Day 7 - H is for Hyperdrive

[vilakins]

Here's another in the science fiction ABC series for naarmamo today. 100 points if you can name the spaceship, though I bet only one of you can. :-)

H is for Hyperdrive



I had fun finding out how to give an impression of motion with the letters of "hyperdrive".

My NaArMaMo 2009 Gallery is here.

Comments

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

My first thought was Discovery 2001, but I'm not convinced the middle section matches. I'll get back to you later when I've checked a couple of books.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Nope, that has a huge sphere on it. :-)

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

Checked the books and it's not in those. It looks like a 60s design that was in the science book I can't find. I thought it was an A C Clarke book but I can't see it in those. A NERVA engine at the back and the crew quarters well away at the front.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

You won't find it in a book. :-)

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

ps Love the effect on the word Hyperdrive.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I tried a Gaussian blur and that didn't work, then had a go at a smudge with a really big brush, and behold: I got this really cool effect. I was very pleased.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Me too - isn't it utterly cool?

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I think it worked because I was smudging discreet areas of colour., I was expecting a soft speed blur, but this was so much better!

[ultrapsychobrat.livejournal.com]

Very impressive.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I learned some new techniques doing this.

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

That is good, I can feel the speed. That's what I like about NaArt it is a teaching experience, I've learned so much over the years I have been a part of this.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Me too, though I really should have learned a lot more. I tend to stick to tried and tested unless I want a new effect.

[pet-lunatic.livejournal.com]

Is it the Camden Lock? :D

Love the picture. It gives a strong sense of speed!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

YES! It is! Protecting Britain's interests in a changing galaxy! I don't know why more people don't watch Hyperdrive. It's brilliant!

[pet-lunatic.livejournal.com]

I love Hyperdrive! And everything else Nick Frost/Kevin Eldon and their ilk have ever done! :D

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Me too: series and films and all!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

It's the HMS Camden Lock!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

YAY! It is! I love that series, and what else could I draw for this topic?

I need a Hyperdrive icon, even if only three people will recognise it.

[san-valentine.livejournal.com]

Another terrific ABC entry. I love the effect on hyperdrive and the stars turning into lines radiating out .

Have you got the alphabet (so far) gathered in one place, or are the entries scattered through the two Naarmamo galleries ?

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Did you notice the red-blue shift? :-)

That's a good idea! I'll do that though I doubt I even have 10 yet.

[trixieleitz]

I love the effect on the lettering, and the perspective with the star trails :)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I was pleased with how well it worked, and the lettering effect was the result of experimentation with smudging which worked a lot better than I thought: I'd assumed I'd just get a speed blur.

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

Love the effect with the lettering and a very apropos choice of spaceship.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Oh cool, another one who knows that show!

And I see you're back. :-)

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

ZZZZZIP... you did a great job on this one.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I was unsure when I started about how it would work, but I was pleased with how it came out.

[kindkit.livejournal.com]

Other people have beaten me to the name (*sulks*) but it's a lovely rendition of the Camden Lock.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I'm so pleased to find there are more than you and me who know it! Thank you! I couldn't resist with that topic.

I really need a Hyperdrive icon.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Oh, look what I just found (http://www.sitcom.co.uk/hyperdrive/interview.shtml)!

Actually it's pretty good, with characters and eps etc. I should check out that site for other series too.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Absolutely perfect! This Alphabet project should be put together like a small "textbook" :-)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I should offer it to publishers one day, but I fear I'll have to make things less fannish before do that. This ship for example is from a British TV series. I'm going to put them in one gallery though, as san_valentine suggested.

[daiseechain.livejournal.com]

Fantastic! :-D

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :-D