f18a vmfa 314

[outside]

this ones up for aircraftprofiles, like i said its at the start...

my second cousin flys with the black knights, am waiting for him to send pics on of his bird to move this profile on...

[Aircraftprofiles]

Thanks ! Can we see the entire aircraft ? Look like a great start !

[outside]

sure, here its is zoomed out...

[Aircraftprofiles]

looks good so far...keep it comming !

[outside]

eh ok - just under 2 years later and its completed... yay!
final push with the artwork in the last month or so... pretty happy with the way this turned out, its my first fully finished piece ever, so that's a result in itself...

I know there's huge areas for improvement - that's a good thing i think, gonna push on and finish the spitty vb, and get cracking on a rf101c after i think...

I've sent this on to the cousin today, hopefully he likes it...

On a side note its been a pleasure being part of this group (ive shadow read this forum for ages and slowly built up confidence to get my act together and get some projects moving, there's so many hugely talented artists here, its an honour to be amongst you all... cheers!!)

[inkworm]

Really don't think the side view does it any favours, from some angles it's a lovely looking aircraft. Despite this the profile looks really nice with good subtle shading. Taken a while but you should be pleased with it.

[outside]

thanks inkworm, yep agree on the side profile, i think the gear down ruins the lines of the plane (imho), gear up though... its game on...

[Baron]

Very nice! Any chance to see some details? I think you should add more light effects! The profile looks flat to me.

Cheers,

[BLOWHARD]

YES! MORE, stronger highlights and shadows. Look at it as if it's flat, which it is, now what do you do to make it appear three dimensional? The best way is contrasting light and dark together to pull the objects apart. You've already done this but you need to push it more. If you can make these adjustments easy, try and go too far, and then adjust back until it loos just right.

Dig these-

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...odonkeycom.jpg

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5081/5...b9e3729f_o.jpg

http://futurshox.net/aeroimagestamp-...b-f18-side.jpg

Good reference

[outside]

hey thanks guys for the suggestions, will ramp up the shadow / light sources and adjust down accordingly till its less flat i suppose...
cheers

will post up when i get to it..