I imagined an alternative reality world where explorers like Columbus journey to the new world not in sea going ships but ships of the air…
I created the image in Corel Painter IX.5.
I used this free stock photo for the waterfall
http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1129572
Using Painter’s cloning brushes, it was painted into a blank canvas…
The water, birds, distant trees & terrain were hand painted by me in Painter…
The airship I modeled in Hexagon 2.5 and Wings3D. The base mesh was brought into Vue Pro Studio and rendered untextured….
Using Paint Shop Pro X2 Ulitmate I merged the airship into waterfall painting… I then painted over the airship in Painter…
I later added the two distant airships using the same techique as on the nearer airship…
