02-28-2011, 03:02 PM
I'm enjoying the conversation and learning too. I admit that it is difficult to accomplish the stated aims though. It takes steady self-control to keep the details to a minimum, and to gradually haze out the items progressively depending on how far they are away. As biL said, the skill will come with practice.
Kurt, thanks for all those photos, they were instructive. In the last photo, the hazy indistinct distant city skyline is in contrast to the small building on the left, which has more detail because it is closer. Instructive.
One of the best things about that photo, as biL mentions, is that road. I will have to study that. How did he get the illusion of a long long road in just 1/2" of vertical paint?
I also noticed the power poles and wiring right against the backdrop. I like that. Now, a specific question on that...
I am wondering if I should put in the traffic signals at my road. There are two sets, one way off in the distance, one right where the backdrop meets the layout. I could paint them both in, or I could only paint the far ones, and model the close ones and string some thread across to hang them on, right at the backdrop, or I could leave them out. I am thinking it may be a way to frame the road going into the backdrop and help with the illusion. What do y'all think?
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Kurt, thanks for all those photos, they were instructive. In the last photo, the hazy indistinct distant city skyline is in contrast to the small building on the left, which has more detail because it is closer. Instructive.
One of the best things about that photo, as biL mentions, is that road. I will have to study that. How did he get the illusion of a long long road in just 1/2" of vertical paint?
I also noticed the power poles and wiring right against the backdrop. I like that. Now, a specific question on that...
I am wondering if I should put in the traffic signals at my road. There are two sets, one way off in the distance, one right where the backdrop meets the layout. I could paint them both in, or I could only paint the far ones, and model the close ones and string some thread across to hang them on, right at the backdrop, or I could leave them out. I am thinking it may be a way to frame the road going into the backdrop and help with the illusion. What do y'all think?
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