This is an Interceptor I developed out of the bunch of sketches I drew a few days ago.
Again, it started as a “funny shape”, but since it does look fast and the first word that came to my mind is “Interceptor”, the name stuck.

I shall point out that these are not part of my – emm – Science Project (the provisional name for the other big thing I’m working on with a colleague of mine).
About that: I have a whole bunch of half-finished drawings that I’m planning on completing as soon as I can.

It’s just that I’ve recently been told that my portfolio is leaning a bit too much towards the Illustration side.
Not that it’s a bad thing, of course, but as a “Concept Artist” part of my job description should include some actual concepts before I move on towards other things.

Now, despite drawing this in just a few minutes, (thus disregarding any possible background story related to this interceptor, or any justification for its design choices), I did wonder what the most logical paint job for a spaceship would be, considering that its purpose is to chase and attack other vessels.

I thought that dark paint to conceal itself in the darkness of space wouldn’t make much sense.
After all, I would expect other high tech spacecrafts to have at least a radar, and they wouldn’t target an interceptor by sight.
Right?
Since camouflage is pointless, would bright, loud colours be more suitable? Perhaps, although it might tend to be a bit silly.
Eventually I went for a “we spaceships manufacturer don’t care about paint” kind of approach, and I left it with a plain metal look.

Again, I remembered about Screenflow this time, and I managed to record the whole process.
I know nothing about editing videos, so please refrain from insulting me about the poor quality and the mistakes:)

Also, the last one I made was reposted on MonkeysVsRobots (go have a look, it’s full of nice artwork!) so it may be worth making a habit out of it.

Enjoy some Vivaldi in the meantime.

 

by Paolo Puggioni