SRV art

Alec Turner

Alec Turner
I've been doing little doodles using SRV tyre tracks (no - not just the obvious one!) for quite a while.

Recently I found myself in a location not at all spooky (and in a pink SRV) but wanting to do something for the spooktober #stellarscreamshots competition, so I came up with this.

Source: https://youtu.be/8SPK872O5Nw

That then gave me a great idea and thus was my #srvart series of videos born.

Here's the first three, more to follow soon hopefully!

Source: https://youtu.be/KicWViLQtKw

Source: https://youtu.be/xToLCV9E7zM

Source: https://youtu.be/-Eow9VXW0c4
 

Alec Turner

Alec Turner
Rat Catcher said:
Have you determined if the tracks were disappearing after 'time' or track length?
Fun to watch, admittedly!
Click to expand...
Pretty sure it's length, the tracks are like that snake game, undrawing from the back end of the tracks as you add to the front end. As I said to someone else today, I can imagine a literal fixed length array of points that the game uses to store the path of the tracks.
 

CMDR Timber McWolf

CMDR Timber McWolf
Alec Turner said:
Pretty sure it's length, the tracks are like that snake game, undrawing from the back end of the tracks as you add to the front end. As I said to someone else today, I can imagine a literal fixed length array of points that the game uses to store the path of the tracks.
Click to expand...
Something I will have to keep in mind when I manage to go out there and draw something...
 

Alec Turner

Alec Turner
Navigare Necesse Est said:
Do they drive with external camera? This looks better than I can actually draw, lol.
Click to expand...
Yup, as seen in footage - position camera in top-down view above SRV, making sure that camera won't move when the SRV reaches the outer edges of the drawing (which has ruined numerous attempts), position SRV where I want the drawing to start, re-log to clear any existing tracks, re-position camera again, switch camera back to SRV control, start drawing. I've also dabbled with multiple ship dismiss/recalls to predict where it will land (shown to best effect in the "inconceivable" drawing). There is one slight confession/trick which I should admit to tho' which I think I'll air on tomorrow's Lave Radio (hint - I'm no artist, just a good SRV driver).
 

Rat Catcher

Rat Catcher
Alec Turner said:
Yup, as seen in footage - position camera in top-down view above SRV, making sure that camera won't move when the SRV reaches the outer edges of the drawing (which has ruined numerous attempts), position SRV where I want the drawing to start, re-log to clear any existing tracks, re-position camera again, switch camera back to SRV control, start drawing. I've also dabbled with multiple ship dismiss/recalls to predict where it will land (shown to best effect in the "inconceivable" drawing). There is one slight confession/trick which I should admit to tho' which I think I'll air on tomorrow's Lave Radio (hint - I'm no artist, just a good SRV driver).
Click to expand...
You drew on some film, stuck it to the screen, and joined the dots?
 

Alec Turner

Alec Turner
Rat Catcher said:
You drew on some film, stuck it to the screen, and joined the dots?
Click to expand...
Basically - but a bit more hi-tec. I'm using a free program called PureRef which lets me position and scale an image that I want to trace on my screen, make it semi-transparent and then pin it to stay on top of other windows like Elite, which I run in borderless mode. Still takes a lot of care and patience to get it right and when you make a mistake (or the game crashes) you have to start all over again. Does make for some amusing bug reports tho!

6e7mX2U.png
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom