Enter 3DVia. You can download 3-D models of machines, animals, and various objects for free, and if you have the proper graphics programs on your computer, alter and position them any way you like. My CAD-savvy husband helped me add skis, a spotlight, and a few other details from my sketches to create a more realistic Antarctic Express. It was also due to his insistence that a third ski was added "to properly support the fuselage." (Thanks, honey!)
Finally, just the reference material I was looking for! I’m very pleased with this site and hope it’ll be helpful to other illustrators out there. Very special thanks go to Smike for creating the only free model Dornier Do-24 that I was able to find on the internet, my husband for his assistance, and of course the patient folks at Atlas Games for putting up with my artistic pickiness.
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Thanks for commenting. Sorry about the warning on the end of the post but that case brought the ugliness out in some commenters.
Actually that cases wasnt the clear cut victory fir JKR their side would like everyone to believe. In fact the judge ruled that reference guides like the Lexicon were transformative under copyright law not derivative. The judge also stayed that authors don't own the copyright to secondary works like reference guides. The judge did find the manuscript before him to be a problem and enjoined that. However rewriting it was never prohibited. In short, JKR doesn't have as many rights as she thought.
I interviewed the author of The Lexicon. It's under the Inklings tab. It's entitled Bluestocking chats with Steve.
Hello Christina,
Tag! You're it! I've tagged you at
http://silverrushmysteries.blogspot.com/2009/01/doing-happy-dance.html
name six things that make you happy and then tag some folks and ask them to do the same.
Have fun!
-- Ann
http://silverrushmysteries.blogspot.com
What a great reference! I'll have to check it out- thanks!
I can't even draw stick people - I admire your talent.
Jane Kennedy Sutton
http://janekennedysutton.blogspot.com/
I can't believe the amount of time that went into doing that photo and all the references. It was well worth it.
Wow, what a lot of work. Sounds like you are a person of excellence!
There seems to be a program to do just about anything now.
Morgan Mandel
http://morganmandel.blogspot.com
Great job Christina (and husband)! It is wonderful to see the lengths that you went to to make your vision right.
The folks here at 3DVIA are thrilled that you found another use for the models on the site.
Smike (aka Michael Petersen)is always imaginative and helpful. He was our Featured Artist ( http://www.3dvia.com/blog/2008/12/02/3dvia-featured-artist-michael-petersen/ ) in December.
Keep up the great work!
hi christina
what a wonderfull work you have made changeing my my model of the dornier DO 24 aircraft..
i really like your antartic Express it looks great..
and your husband was right in that it had to have a third ski in the nose..
this is one of the reasons i keep making models since it makwes me very proud when people can use my model..
regards
Michael (Smike.)
Thanks for stopping by, Michael! Your model really has been great to study and sketch!
hi christina, really cool story about 3D and your illustration! i believe 3D will eventually become a mainstream communications tool and it's neat hearing how the 3DVIA models warehouse helped you accomplish your project. keep us posted of other 3D stories! best, kate
There is a commercial model of the Do-24 out there, currently from www.vanishingpoint.biz, but at the moment the model is only usable with some expensive software.
They are converting that range to work with less enxpensive CGI software such as Poser. Wasn't that originally a computer version of a lay figure? Poser stuff in generally astonishingly inexpensive, and there's a lot of free content.
Anyway, 3DVia looks pretty good as another source There are certainly aircraft which I haven't seen alsewhere.
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