My Process
Charts and Race Reports
Charts and Race reports collected and studied
Research to Story Boards
Story Boards
The first step in my process is to read actual race reports from Newspapers or periodicals of the time. From these I will find a race that particularly fires my imagination. I will then reread the report and plot out the race in a sketch book noting the key moments in the race. From these I produce a story board of the race using thumbnail sketches with brief descriptions.
Sketches
Sketch
From my thumbnails I select one idea that I’d like to develop and produce a simple sketch.
Layouts
Wire frame and deck layout
Working from hull and sail plans I draft out the subject yachts to better understand their deck layouts and spar proportions. This process helps me understand the subject yachts in detail
3D Models
Using the yacht plans and my drawings for reference I then build 3d models of the yachts in my computer
3D model built of the yachts in the computer
Crew
I then pose for each of my crew and use the photos as a basis to make 3D models of the crew.
Placing the Crew
crew arangeed on my models
The Crew are then posed on the yachts.
Sails
To get the volumes of the sails correct I make them out of bedsheets and use a fan to fill them. these are then photgraphed from the required angles.
Setting up the scene
scene set up in the computer
Once the models are made I set up the scene in the computer using my sketches as a guide.
Gray scale study
Greyscale painting from the model
Colour Study
Colour Study
A quick grayscale painting is done to establish my tonal relationships.
Painting Process
At the Easel
