Tablet practice, now with 100% more spaceship!

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

I like the shape and colors of the ship quite a lot.  The only problem I see with it, really, is the shading on the fins.  The coloring makes the one on the right seem bent at first glance, and the one on the left could use some adjustment as well.  The right wing could also use a little adjustment where the engine (missile?) is so it doesn't look like the engine doesn't look like it's bending upwards.

[Dualnames]

Despite it's meant to be a spaceship, and I really enjoy the looks of it, the design is more like a simple aircraft, or at least it could pass like one too. You can see it if you put it on a real bg or on a space one, it fits both. It should be a sort of weird design, something that would seem very weird in a normal bg and very awesome in a space one. It's not bad if you keep it as it is.

[TwinMoon]

Looking great Ben! Good design & good colours.

One thing though: those fins look like they're turned sideways, so the plane will fly to the left. If that was the idea, it's fine, if not, that's my critique!

[ThreeOhFour]

ProgZmax: Thanks for the tips, I agree with your points and have adjusted the image accordingly. The items beneath the wings are intended as missiles

Dualnames: Yep, it's meant to be a sort of hybrid space/air craft. I'm glad you like it, thanks for the comments

TwinMoon: Thanks man . I adjusted these fins earlier, so hopefully they look like they're both pointing slightly inwards (for cutesy comicky effect ). I realize these fins are waaay too fat at the front to be aerodynamic, but I like em this way 



Basically, I made the changes suggested by ProgZ, and then went through and cleaned up some of the less necessary brushstrokes.

[Ionias]

There is nothing about your spaceship that I don't like, nice work.

[ThreeOhFour]

Yay + thanks

[MashPotato]

I like the design, it's very cute and appealing
One thing I noticed is that it's very matte-coloured, and looks a bit like a dull plastic.  For a shiny, metallic look (which you may not have been going for in the first place), there needs to be more extreme jumps.

To show you what I mean, I made an overly exaggerated paintover which pays no attention to light source or even the shape of the ship, really   I'm very bad at metals...

[auriond]

I have no idea about spaceships, but I just wanted to say that yours is adorable

I thought of making it a bit shinier too... but not to the exent of Mash's paintover. Maybe somewhere in between?

I suck at metals too so I'm not going to try a paintover

[ThreeOhFour]

MashPotato - Thanks, I wasn't really going for a glossy look, but I'll definitely try adding more shine to the ship (not as much as your edit, but a bit ) I appreciate the advice, as usual (I seem to say this a lot  )

auriond - Thanks I will try for something in between and post it here so we can see how I went

Edit: Alright, I've done a quick adjustment, but I think the areas of highlight are now too big and should be more focused and smaller. I'll probably have another crack at this when I am not so extremely tired



Man, is it just me, or am I using heaps of smileys these days? :=

[Dualnames]

Just..y- no, wait you are. Kill him11111(!).


Anyway, like it, I'd love to see another shot at you drawing spaceships in the near future..