Help with spaceship

MisterBork

So, I've been trying to make top down spaceships for a game project, but I just can't make them look good. I tried using a kind of flat shaded look but it just looks like crap. How can I make this ship look better? Altering colors? Using gradients? Maybe it's just the shape? I don't know.

MythicalPixels

Try coming up with a variety of different silhouettes for the space ship. I would try a combination of curved and linear forms to help give variety and rhythm to your designs. Posting those would help give us more talking points about design direction. Thanks for posting .

DanglinBob

Seems to me the wings look decent but the fuselage needs to look more... well like the wings. Also when you user colors - try making them pop more. Brighter, near neon I'd say. Give it that Tron look so it will really draw your eye to the important bits.

lamb

Try drawing the ship in 2 point perspective (or anything more exciting), just check if it looks cool. It is much easier to pinpoint things that don't work.

Couldn't help but notice that the cockpit and the engine share the same space? Do some research on real aircraft and go from there.

If you look at this picture:

we can immediately recognize the shapes it is made of and how they interact. The tail seems definitely to come out higher than the rest of the fusselage. The middle section looks bulkier than the wings.

Even if it is a top view, you ought to follow lighting to make the design really pop. The coloring on your design doesn't convey that information.