ahead, shouldn't they be looking forward? Hmmmmm?

Asja said...

great work! very intricate, indeed!
i'm impressed!

Nathanael Lark said...

Nice job! It sounds like just the process of drawing this picture was rather intricate. This is a great solution to this week's topic.

Anonymous said...

You should be pleased...you did a wonderful job. Great detail on those airplane controls.

mango red illustrations said...

Nice attention to detail with the technical stuff, most intricate sir.

yoon see said...

Wow! This is a stunning detail piece. Love the colour and composition too:)
You must have spent some great amount of time for this but the the end result is so pleasing.
Sorry to be late, the few weeks are exam weeks for my students:(

Vanessa Brantley Newton said...

Hey Jim, I just read your profile and you say that you are not a professional yet. In my opinion you are certainly talented and have such a great eye for detail. You look professional too me he he he!!! What great detail is in this wonderful illustration. You've been a real sweet job on this. Great work my friend!!!

valerie walsh said...

You did a beautiful job on this and learned a lot to boot! It is so cool when that happens :)

Caroline said...

Great job you've done here Jim! Staggered by the detail! All those switches and dials - rather you than me!! Also loved your Breezy illlustration - made me giggle! Thanks for your visit to my blog too - appreciated!

flathumbs said...

That is an amazing airplane panel you created - Bravo!