# Kevin Hulsey's Cruise Ship **URL:** \ **Category:** design\ **Created:** [October 1, 2004, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kevin-hulseys-cruise-ship/65972 "2004-10-01T03:01:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![minimalistik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@minimalistik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/minimalistik)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kevin-hulseys-cruise-ship/65972/1 "2004-10-01T03:01:16Z")
I saw this at US. The attention to detail is sensational :stunned: šŸŗ Stats: Illustration Stats - Size: 36" @ 350 dpi, 640 mb CMYK File with 35 Layers / Illustration Time: 720 hrs. Software: Line Art - Adobe Illustrator, Color - Adobe Photoshop [http://www.khulsey.com/demo\_1howto.html](http://www.khulsey.com/demo_1howto.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kevin-hulseys-cruise-ship/65972/2 "2004-10-01T03:13:11Z")
woah. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kevin-hulseys-cruise-ship/65972/3 "2004-10-01T03:41:50Z")
35 layers?? :huh: My old pixelart-battle entry was 150+ layers, and no NEAR as detailedā€¦ his image looks more like 3,5 million layersā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kevin-hulseys-cruise-ship/65972/4 "2004-10-01T18:47:35Z")
_begins drooling_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kevin-hulseys-cruise-ship/65972/5 "2004-10-02T01:30:56Z")
:!: woahhh that crazy:crazy: my illustrator would of crash about 50 million times before i could do that (btw i think this is line art=illustrator, not pixel art eilsoe) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kevin-hulseys-cruise-ship/65972/6 "2004-10-02T02:03:40Z")
whoaā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 6:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kevin-hulseys-cruise-ship/65972/7 "2004-10-02T06:06:25Z")
wow, that is good! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kevin-hulseys-cruise-ship/65972/8 "2004-10-02T10:33:40Z")
Wow, great work there :o [size=1]By the way Krusader ā€¦ do I recognize any footer similarities ?[/size] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kevin-hulseys-cruise-ship/65972/9 "2004-10-02T18:22:54Z")
Iā€™ve seen this before, itā€™s absolutely amazing. And 720 hours is crazy, although I couldnā€™t do this in a lifetimeā€¦ and Voets, itā€™s okā€¦ your footer is cooler anyway šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kevin-hulseys-cruise-ship/65972/10 "2004-10-02T21:48:47Z")
Layers donā€™t nessesarily matter. He couldā€™ve put a whole room full of chairs and tables and whatnot it one layerā€¦ He just has to be extremly careful about not clicking over other objects and ruining them. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kevin-hulseys-cruise-ship/65972/11 "2004-10-04T16:42:50Z")
I have never seen the nsx. But I have definately seen some photoreal illusrator work. I would love to start a project like this. And woek on it at my leisure. Real inspiring stuff. Heyā€¦lol. Voets that footer looks like yours. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kevin-hulseys-cruise-ship/65972/12 "2004-10-04T18:13:06Z")
Illustration Time: 720 hrs. :stunned: Which is why this guy probably has a nice big house, and 2 cars, and spends his free time on one of those boats. [edit] yet it still took 9 hours for a G4 to export the file [/edit] OKay, when my computer takes 9 hours to do anything, I know Iā€™m in troubleā€¦ this article is just full of moments that make me go: :stunned: [/edit] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kevin-hulseys-cruise-ship/65972/13 "2004-10-04T18:19:08Z")
I could do thatā€¦ maybe not as good and maybe not as fastā€¦ but I could do that. šŸ˜› What is really amazing (aside from the obvious) is all that detail and itā€™s only 650Megs in total size. I do a lot of hi-res illustrations and photo manipulations and Iā€™m lucky to be able to get it under 1gig, and thatā€™s a 300dpi. A guy I work w/ now does these on the side so Iā€™m fortunate and have seen these done in person, and his are like 2gigsā€¦ crazy stuff. On a side note: You all notice how heā€™s on a MAC right? Thatā€™s cause MACs own and apps donā€™t crash like crazy šŸ™‚ ā€¦ stupid Winblows ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kevin-hulseys-cruise-ship/65972/14 "2004-10-04T19:20:35Z")
no more mac fanboys please :lol: Good thing about this is there are plugins to help and must not have been available when this dude did his. Like cadtools, prespective and a few others. I think I am going to attempt a photoreal illustrator project sometime in the near future. I was hoping someone would start a battle on this so it will give me more incentive and inspiration. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kevin-hulseys-cruise-ship/65972/15 "2004-10-04T19:51:02Z")
the cruise ship layout was fantasticā€¦ I got a serious flashbackā€¦ I use to work for Royal Carribeanā€¦ cool detail on the images tho gp ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kevin-hulseys-cruise-ship/65972/16 "2004-10-04T19:59:14Z")
That is some pretty amazing work. I canā€™t even really begin to understand how that is done. Created in vector, transformed into photoshop? Nope, that is well beyond my scope of things here in the graphics design world. I guess my question is why not create this in a 3D program like C4D or Maya? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kevin-hulseys-cruise-ship/65972/17 "2004-10-04T20:14:19Z")
I think I would have attempted in 3d. But even that would have taken a long time. And his render time would have equalled his export timeā€¦lol. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kevin-hulseys-cruise-ship/65972/18 "2004-10-04T21:34:12Z")
> [@GreenLantern](#): > > That is some pretty amazing work. I canā€™t even really begin to understand how that is done. Created in vector, transformed into photoshop? Nope, that is well beyond my scope of things here in the graphics design world. > > I guess my question is why not create this in a 3D program like C4D or Maya? Only the outlines were done in Illustrator, so he could color in the lines. And then colored in PS. Why create it in a 3D program? Heā€™s a traditional, technical artistā€¦ it takes muuuch more skill to do it traditionally than it does to flop it into a LAME šŸ˜› 3D program. I mean really where is the skill involved in that? :lol: Side note: I just got back from my cruise to the Bahamas, on Royal Caribbeanā€¦ how I loved it :love: :hangover: