Daddy's Girl

My latest one is up, here: http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=56359

I’m also selling prints of my work now, here: www.digitalaviationart.com/Olsthoorngallery.html

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Apologies for not replying sooner. Sometimes I don’t seem to get reply notifications.

Ollie, I am using 3DSMAX.

Milton, many thanks for your offer to help! 🙂

an El Salvador Cavalier Mustang (being shot down by a Honduras Corsair!).

Let me know when you start working on it, im from El Salvador and can help you with info. also i know some ppl from Honduras, if you are going to add the Corsair.

Saludos.

That’s probably a valid point about the props. As most photographs are taken at selected shutterspeeds normally around 1/125 to 1/250 the emphasis is on prop stop/blur effect. Although most photographers ralise that the art of stopping the Prop is not a good idea. Although a lot of airline Photographers seem to stick on 1/1000th sec 😉

But as the eyes would see it, you would see a full arc so that probably should be reflected in the painting. After all, your not bound by the same protocols us photographers have. But after saying all that. I still think that it’s an awesome piece of artwork.

What software do you use to create the images?
It looks amasing.

Thanks 🙂
Being an airshow photographer, I usually illustrate my planes as they’re seen on photographs – the the propeller blades visible but blurred. In the near future I will experiment with full prop circles as well and see how those look. Hopefully they’ll give more life to the image.

Props

Skyraider, simply stunning. As near as you can get to being there, IMHO.

Observation: if I was looking at a real image, I think the propellors would appear to be a shiny disc instead of visible blades that appear to be blurred due to movement.

Question: Do you draw moving propellors differently according to the picture, or do you prefer to draw them as shown in the beautiful artwork above?

The XA-38 is an awesome machine 🙂 You could commission me to do one 😉

But first the Corsair… model is nearly finished now…

How is it you manage to out-do yourself with each successive work?

I keep on learning with each image I do… 😉
I got a new “tricks” on the menu which I haven’t used yet… these include proper refraction in the canopy (the Mustang really needs that!), bending props (as in the old wartime photographs – love that effect!) and fish-eye perspective. Hopefully the last feature will help it fly out of your screen! 😀

Well done Ronnie, fresh wallpaper for the work PC – wondered where you’d been now i know!

How about a Beech XA-38 Grizzly next……

Merry Xmas

Ben

Glad you like it! 🙂

Dan, thanks for the link!

Now that’s what I call an Artist. Not them pretenders like Picasso or Ken Done 🙂

Mother Mary on a pogo stick, that is freakin’ AMAZING, Ronnie.

How is it you manage to out-do yourself with each successive work? I halfway expect your next one to physically fly out of the screen and thwack me in the forehead!

Absolutely stunning stuff, you have my utmost respect.

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to you and yours! 🙂

Lynn

Drool

Tillerman

Daddys Girl

Great artwork!!

Here is the web site of the company that restored the modern Daddys Girl.

http://www.midwestaero.com/

Check out the gallery of photos from the restoration.

Blue Skies,
Dan

Hehe thanks guys 🙂

No, I haven’t done a Lancaster (yet?). Most work these days are commissions so I rarely get to choose my own subjects anymore. The Mustang has proven to be a very enjoyable one though, with lots of scope for different markings etc. I’ve hardly touched on that yet, mainly sticking to the 359th FG so far. But there’s a 4th FG one coming up, as well as an Israeli one and an El Salvador Cavalier Mustang (being shot down by a Honduras Corsair!).

Have you done any lancasters?

Perhaps we could have a poll and ask Skyraider to do the forum one with the highest votes,maybe something a bit unusual. 😀

Great as ever , Ronnie !!
Merry Christmas!
Evžen

Have you done any lancasters?

Very nice 🙂

Thanks very much guys! Glad you like it!

Merry Christmas! 🙂