Digital Art Masters: Volume 3

ENGINE WARMUP

BY ANDRÉ CANTAREL

  

INTRODUCTION

Being interested in flying machines since my childhood, caused by a local US airbase in Heidelberg, Germany, it was just a matter of time before I created one of those noisy, cool-looking gizmos which flew over our garden several times a day. The starting point was set after watching Black Hawk Down, which also decided on the type of the helicopter I was going to model. The lighting, color grading, sound design and movement of the helicopters matched my personal taste exactly, so I started with the ...