Learning Profiling - Phase Two?

[ratfugel]

After having done four profiles I thought it was time I stepped my game up a bit before I got into the serious stuff. Hence the Viggen JA 37 below. I thought it was ugly before I started to make the profile, now it's done I'm certain! Ho, hum.

[AGNT_Matt]

Viggen is Beautiful, and dont forget its got reverse thrust too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx0wwzpLM_8

[ratfugel]

Can't thank you enough for the video. Super stuff. I had no idea a video like that existed. Makes me feel that my effort has not been entirely wasted.(My fearless leader was also flabbergasted when she saw it too!)

[ratfugel]

I thought it might provide useful practice if I kept at it with the Viggen and profiled the trainer version.......

[Aircraftprofiles]

Great work !
To me it looks like you have been using a combination of photos and drawings in order to make these drawings...is that right ?

[ratfugel]

Thank you for looking at my work. Method? I'm afraid may not conform to everyone's ideas about profiling, but as a a learner I have to use what I already know. I have taught Photoshop for years and normally prefer 3D for illustrations (see my gallery). So when confronted with profiling I simply used a a black and white 3 view drawing, blocked it out with colour and then got stuck into the shading. I realise that my ideas about profiles are not like others, but that's life. I like my aircraft to look as though they'll actually fly. There are no outer lines because things do'nt normally have them. Simple. I hope to get better at it in due course.