Hello from Newbie

[amo]

Hi,
Just joined your excellent site today.
Have been painting profiles for about a year now but all civil!!
Click on my website below for a look.
All feedback welcome.
Just bought FSX and looking to repaint Base 737-800 and A321.
Regards
amo
Airliner Art

[Jesters-Ink]

These are good clean profiles amo.
I had a commission to do the new A380 for "swearword", but in the end it got dropped after lots of pushing and shoving.
Looked a lot like this---->

[santynus]

nice website and artwork amo
your color profile are very beuty but I think they look a little bit flat... meybe you can use more shadow and light for make more 3d effect

[santynus]

look really nice your A380 Jesters-Ink

[System-M-]

Nice work Ammo.

I have dabbled in Civillian aircraft myself my first try was the A380. It wasnt very good... Then I was asked to do a glider for someone as a present ive been told it takes pride of place in his office.

[amo]

Great A380,
What is the best way to get the dark areas around edges of the fuselage/tail as I know my profiles are a bit flat and have been experimenting but not as good as your A380.
Thanks
amo

[Jesters-Ink]

I don't know the best way, but I can tell you the way I that I do it (that works for me).


And a ziped .psd showing the layers---> http://premium1.uploadit.org/JeSTeRs...ter-engine.zip

I use the base layer as a mask in photoshop.
Draw it using the polygon lasso tool.
Next I use the magic wand tool to select the outer area of the new shape, then reverse my selection (this gives a better edge I think if you use the wand at anti-alias on and set the tolerance at about 20-25%).
Next I pick a brush size of around 17 with fade (set flow to around 10%) and airbrush the very outer edge top and bottom (not front or back).
Then I pick a brush about size 65 and block a bit more shade in.
Same for highlight. . .

Let me know if this helps?