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Published: 2010-06-12 19:31:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 9483; Favourites: 177; Downloads: 0
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I finished this piece up a few months ago, in time for C2E2 2010, and just realized I forgot to put it up in my gallery. I will be selling prints of this and plan to do an entire series of WWII themed nose girl prints. At my current rate I'll be lucky to get one or two done a year. :-PHope you like it!
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how many years and how much time a day did u spend drawing before u got this good?
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Too many, hahaha. I've been drawing ever since I can remember. Started as a hobby, then I took special classes in high school, when to art school (college), then started drawing professionally after a stint in the army. So basically I spend the bulk of my days drawing. I've been doing it professionally for about fourteen years. Does that help?
Thank you very much for the kind words; they're much appreciated.
For the record: an artist is only as good as their reference. Even if I draw a lot of stuff from my head, it's only because I've soaked up years and years of reference. I used reference for all aspects of this piece. I used a photo of a model (for the woman, not the plane) for this piece - no tracing. My girl is taller than the model; different head and outfit. I used a sketchup model for the planes, augmented with details from photos of the real thing, and even found pictures of the ocean from far overhead to base the background on. It's all about how the pieces come together. That's what you've got to have in your head from the start, and have a sense for how they'll all work together to make a pleasant composition.
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WoW Michael, this is fantastic!!! perfectly done! The whole picture is terrific!
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Thanks. I don't just like your comment, I love it!
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this is a fantastic peice. Very retro you should be proud of this one!
-River
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Thank you. I see things in it I'd like to do better but overall I am proud of it - I just have to make sure the next one lives up to it.
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That's all we can do. Review what we've done and learn from our mistakes. Then the next images are always better 
Keep making them my freind.
-River
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Thank you! Much appreciated.
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This one is incredible! Can't wait to see more!
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Thank you. I'll get to work on the more part as soon as I can, promise.
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Nice work. Great pose, and the same for the outfit and hair. Very authentic.
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Thanks. It's authentic as far as the Candyman video goes.
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Someone who knows his planes.
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Great work - takes me back to the work of Philip Castle in the 70's!
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Wow. Thanks a ton. Not sure I deserve such a compliment, but I'll take it and hope to keep the quality up on the next one.
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You're welcome - look forward to seeing the next one!
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Thanks! I've got more of these in store, just have to find the time...
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