My father served in the Navy from 1964 - 1968 aboard an aircraft carrier. Growing up I got to hear stories of his adventures (some I could tell by heart now). I was always fascinated by his photos of the ship he was on (Bon Homme Richard CVA-31), the planes, helicopters, and various ports around the world. He is very proud of his time in the Navy, and of course we are very proud of him and thankful for his service to our country. During the early part of his service, my mom had bought him a model of the Bon Homme Richard made by Revell when she visited him in San Diego. No doubt he appreciated it very much. At some point after, he started to put it together, but then lost interest. To my knowledge, he’s never been into building models at all, and the sheer amount of pieces and complexity proved a bit overwhelming to him. Many years later my brother and I found it, and with my dads permission, decided to finish it. We did an absolutely horrible job. We didn’t know what we were doing, used way too much glue, never painted it, even broke some pieces in the process. We played with it a lot, then it got put away somewhere. We were young kids and didn’t realize the significance (as my brother would later put it). It’s a good thing my dad wasn’t into scale modeling, or he might have been a bit upset at how we treated it. Sadly, that model has been lost to time and long forgotten. My brother barely remembers putting it together with me. Even I had forgotten about it for a long time.
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My father served in the Navy from 1964 - 1968 aboard an aircraft carrier. Growing up I got to hear stories of his adventures (some I could tell by heart now). I was always fascinated by his photos of the ship he was on (Bon Homme Richard CVA-31), the planes, helicopters, and various ports around the world. He is very proud of his time in the Navy, and of course we are very proud of him and thankful for his service to our country. During the early part of his service, my mom had bought him a model of the Bon Homme Richard made by Revell when she visited him in San Diego. No doubt he appreciated it very much. At some point after, he started to put it together, but then lost interest. To my knowledge, he’s never been into building models at all, and the sheer amount of pieces and complexity proved a bit overwhelming to him. Many years later my brother and I found it, and with my dads permission, decided to finish it. We did an absolutely horrible job. We didn’t know what we were doing, used way too much glue, never painted it, even broke some pieces in the process. We played with it a lot, then it got put away somewhere. We were young kids and didn’t realize the significance (as my brother would later put it). It’s a good thing my dad wasn’t into scale modeling, or he might have been a bit upset at how we treated it. Sadly, that model has been lost to time and long forgotten. My brother barely remembers putting it together with me. Even I had forgotten about it for a long time.
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Back Story:Let me start off by saying - I’m a huge fan of all things TRON. It’s definitely my 2nd favorite sci-fi storyline right behind Star Wars. From the first time I saw it, imagining exploring inside a computer system, identity disks, the grid, the light bikes, the recognizers, I was immediately hooked. Then, in 2008, when TRON Legacy was released, I saw it in all it’s glory in IMAX 3D. I absolutely loved every second of it - from the music, to the updated designs. I thought it was the right mix of a nod to the original, yet passing the torch to the next generation of fans. A little side note, I had the great privilege of meeting Daniel Simon, the vehicle designer for TRON Legacy. See my blog post about that HERE. Inspiration:In looking for a challenge for my next personal project, I decided to do a completely illustrated movie poster. I wanted to do everything by hand from start to finish. I also wanted to work in a different style than I normally do (realistic portrait). I wanted the finished piece to look more stylized, like an old-school comic book cover. The first movie that came to mind was of course TRON. Honestly, I can’t believe I haven’t attempted this before. Preparation:I wanted the piece to first and foremost be about the characters. Particularly TRON himself. I wanted him to be center stage and build the composition around him. I wanted to of course include Flynn, Yori, and Sark. As for vehicles, what TRON poster would be complete without at least light bikes and recognizers. I set about to sketching ideas, and finally settled on one that I liked. Still keeping things pretty rough, I did slightly refined sketches of all the characters individually, in various poses. Once I was happy with those, I brought them all into my main document and arranged them into a composition.
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