Early Bf 110 G-4 nightfighter

[Baron]

hi jester,

took your advice and looked again, yep see what you mean, i bow down to your better judgement (this time)

yes i am using a flat screen 19" Samsung, with a couple of programs to get the colours to display the way i want, if i had room i would have two, side by side so i could see my profiles full size.
just been given the nod to your location, is this area a hotspot for profilers

and stop calling me Mr smith, call me john, sagindragin, grumpy or any thing elses that makes you laugh.

Hi John!

I'm using a 22'' LCD monitor as painting area and a 17'' monitor just for the menu bars. But I'm thinking about buying a second 22'' as the 17'' is a little bit too small. So buy a second monitor. I can't imagine anymore working just with one monitor.

Cheers, Simon

[JMSmith]

hi simon,

just don't have the room to fit one



see what i mean.

[Ironpriest]

Nice and neat room there I have never actually seen a left handed mouse before!

And for the profile: That shading does look better now. I like the nose with the little bulge now aswell. Well done!

[JMSmith]

simple,

right hand hold the bacardi

[Ironpriest]

Do you use your tablet for all your drawings? I have one but i have always ended up using my mouse anyways

[Baron]

Cheers, Ironpriest!

Thank you for the comments.

I also have one and just use it for camouflage, weathering and shading. Rest is done with the mouse.

@John, indeed not much room. I'm lucky to have enough room for 2 computers and 3 monitors.

Cheers, Simon

[JMSmith]

hi ironpriest,

i don't use it at all, sits there gathering dust, have tried several times and can't get used to it.

[BLOWHARD]

I missed this thread...

I find the panel lines a bit heavy

I second that, but that's always my first call. The more linear your work is, the more flat it will look. I bet cutting your line work down 20-40% would really make this thing sing!
Don't be afraid to lose details. After all, look at real aircraft, a lot of what you show isn't ever visible even at medium distances. I'm not saying get rid of detail completely. You do want to see it. But if you want a realistic profile you can't let your technical drawing pull your eye away from the realism.
Strive for balance between those two things

Notice how little detail is visible on the tail?

[GiantFlyingRobots]

Im currently experimenting with the elimination of a separate panel line layer completely, it just seems to be the one constant criticism (correctly usually) that most people get when submitting profiles here.

BTW I have a 26" monitor and a 12x9 Wacom and couldn't imagine any other way of working on these things.

[Baron]

Hi folks!
Thank you for the comments!
Here hopefully the last edition. Changed the panel lines opacity.


@Giant: My panel lines amd rivets are always on different layers. BTW this drawings has about 500! different layers! So I always have the chance to change everything I want.

Cheers, Simon