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Published: 2008-12-10 05:15:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 12848; Favourites: 311; Downloads: 1333
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Pencil, marker, PhotoshopFrom a new book I'm doing for the anniversary of the Apollo moonlanding.
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And people wonder why I have such a love for this "Unlucky" Bird
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Beautiful imagery of probably my most favoured jet (just the beauty of this sleek silver pencil with a brute of an engine
I especially like the lighting and coloring on this one. May seem simple to others, I think it is so dead on, that it really gives you the impression of "yeah going for 40.000 feet and beyond..."
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Gorgeous! I love the sun reflecting off the metal, and the way you can see the atmosphere getting thinner as the sky goes from pale blue to deep blue. (I don't think the un-modified F-104 ever made it up to the "black sky" part of the stratosphere, but I know they got them up to at least 80,000 feet flying a zoom profile, so pretty close!)
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That is simply beautiful! Great work! I always wondered how well the F-104 handled with those tiny wings? O.o They had a stall speed of 200mph, so it couldn't have been that good, but then again it wasn't a very large fighter.
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This is spectacular ! The light on the plane is the best ! Awesome !
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Indeed brilliant! I wish there was a similar image with a German Starfighter, unfortunately the Zipper does not get much love here...
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Very good picture of the Starfighter, but the plane loses a lot of intrest because of the fact it was one of the most accidentlikely planes ever made.
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The F-104 Starfighter, speed incarnate. Wonderful piece, you captured it perfectly.
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It's actually depicting F-104 pilot (and future astronaut) Mike Collins doing high altitude climbs at EAB, so it's not the rocket assisted jet.
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That's fantastic. You don't see Starfighters much in art.
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oh my gosh that's a grand picture 
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This truly great masterpiece reminds me of the solo fly of "Chuck" Yaeger when, flying the N.A.S.A.'s NF-104, was forced to eject with minus injuries. This fact was recreated in the magnificent film "The Right Stuff".
Congratulations.
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Absolutely aces! I love the whole breed of absurdly over-powered needle jets XD They may never match my love for the hulking monsters of F-14's and A-10's, but stillβchoice!
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If I remember correctly, it was an F-104 which collided with the XB-70 supersonic bomber prototype that was in part responsible for the end of that program. A fast jet. Why did you pick it?
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It's like a missile, needing to keep a certain speed or else it'll fall out of the sky. I love the detail on it, and the way the sun glares off it in the climb.
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Sweeeeet.
I wanna use it as a new desktop BG. Old one has gotten stale.
Can I?
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Beautiful. I'm guessing it's a F-104A.
Those were the days...
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Mmmm. One of my favorite aircraft. Thank you.
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The Starfighter. Nice plane... 'though not my faves
The drawing however is pure win.
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As usual Joe just amazing...glad to see some new stuff.
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Man, gotta love the old Starfighters...
...so, regular ascent or following the Snake's advice and following the T2 line?
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This is so beautiful. Having worked in aviation for over 20 years, it really touches my heart.
You've inspired me to try my hand at an F/A-18.
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I really love this one. I like the '104 a lot. A cool looking plane. The metal reflections are ace, it adds quite a life to the picture.
Inspired perhaps for the Yeager experience with the NF-104?
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I have always been amazed by your coloring. You give it so much depth and dimension.
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Great Work. Totally feelin' that Right Stuff vibe...
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This is just a gorgeous piece. The speed, the sleekness, you've captured everything that made me want to be a fighter pilot as a kid. Well, everything minus the missiles and the Top Gun theme song
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