Ah, the spinner;
My point was after telling Kid to work on his spinner I notice Claes has used an almost identical solution. His works better because the bold strong light source is used throughout.
Certainly I would have said the same thing about Claes' spinner shading as I did about Kid's. I haven't looked at many photos of the real thing but perhaps this is how it should be? I would have gone to my "mind's eye" and done it how I described to Kid-
Notice that although mine looks more like a domed spinner, Claes' still looks more realistic.
This is a tough one
About the hard shadows he uses, like under the tail and exhaust, I think he's going for VERY STRONG sun light. You can find this in many photos.
But one thing I'd nit-pick is that shadows become softer and less strong as they get further away from the object that causes them. I'm a big advocate of that. Plus, if light bounces off anything, the shadow will deminish as light is reflected back to the shadowed surface.
No matter what, I still think he's the best! Sure, it's we can do it too but he was doing it a long time before we picked it up.
). So, since BH wants to discuss the spinner on that I-16, maybe we can make a Claes Sundin thread (and avoid cluttering up other threads)? I can't think of a better way to improve our skills!
