I kind of regret posting all of those other designs already. I have been in a bit of a slump lately and haven't been able to come up with anything I like nearly as much as the rest. I wish I had access to my old computer because many of my old designs were on there, but the hard drive was wiped years ago after a crash. 

This next design is something I made within the past several weeks. There are a couple things I like about it, and much I don't. I am therefore going to use this post mostly to talk about what I had envisioned for this piece and how I was unable to make that vision reality.

The render for this is an F-14 from the video game Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War.

The Ace Combat series is one of my favorite video game series. I have always loved the idea of flying and wanted to capture that feeling in a design.

I tried to give this piece a sense of movement through the use of a technique called angled strokes. Angled strokes do exactly what the name sounds like. There are lines added at a select angle that cause the image to look tilted in that direction. If done correctly, they could allowed the fighter jet to appear to be flying at high speeds. I did not saturate the image enough however, and the angled strokes did not do their job.

I also tried to accentuate the dull gray-green of the F-14, but green is a poor choice to use for a background that is usually the rich blue of the sky as the pilot strains to slip the surly bonds of earth.

Not only did the color scheme fail to evoke the wild freedom of the open sky, but the design became too monochromatic and boring. While the Fett piece was mostly different shades of green, there were other colors on his armor that gave color variety. Here, there are none except lighter shades of the same color.

I had wanted this piece to showcase my love for flying, but it ended up mediocre as something that blends into the background. Hopefully I can improve in my next design. If anyone has suggestions on a subject, general or specific, to work with please let me know.

This is my last post for my PR Writing class, but I hope to continue this blog with either more designs of my own or other designs I find that I think are worth talking about.