Messerschmitt Bf 109 B-1, 6-10

[Supah]

Not a problem Espenlaub, though my German isn't perfect here is what I made of it.

Not all profiles have to have shadows persay. Correct outlines and details, correct colors are things I find most important and those are correct in Heli's drawings.

[helischmidt]

Hi Heli!

nice photo and nicer profile. Good work. I just think you have missed the shadow produced by the horizontal tail.

Cheers, Simon

Hi Simon,

do you like the profile with strong shadows really better?

Greetings!
Heli

flyingART

[Baron]

Hi Helmut!

I like it more with the shadow from the horizontal tail unit. As Supah wrote, shadows and lights make it easier to understand the shape. The lighting on your drawings is a good choice to present your drawings, but if you do shadows (fuselage, under the wing etc) you should do it in the whole drawing and not miss some parts. One last note, if you do the shadow there, you also should to the shadow on the fuselage that is made by the strut from the fuselage to the horizontal tail unit.

Cheers Simon

PS: Espenlaub - Ich glaub es gibt in dem Forum genug Leute die deine Kommentare nach besten Wissen und Gewissen übersetzen können. Also nur keine Scheu - schreib ruhig deine Fragen bzw Kommentare auf Deutsch.

Schöne Grüße aus Wien,
Simon

[helischmidt]

Hi Helmut!

I like it more with the shadow from the horizontal tail unit. As Supah wrote, shadows and lights make it easier to understand the shape. The lighting on your drawings is a good choice to present your drawings, but if you do shadows (fuselage, under the wing etc) you should do it in the whole drawing and not miss some parts. One last note, if you do the shadow there, you also should to the shadow on the fuselage that is made by the strut from the fuselage to the horizontal tail unit.

Cheers Simon

Hi Simon,
Clearly, you're right with the support frame and its shadow.

But I mean, technical illustrations should not have any harsh shadows!
They often cause for concern and frequently draw too much from. For example, if the shadow of a propeller blade like a boomerang pulls on the hood.

Or here in my B-1 profiles at the bottom of the strut.

Greetings
Heli

flyingART

[helischmidt]

Hello friends

clear, an illustration lives of light and shadow. So I work on my profile.

The advantage of a drawing or graphics over a photo is yet but the one that you can "disturbing" shadow omit. Hard shadows interfere with the visual information and thus the image.

In product photography is working with high-lighting effort to eliminate such shadows.

For what reason should we then draw the harsh shadows in profiles?

Greetings
Heli

flyingART

[JMSmith]

to turn a flat drawing into a profile by defining the shape

[helischmidt]

to turn a flat drawing into a profile by defining the shape

... thanks!

[Supah]

Play nice boys! For some purposes shadows might be disruptive, a lot of times in books where the profiles are there to illustrate the paintscheme there are only very light shadows because they might other wise mess with the clarity of the paintscheme. It's about what your purpose is with your illustration that is what dictates the use of shadows. And personal taste ofcourse.

[Supah]

BTW nice website Helmut

[helischmidt]

Play nice boys! For some purposes shadows might be disruptive, a lot of times in books where the profiles are there to illustrate the paintscheme there are only very light shadows because they might other wise mess with the clarity of the paintscheme. It's about what your purpose is with your illustration that is what dictates the use of shadows. And personal taste ofcourse.

Hi Supah,

You're right... and it is indeed a bit to the style of an artist.

bye, Heli... and thanks!