Aviation Art

[Joe Copalman]

Loving these creations Jay.

[Jay Beckman]

Thanks.  Just letting the pixel dust fall where it may on these...

[Jay Beckman]

Going Downtown
(A variation on a theme)

[Dave S.]

While probably not quite what Jay was intending with this thread, it's the closest I could find that looked fitting.  While the previous images take us on a visit to the past, thought I'd throw in one option of what might happen...some day.

[Jay Beckman]

While probably not quite what Jay was intending with this thread, it's the closest I could find that looked fitting.  While the previous images take us on a visit to the past, thought I'd throw in one option of what might happen...some day.

If Only...

Nice repaint Dave.

[Jay Beckman]

Playing With Textures...

[Joe Copalman]

Never thought I'd have anything worthwhile to post to this thread, but I was going through my 'OV-10 Stuff' box tonight (everyone has one of those, right?) and came across a series of 'Wee OV' drawings I did in the late 90s.  If I recall correctly, the process I used on these was that I hand-drew an original outline, scanned it in, then printed it out, did the color and markings with PrismaColor markers, then did the fine-line markings with an ultra-fine gel pen on top of it.  The biggest problem I had was that I made them too small, so even the finest tip on the PrismaColors made anything I wrote with them look like a first-grader wrote it with a crayon.  Had I doubled the size, I could have gotten far more detail, and bleeding wouldn't have been nearly as problematic (I did a NASA OV-10 that bled like crazy and looks horrible). 

[Joe Copalman]

Aaaaand one more. 

This one isn't very good, but of interest because I drew it using a photo Scott Youmans had taken of a Bureau of Land Management OV at Sky Harbor back in the 90s. 

[Anna M. Wood]

Those are very cool Joe....

[Jay Beckman]

So Joe was "Blackheart" before Blackheart was Blackheart...

Nice!

[Matt Ottosen]

Pretty cool, Joe!

[scottcolbath]

Call it a Wingsnstuff Photoshop Service Life Extension Plan (SLEP) :-). Here's the BEFORE and AFTER

When are you opening a virtual body shop?

S.C.

[wingsnstuff]

  Wouldn't that be a hoot!  Fix it on the computer and it automatically translates to the physical object.  All the best to you Scott and the rest of the AZAP group.  Maybe I can hook up with you all again this coming August when Susie and I make our pilgrimage back to Arizona from South Carolina.  I do miss going out on the photo shoots with you all.   

[tajmahal250]

One of those "I wonder......" ideas....

[/url]MI 24 Edit by Thomas  Backus, on Flickr[/img]

[tajmahal250]

Inspired by Mike Kelley's work "Wake Turbulence," I tried to create my own version. Didn't come out exactly how I wanted to, but still pretty happy. Guess I gotta go back.....

[/url]CAUTION, WAKE TURBULENCE, 24 RIGHT by Thomas  Backus, on Flickr[/img]