LetLetLet ~ Warplanes
Let Let Let - Warplanes => Warplane Art => Topic started by: mattrcaf on March 14, 2010, 04:42:25 AM
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Hi all,
For two years I have been working my way through the tutorials on this site and others on creating profiles, I have stopped and started over many times and struggled with teaching myself photoshop at the same time. On top of it all, I don't ahev a lot of time between job, kids, wife etc so much of the time I work for 10-15 minutes a night.
At any rate, I am nearly completed the cowl area of the 109 and wanted to post it o get some feedback, I am lucky in that I live 10 minutes from a flying 109E, I am making the profile in its scheme (see attached). I still have clean up to do on the cowl but I am anxious to hear your comments.
Cheers!
Matt
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For the very start this is wonderful work! Just keep on working :-clap
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Excellent work :-ok
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For the very start this is wonderful work! Just keep on working :-clap
Thanks guys! I will continue to show my progress, I am looking forward to being able to working on the other parts of the airplane.
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Matt- would you be kind to provide print screen to see all of the layers in your file?
Cheers ;)
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nice start Matt :-ok :-clap :-wave
you chose a very interesting subject. Do you have other photos about this Emil?
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Matt, this is excellent. :-ok I looked carefully, and I like those pale, whiten (like scrubbed) surfaces, it makes your work alive :-clap :-clap :-clap :-wave
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Matt- would you be kind to provide print screen to see all of the layers in your file?
Cheers ;)
Sure thing No.1,
I counted 56 layers, all but 2 are in use. As I do more profiles I hope to be more organized with them,
is it better to have fewer layers or does it matter?
Cheers!
Matt
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Matt, this is excellent. :-ok I looked carefully, and I like those pale, whiten (like scrubbed) surfaces, it makes you work alive :-clap :-clap :-clap :-wave
Letipapa,
Thanks for your support. Those "scrubbed" areas were the last thing i did before uploadiing. I am a private pilot and have some time (not a lot) in the air so I have been able to get up close to a lot of aircraft and see what taking off from gravel runways does to the paint, that was the look I was going for on this one.
Cheers!
matt
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Santynus,
Sure do, what would prefer? On the ground or in the air?
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Matt- too many layers! Is there any special reason? My works are much simpler, with just a dozen of layers.
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Only one reason No.1, I am very inexperienced with Photoshop and basically teaching myself. I find that I am stopping and starting over a lot with various parts of the profile, so when I get something I am happy with I usually start a new layer for the next part of it so I don't wreck what I have already done.
Once I get better with the tool I will get the layers of numbers down.
BTW, here are great photos of my subject in flight.
http://airic.ca/html/bf109rag.html
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I understand now :) All right, you will make this profile perfectly and during the time you will reduce layers. In general you need following layers:
- basic color
- panels
- access panels
- bolts
- nuts
- shadow
- overlapping shadow (if plane have overlapping panels)
- elements basic layer (like the intakes, filters, devices or so on... which are differ from variants as well side of airplane)
- elements panels
- elements nuts
- elements bolts
- elements shadow
- cockpit glass
- cockpit interior
- noise layer
If any additional explanation need, please let me know.
Cheers ;)
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Link is excellent! Fantastic images :-clap
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I agree with No.1 great link Matt :)) :-wave
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Work continues on my 109E but i wanted to show where I am at with it. Hopefully I can finish this in the next couple of weeks, I work on it maybe 15-25 minutes a night. All feedback is appreciated.
Matt
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Very good work Matt :-clap
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Go on Matt :-ok :-ok :-ok :-wave
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very nice work Matt :-ok :-wave
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Hi Guys,
I started this profile (my first and only to this point) on June 24, 2006, now, exactly 2 years later, I am done - just a bit of clean up to do on the background.
I worked on average only about 15 minutes a night on it which in total amounts to over 200 hours. I had to teach myself Photoshop along he way and that slowed things down considerably. I also started over many times but in the end it was all worth it, I am almost sad that I am finished.
So here it guys, tell me what yiou think and thanks for all of your help along the way.
Matt
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For the first profile this is very good and must say even better then many professional works published in magazines :-clap
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I agree with No.1 nice work Matt :-ok :-clap
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Bravo! Matt :-tri :-clap :-clap :-clap :-wave
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Thank you guys! :)
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New Guy here....
From what I can see, it looks good Matt
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New Guy here....
From what I can see, it looks good Matt
Thanks Flieger, and welcome aboard!