After being "let go" from a local
sign company a month before Christmas, I decided to do a profile of a
Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat in between job hunting activities. It is based
on a B&W photo of Lt. O'Hare in the cockpit of a F4F-3 (about 1942)
with F-3 on the fuselage. I used the Adobe CS suite on a Mac with OS
X.
Here is Lt. Stanley "Swede"
Vejtasa's F4F-4. It is based off of my first profile, with many
improvements as suggested by the various comments on my first
profile. Some things I didn't remedy because I wanted to gain a
little more confidence before trying. This is my second
profile. I use Adobe CS, Wacom Graphire tablet and done on a Mac
with OSX. I'm basing this profile a partial photo and another
artists rendering (The latter always being a dangerous practice!) I
did not weather this one as I had said I would. Will get to
weathering some other time.
Thank you,
Edward
References:
- Warpaint Series #9 Grumman F4F Wildcat
- Kagero #12 Grumman F4F Wildcat
- Monografie Lotnicze #20 F4F Wildcat
- Squardon/Signal Publications US Navy Aircraft
Camouflage & Markings 1940-1945
- Wings Volume 2, Number 1 February 1972
- Modelpres Grumman Wildcat Profily letadel ll.
svetove valky 9
And a special thanks to Dave Greene for Janes
Publishing Company Limited Hellcat & Osprey Aircraft of the Aces #3 wildcat
Ace Of World War II
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