Hi All!
I picked up Paint.NET about 3 years ago to try my hand at speculative aviation profiling, here was my first ever profile. It is an SH-360 ( a mash up of SH-3 and UH-60 parts) done up in a fictional South African coast guard scheme:
I then not only discovered layers but also this form and the Simmers paintshop. With the guys from my fav haunt urging me on I tentatively took steps to improve my game so to speak. Leading to works like this Ausie F-14:
And this VF-0:
Next came the awkward stage of high lighting and shadows (I'm not a trained artist) which was...interesting. The F-4 Phantom being my first victim:
The more I played with the program and the more I learnt from others the more my skills grew, I started drawing my own line art such as the RA-5 Vigilante:
I have since changed the way I do my high lighting. The lastest pieces I've done are my OV-1A Mohwak and a collabarative Macross VF-1 Valkyrie project with a very talented line draughtsman going by the moniker of Talos.
The OV-1:
Project Valkyrie VF-1J:
I hope to post some more up in the near future