Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar Space Plane by goodoleboy

3D Modeling • Military • posted on Jul 24, 2017

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The Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar ("Dynamic Soarer") was a United States Air Force (USAF) program to develop a space plane that could be used for a variety of military missions, including aerial reconnaissance, bombing, space rescue, satellite maintenance, and as a space interceptor to sabotage enemy satellites. The program ran from October 24, 1957 to December 10, 1963, cost US $660 million ($5.16 billion today), and was cancelled just after spacecraft construction had begun. Source: Wikipedia free encyclopedia. And mankind does not live by computer alone. Third in a series of airbrush art I used while seeking a technical illustrator/graphics artist job/jobs way back in the 20th century. This, along with several others, was done in the early 1950s, applied on art board, using a real airbrush with thin paints, attached to either a compressed air tank or to a motorized air compressor. I doubt if many of you were around back then to participate in or witness this art genre. The above was executed not only with an airbrush alone, but also using plastic templates and masks. A steady hand and a delicate touch was the name of the game.

Comments (4)

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anahata.c

2:09AM | Tue, 25 July 2017

A RR note: This is another one of these Renderosity specials where your zoomed version is no larger than the display version. I have no clue what's going on, but this has happened to me and others. So I'm sorry to say I can't see the zoomed version, because it's the same size.

But I can still see what you did here. Unlike your bolts and screw pieces, these have much more dark surface, and a lot more curves; and you got the motion from dark to light very smoothly; as well as the sense of sheen off of a metallic surface. These look like futuristic air vessels, they're so compact and so much out of a sci-fi film. It's amazing to know they were actually designed to be used (until production stopped). Our modern drones have something in common with these.

But your art's the thing, and you did another amazing job with morphing shadow and light, and with the almost inner-glow highlights (like the light comes from within). It was wise to put these against dark paper---if that was your original backing---because it lets the aircraft stand out more. Beautiful air-brush work, along with all the other things you did. I'm so glad you're posting these, and I wish the whole site could see them. I'll be looking even when I'm away; and I'll comment on the others sooner or later. Beautiful work, Harry. Your other posts are beautiful too, I just haven't gotten to them yet. But I will in time...

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