Gear maker Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I think I’m finally done with my latest drawing, The Streetcar Boat. In 1905 there were streetcars that went from Minneapolis to the shore of Lake Minnetonka, but the people living around Lake Minnetonka needed a way to continue to their homes. So a set of 6 steam boats were built to resemble streetcars. These boats added 27 more stops to the streetcar line. In 1926 the 6 boats were deemed no longer necessary and were scuttled in the middle of the lake. In 1979 a diver found the wreck of the Minnehaha and it was raised. After 17 years of restoration it was put back in service on weekends in the summer making runs between two cities across the lake. Being 1600 miles away and the wrong time of the year, I used pictures I had and pictures on the web to construct as much detail as possible. Right down to screws and rivets. At 4,638 layers, all vectors, it’s my largest drawing so far. Zooming from the full image to some of the smaller detail requires a zoom of about 80,000%. So AD is about the only program capable of the detail. William Overington, candacew, will1960 and 13 others 16 Quote iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 This is so very beautiful, Mike. I love the way you modelled lights and darks in this piece, particularly the drop shadows cast by the railing and the superstructures. That creates a wonderful atmosphere … :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madame Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Fantastic! I'm speechless! Congratulation with very well executed work! peter 1 Quote - Affinity Photo 2.3.0 - Affinity Designer 2.3.0 -Affinity Publisher 2.3.0 MacBook Pro 16 GB MacOS Sonoma 14.1.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Nice piece...great amount of detail...well done. Quote Fine Art Prints by Marty Garland www.artprints.ie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 excellent work Quote DART | Twitter | Dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Nice job on this Gera Maker. Perfect project for AD. Well done. 4638 layers! Yowsa! ;) Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madame Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I'm just curious, how did you count all those layers? Quote - Affinity Photo 2.3.0 - Affinity Designer 2.3.0 -Affinity Publisher 2.3.0 MacBook Pro 16 GB MacOS Sonoma 14.1.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gear maker Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 Madame, I was trying to figure out a process a couple drawings back. Just for curiosity's sake. What I came up with was to expand all layers by right clicking on the top layer and choosing Expand Selection. Then I counted how many layers scrolled by for each click of the vertical scroll bar, 26 was the most I could easily get. Then counted how many clicks of the vertical scroll bar were required to get to the bottom of the list. I agree it's a pain in the posterior, but it was the only way I could figure out how to do it. And I only was planning to do it only once per drawing. If anyone else has a better suggestion I'd love to hear it. Mike Quote iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madame Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 :D Curiosity is an excellent teacher. bodobe 1 Quote - Affinity Photo 2.3.0 - Affinity Designer 2.3.0 -Affinity Publisher 2.3.0 MacBook Pro 16 GB MacOS Sonoma 14.1.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 26, 2016 Staff Share Posted January 26, 2016 Beautiful work Gear maker. The shading and projected shadows give it a nice depth. Thanks for sharing. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
predick Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 OMG!! How much RAM used while running this project? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gear maker Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 predick, I'm not really sure how to tell that. According to the activity monitor AD increases in size by about 36MB when this is loaded. So not too bad. Luckily it's vector, let's see 4600 layers at 35.5" x 12.5" x 300 dpi would be really a boat load of ram if done in pixels. :D predick 1 Quote iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodobe Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 @Gear maker, GREAT Work, I agree to Madame, absolutely. One of the best works in this forum! Wish I could do something like that, but I can't. ;) R.E.S.P.E.C.T. and all the best for other projects :) Gear maker and peter 2 Quote Illustration & Grafik bodobe.de Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 The seating area in the top left/upper deck says it all really; D.E.T.A.I.L, by the bucket load. Export this as a pdf and fire up hand crank Illustrator: Gentlemen start your engines.... :P Hope this ends up getting recognition in your local press and becomes t-shirt fodder. Well done to ya. peter Quote MacBook pro, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, OS X 10.11.6 http://www.pinterest.com/peter2111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boat Skipper Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Gear Maker - I stumbled across this online and had to reach out. I am a Captain of Steamboat Minnehaha and the President of the nonprofit Museum of Lake Minnetonka that which owns, maintains & operates the boat. Your work is marvelous! Would you consider allowing our organization to use your creation? I'm thinking it could be a masthead for our newsletter, but I can envision other uses too. Given that you are familiar with the boat, you might not know of recent developments. At the end of 2019, we lost access to the only launch facility on the lake where she can be put in and taken out. As a result, we have been unable to operate - leaving us without ticket revenue to pay for maintenance, etc. We are working to finalize a plan for a new launch facility but that will likely require a significant fundraising campaign and may take an extended timeframe. Would you allow us to use your art for fundraising purposes? We would certainly provide appropriate attribution. Thank you for what you created. I hope you'll allow us to share it more broadly. Happy Holidays! Tom McCarthy, MLM President Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gear maker Posted December 23, 2021 Author Share Posted December 23, 2021 On 12/21/2021 at 10:32 AM, Boat Skipper said: Would you allow us to use your art for fundraising purposes? Tom, the answer is most certainly yes, I would be honored. I may have even talked to you on one of our trips onboard the Minnehaha. The provenance of the Minnehaha is something right out of a Clive Cussler book. I'm glad you enjoyed the drawing as it allows me the ability to at least partially repay the enjoyment of riding the Minnehaha. I will PM you shortly with some information and we'll have to arrange to transfer the 122MB affinity file. Mike jmwellborn 1 Quote iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Freeman Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Didn’t fully load for me, but what did was exceptional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamStanislav Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 49 minutes ago, Mark Freeman said: Didn’t fully load for me, but what did was exceptional. If you click on the tiny picture, it gets much bigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 7 hours ago, AdamStanislav said: If you click on the tiny picture, it gets much bigger. Yes, but only if it loads fully. It doesn't load fully for me, either, this morning on my iPad. At least not when giving it as long as I'm willing to wait AdamStanislav and Mark Freeman 2 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 41 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: It doesn't load fully for me, either, this morning on my iPad. When I tapped on it initially, the top two thirds loaded quickly and then it stopped. However, long-pressing on the partially displayed image gave me a context menu with a ‘Copy’ option (to copy the URL) and after displaying the entire image pasting that URL in the address bar of a new browser tab I was able to see it in full on this forum page. AdamStanislav 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 I have found the following. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnehaha_(steamboat) William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal Gillis Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 This is impressive, it must have taken you a very long time! I love to hear the "story" behind the piece too, so thank you for sharing that. Very true about the zoom ability in AD it's amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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