OLYMPIC'S PROPELLERS

This is one of the first trials of my colorization work back in the days. I started working on this particular artwork in June 2012, and it took me about a week to finish it.

The picture shows the propellers of R.M.S. Olympic, and this picture is always used by a lot of news media as the "Propellers of R.M.S. Titanic", which is not true. In fact, there is literally no known picture of Titanic's propellers, (except the ones taken by expedition teams down at the bottom of the Atlantic). The reason for this, is that, when R.M.S. Olympic came out, it was the first of the three proposed Olympic class liners, and it attracted the most spotlights and attentions. Therefore, a number of reporters photographed its construction phases. Whereas Titanic, only got attentions at its launch day and really got famous after its sinking.

Above is the Original photo, and it shows the massive propellers of S.S. Olympic, and the massive dry dock in Belfast. Other than that, there are a few workers staring at the huge ship. They are the ones that made this ship possible. You can see clearly the ship is sitting on top of a bunch of wooden bases.

Added the red color under the waterline. I believe they used red weather-proof painting on the bottom of the ship.

Added the glorious golden color of the bronze propellers.

I added colors on workers, especially their clothing. I actually did a little bit of research on workers' outfitting back in the 1900s.

Added the wooden color of the wood bars above the water.

Added the greenish color of the surrounding walls.

Added the reflections and some color overhauls on the ground, it's hard to notice, but actually this step consisted of about six layers. 1. the reflection of the red ship bottom, 2. the reflection of workers 3. the reflection of the propellers 4. the reflection of the walls 5. the reflection of the sky 6. the overhaul of water body

Added the sky part and a lot of reflections from the sky to the ship hulls.

Before & After

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