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Published: 2014-05-07 17:17:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 7351; Favourites: 201; Downloads: 167
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From their F-4D Phantom II, Maj. Dan Cherry and Capt. Jeff Feinstein introduce themselves to Lt. Nguyen Hong My and his MiG-21 in Vietnam on April 16, 1972. Maj. Cherry and Lt. Hong My would meet again 36 years later - as friends. For a limited time, this new print release is available at an introductory pricing discount for all sizes and editions through my website www.markkarvon.com.
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Awesome! Dan Cherry retired as Brig Gen I believe and also commanded the Thunderbirds for a brief time. Jeff Feinstein went on become an F-4 pilot and a commander during the Gulf War.
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Great .. but I have only one question ... where is your tutorial? ... I'm waiting for almost three years!
Mark, how many hours are you doing illustrations???
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Dugi, just like most every other artist on this site I am only here to display my works. Unfortunately, I have no plans to teach or do tutorials. If you are looking for Photoshop/Painter tutorials, there are plenty on the internet already which show how to do artworks far better and more advanced than anything I can produce. I have seen your work. It is outstanding. I am not sure why you think you need a tutorial?
If it is my process in which you are interested I am always willing to share my method. It is adapted from the time honored and accepted practices which I learned when I started working with traditional oils 20 years ago. Working digitally, I build my composition in Photoshop using a combination of reference photographs and hand-painted material. The photos are usually sourced from the wealth of stock available in the public domain but I have also licensed some photos and a 3D model on occasion. Once I am satisfied with the composition I do the actual painting using Corel Painter. For this my mainstays are the acrylic and oil brushes. I also use the blending tool quite a bit to get nice lighting transitions, color blend and general paint flow. Blending is perhaps the most important step in the painting process in order to achieve paint effects like traditional media. it does wonder for a piece to add a bit of complimentary color to an area and blend it in. To finish off the piece, smaller details like panel lines and markings are generally added in Photoshop. I will also do final color adjustments, highlights and shadows. With the exception of the markings and a few highlights, the finished painting is all on one layer.
As you no doubt understand, achieving good results takes lots of time, practice and experimentation with the various paint tools that are available. There are lots of settings that can be adjusted with brushes to give different results. Each artist will find their own settings with which they are most comfortable. It is akin to how a traditional artist can share his pallet however, he cannot tell another exactly how to apply the paint. Using a drawing tablet is a must. I use an old Wacom Graphire 4x6 tablet. I have upgraded it over the years with a replacement Bamboo pen and mouse.
Perhaps the best advise I can give to a digital artist is to learn how to do it first using traditional methods. Then you will fully understand and appreciate what Photoshop and Corel are trying to replicate digitally. I spent a dozen years working traditionally before going digital. That experience cannot be quickly learned in any tutorial. You are a professional so I feel like you probably know most of this stuff so I hope I am not boring you. You probably have your own experiences with traditional media.
The time it takes to create one of my artworks varies from piece to piece. The average work takes about one week of full-time work to paint so I would say between 40 and 50 hours. This does not include research time and gathering reference material. This painting actually took about 60 hours to do. Part of that was due to the fact I was working to a client specification so it limited the freedom of composition a bit. Working within their original specification I tried several different compositions before arriving at this one. The background was also a challenge to paint. It looks simple now that it is finished but it took some time to find the right composition of clouds that would compliment the motion of the main subject and stay true to the real-life event.
Because of piracy issues I only post low resolution, smaller images (no larger than 800 pixels wide) on the internet. If you are looking for a closer view of my works here are some details from this finished piece which show my paint work:
markkarvon.deviantart.com/art/…
markkarvon.deviantart.com/art/…
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THANK YOU for your response!!
I was joking with a tutorial and I did not want to bother you.
I really respects your workshop.
Thank you very much for enlarge portions of illustration!
60h is a long time. I sometimes doing the illustrations in 20 hours. Unfortunately I have no more time. ....
I'm a fan of your illustrations.
respect,
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I'm favouriting this and commenting here for the lengthy dicussion on your method, which isn't too dissimilar to my own with model kits rather than paintings.
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That's a great image. I like how the MiG-21 has lost a wing.
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Thank you. The MiG losing a wing was what happened during the actual engagement.
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Beautiful artwork (as usual). Interesting that he was carrying two types of jammer pods.
I had the pleasure of meeting Dan Cherry when he was leading the Thunderbirs--I was just a little kid, but he went out of his way to be nice to me (and this was long after the day's performance). I really want to read his book now.
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That usually denotes jamming on 2 different frequencies, say D and G bands.
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Very fascinating story, and to think this is more common that many believe.
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A dose of the old chivalry... I was just reading about Guynemer's funeral... Good thing the MiG didn't get its own cannon in play.
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Brilliant cross-over composition. So much motion and so much drama..
As always, impeccably executed mate.
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Sweet! The first F-4s I worked were D models. SUU-23 gun pod BOOYAH! Wonderful work Mark.
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Thank you Lyle. I need to do something featuring the gun pod one of these days.
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Cool! An F-4D with a SUU-23...SWEET!
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That's a very cool story (I'd never heard it), and excellent work as always Mr. Karvon
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Nope. This action took place in 1972.
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ah ok, well after Bolo.... I still think the reactions of the Migs was funny (according to Dogfights) "Those aren't Thuds! They're PHANTOMS!"
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It seems that people who were once enemies in war become friends in peace
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Yes, it is remarkable how many former enemies become friends.
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